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John Ward of Newton, Massachusetts, a member of the Society 

 since 1S65, died at his home in that city, March 1, 1911, in his 86th 

 year. He was much interested in fruit culture and was a frequent 

 exhibitor at the exhibitions of the Society of the products of his 

 orchards and gardens. 



Nathaniel Thayer of Boston and Lancaster, Massachusetts, 

 well known in the financial world, died March 21, 1911, at the age 

 of 60. He became a member of the Society in 1899. 



George Hollis of South Weymouth, Massachusetts, died at 

 his home there April 27, 1911, in his 72d year. Mr. Hollis was 

 much interested in horticultural pursuits, specializing in peonies 

 and phloxes. He was a constant exhibitor for years of these plants 

 and received many awards in recognition of his skill in the pro- 

 duction of new varieties. He was admitted a member of the 

 Society in 1889. 



Samuel Hubbard Scudder of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 

 widely known as an entomologist, died at his home in that city 

 May 17, 1911, at the age of 74. He had been a member of the 

 Society since 1877. He made a specialty of the study of butter- 

 flies and published several works on that and other lines of insect 

 life. 



Frederick R. Mathison of Waltham, Massachusetts, a member 

 of the Society since 1902, died at his home in that city May 21, 

 1911, in his 70th year. He was one of the veteran growers of the 

 vicinity of Boston. 



Charles Francis Choate died at his home in Southborough, 

 Massachusetts, May 23, 1911, at the age of 83. Mr. Choate was 

 prominent in the financial and business circles of Boston and 

 became a member of the Society in 1884. 



Cyrus Guernsey Pringle of Charlotte, Vermont, a member of 

 the Society since 1875, died May 25, 1911, at the age of 73. In 

 former years he was much interested in the breeding of economic 

 plants and originated numerous improved varieties of wheat, oats, 



