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-Max Aubcrtel, formerly at Stamford, 

 Conn., is now located as gardener at Wil- 

 burton Farms, Manchester Depot, Vt. 



William Eccles, formerly superintendent 

 of the Mortimer Schiff estate at Oyster Bay, 

 L. 1., and more recently of the F. F. Drury 

 estate at Cleveland, has purchased the orchid 

 growing establishment of Thomas Jones, 

 Short Hills, X. J., and will devote himself 

 1o raising orchids for the market. 



John I'orbes, until recently superinten;lt,-nt 

 of the A. \'. Davis estate. Oyster Bay, L. 1.. 

 has eml)arked m business for hinisell at 

 White Plains, X. Y. 



George Palmer, late of Lenox, has ac- 

 cepted the position of head gardener to .Mrs. 

 R. M. Saltonstall, Chestnut Hill, Mass. 



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William Gray, well known in gardening 

 faternities and until recently a resident ot 

 Xewport, R. 1., died suddenly at the home of 

 his father at Middletown, X. Y., on March 

 13, to which city he had moved to assume 

 charge of his father's florist business. Mr. 

 Gray was vice-president of the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners, and it seems a 

 strange coincidence that on the day of his 

 death his resignation, which he had tendered 

 owing to his retirement from the gardening 

 profession, was acted on by the Board of 

 Directors. Mr. Gray came to Xewport in 1893 

 and for the greater part of the intervening 30 

 years, e.xcept a brief time when he was em- 

 ployed on Long Island, had made his home 

 here. He was first on the Twombly and 

 Auchincloss estates, and after his return 

 from Long Island was gardener at the Leeds 

 estate, serving in that capacity until last 

 Autumn, when the Princess Anastasia (Mrs. 

 Leeds) sold the property to Mr. James B. 

 Duke. Mr. Gray had been an active mem- 

 ber of the Newport Horticultural Society, 

 serving several years as recording and finan- 

 cial secretary, and last year was one of its 

 vice-presidents. Not only had he been active 

 as an official, but he was an exhibitor in the 

 local society's flower shows and in Provi- 

 dence, Boston and Xew York. Specializing 

 in sweet peas, his exhibits won many prizes 

 and gave him a widespread reputation as a 

 grower of this variety of flowers. He was 

 c<iurteous and obliging and won many 

 friends by his willingness to help others with 

 advice, material assistance and information. 



Mr. Gray was Ix-rn in 1874. He is sur- 

 vived by his widow and three daughters. 



William Thomson, aged 70, died in his 

 home, Sewickley, Pa., on March 9, following 

 an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Thomson was 

 born in Sigglesthorne, England, and came to 

 .America when he was 27 years old. He 

 was engaged in gardening in Erie, Pa., for 

 several years and later came to Sewickley to 

 manage the garden of Mrs. Mary Copley 

 Thaw on Sewickley Heights. For the past 

 ten years he has been in charge of the green- 

 houses of the Joseph Craig estate. 



Mr. Thom.son comes of a family of flower- 

 lovers, being the fourth W'illiam Thomson in 

 the direct line to devote his life to horticul- 

 ture ; his eldest son. W'illiam Thomson, Jr., 

 is in charge of the gardens and greenhouses 

 of Mrs. William P. Snyder, Sewickley 

 Heights. Mr. Thompson's widow, another 

 son, Robert, and a daughter and two sister- 

 also survive him. 



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