THE LATE HENRY WILLIAM KING. 



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no probability of a repetition, and as repetition is a condition of 

 permanent effect the question is easily answered. A few points, how- 

 ever, may be noted for subsequent observation. These are chiefly 

 connected with deciduous trees. The great strain put upon fruit- 

 bearing trees affected them, as we have seen, abnormally, but 

 whether beneficially or otherwise it is hard to say. The fall of the 

 leaf was retarded till the middle of November in many cases, and 

 this looks as though the growth of the root had proceeded in pro- 

 })ortion to the demands made upon it. The observations of next 

 year, however, in that as in many cases affecting agricultural croi)s, will 

 be the best exponent of the effects of the summer's drought of 

 1893. 



By permission o/\ [Esst'.v Arc/t. Soc. 



THK LATE HENRY WILLIAM KING, OF LEIGH. 



TT is with sorrow we have to record the death of the above gentleman, which 

 -'■ occurred on the iSth November last, in his 78th year. Although not a 

 member of the Essex Field Club, he was in sympathy with our work and aims 

 and was so well known to many of our members, that a brief notice of him can 

 scarcely be considered as out of place 



He was one of the founders of the Essex Arch:eological Society in 1852, and 

 was secretar}' for the Medix'val period from that time till 1866, when he was 

 electeJ hon. secretary and editor, a position he most ably and faithfully filled to 

 his life's end. 



