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Abraham B. Coffin, for manv years a resident of Winchester, 

 INIassachusetts, died at his home there ]\Iarch 9, 1907, at the ace 

 of seventy-seven. He was a graduate of Dartmouth Colleoe in the 

 class of 1856. He became a member of the Society in 1900. 



Edwix B. Haskell, a member of the Society since 1899, died in 

 Auburndale, ^Massachusetts, March 25, 1907. INIr. Haskell was 

 born in Livermore, INIaine, August 24, 1837. At the age of sixteen 

 he began work in a printing office and, after serving as a journey- 

 man on various newspapers, in 1860 became connected with the 

 Boston Herald. To this paper as reporter, editor, and proprietor 

 he devoted his energies for the remainder of his life. He was 

 interested in horticultural matters, as his beautiful estate at Auburn- 

 dale testifies, and from 1896 to the time of his death was a member 

 of the ^letropolitan Park (\)mmission. 



Moses T. Stevens of Andover, Massachusetts, a member of 

 the Society since 1899, and prominent in business and political 

 affairs of the state, died INIarch 25, 1907. From his estate at 

 Andover he sent many collections of flowers and fruits to the 

 exhibitions of the Society and was awarded many j)rizes in recogni- 

 tion of his interest in horticultural matters. 



Felker L. Temple, formerly of Boston, died at his home in 

 Hampden, Massachusetts, April 6, 1907. He became a member 

 of the Society in 1884 and was well known as a nurseryman in New 

 England. He was for many years one of the proprietors of the 

 Shady Hill Nurseries at Bedford, Massachusetts. 



John E. Hodgkins, formerly of Chelsea, Massachusetts, and 

 a member of the Society since 1866, died at Portsmouth, New 

 Hampshire, April 8, 1907. 



Col. Henry W. Wilson, a member of the Society since 1871, 

 died at his home in South Boston, May 7, 1907. Col. Wilson was 

 born in Boston, October 17, 1834, was educated in the public 

 schools of that city, and was a graduate of the English High School 

 in 1851. 



