The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10
Members of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society Give Ex-
preston to Sorrow Over Pres.
HadWen'S Loss
SOCIETY'S NEW HALL
AT BOSTON DEDICATED
Mr.. HadWen Called Home by
News of His Wife's Death
ViCe-President Ware Presided
Speeches by Rev. Dr.. Ed
ward Everett Hale and Others

of the sudden death Yesterday after
- ~. I1oio4 d 14odr,a, wife
Aiooh VI Wis AAsi ~.
of President 0. b. HadWen Oh the
Massachusetts horticultural Society,
cas+ sbodo,, o1,er tho dedicatorv ex-
so,o+,,
erclses Oh the new nan Oh tle socie'y
at the corner of Massachusetts and
Huntington Avenues.
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lesioehl u"en 'l1
bition yesterday and was called nome
to find his Wife. dead. In ms absence
Vice President Benjamin L. ware OF
Clifton presided over the exercises heId
this morning in the library. Mr. ware
made a brief speech referring WIN
feeling to the bereavement OF the pres
ident, and then called upon Rev Or.
Edward Everett Hale TO offer prayer
DR.. Hale came forward and in an earn
est prayer invoked the divine pressing
upon the work of the society ana ded-
lcated the temple or horticulture TO the
Creator of all life.
1t was voted that the address Whlch
President HadWen had prepared TO de-
liver on this occasion be incorporated
in the printed report OF the proceedings
resolution expressing the sympathy
of the society for him in MS a1hlctlon
was drawn up and telegraphed TO MIN
by Vice President Ware.
The first address was by speaker OF
the House James l.. Myers, represent
ing the state. He spoke or the deserV-
ed pride which the state has IN the
society and its work.
A letter was read from congressman
Moody regrettlng that ne could not De
present to represent the nation, put
MI Ware said that there was gentle-
man present VINO represented the cause
Of humanity everywhere rms was Or.
Hale, who made a very fellcltous ad-
dress. He spoke particularly OF ms
own horticultural work among the
children in Genesee street lie told
how the children grew MOWERS IN the
summer time. linen ne continued,
when IAN came, the gardens dled ana
then we began to thlnk ABOUT planning
bulbs for spring. wrote TO the De
partment OF Agriculture IN Washing
ton and SAID that appreciated the
work they were doing for the improve
ment Of agriculture in North Dakota
and Idaho and Nevada, but wanted
to know what they proposed to do for
tive benefit OF agriculture Genesee
Street and then told them what bulbs
l wanted and l got them, ana the
children up in that street are planting
them To-Day:
Gen. Frincis H. Appleton, an ex-presl-
dent of the society and long identified
with the horticultural interests of the
state, gave an address dwelling with
the career of the society since its
founding, Feb. "A, 1929.
The exhibition of flowers, fruit and
vegetables, which opened Thursday and
closes tomorrow noon, has been
thronged with visitors. The prominent
part which has been taken by exhib-
ltors from the Worcester County Hor-
ticultural Society has been especially
remarked. Il don't know what we
should do without the Worcester So
clety said Aaron Low one OF the old
est and most successful exhibitors of
the state society, to A. A. HiXon, sec
rotary Of the worcester County society
A large percentage of the premiums,
especially in fruit and vegetables, went
to Worcester County people
Among the visitors today We're
n1rlce4 Mr, anu Mrs, a. a: nixon ana
y. b. Wyman ana daughter OF Shrews77
Dury' ). w: StockWell OF sutton, and
MI anu Mrs' H. M bruce OF
i@g EniinI5!' = o,u4
folloWlhg is the list OF premiums won
by members, Of the Worcester County
society;
conlas, George McWilliams. Fruits
Special prize: Theodore Lyman fund.
t.or the heaviest and best ripened
punch OF any fereign black grape,
George McWllhams
Society's prizes, foreign grapes
Two punches of black alicante, George
newman.
Any other variety, George McWil-
liam; second Mrs. John c. Within
Benjamin " French fund. For the
best u Rhode Island Greening, first
prize. A. e. Hartshorn.
Marshall p Wilder fund-anjou
pears third prize, A. X Gould.
Concord grapes, u bunches-Third
prize, H r. Kinney.
Theodore Lyman fund.
Apples-Fletche russell. third prize
Mrs A. E. Underwood
Northern Spy, third prize, George G.
Pioa,
Porter first Mrs T 1rndorwood
Pound 60 e. o. "a -, oII,ieL WOW y,
Rice Gu SWEET ii's' pll|e' GEORGE u
Pbo5o T-1o.,z l,,,..,.,.-- -
Kinney. tbir6 n agcoIle' n H.
Roxbury[ P1s-o+ a. "a al M ~ H. IT,.
horn second ~ u - a. ~. ti l5.!t,
"A r KinneI- H. NlliiieS' 'niru'
iroir, tAIiii'e T.. ., 49,. ....A-s
UnderWood 9 tbird IS TeT W Aa Mrs: A, e.
Toronlyire L 49, II; w. ANDERSON.
Rice en- Nils riiis' 'hlrn' George {
Washine-+or r9o,.o1 cooz
E<ine. tbird ~ ITl oec1llu' IL. H.
Wealthy tbird Co. 80 '9 q m
A. otb.r ~ ,.a u, george :, rice.
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second pp ~ J IIyslop, "A specimens,
SneciaI n,i1ae offor,i T. l.,
~ "a ny lile society.