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George Dexter, a member of the Society since 1899, died at his 

 summer home at Beverly, Massachusetts, July 2, 1910, in his 



76th year. 



Gustavus Crocker Holt, formerly of Belmont, Massachusetts, 

 and a member of the Society since 1900, died at his summer resi- 

 dence in Hingham, July 29, 1910, at the age of 59 years. He was 

 for many years a member of the insurance firm of John C. Paige 

 & Co. 



The Honorable Mrs. George Duncan of Boston died at her 

 summer home in Nahant, Massachusetts, August 17, 1910, in the 

 (iOth year of her age. She was elected a member of the Society 

 in 1905 and was much interested in horticultural matters. 



George Mixter of Boston, who died at his summer home in 

 Hardwick, Massachusetts, August 2(i, 1910, had been identified 

 with the Society since 1894. He was 67 years old. Mr. Mixter 

 owned and managed a large farm in Hardwick, his special interest 

 being dairying, and his farm was noted for the high-grade herds 

 of cattle maintained there. 



William Benjamin Whittier, proprietor of the Framingham 

 Nurseries, Framingham, Massachusetts, died at his home there 

 August 27, 1910, at the age of 51. He was elected a member of 

 the Society in 1900. 



Charles Anthony Goessman, Ph. D., LL.D., a corresponding 

 member of the Society since 1889, died at Amherst, Massachusetts, 

 September 1, 1910, at the age of 83. Dr. Goessman was connected 

 with the Massachusetts Agricultural College and the Agricultural 

 Fxperiment Station at Amherst for nearly forty years. His special 

 work was in agricultural chemistry. 



Max Leichtlin of Baden-Baden, Germany, a corresponding 

 member of the Society since 1882, died September 3, 1910, at the 

 age of 80. He was a noted botanist and horticulturist and his 

 name is preserved for the future in connection with numerous 

 plants introduced by him and named in his honor. 



