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collecting, for wider dissemination, tlie flora of remote regions, 

 that others might share in his own enjoyment of natural beauty. 

 And so lie died! under that First sun of July which, by a 

 strange coincidence, had greeted tlie nativity of tliree* of liis 

 nearest kin ; and slied its fatal rays upon the dying hours of yet 

 another! than himself ! 



" The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jernsalem : 



What profit hath a man of all his labour, which he taketh under the 

 sun? 



I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vine- 

 yards. 



I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all 

 kind of fruits. 



Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on 

 the labour that I had laboured to do : and, behold, all was vanity and 

 vexation of spirit. * * * 



Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man 

 should rejoice in his own works ; for that is his portion ; for who shall 

 bring him to see what shall be after him ?" 



All which is respectfully submitted, by 



EDWABD WINSLOW LINCOLN, 



Secretary. 



Horticultural Hall, 



Worcester, Mass., J^ov. 3, A. D. 1880. 



* A daughter ; a sister; a sister-in-law. f A sister-in-law. 



