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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
interest and aim of his life to which he 
devoted unceasing energy. 
Its re-founding and re-organization, 
and hence the actual existence of this 
noble seat of learning, after the war, 
was primarily due to his labors and 
those of Bishop Quintard, of Ten¬ 
nessee, and it was a point of honor that 
he had been present in session at every 
meeting of its Board for forty-nine 
years, including the one in 1906 before 
his death. 
A pamphlet issued from the press of 
the University of the South, in October 
last, plainly shows the high esteem in 
which he was held by the trustees and 
faculty of that institution, the last few 
sentences of which are copied and 
read as follows: 
^‘As of everything that meets our 
• eyes on this mountain, he was more 
than all the rest of us put together, 
the layer out and maker and keeper of 
it. 
‘‘There is nothing here that did not 
know and own him in it. 
“There is nothing here that does not 
and will not feel and mourn his loss.” 
DENIS REDMOND. 
Mr. Denis Redmond, was born in the 
County of Wicklow, Ireland, Feb. 3, 
1824—the distinguished members of 
the Irish Party, in the English Parlia¬ 
ment, John E. and William Redmond, 
arc of the same family. In his youth 
Mr. Redmond lived for a time in Balti¬ 
more, Md. Later, he went to Augusta, 
Ga. There he was at first connected 
with the leading paper, “The Augusta 
Chronicle,” afterwards with the 
“Southern Cultivator,” of which he be¬ 
came owner and editor, and which he 
conducted successfully for over twenty 
years. 
He founded the Fruitland Nurseries, 
now owned by P. J. Berckmans & Sons, 
and built many beautiful homes in the 
neighborhood of Augusta, that are still 
monuments to his good taste and love 
of trees and flowers. 
He was a lover of books, owning a 
very rare and extensive library, and 
was considered an able literary critic 
and an authority on English poetry. 
He traveled widely in this country, 
and his love of nature was his religion. 
After the war he went further south, 
living at different times in New Or¬ 
leans, Pass Christian and Pascagoula, 
then to Florida, where he made his 
home for thirty years and was con¬ 
nected with fruit growing and journal¬ 
ism. He was twice married. He had 
two children by the first marriage, 
who survive him, Mrs. Locke, of New 
York City, and Mrs. Mel Redmond 
Colquit, of Washington, D. C. 
Summed up, Mr. Redmond’s life 
was one of great usefulness and devo¬ 
tion to the good and beautiful. He was 
endeared to many by reason of his 
loving, magnanimous nature and his 
beautiful mental gifts and attainments. 
He was one of the three honorary 
members of this society. 
He died on the 24th of September, 
1906, after a brief illness, in Jackson¬ 
ville, Fla. His wife followed him to 
the grave in three days. 
REV L. J. SAWYER. 
Rev. L. J. Sawyer, bom at New 
Haven, Conn., Dec. 19th, 1837, died at 
Oswego, N. Y., July 20th, 1906. 
