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William Tracy Eustis was born in Prince Street, North End, 

 Boston, September 29, 1822, and died in Brookline, October 11, 

 1906, at the age of eighty-four years. 



He joined the Society in 1899 and was always interested in its 

 success. He was a great lover of flowers and possessed a rare 

 knowledge of all that goes to make nature beautiful. 



Mr. Eustis was a delightful companion on walks and drives and 

 was constantly imparting his knowledge of the secrets of the plants 

 and flowers to those fortunate to be with him. 



By E. M. E. 



Rev. R. F. Alger, formerly of Dedliam, Massachusetts, died 

 in Dorchester, October 24, 1906, at the age of seventy-three. He 

 had been a member of the Society since 1869. 



Oliver S. Sanford of Roxbury, Massachusetts, died October 

 31, 1906, in the eighty-eighth year of his age. He became a mem- 

 ber of the Society in 1853. 



Benjaimin Tolman, a member of the Society since 1873, died 

 at his home in Concord, Massachusetts, November 3, 1906, at the 

 age of eighty-four. / 



Mr. Tolman was born in Concord, October 5, 1822, and lived 

 there during liis entire life, although liis business was in Boston. 

 He was a well-known printer and a senior partner of the firm of 

 Tolman & White. 



Charles Merriam, a well-known business man of Boston, 

 died November 5, 1906, in his seventy-fifth year. He became a 

 member of the Society in 1899. 



Benjamin B. Williams, an old-time Boston merchant, and a 

 member of the Society since 1865, died at his home in Boston, 

 November 13, 1906, at the age of seventy-six. 



George Ellwanger, a corresponding member of the Society 

 since 1875, died at his home in Rochester, New York, November 

 26, 1906, at the advanced age of ninetv vears. 



