MEMORIAL OF GEORGE HILL. 157 



The announcement for the next Saturday was a paper on 

 -" Horticultural Education for Children," by Henry L. Clapp, 

 principal of the George Putnam School, Roxbury. 



BUSINESS MEETING. 



Saturday, March 15, 1890. 



An adjourned meeting of the Society was holden at half-past 

 eleven o'clock, President William H. Spooner in the Chair, 



Charles N. Brackett, Chairman of the Committee appointed at 

 the last meeting to prepare a memorial of George Hill, reported 

 as follows : 



The committee appointed to prepare resolutions on the death of 

 George Hill, report the following : 



It is with feelings of sincere sorrow that we record the death of 

 our esteemed associate and friend, George Hill, which occurred 

 suddenly on Saturday morning, March 1st, at his residence in 

 Arlington. The suddenness of the event has not onl}' thrown 

 around it a more than ordinary solemnity, but has made it diflBcult 

 to realize that he, who but a few daj's ago was in our midst 

 actively engaged in the duties of a busy life, should now be 

 numbered with the dead. 



Mr. Hill commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew 

 him, and in saying that his death is a public loss we are onl}' 

 expressing what hundreds of hearts have already declared. He 

 was possessed of a noble, generous character and personal traits 

 which made him very popular, and he will be missed by a large 

 circle of friends who were warmly attached to him. 



For a period of more than twenty-five years he tvas a constant 

 and valued contributor to the Society's exhibitions. As an 

 exhibitor of choice fruits and vegetables his contributions attested 

 his enthusiasm and skill as a cultivator. He was a member of the 

 Vegetable Committee thirteen years, and on various other Com- 

 mittees rendered the Society valuable services, neglecting no 

 duty. 



