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death, was associated with the firm of Isaac Locke «Sc Company 

 in the fruit and produce business. 



John Capen of Boston, another of the older members of the 

 Society, died October 7, 1905, at the age of eighty-seven years. 

 He was admitted a member in 1865. He was born in Sterling 

 Massachusetts, September 8, 1818. 



Calvin W. Smith of Grantville, Massachusetts, a member of 

 the Society since 1880, died October 21, 1905. 



Joshua C. Stone who died in "Watertown, jNIassachusetts, 

 October 22, 1905, was elected a member of the Society in 1894. 



Mr. Stone was born in Watertown, May 8, 1835, and lived there 

 all his life. He was a well-known market gardener and was much 

 interested in the work of the Society, serving as a member of the 

 Committee on Vegetables from 1899 to the time of his death. He 

 took a prominent part in the meetings for the discussion of horti- 

 cultural subjects and from his broad experience in practical work 

 added much to the value of these gatherings. 



Rev. H. Honywood D'Ombrain, a Corresponding Member 

 of the Society since 1875, died at Ashford, Kent, England, October 

 23, 1905, in his eighty-eighth year. 



Mr. D'Ombrain was born in Canterbury, England, ISIay 10, 

 1818. In addition to his duties as a clergyman he was devoted 

 to horticultural pursuits, and not only grew plants successfully 

 but wrote about them interestingly and instructively. He was 

 one of the founders of the National Rose Society and was for many 

 years editor of the Rosarian's Year Book. He was also editor of 

 the Floral Magazine during its existence. 



Denys Zirngiebel died at his home in Needham, Massachusetts, 

 November 16, 1905, at the age of seventy-seven. He had been a 

 member of the Society since 1862. 



Mr. Zirngiebel was born in Neufchatel, Switzerland, in 1829, 

 and came to this country in 1855 where he soon after took charge 

 of the Botanical Garden of Harvard University at Cambridge, 

 and in 1864 established himself in business at Needham. 



