EIGHTEENTH AXNUAL MEETING. 149 



Whereas, the Executive Committee of the Manufactur- 

 ers, Entomologists, and Agricultural Chemists' Association 

 have introduced into the Congress of the United States an 

 insecticide bill, having for its object the regulation and guar- 

 anteeing quality of all insecticide articles manufactured or 

 imported into the United States, said bill in the Senate being 

 known as bill No. 6515, and in House of Representatives as 

 bill H. R. No. 21318; said bill in the Senate being in the 

 hands of the Agricultural Committee, and in the House said 

 bill being in the hands of Committee on Inter-state and For- 

 eign Commerce ; 



Therefore, he it Resolved, that we, the members of the 

 Connecticut Pomological Society, in annual meeting assem- 

 bled, do hereby desire to heartily express our appreciation of 

 the objects sought to be accomplished by this said bill, and do 

 earnestly desire that same be enacted into law. 



Be it Resolved, that copies of this resolution be sent by 

 the Secretary of this Society to the Senate Committee on 

 Agriculture and also to the House Committee on Inter-state 

 and Foreign Commerce and Committee on Agriculture. 



Dr. Britton spoke in favor of the measure and seconded 

 the adoption of the above resolution. 



On vote the resolution was adopted. 



A resolution in memory of Dr. Gurdon W. Russell, 

 whose death was announced at the morning session, was pre- 

 pared by Mr. Geo. A. Parker and presented by Mr. Hale, as 

 follows : 



Mr. J. H. Hale: In behalf of Mr. Parker, Superin- 

 tendent of Parks of Hartford, and a longtime member of this 

 Society, I wish to present the following resolution, as he is 

 not able to be here at this time : 



"Whereas, this Society has learned with the greatest 

 regret of the passing from our midst of our honored and 

 much loved member. Dr. Gurdon W. Russell : and 



