IN MEMORIAM — SETH H. KENNEY. 275 



last when he practically gave up working in his beloved art. At 

 that time he had his first shock, but even after that with his 

 feeble hand he wrote inspiring letters up to the very time of his 

 second attack, which occurred four weeks before his death. 



Mr. Kenney's home life remained intact almost up to the 

 time of his passing, his wife having died only on January 29 

 last, and the granddaughter, who made up the third member of 

 his family, dying two weeks later. Of the four children which 

 made up his family, three are still alive, one, Elias Kenney, living 

 on a farm adjoining his father's place; the other two, Fred and 

 Maurice, now residents of the Pacific Coast. 



The picture of the "Veterans of Horticulture," which ap- 

 peared as frontispiece of the 1898 volume of the annual report of 

 the society, will be of special interest to the older members of the 

 society. The photograph from which this picture was made was 

 taken at an annual meeting of the society on December 7, 1897, 

 just twenty years ago. Of these twelve veterans not one is now 

 with us, the last one passing being the subject of this sketch. 

 Grand old men, all of whom sacrificed much for this society and 

 the art which it stands for! None of them excelled in these 

 respects our dear brother who has just gone home. 



Mr. Kenney was for many years a member of the Baptist 

 Church, his membership going back to his early manhood. His 

 life fully exemplified not only by what he said but more by what 

 he did, the sincerity of this relationship — an earnest, honest, 

 Christian gentleman, strictly reliable in all of his dealings with 

 his fellows, a shining light in the religious world. We know he 

 gave very liberally of his means to support this organization with 

 which he was connected, and especially for the prosecution of its 

 work in foreign lands. 



The writer felt very near to Mr. Kenney during the later 

 years of his life, and no one has seemed to carry out in a sturdy, 

 effective way the principles of the Christian religion which he 

 professed more so than did our friend who has just left us. These 

 are few words with which to close reference to so good a life as 

 Mr. Kenney lived. We may well take him for an example and 

 aspire to live upon so high a plane. — Secy. 



