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estates. In 1885 he went into business for himself, establishing a 

 plant at Waverley which proved a financial as well as a horticul- 

 tural success. Specimens of his productions were often exliibited 

 at the Society's flower shows, the last being a collection of chrys- 

 anthemums at the November exliibition which obtained first and 

 second awards. 



Eugene Van Rensselaer Thayer died in Boston, December 

 20, 1907, at the age of fifty-two. He became a member of the 

 Society in 1899. Mr. Thayer was the owner of a fine estate at 

 South Lancaster, Massachusetts noted for its collection of beautiful 

 plants and especially for its orchid houses, specimens from which 

 were often displayed at the Society's exliibitions. 



John Clark of Watertown, Massachusetts, died December 27, 

 1907, at the age of forty-four years. He was elected a member of 

 the Society in 1905 and was employed in the seed business in Boston. 



