8 Francis Humphreys Storer [March, 



The Bussey Institution closed its doors in 1907 to those for 

 whom it was intended, i. e., first, young men who intended to be- 

 come practical f armers, gardeners, Aorists, or landscape gardeners; 

 second, young men who would naturally be called upon to manage 

 large estates or who would make good Stewards or overseers of 

 gentlemen's estates ; and third, persons who wished to study some 

 special brauch of agriculture, horticulture, botany, or applied 

 zoology. 



Professor Storer's three-volume work on " Agriculture in some 

 of its relations with chemistry " was probably the crowning success 

 of his literary and agricultural career. It has passed through seven 

 editions. The esteem in which this authentic treatise was held 

 after its issue can best be gleaned from the following Statement 

 taken from the Harvard University Report of 1889, "The work 

 combines very happily the Statement of scientific principles with 

 due regard for financial and other practical considerations ; and it 

 is written in an easy, populär style that should render its perusal 

 most pleasurable for any intelligent agriculturist, however slight 

 his acquaintance with chemical terminology. . . . His new work 

 is a splendid contribution to agricultural science, is in fact almost 

 monumental in character, and it must be many years before it can 

 possibly be superseded by anything better." 



One who knew him intimately has said that all his life Storer 

 was an omnivorous reader ; and as he had a very retentive memory 

 and an unusual alertness and vivacity in conversation, he was a very 

 instructive and inspiring companion for his intimates, of whom, 

 however, there were but few. He gradually ceased to attend the 

 scientific societies of which he was a member, withdrew more and 

 more from society, and lived in his books, and in the circle of his 

 immediate relatives. His habits were always simple and abstemi- 

 ous ; so that he lived to be eighty-two years of age with unimpaired 

 mental interests and powers, though with some bodily infirmities 

 and limitations. His conscience was quick, his intelligence keen 

 and rapid, and his temperament sensitive and impetuous, but not 

 sanguine and serene enough for steady happiness. As a man of 

 science he was spotless — a candid, devout, lover and seeker of 

 truth. 



