1905] Death of Francis Howard Peabody 269 
The business session was followed by a dinner in celebration of the 
tenth anniversary of the founding of the Club. The retiring presi- 
dent, Mr. F. S. Collins, presided and acted as toast master. Mr. 
Williams, who for the whole ten years has served as the recording 
secretary and treasurer of the Club, gave an admirable sketch of its 
history, specially emphasizing the value of such an organization in 
stimulating and co-ordinating the activities of the amateur botanists 
of the region. On motion of Mr. Rand, it was unanimously voted 
that this historical sketch should be printed for distribution to all 
members of the Club. The other speakers were Messrs. Farlow, the 
first president of the Club, Robinson, Fernald, Webster, Deane, and 
Brainerd, whose addresses felicitously recalled many of the more 
humorous as well as the serious aspects of the work in which the 
Club has been engaged during the past decade. The dinner was 
attended by nearly fifty resident and non-resident members, who had 
gathered from New York, New Brunswick, and every state of New 
England except New Hampshire. The evening will long be remem- 
bered as one of the pleasantest in history of the Club. 
THE DEATH or Francis Howanp Pkanopy. — It is with deep 
regret that we record the death on September 22nd, 1905, of Francis 
Howard Peabody. As senior member of one of the most promi- 
nent and successful banking firms in New England, Mr., Peabody 
was subject to the constant and pressing demands of his inftuential 
position. It is, therefore, one of the best evidences of his breadth of 
interests and largeness of character that he found time and attention 
for literary and scientific pursuits. Asa pupil and for many years 
thereafter a warm personal friend of Dr. Asa Gray, Mr. Peabody 
had a very cordial interest in botanical investigation, and for sev- 
eral years served as chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Gray 
Herbarium. He became a member of the New England Botan- 
ical Club June 4th, 1897, and gave much cordia] encouragement as 
well as financial aid to its various undertakings. Although he would 
have been the last to claim much technical knowledge of botany, his 
well trained judgment and keen discrimination gave him a surpris- 
ing insight into the ideals and problems of modern botanical research. 
Mr. Peabody died suddenly of heart-disease at his summer home in 
Beverley, Massachusetts. He was in his seventy-fourth year. 
