102 THE MAGAZINE OF HOKTICULTURE. 



T. D. Haley, Watertown, was elected a member. 

 Adjourned two weeks, to February 2d. 



The Schedule of Prizes for 1856 has been prepared by the Committee 

 for Establishing Premiums and accepted by the Society, but it varies so 

 little from that of 1855, that we deem it unnecessary to give it insertion. 



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Death of Dii. T. W. Harris. — It is with feelings of the deepest re- 

 gret that we announce the decease of Dr. Thaddeus William Harris, late 

 Librarian of Harvard College, and well known throughout the country as 

 one of the most thorough and scientific entomologists of the age. He had 

 been ill some weeks with an attack of dropsy on the chest, and his death 

 took place very suddenly on Wednesday, the 16th of January. His age 

 was 60. 



Dr. Harris was the son of the late Rev. Dr. Thaddeus Mason Harris, of 

 Dorchester. He graduated at Harvard College, and received his degree of 

 Doctor of Medicine in 1820. He was engaged in the practice of his pro- 

 fession until 1831, when he received the appointment of Librarian, and im- 

 mediately entered upon its duties. Previous to this he had been deeply 

 engaged in the study of Entomology, and had written much upon the nu- 

 merous insects injurious to vegetation. Since his connection with Harvard 

 College he has devoted all his leisure time to the further investigation of 

 the subject, with what success, is best known by his volume upon the " In- 

 sects Injurious to Vegetation," prepared under the auspices of the State, 

 two editions of which were published, the last with many valuable additions. 

 Besides this important work, he communicated, from time to time, invaluable 

 information through the various agricultural journals in different parts of 

 the country, and the last article of the kind, we believe, which he ever 

 wrote, appeared in our last volume, (XXL, p. 418,) being a description of the 

 Measure Worm, its habits, and the best means of guarding against its 

 increase. Several excellent papers from his pen have also appeared in our 

 previous volumes. Agriculturists and horticulturists are deeply indebted to 

 his indefatigable labors and scientific research for descriptions of numerous 

 insects, and such accurate accounts of their habits, as to enable them to 

 greatly lessen their destructive ravages. 



Dr. Harris, at the time of his decease, was Professor of Entomology to 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and an honored member of the 

 Boston Society of Natural History, the Massachusetts Historical Society, 

 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Massachusetts Medical 

 Society, and various other societies of distinction. 



He was a kind friend, a faithful officer, a laborious student, and a good 

 man. In his death science has lost one of its most devoted friends, and 

 society one of its most useful and honored citizens. 



