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the Royal Gardeners' Orphan Fund 

 for many years, and took a real inter- 

 est in the children who were sup- 

 ported out of the funds. He was in- 

 strumental in helping to found the 

 British Gardeners' Association, in the 

 hope that it might prove of benefit to 

 members of the profession. During 

 the year 1911 he held the office of 

 president of the Kew Guild, an asso- 

 ciation which always commanded his 

 warmest sympathy. — Extract from 

 The Ganteners' Chronicle. 



Horticultural journalism has suf- 

 fered another grievous loss by the 

 death of Mr. R. Hooper Pearson, the 

 managing editor of The Gardeners' 

 Chronicle. The Chronicle stands, de- 

 spite the time of strain and difficulty 

 inseparable from the war, as it has 

 stood for half a century, in a place 

 by itself, before and above the whole 

 group of gardening journals. It has 

 been remarked with justification that 

 The Gardeners' Chronicle Is to the 

 horticultural world as The Times to 

 the community at large. Its prestige 

 was not of Mr. Pearson's making, but 

 during the lengthy period of his asso- 

 ciation with the paper, first as assist- 

 ant to the late Dr. Masters and lat- 

 terly as editor and manager, Hooper 

 Pearson has played an important part. 



and has maintained the honor and 

 reputation of his charge. No man in 

 our line has better and more jealously 

 preserved the dignity of horticultural 

 journalism, and the tra"de as well as 

 the professional gardeners, will cher- 

 ish grateful memories of a man who 

 fulfilled an exacting and important 

 mission to his lasting credit and to 

 the benefit of our calling. — Horticul- 

 tural Trade -Journal. 



Dr. Loring W. Puffer. 



Dr. Loring William Puffer, in his 

 9iith year, expired at his home in 

 Brockton, Mass., Sunday morning, 

 June 30. His death, which was not 

 unexpected, members of the family 

 and close friends having looked for it 

 momentarily for some days, was the 

 culmination of an illness which ex- 

 tended over four months, beginning 

 with an attack of the grip last March. 

 He had been unable to leave his home 

 since then. 



Dr. Puffer's death removes one of 

 Brockton's most widely known citi- 

 zens. For more than 50 years his 

 personality was closely identified with 

 the activities and progress of old 

 North Bridgewater and Brockton and 

 in his time no man took more active 

 part in the more important political 

 and civic affairs of the community. 



In 1856 Dr. Puffer became an active 

 member of the Plymouth County Agri- 

 cultural Society and was a trustee 

 and vice-president. In 1860 he built 

 the first greenhouse ever constructed 

 in North Bridgewater and from that 

 time became an ardent florist and 

 horticulturist. He was one of the 

 active originators of the Brockton Ag- 

 ricultural Society, founded in 1874. 



Two children survive, William L. 

 Puffer, printer and well-known poultry 

 fancier, and Clarence C. Puffer, who 

 is identified with the business estab- 

 lished by his father. 



Jacob Christian Spencer. 

 Jacob Christian Spencer, a well- 

 known business man of Utlca, N. Y., 

 died at his home, 1503 Oneida street 

 on June 28. Mr. Spencer had been in 

 a critical condition since Jan. 22, 

 when he was stricken with a cerebral 

 hemorrhage. Since that time he had 

 been unable to speak and had been 

 confined to his home. For the past 

 20 years he had conducted a green- 

 house, adjoining his home. At one 

 time he and Henry Martin opened a 

 flower store at Genesee and Blandina 

 streets, but three years after the 

 opening he sold out his interest to 

 Mr. Martin. 



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