THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 
contributions were the outcome of his 
general interest in people and a kindly 
regard for any educational or uplift or- 
ganization. Mr. Avery’s father was a 
collector of art treasures and his son 
worthily carried on that good work. 
“He collected art treasures for men 
of wealth, bringing to this country rare 
examples of the Barbizon school, as 
well as of more recent French art. The 
father, like the son, made a fine art of 
his profession, and cared always for 
intrinsic quality in the work as well as 
for the fame of the artist, encouraging 
those among his own countrymen who 
were worthy of recognition. 
“The gallery of Mr. Avery, which 
was on Fifth Avenue, near Thirty- 
fourth Street, was a center of interest 
for art collectors and for lovers of art. 
The owner’s personality was a factor 
in the attraction, for the younger 
Avery — again like the father — was a 
man of lovable traits. His wide expe- 
rience and his eclectic tastes caused 
him to be consulted widely, and his 
sympathetic, buoyant outlook, which a 
lifelong physical disability never 
clouded, made of him an engaging and 
stimulating personality.” 
Personal acquaintance with Mr. 
Avery revealed a man of fine tempera- 
ment, kind heart and gracious manner. 
He loved beauty and tried to make that 
as beneficial to human beings as pos- 
sible, and this was true whether he 
found it in art, in nature or in charac- 
ter. Pie always tried to develop the 
best of this world, and to be as useful 
as possible to everybody. 
We sincerely mourn the loss of this 
great and good man. He was broad- 
minded and generally charitable to 
everybody. His good example should 
be given as wide publicity as possible. 
Such men always make zealous efforts 
to leave the world better than they 
found it. 
Strawberries and Raspberries in 
November. 
A few members of the Alumnae of 
Camp Mystic held a reunion at Ar- 
cAdiA on Saturday, November 13. The 
girls were treated to strawberries and 
raspberries which they assisted in 
picking in the garden. It must be ad- 
mitted there was not a great supply 
but enough for each girl to have a 
taste. 
The Everbearing strawberries are 
surely wonderful. A few years ago a 
lady in the western part of Pennsyl- 
vania wrote an article on Everbearing 
strawberries for The Guide to Nature 
and for illustration supplied profuse 
bunches from those she picked in the 
last part of November, stating that to 
pick them she took her broom and 
swept from the strawberry bed several 
inches of snow. 
When the Arc Am A plants were pur- 
chased some three years ago, Mr. A. T. 
Cooke, of Hyde Park. New York, 
stated that while picking strawberries 
in the garden he looked down into the 
valley and saw the boys and girls skat- 
ing. His statement has been verified 
practically by this November expe- 
rience. The strawberries were in good 
fruit with some yet to ripen and plenty 
of blossoms on the plants when boys 
and girls were coming down to the 
garden to inquire if the ice in the re- 
cent cold snap was thick enough for 
skating. It really was not thick 
enough in most places to hold up the 
young folks, but in an aquarium that 
by oversight had been left filled with 
water near the strawberry bed the ice 
was so thick that Dr. Bigelow’s grand- 
daughter did actually stand on it while 
the other girls picked strawberries. 
The Wonderful Bloom of the Witch- 
hazel. 
ArcAdiA has always made a special- 
ty of witch-hazel not only because of 
the intrinsic interest of the shrub but 
as a matter of sentiment on the part 
of Dr. Bigelow, around whose boy- 
hood home in Colchester, Connecticut, 
there grew great quantities of that 
strange and beautiful bloom. Just at 
present the witch-hazel is in marvel- 
ously good condition, perhaps better 
than it has been for five or six years 
past with the exception of one autumn 
some two or three years ago when 
many people called at ArcAdiA to see 
the wonderful sight. This year the 
bloom is equally attractive and visitors 
to see it are very cordially welcome. 
Ellsmere Land, which lies northwest 
of Baffin Bay, in north latitude between 
seventy-five and eighty, has one hun- 
dred and fifteen species of flowering 
plants. 
