NECROLOGY, 1905. 



Charles H. Souther died at his home in Jamaica Plain, Massa- 

 chusetts, January 4, 1905. 



He became a member of the Society in 1895 and was a frequent 

 exhibitor of plants and flowers at its exhibitions. 



Hon. "William Claflin, a member of the Society since 1867, 

 died in Newtonville, Massachusetts, January 5, 1905, at the age 

 of eighty-seven. 



Mr. Claflin was born in Milford, Massachusetts, March 6, 1818. 

 He was engaged for many years in the wholesale boot and shoe 

 business in Saint Louis and Boston, and was actively interested 

 in public affairs, serving several terms in the Legislature of Massa- 

 chusetts between the years 1848 and 1860, and was elected Governor 

 of the state in 1869. He served also two terms as representative 

 to Congress in 1876 and 1878. 



He possessed a beautiful estate at Newtonville, where he made 

 his summer home, and took much pride in its horticultural adorn- 

 ment. 



Lucius G. Pratt died at his home in West Newton, Massa- 

 chusetts, February 6, 1905, at the age of eighty years. He became 

 a member of the Society in 1871. 



Mr. Pratt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, May 3, 1824. He 

 was actively engaged in business in Boston for many years, retiring 

 in 1870. In the later years of his life he devoted himself to the 

 management of various financial enterprises and was also actively 

 interested in the affairs of his town and as a trustee of charitable 

 institutions. 



George W. Weld of Newport, Rhode Island, a member of 

 the Society since 1883, died February 14, 1905. 



Walter Russell of Arlington, Massachusetts, joined the 

 Society in 1802 and from that date to the year of his death was 



