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In Worcester, December 16th, A. D. 1887, Francis 

 Henshaw Dewey, aged (56 years, 5 months, 21 days. 



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l7b Memoriam. 

 At a meeting of the Trustees of the Worcester County 

 Horticultural Society, specially convened on Monday, 

 December 19th, in the Hall of Flora, the chair was taken 

 by First Yice- President Stephen Salisbury, who ad- 

 dressed those present, as follows : 



The Worcester County Horticultural Society has met 

 with a great loss in the death of its President, Hon. 

 Francis H. Dewey. One of the original members, a 

 President of the Society at various times, in all covering 

 a period of ten years ; a lifelong friend of horticulture 

 and a constant contributoi* to the exhibitions of the So- 

 ciety; Judge Dewey remained nearly alone of the early 

 band of associates who gave the necessary impulse which 

 has resulted in establishing this most useful enterprise 

 upon its present sound and secure basis. All of us re- 

 member the active co-operation afforded when the So- 

 ciety was in its youth by each and every member; when 

 it was felt to be a special and important duty to attend 

 all meetings, to contribute specimens to all exhibitions 

 and to write elaborate reports when connected with the 

 various committees. Judge Dewey was among the 

 most faithful from the first ; and he brought to the So- 

 ciety a very considerable acquaintance with botany and 

 a genuine love and knowledge of flowers and fruits, a 



