MEMORIAL OF AARON D. WELD. 151 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, June 1, 1889. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at 11 o'clock, 

 the President, Henry P. Walcott, in the chair. 



It was voted that the appropriations hitherto made for the use 

 of the Window Gardening Committee be placed in the hands of 

 the Committee without restriction. 



Benjamin G. Smith, Chairman of the Committee appointed at 

 the last meeting to prepare a memorial of the late Aaron D. Weld, 

 reported the following : 



Aaron Davis Weld was an honored and respected member of 

 this Society from the 3"ear of its formation, having been elected 

 December 5, 1829. He was also a member, for forty-nine years, 

 of the Massachusetts Agricultural Club, and the last of the original 

 members. He was for more than half a centurj' the friend of and 

 co-worker with the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder in promoting agricul- 

 tural and horticultural interests. His fondness for the countr}', 

 where he lived for so many years, was a healthful element in his 

 character. None who ever met him could fail to be impressed by 

 his genial disposition. All who knew him will remember the 

 urbanity of his manner and the pleasant tones of his voice, and 

 will sorrow that they shall enjoy them no more. He was one of 

 the old time merchants of Boston, — of whom there are now very 

 few left, — whose enterprise, probity, and public spirit reflected 

 honor on their calling, and who have furnished worthy examples 

 for their successors. He was just and charitable in his judgment 

 of others, and in his domestic relations w as an example of all that 

 was kind, tender, and affectionate. He had long been favorably 

 known in the city as an upright and worthy man, illustrating in 

 his life the distinguishing principles of the New England character. 



Mesolved, That in the decease of Mr. Weld we recognize and 

 mourn the loss which we, in common with the public, and especially 

 the agricultural and horticultural community, have sustained. 



Resolved, That we would especially remember his enterprise, 

 his thoroughness in all that he undertook and the universal esteem 

 in which he was held for his social qualities ; we would remember 

 him as a man of strict honor and integrity. We recognize the 



