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large collections of native grasses and forage plants. He had about com- 

 pleted the manuscript for the bulletin on the native grasses at the time of 

 his death. He had in preparation a work on the flora of Colorado ; also on 

 the noxious weeds which give so much trouble on the farm and garden. His 

 collection and studies of the insect fauna of the state were considerable. 



In 1888 Mr. Cassidy received a gratuitous degree of Bach- 

 elor of Science from the Michigan Agricultural College, and 

 a year later he received the degree of Master of Science from 

 his own institution. 



He was an unobtrusive, modest but capable man. 



WILLIAM CHORLTON. 



William Chorlton, author of "The Grape Grower's Guide/' 

 died at his home on Staten Island. August, 1889. He was 

 born in Manchester, England, in 1812. He was apprenticed 

 to Mr. Fraser, a Scotch gardener at Manchester, and later he 

 was gardener to P. M. James, a banker of his native city. 

 Mr. Chorlton came to America in 1848, working the first year 

 with Isaac Buchanan, a florist in New York and Astoria. In 

 1849 he became head gardener for the late John C. Green, 

 New Brighton, Staten Island. Here he remained 18 years. 

 In 1854 he wrote the work on grapes. 



Mr. Chorlton went into business for himself in 1867, at 

 West Brighton, as a general florist. Two years later he re- 

 tired, turning his business over to his son-in-law. Samuel 

 Henshaw became his successor at Mr. Green's. 



He had varied talents, which he cultivated for personal 

 gratification. He was somewhat of a poet, and he painted in 

 water colors. He was an occasional contributor to the local 

 press and the horticultural journals. His book was successful, 

 for the time in which it appeared, and it is still in demand by 

 those who grow grapes under glass. 



AUSTIN M. HALE. 



Adapted from a sketch by L. B. Pierce, before the Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen. 



Austin M. Hale, the introducer of the Hale's Early peach, died at his 

 home in Magadore, Ohio, in February, 1889. He was born in Suffield, 

 Portage Co., Ohio, in 1814. His father and mother came from New Eng- 

 land in 1806 and settled on a large tract of land in Suffield. 



Through this tract runs one of the principal tributaries of the Cuyahoga 

 river, which received the name of Hale's brook, and on an elevated situa- 



