300 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY 



Amory Appleton Lawrence of Boston, a member of the Society 

 since 1895, died July 6, 1912. He was born in Boston, April 22, 

 1848, and a graduate of Harvard in the class of 1870. He was 

 identified with many business interests of the city and a patron of 

 niunerous educational and philanthropic institutions. 



William R. Smith of Washington, D. C, died in that city July 7, 

 1912. For nearly sixty years he was the superintendent of the 

 United States Botanic Garden at Washington. He was elected 

 to corresponding membership in the Society in 1891. 



Professor John Craig, of Ithaca, New York, a corresponding 

 member of the Society since 1911, died August 12, 1912. He was 

 connected with the Agricultural College of Cornell University and 

 was well known throughout the country as an expert in pomology. 



Edmund M. Wheelwright, a prominent architect of Boston, 

 died August 14, 1912, at the age of 58. Mr. Wheelwright was the 

 designer of many public buildings in Boston and other cities includ- 

 ing the new building of the Society constructed in 1900. He be- 

 came a member of the Society in 1899. 



John Livingston Grandin of Boston died September 10, 1912, 

 at the age of 76. He was elected to membership in the Society in 

 1905. 



Miss Louise Howe of Brookline, Massachusetts, a member of 

 the Society since 1906, died at her home in Brookline, September 

 13, 1912. 



Doctor Arthur Tracy Cabot, a prominent surgeon of Boston, 

 died at his home in that city November 4, 1912, in his 60th year. 

 He joined the Society in 1899. 



Henry Bigelow Williams of Boston died November 14, 1912, 

 in his 69th year. He became a member of the Society in 1901. 



James Goldthwaite Freeman of Weston, Massachusetts, died 

 December 3, 1912, at the age of 64. He became connected with 

 the Society in 1910. 



