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HOKTICULTURE 



May 7, 1910 



Obituary, 



John Lang. 



John Lang, a well-known gardenei' 

 at Pittsburgh, Pa., died at his home, 

 213 Deniston avenue. East End, April 

 19. He was S2 years of age. He was 

 born in Germany and came to Pitts- 

 burgh when a child. Two daughters 



survive him. 



Mrs. Caroline Schisler. 



Mrs. Caroline Schisler, wife of 

 Henry M. Schisler, of the Schisler- 

 'Corneli-Seed Co., St. Louis, died Fri- 

 day, April 29th, after a short illness. 

 The funeral took place Sunday, May 

 1, and Mr. Schisler's many friends in 

 the local trade attended. 



Friedrich Harms. 



This old master of rose growing 

 and first authority on roses in Ger- 

 many, died in his 80th year, on April 

 19. in Hamburg. But a few days sepa- 

 rated his death from that of his con- 

 temporary and friend, L. Moller. The 

 loss of these two eminent men will 

 be felt not only in Germany but 

 throughout the entire horticultural 

 world. 



Reinhard Schuetze. 



Reinhard Schuetze, landscape gar- 

 dener and superintendent of public 

 parks and boulevards of Denver, Colo., 

 is dead. Mr. Schuetze's first work was 

 on Pairmount Cemetery, where he now 

 rests. Other parks constructed under 

 his direction and plans are Washing- 

 ton and Congress parks and a num- 

 ber of lesser reservations. 



Ludwig Moller. 

 Ludwig Moller, editor of Moller's 

 Deutsche Gartner Zeitung, died on 

 April 12. Mr. Moller was born in 

 1847 and his eminence in horticulture 

 was the result of unremitting study 

 and application, for he had very little 

 education as a start and worked for 

 fifteen years practically as second 

 gardener and afterwards attained to 

 the position of head gardener on vari- 

 ous estates of note in Germany. 



Catherine Powers Lynch. 

 Catherine Powers Lynch, widow of 

 the late M. J. Lynch, died after a very 

 brief illness on April 19 at her home 

 on South street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

 About forty years ago she married 

 Mr. Lynch and they located at their 

 late residence. After her husband's 

 death the business was carried on by 

 Mrs. Lynch and her sons, and it will 

 be continued by his sons. 



Alfred Herbert Howard. 



Alfred Herbert Howard died at his 

 home on Main street. Otter River, 

 Mass., Friday evening, April 15, at 

 the age of 58 years and two months. 

 Mr. Howard was born in Holden and 

 has made his home in Otter River for 

 about 35 years. At the time of his 

 death he was conducting a business 

 of raising cucumbers under glass. He 

 is survived by a wife. The funeral 

 ■was held from his late home April 19. 



the Natural History Society and was 

 particularly active in any cause to 

 save or beautify the city's trees. As 

 state commissioner of birds he did also 

 most excellent work. Mr. Taylor was 

 born in Cork, Ireland, of Scotch par- 

 entage, and was in his 79th year. The 

 funeral was Thursday, April 14, from 

 Memorial church. 



Anthony Murray McLaren. 

 Anthony Murray McLaren, proprie- 

 tor of the Westwood Nurseries, High 

 street, Westwood, Mass., died sud- 

 denly of a shock of paralysis at Hyde 

 Park avenue. Roslindale, Mass., April 

 27. Mr. McLaren was born in Crieff, 

 Perth County, Scotland, October, 1830. 

 His early education was received at 

 Drummond Castle, after which he at- 

 tended Octertyre, the great training 

 school for landscape gardening. For 

 forty years he conducted a florist 

 business at Forest Hills square, and 

 when the railroad tracks were ele- 

 vated the site of his greenhouses was 

 taken for the new derot. He then re- 

 moved to Westwood. where he has 

 since conducted the Westwood Nur- 



Alexander O'Driscoll Taylor. 



.\lexander O'Driscoll Taylor died at 

 his residence in Newport, R. L. Sun- 

 day, April 10. He was president of 



Anthony Murray McLaren 



series. He was a member of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society and 

 was the winner of many prizes at its 

 exhibitions some years ago. 



Baron Schroeder. 

 Baron Schroeder passed away on 

 Aiiril 22, at The Dell, Egham, Surrey, 

 England, at the age of S4. His end 

 was not unexpected as he has been an 

 invalid and failing in health for some 

 lime. His death is a great loss to 

 horticulture but to orchidculture in 

 particular. One of the most ardent 

 admirers of orchids, he had for many 

 years been gathering rare varieties 

 until his collection occupied a unique 

 position. It was perhaps the most 

 valuable in existence. Always enthusi- 

 astic on the subject, he did much 

 towards making orchids so popular as 

 they are in Europe today. He also 

 gave liberally to anything that was for 

 the advancement of horticulture. One 

 of his largest donations was towards 

 building the present Horticultural Hall 

 in London. His name will live forever 

 in horticultural annals. 



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George S. Saunders. 



A well known and esteemed con- 

 tributor to the British Horticultural 

 Press has lately passed away in the 

 person of Mr. George S. Saunders, 

 who was formerly editor of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society's volumnous 

 "Journal." His initials "G. S. S." had 

 become familiar to the readers of the 

 gardening papers; his bright and in- 

 formative articles were always 

 eagerly welcomed, for his writings 

 were popular amongst a wide circle. 

 He made an important contribution 

 to the "Century Book of Gardening." 

 Of a quiet, and retiring nature. Mr, 

 Saunder's genuine and genial quali- 

 ties secured for him many friends, 

 particularly at St. Thomas's Hospital, 

 Westminster, where for many years 

 he acted as librarian. W. H. A. 



NEWPORT LABOR PROBLEMS. 



Newport gardeners who are in 

 charge of estates are having some ex- 

 tra anxiety at present on account of 

 their laborers having recently formed 

 a union and voted to ask for an in- 

 creased scale of pay from the 1st of 

 June. The new scale is to be $2.25 

 per day or $55 a month, wet and dry, 

 which is an advance of 25 cents per 

 day or five dollars a month. Most of 

 the gardeners seem to be in favor of 

 the men having the rise and some 

 have written to their employers ex- 

 plaining the situation and asking for 

 the advance which is expected will be 

 given in most cases, but it is also ex- 

 pected that some will refuse the re- 

 quest and cause a good deal of chang- 

 ing around among the laborers which 

 will not be desirable to the gardeners. 

 There is a great deal of extra work in 

 progress around Newport at present, 

 which is causing gardeners' hel|i to 

 be very scarce, so a very opportune 

 time has been chosen for this class to 

 get in touch with the upward move- 

 ment of the wages of other classes, 

 and the iirices of necessaries. 



