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dall Given, Massachusetts, October 25, 1907, aged seventy-four 

 years. He became a member of the Society in 1868. 



James Herbert Veitch, a member of the well-known nursery 

 firm of James Veitch and Sons, London, died November 13, 1907, 

 at the age of thirty-nine years. He was elected a corresponding 

 member of the Society in 1905. 



George Edward Davenport, a member of the Society since 

 1872, died at his home in Medford, INIassachusetts, November 29, 

 1907, at the age of seventy-four. 



!Mr. Davenport was born in Boston, August 3, 1833, where he 

 lived until he took up a residence in Medford in 1875. From early 

 life he was greatly interested in natural history studies, at length 

 making a specialty of ferns in which subject he became an acknowl- 

 edged authority. In 1875 he presented to the Society a valuable 

 herbarium of ferns representing very fully the fern flora of the 

 United States. This collection is frequently consulted by fern 

 students from all parts of the country. 



INIr. Davenport was thoroughly interested in the Avork of the 

 Society and in addition to his botanical researches was a frequent 

 exliibitor of plants and flowers from his garden at Medford. He 

 was a member of the Committee on Flowers in 1897 and 1898, of 

 the School Garden Committee from 1894 to 1899, and of the Li- 

 brary Committee from 1895 to 1904. 



William Bliss, a member of the Society since 1881, died at his 

 home in Boston, December 14, 1907. Mr. Bliss was born in Spring- 

 field, Massachusetts, December 11, 1834. He was connected with 

 New England railroad interests the greater part of his life and was 

 president of the Boston and Albany road for twenty-seven years. 



"William W. Edgar died at his home in Waverley, Massachusetts, 

 December 18, 1907. He had been a member of the Society since 

 1892. 



Mr. Edgar was born in England, April 28, 1843, and came to 

 this country in 1867, finding employment in the vicinity of Boston 

 where he was superintendent at various times of several notable 



