TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



Hiassnclutsdts p0vticultutal ^mnt^. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, April 6, 1895. 

 A duly notified Stated Meeting of the Society was holden at 

 eleven o'clock, the President, Nathaniel T. Kidder, in the chair. 



William C. Strong, Chairman of the Committee appointed at 

 the last meeting to prepare a memorial of the late John J. 

 Thomas, an Honorary Member of the Society, presented the 

 following report : 



Report of the Committee on the Death of John J. Thomas. 



It is not given to men engaged in the quiet industry of horti- 

 culture to arrest attention and startle the world by brilliant deeds 

 or discoveries. The common lot with us is this, that we run our 

 short race with average success, and then are gathered unto our 

 fathers. Yet it is also true that such as these, who have with 

 quiet faithfulness and marked ability acted well their part, have 

 been of greatest service to mankind, and are entitled to lasting 

 remembrance. 



Such a man was John J. Thomas of Union Springs, N. Y., 

 who ceased from his long life of earthly usefulness on the 22d of 

 February last. Born in 1810, on the shore of the beautiful 

 Cayuga Lake, in the heart of the great agricultural and horti- 

 cultural Empire State, he identified himself with these interests at 

 an early age, and soon took rank as a leader. In the year 1839 

 he became a regular contributor to the " Cultivator," published at 



