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Miss Cora Huidekoper Clarke who died in Boston, April 2, 

 1916, was the daughter of the late Rev. James Freeman Clarke. 

 Miss Clarke was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, February 9, 

 1851. She was well known in Boston scientific circles for her 

 interest in natural history studies and in horticulture. She had 

 been a member of the Society since 1871. 



Mrs. Henry S. Russell of Milton, Massachusetts, died April 

 2, 1916. She became a member of the Society in 1914. 



Charles W. Ross of Newton, Massachusetts, a member of the 

 Society since 1879, died at his home in that city April 11, 1916, 

 at the age of 67. Mr. Ross, for twenty-five years, was the street 

 Commissioner of Newton. 



Albert H. Roffe of Newton, Massachusetts, a member of the 

 Society since 1903, died June 3, 1916. 



William G. Peck of Arlington, Massachusetts, died in that town 

 June 16, 1916, at the age of 75 years. He had been a member of 

 the Society since 1871. 



N. Allen Lindsey of Marblehead, Massachusetts, died in that 

 town July 1, 1916. He joined the Society in 1904. 



George Edward Morris of Waltham, Massachusetts, a member 

 of the Society since 1912, died in that city July 5, 1916, at the age 

 of 63 years. Mr. Morris was interested in natural history re- 

 searches, especially in mycology, in 'which he was an authority, 

 and he made a large collection of drawings of fungi and native 

 plants. 



Eben Dyer Jordan, one of the best known merchants of Boston, 

 died at his summer home in West Manchester, Massachusetts, 

 August 1, 1916, in his 59th year. He was a man of a wide range of 

 interests in business, music, art, and horticulture. He became a 

 member of the Society in 1899. 



