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competence in the Shoe and Leather tradeXt^ 

 removed his residence, A. D. 1848, to the towir 

 this County ; purchasing the large estate of Sant^On Vi<6. 

 Wilder, a noted man in his generation, and himself a HotTtSm- 

 turist of no mean repute. In Bolton, says one who knew him 

 well, Mr. Forbush " lived from 1848 onward, employing many 

 men in the culture of his rich and extensive lands, and dispensing 

 a large and generous hospitality. His life was full of stir and 

 activity, and he found thorough pleasure in the many labors and 

 enterprises which he was superintending. No man in all that 

 region was more known and honored than he. He seemed to keep 

 the world about him in healthy motion." 



In an address delivered by the President of this Society, A. D. 

 1853 ; before the Secretary had usurped that most laxative and 

 lucrative official function ; Hon. Stephen Salisbury thus expressed 

 himself : 



"Without compensation, and with great expense and pains, Mr. 

 Forbush of Bolton ; the Messrs. Capron, of Uxbridge ; Mr. Bond, of 

 Brookfield ; and other gentlemen from remote places ; have brought 

 most valuable contributions to our Shows. I desire to oifer to these 

 gentlemen, and to others, a better inducement, if not a full compensa- 

 tion, for the efforts which they so liberally and usefully make." 



Mr. Forbush was prompt to test new varieties of fruit, and 

 ready to disseminate them when his judgment approved. The 

 Knevett's Giant Raspberry^ first exhibited here by our associate, 

 Mr. Hadwen, was obtained from him. His love for Horticulture 

 continued with him through life ; or until misfortune constrained 

 the relinquishment of that most congenial pursuit. His last 

 years were spent in Lancaster, whence he " passed away quietly, 

 like one going to sleep." He died on the 11th of July ulto., and 

 rests beneath the shades of Mt. Auburn. 



Thomas M. Lamb was known to most of those who hear me. 

 How zealous he was in whatever he undertook need only be 

 recited for his permanent record. So long as he could, he never 

 omitted his individual contributions to our Exhibitions. An 

 enthusiast in the cultivation of the Grape, he chiefly deplored the 

 progress towards greater density of settlement, in his neighbor- 

 hood, because it deprived him of the sunlight so essential to the 



