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W. H. RAGAN. 



W. H. Ragan, for many years connected with the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, and who recently died, was one of the charter 

 members of the Indiana Academy of Science. He was one of that com- 

 pany, of which a number of members are here today, who were present at 

 the first meeting. At that time he was a member of the faculty of 

 DePauw University. He has had a deep interest in the progress of science, 

 and especially in its application to horticulture, to which line of usefulness 

 his life was devoted. 



We make a tribute herewith to his memory. 



The Committee: C. L. MEES. 



A. W. BUTLER. 

 G. W. BENTON. 

 Adopted by the Indiana Academy of Science, in session in Indianapolis, 

 Nov. 27, 1909. 



