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(Bolander), Placer County (Carpenter): Utah; Parley’s Park, 6500 
ft. (Watson, 1062 in part), Alta Wahsatch mountains 10,000 ft. 
(Jones, 1105): Colorado: Bear Creek valley, near Empire, 10,000 
ft. (Patterson). 
Thomas Hogg. 
Mr. Thomas Hogg, an active and highly esteemed member of 
the Torrey Botanical Club, died suddenly of angina pectoris, on 
the 30th of December, 1892. He was born in London, February 
6, 1820, and came to this country with his father, Thomas 
Hogg, Senior, when only 9 months old. From his earliest years 
his natural taste for the study of plants and horticultural pursuits 
was fostered by his surroundings. His father was long engaged 
in the management of gardens and greenhouse culture before 
leaving England, and was all his life afterwards a successful 
nurseryman and florist in the city of New York. In this business 
he was assisted by Thomas Hogg, Junior, and his brother James, 
who took charge of his establishment at his death in 1855, and 
for many years subsequently conducted the business on their own 
account. 
Mr. Hogg was made United States Marshal in the year 1862, 
and in that capacity paid a visit to Japan, in which country he re- 
mained eight years. At the end of that period he resigned his 
office and returned home. Shortly after, however, he was invited 
by the Japanese Government to return to the Island and take 
office in the Custom House, which he did, spending two years 
more in that service. During his long sojourn in Japan, he spent 
much time in travelling over the Islands and studying their flora, 
his official position giving him unusual facilities for exploration 
and collection. He made a large collection of Japanese trees, 
shrubs and herbaceous plants, such as he thought adapted to cul- 
ture in our country. These he shipped to New York, many of 
them subsequently finding their way to England. Among those 
which proved to be adapted to our climate, are many of the 
choicest Japanese plants which ornament our gardens to-day, 
which he was the first to introduce. 
In this manner Mr. Hogg acquired that familiarity with hor- 
ticulture for which he was noted, and about which his advice was 
