270 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Francis Wesley Hunt was elected a member of the Society 

 in 1892. Mr. Hunt was born in Readfield, Maine, July 26, 1833, 

 and died at his home in Melrose, Massachusetts, June 24, 1905. 

 He descended from a family of agriculturists, and no doubt his 

 interest in all things pertaining to this Society was the natural 

 outcome of his early surroundings. 



He was interested in his fruit trees and his garden and never a 

 season went by but he had many hundred aster plants, which 

 were without doubt his favorite flower. He took great pride in 

 keeping his home place always attractive, adorning it with many 

 plants and shrubs. 



By Francis A. Hunt. 



Michael Sullivan died at his home in Revere, Massachusetts, 

 July 4, 1905, at the age of sixty-five years. 



Mr. Sullivan joined the Society in 1899. He was born in Ireland 

 in 1840 and came to this country when a boy, making his home 

 in Revere and engaging in the market gardening business which 

 he followed successfully the rest of his life. He was prominent 

 in the affairs of his town, serving as a member or chairman of the 

 board of selectmen for a number of years. He was a member of 

 the Committee on Vegetables for the years 1902, 1903, and 1904, 

 the last year as its chairman, and was a Trustee of the Society in 

 1904. 



Horace B. Taylor, an old-time Boston merchant, and a mem- 

 ber of the Society since 1860, died in Boston, July 17, 1905, in his 

 ninetieth year. 



Mr. Taylor was born in Newfane, Vermont, August 25, 1815, 

 coming early in life to Boston to engage in business pursuits; and 

 for many years the firm of Foster & Taylor was prominently identi- 

 fied with the business interests of the city. 



Leander M. Haskins of Rockport, Massachusetts, died at 

 his home in that town, August 1, 1905, at the age of sixty-four. 

 He became a member of the Society in 1904. 



Mr. Haskins Avas a graduate of Dartmouth College in the Class 

 of 1862 and later entered into business in Boston in which he was 

 very successful. He owned a fine estate at Rockport and was 

 much interested in its horticultural improvement. 



