246 IMASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Few names are more frequently inscribed upon the records of 

 the Society than Mrs. Wood's. She was for many years a constant 

 exhibitor of plants and flowers at the exhibitions, and her enthu- 

 siastic interest and floricultural skill and knowledge made her 

 presence always a delight to her friends and a benefit to visitors. 



Benjamin Pond Ware was born in Salem, Massachusetts, 

 April 9, 1822, and died in Marblehead, February 7, 1906, at the 

 age of eighty-four years. 



Mr. Ware became a life member of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society in 1865 and for the rest of his life was prominent 

 in its councils and a familiar and welcome attendant at its various 

 meetings. He served as vice-president from 1896 to 1903. 



As a speaker he was very attractive by reason of his agreeable 

 and pleasant personality and the distinctness of every word he 

 uttered; and he always commanded the attention and interest of 

 his audience in everything he had to say. 



In January, 1901, he delivered a lecture before the Society on 

 "A Visit to Kew Gardens and Hampton Court," and in January, 

 1903, one on "Some Observations and Experiences in Berlin, by 

 a Massachusetts Farmer." From Mr. Ware's habit of careful 

 and close observation of all subjects pertaining to agriculture he 

 was enabled to acquire a large fund of information that made these 

 lectures of noteworthy interest. 



On many other occasions, especially at the meetings of the Society 

 for general discussion, he was always ready to contribute from his 

 large store of practical experience, and it is a satisfaction that so 

 much of it has been recorded on the pages of the Transactions in 

 past years. 



During his long and active life he was connected with many 

 societies devoted to agricultural and horticultural interests. For 

 sixteen years, from 1875 to 1891, he v.as president of the Essex 

 County Agricultural Society; for ten years was a trustee of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College; for nine years a trustee of the 

 New England Agricultural Society; for four years president of 

 the Marblehead and Swampscott Farmers' Club; and master of 

 the State Grange of Massachusetts for two years. 



He was an earnest advocate of the establishment of a State 



