The stated meeting of this association was held on the evening of the 17th April, in Concert Hall, Philadelphia. R. Buist, Vice President in the Chair. The exhibition was remarkable for the richness, beauty, and variety of the plants and cut flowers, in the many contributions shown, and afforded much gratification to the numerous members and visitors in attendance.

The following resolutions were submitted by Mr. Buist, and unanimously adopted by the Society:

Resolved, That this Society has learned with the deepest sorrow, the death of Thomas Hancock, who departed this life (from an attack of pneumonia) at his residence, near Burlington, New Jersey, on the 21st uit, in the 54th year of his age.

Resolved, That in acknowledging the sudden bereavement with which this Society has been visited, it also expresses its keen appreciation of the severe loss the various institutions with which the deceased was connected in his native State and elsewhere; and to the promotion of whose aims, he ever brought a rare practical intelligence, an ardent seal, and sound Judgment.

Resolved, That whilst the life of so useful a citizen might be fittingly presented as an example worthy of imitation on the part of a large body of surviving friends, the void which his death has occasioned cannot be more intensely experienced than by the members of this Society, with whom he co-operated for so long a period in the discharge of official duties, (being in the time of his death a member of no less than four of Us most important Committees).

Resolved, That although this Society is far from sanctioning the publication of fulsome memorials of living men, yet it deems a sketch of the life, character, and labors of its departed member, a proper subject for the pages of those Journals, to the interest of which he had so often contributed; and trusts that the principal one in our land will favor its readers with such other notice of this distinguished horticulturist as may be due to his memory.

Resolved, That this Society especially condoles with the immediate family of Mr. Hancock, in the sad dispensation which now afflicts them, but hopes, nevertheless, that in viewing the blameless career of their honored head, they will find much to comfort and solace them in their distress.

Resolved, That copies of these resolutions, signed by the President and Secretary, be transmitted to Mrs. Hancock, and to the publishers of such of the horticultural Journals of the country as are received at the rooms of the Society.

Duane's purple.