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that the English monarchy was elective, the Act of Succession being 
regulated by Parliament. Tea was served to all of us and soon Lady 
Hooker announced that the carriage was ready to take us back to 
the station, she and Sir Joseph both accompanying us out of doors 
to say good bye." 
'The temptation is great to quote extensively from these interesting 
diaries but it is not possible within the limits of this paper. 
Dr. Kennedy had a very extensive acquaintance and his many 
friends belonged to every vocation. He had the faculty.of adapting 
himself readily to his surroundings and he enjoyed impartially the 
society of professional men, of business men or of those engaged in 
the humbler occupations of life. Quick to perceive merit and sterling 
worth wherever he found it, he counted many of his warmest friends 
among those whom fortune had not favored and his truly democratic 
spirit endeared him to these and made him the recipient of their 
devoted services. A striking instance of the long enduring friend- 
ships which he established early in life was the monthly Dining Club 
which he and some of his classmates founded on their graduation 
from Harvard in 1864. "This club included men who distinguished 
themselves in after life — Dr. William L. Richardson, George Glover 
Crocker, Henry H. Sprague, William A. Monroe, Frank W. Wildes and 
Prentiss Cummings — and except when abroad Dr. Kennedy never 
willingly missed a meeting and often travelled many miles in this 
country for the sole object of dining with the Club. His acquaintance 
among botanists was very large and for many years a visit to the 
Pines and its hospitable hosts was enjoyed by most of the botanists 
who came to the Gray Herbarium for work or study. 
If it be true that a man's friends are an index to his character, it is 
no less true that a man's books are an index to his intellect and Dr. 
Kennedy's library was truly representative in this respect. The 
botanical works which were many he fittingly left to the Gray Her- 
barium. Several volumes were of great rarity, perhaps the most 
notable work, which Dr. Benjamin L. Robinson, the curator, had long 
coveted, was Sowerby's English Botany with the exceedingly rare 
five supplementary volumes. The Shakespeariana were extensive 
and well selected and included many very valuable editions. In 
forming this part of his library Dr. Kennedy had the invaluable help 
and advice of Edwin Faxon, a profound scholar no less ardent in 
hunting rare books than in collecting rare plants. From 1892 till 
