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other cities, remember him as a gentleman of fine and cultivated 

 personality, charnnug in conversation and anecdote, and abound- 

 ing in those gentlemanh' qualities, gained during a long life among 

 his trees, fruits, and flowers, which rendered him preeminently a 

 benefactor to the horticultural age in which he lived. 



Though he has passed away, his works are still with us, to 

 impart practical knowledge not only to the present generation of 

 men, but to generations to come. We mourn his loss not only 

 as a Corresponding Member of this Society, but as an experienced 

 and valued contributor to the advancement of the science and art 

 of Horticulture. His manifold ability and industry have placed 

 him well in the lead of writers on horticultural subjects ; and the 

 wide circulation of his books has made him justly renowned. 

 He impressed one as a man who thoroughly understood and en- 

 joyed horticultural life ; he was noted for his fondness for giving 

 trees and plants to his friends, and for his readiness ever to extend 

 a helping hand to all striving to advance in horticultural pursuits. 



Mr. Fuller was elected a Corresponding Member of this Society 

 in 1869. His memorial is found in our Library not only in his 

 own works, which he sent to it as they appeared, but in a copy of 

 Gerard's "Herbal" presented by him. 



O. B. Hadwen, '\ 



J. Woodward Manning, > Committee. 



Robert Manning, ) 



The memorial was unanimously adopted, and it was ordered 

 that it be entered on the records, and that a copy be sent to the 

 family of Mr. Fuller. 



William J. Stewart, from the Committee to prepare a memorial 

 of the late William Robinson, presented the following report: 



William Robinson came to this country in 1877, at the age of 

 twenty-six, already favorably known for his skill in the higher 

 branches of gardening, and at once assumed charge of the green- 

 houses and grounds of the late Frederick L. Ames. Under his 

 management the collection of rare Orchids in this place soon be- 

 came well known, and at the time of his death, on the 16lh of 

 September, 1896, it had attained the distinction of being the most 

 extensive and valuable collection of the kind in America. 



