128 RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF A MEMBER. 



1. That the cranberry can be cultivated, — is of vahie in the 

 market, and therefore worthy of eulcure. 



2. That its culture will convert much at present waste land into 

 a valuable and productive property. 



3. That the cranberry most needs moisture, best flourishes in 

 the poorest lands for ordinary cultivation, and delights in beach 

 sand without a particle of vegetable or animal manure intermixed. 



4. That, according to all analogies of science and the great laws 

 of propagation, the cranberry may be improved in character and 

 quality, and its varieties multiplied. 



5. That growers should publish the results of their experience 

 and various experiments hereafter made, and should be encouraged 

 so to do by the Essex Agricultural Society. 



DAVID ROBERTS, Chairman. 



RESOLUTIONS ON THE DECEASE OF FRED'K HOWES. 



At a meeting of the Trustees, held at Newburyport, December 

 5th, 1855, the following resolutions, accompanied by appropriate 

 remarks, were offered by Mr. Proctor, of Danvers, and the same 

 were adopted : — 



Besolved, That the members of this Board have learned with 

 deep emotion of the decease of Frederick Howes, Esq., the oldest 

 honorary member of the Board. 



Resolved, That the amiable virtues, devotion to duty, and sound 

 learning, that so eminently characterized the deceased, present a 

 model to all, worthy of imitation. 



Resolved, That the Secretary be Instructed to communicate to 

 the widow and family of the deceased a copy of this expression of 

 the feelings of the Trustees, and that the same be published in the 

 Transactions of the year. 



