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Then we have the legacy of one who was among the 

 earliest friends of the Society, always an active and honor- 

 able member, and for many years one of its Vice Presi- 

 dents; whose special and successful culture of one of our 

 most valuable fruits has been of great service to pomologi- 

 cal progress. The appropriation of the income of the 

 Feench fund to the encouragement of one particular fruity 

 has already been highly beneficial, and the yearly exhibition 

 of superior specimens of apples will always remind us of 

 his early and later participations in the prominent acts of 

 the Society. 



Others among those who have gone from us, and whose 

 ashes repose beneath the fragrant turf, or lie beneath the 

 shady groves of Mount Auburn, have made us partici- 

 pators of their bounty. Each and all will be remembered 

 by every member of our association. 



But, gentlemen, there is one at least among the living 

 who has given us recently and so liberally, — encouraging 

 us by his sympathy and devotion to our interests, — that I 

 think I shall not be transgressing the bounds of friendship 

 to mention. I refer to H. Hollis Hunne"\vell, whose 

 beautiful country residence at Wellesley so many of you 

 have seen and admired, and which displays so much taste 

 in its arrangement and keeping. His generous gift of 

 $2500, just now that we wish to increase rather than 

 curtail our premiums, is most opportune. Mr. Hunnewell 

 is now absent in Europe; and from these foundations we 



