10 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1888. 



and he playfully invited a comparison of ages, re- 

 markin<^ his surprise when he found the tale slight- 

 ly to his advantage. Possibly his memory was 

 more tenacious than m}- own ; recalling how we 

 dwelt togetiier under the same roof when we first es- 

 sayed our respective families. 



In the evening — and he was prone upon that bed 

 wherefrom was to be no awakening this side of the 

 celestial Eden. And in that goodly garden we hor- 

 ticulturists should be content to leave him, in the con- 

 genial fellowship of Wilder, Moore and Lovell, who 

 preceded him but so recently. 



On motion of George E. Francis, V. P., it was 

 unanimously voted that the proceedings be extended 

 upon the records, and that a copy be engrossed and 

 transmitted to the family of our deceased President. 



At the Annual Meeting of the AVorcester County 

 Horticultural Society holden in the Hall of Flora on 

 Wednesdci}^, November 7th, A. D. l^SS, Secretary 

 Lincoln stated that he had received a letter which he 

 would ask leave to read : 



"Worcester, Nov. Gth, 1888. 

 "Edward W. Lincoln, Esq., 



** Secretary of the Worcester County 



Horticultural Society. 

 "Dear Sir: 



"We send you herewith a Portrait of the 

 late Francis H. Dewey, in accordance with his ex- 

 pressed wish that the same should be presented to 



