Excerpt from Transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for the Year 1874, Vol. 1 Resolved, That we enter upon our records the acknowledgment of the grief which we individually as well as collectively feel at his sudden decease, as a token of our recognition of his services in behalf of horticultural and botanical investigation, and their importance and usefulness to the world. Resolved, That we offer our deep sympathy to his family in this their great bereavement, and that a copy of these resolves be sent to them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.