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and remarked once that he had raised them for over fifty years. 

 He grew also and exhibited gladioH and pelargoniums as well as 

 other garden flowers and was always very careful to keep his stock 

 pure and choice. 



He attended every exhibition of the Society when his health 

 permitted and wanted to visit the Spring Exhibition just three 

 weeks before his death and dressed to go, but he was not strong 

 enough to do it and gave it up, much to his disappointment. 



Much could be written of his love for his plants and flowers, his 

 care in cultivating, and the pleasure he took in sharing with others. 

 His was a beautiful. Christian life and it is a pleasure to think that 

 he can gratify his every desire for the beautiful in the Heavenly life 

 to which he has passed. 



By Mrs. Henrietta M. Parker. 



Henry Hill Goodell, President of the Massachusetts Agri- 

 cultural College at Amherst, died April 23, 1905. He was elected 

 a Corresponding Member of the Society in 1900. 



Dr. Goodell was born in Constantinople, Turkey, May 20, 1839. 

 He served in the War of the Rebellion in 1862-63, and on his 

 return took up the profession of teaching, and in 1886 was appointed 

 President of the Agricultural College, holding this position until 

 his death. In January, 1904, he gave a lecture before the Society 

 on "Trees, Flowers, and Fruits of the East." 



Joseph Jefferson, an Honorary Member of the Society since 

 1895, died at Palm Beach, Florida, April 23, 1905. 



Mr. Jefferson was born in Philadelphia, February 20, 1829. 

 Widely known through his histrionic attainments Mr. Jefferson 

 was much interested in horticulture and was a lover of the beautiful 

 in nature as well as in art. 



Warren Fenno, who died in Revere, Massachusetts, April 

 27, 1905, had been identified with the Society since 1877. 



He was born in Revere, December 2, 1854, and always made 

 his home there, becoming actively interested in later years in all 

 matters pertaining to the affairs of his native town. He was the 

 Town Clerk for many years and was an authority on the local 



