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HOBTICULTUEB 



July 19, 1913 



Obituary 



Joseph Clarke. 



We sorrowfully record the death on 

 July 13 of this old-time gardener at 

 his home in West Manchester, Mass. 



Joseph Clarke was born in Ireland, 

 December 21, 1835. He came to this 

 country when 17 years of age. His 

 tastes for horticulture, inherited from 

 iis father, a nurseryman, led him to 

 enter that field of work. He took 

 charge of the estate of Mrs. T. W. 

 Ward at Canton. Mass., and very soon 

 began to give evidence of his skill as 

 a plantsman and general cultivator. 

 He became a member of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society in 1865, 

 but prior to that he had been winning 

 prizes at the exhibitions of that So- 

 ciety, cups being in his possession dat- 

 ing back to 1858. He has been an ac- 

 tive devoted member of the Society 

 from that time until the day of his 

 death. In the history of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, com- 

 piled by Robert Manning, Mr. Clarke's 

 name is frequently mentioned as the 

 exhibitor of new, rare or skillfully 

 grown greenhouse plants, as well as 

 strawberries, plums, etc. Bougainvillea 

 spectabilis, now so generally known, 

 ■was shown by him as a new and rare 

 plant in 1865. In 1867 he is recorded 

 as having made a superb exhibit of 

 gloxinias, in 1869 the prize for best 

 specimen flowering plant was given 

 lor his trained Rhyncospermum jasmi- 

 noides and in 1872 the best specimen 

 Indian azalea shown at Boston was his 

 Princess Mary of Cambridge. He 

 moved to Manchester, Mass.. in 1882 

 where he spent the remaining active 

 years of his life in laying out and 

 planting the H. L. Higginson estate, 

 noted as the most beautiful and ro- 

 mantic place on the famed North 

 Shore. He helped organize the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society and was 

 its first president. Ten years ago he 

 retired and devoted his remaining 

 years to rest and the enjoyment ot 

 his home at West Manchester, where 

 lie was at all times ready to welcome 

 •with kindly hospitality any member of 

 the craft who passed that way. 



An old philosopher wrote: "It is a 

 good thing to be rich and a good 

 thing to be strong, but it is a bet- 

 ter thing to be beloved of many 

 •friends." Joseph Clarke was beloved 

 of everyone who knew him. He won 

 the respect and affection of all by the 

 nobility of his character and the sim- 

 ple integrity of his life. No truer man 

 ever bore the title of gardener. 



He leaves two daughters and one 

 son, who is superintendent of the John 

 E. Thayer estate at South Lancaster, 

 Mass. 



Mrs. Wm. R. Smith. 



Mrs. Annie M. Smith, widow of the 

 late William R. Smith, passed away 

 last week at Mt. Hope, Baltimore, Md., 

 and the body was brought to this city 

 for interment at tho Rock Creek cem- 

 etery beside that of her husband. Mrs. 

 Smith was born in Colesville. Mont- 

 gomery County. Md., in 1840. the 

 daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph Faw- 

 -cett, who came to this country some 

 .years before from Leeds, England. In 



her youth and middle age Mrs. Smith 

 was a very brilliant woman. She had 

 a host of friends and was a noted fig- 

 ure in this city. About twenty years 

 ago she was affected with a mental dis- 

 order and was sent to an institution in 

 Baltimore where she remained until 

 the time of her death. 



E. B. Sutton. 

 E. B. Sutton, at one time a noted 

 violet grower of Babylon. N. Y., died 

 in New York on Wednesday, July 16. 

 Mr. Sutton gave up his business a 

 number of years ago on account of im- 

 paired health. He was a gentleman ot 

 refinement, impulsively generous and 

 companionable. Although out of busi- 

 ness he has been during the years of 

 his retirement an almost daily visitor 

 among his old-time acquaintances in 

 the 28th street wholesale district, to 

 exchange a cheery word and admire 

 the fiowers, ot which he was very fond. 



J. C. Lewis. 

 John C. Lewis, who for a number of 

 years held the position of City Fores- 

 ter, of Philadelphia, died suddenly at 

 Tyrone, Pa., on July 9. He was 66 

 years old. Mr. Lewis formerly had 

 charge of the public parks in .Rich- 

 mond. Va.. and in March, 1896, was ap- 

 pointed City Forester, which position 

 he held until one year ago, when he 

 resigned. Mr. Lewis was a native of 

 Hereford. England, and at one time 

 had charge ot the growing department 

 of the rose nurseries of Robert Scott 

 & Son at Passyunk avenue, Philadel- 

 phia. 



Oliver H. Weldon. 

 Oliver H. Weldon, an old-time flor- 

 ist ot New Britain, Ct., died at his 

 home, 16 Black Rock avenue, July 

 7th, aged 71 years. He retired from 

 the trade about seven years ago. A 

 son and a daughter survive him. 



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