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THE CANADIAN HORTICU LTD HIST. 



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T. H. HOSKINS, M.D. 



fHOSE who were present at our 

 Summer Meeting at Collingwcod 

 will remember a paper on the 

 subject of " Fertilizers for the Or- 

 chard," contributed by Dr. Hoskins, 

 of Newport, Vt. As this gentleman 

 is a personal friend and acquaintance 

 of some of our Canadian fruit growers, 

 and well known by othei-s through his 

 frequent communications to the public 

 l»ress, which are especially valuable to 

 Canadians because so often treating of 

 hardy varieties of fruits, we take 

 pleasure in presenting his likeness to 

 the numerous readers of the Canadian 



Horticulturist. We are indebted to 

 Our Country Home, Greenfield, ]\Iass., 

 for the cut, and for the following brief 

 sketch of his life : — 



Dr. Thomas H. Hoskins — son of 

 Henry B. and Mary G. (Jewett) Hos- 

 kins — was born in Gardiner, Kennebec 

 county, Maine, May 14, 1828. His 

 father, of the firm of Richards ifc 

 Hoskins, paper manufacturers, was, 

 during a long life, one of the chief 

 business men of that city ; representing 

 it in the legislature, and repeatedly 

 city treasurer, alderman, and mayor. 

 His maternal grandfather, Jesse Jew- 





