NECROLOGY, 1908. 



George Warren Hammond, a member of the Society since 1889, 

 died at Yarmouth, Maine, January 6, 1908. 



Mrs. Lydia B. Manning who became a member of the Society 

 in 1874 died at her home in Reading, Massachusetts, January 9, 

 1908, at the age of 68 years. 



Mrs. Manning was the widow of the late Jacob W. INIanning, 

 the well-known horticulturist, and shared with him in her interest 

 in the Society and in horticultural affairs. 



Charles H. Dalton, a prominent business man of Boston, 

 died at his home in that city, February 23, 1908. Mr. Dalton was 

 born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, September 25, 1826. Early 

 in life he came to Boston and engaged in business pursuits and 

 was identified with several large manufacturing companies. He 

 was also much interested in public affairs and in various public 

 institutions. He was elected a member of the Society in 1899. 



Robert B. Leuchars, one of the oldest members of the Society, 

 having joined in 1852, died at Brookline, Massachusetts, INIarch 

 3, 1908. 



He was born in Scotland 85 years ago and when a young man 

 came to this country securing employment as a gardener at Balti- 

 more, and later was employed in laying out some of the notable 

 estates on the Hudson River. 



He achieved distinction as a landscape gardener and published 

 many articles on this subject as well as on general gardening and 

 fruit growing. He was, during the years from 1849 to 1853, a 

 frequent contributor to Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture. One 

 of his articles of especial interest was entitled "Notes on Gardens 

 and Gardening in the neighborhood of Boston," which was printed 

 in the February, 1850, number of that paper. 



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