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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE CI' ..r.-ElUCA 



THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA. 



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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF 



President, 

 J. W. EVERITT, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. 



Vice-President, 

 W. S. RENNIE, 

 Ross. Cal. 



GARDENERS 



Treasurer, 

 JAMES STUART. 

 Mamaroneck. N. V. 



Secretary, MARTIN C. EBEL, Madison. N. J. 



TRUSTEES FOR 1914. 

 Peter Duff, Orange, N. J. ; William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa. : Wm. Tur 

 ner, Mendham, X. J.; Geo. W. Hess, Washington, 

 Wyncote, Pa. 



D. C. 



John H. Dndds. 



DIRECTORS. 



To serve until 1916 — Thomas W. Logan, Jenkintown, Pa.; John F. Huss, 

 Hartford, Conn.; Jas. MacMachan, Tuxedo Park, N. Y.; A. Bauer, Deal 

 Beach, N. J.; John W. Jones, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Alexander McPherson, 

 Washington, D. C. ; James C. Shield. Monticello, 111. 



To serve until 1917 — A. J. Smith, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Theodore Wirth, 

 Minneapolis. Minn.; Wm. Hetrick, San Gabriel, Cal.; Robert AngUs, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y.; Robert Bottomley, New Canaan, Conn.; Alex. Eraser, 

 Newport, R. I.; Arthur Smith, Reading, Pa. 



To serve as directors for three years, until January 1, 1918 — William H. 

 Waite, Yonkers, N. Y.; William N. Craig. Brookline, Mass.; Erward Kirk. 

 Bar Harbor, Me.; John W. Johnston, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Carl N. Fohh, 

 C.ojorado Springs, Colo.; Peter Johnsen, Dallas, Tex.; Thomas Proctor, 

 Lentfx, M*ss.' 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



Secretary-Treasurer, 

 ROLAND \V. COTTERIM., 

 Seattle, Wash. 

 Vice-Presidents, 

 CARL W. FOHN, JOHN HENDERSON, 



Colorado Springs, Colo. Montreal, Canada. 

 CHARLES HAIBLE, I. H. FROST, 

 Newburgh, N. Y'. Chicago, 111. 



President, 



GUSTAVE H. AMRHYN 



New Haven, Conn. 



JOHN McLAREN, 

 San Francisco, Cal. 



HERMAN MERKEL, 

 New York, N. Y. 



Vol XIX. 



JANUARY, 1915. 



No. 9. 



CHARLES McTAGGART. 



Charles McTaggart. widely known in gardeniug circles, 

 is no more. His untimely demise occurred on Sunday 

 noon. January 10, as he was approaching the railroad 

 station in his home town, Kearny, N. J., to board a train 

 for Xew York. Walking on the westbound track, the 

 warning of the approach of the eastbound train on the 

 track on which he was walking, owing to repairs on the 

 eastbound track, came too late. He was struck and when 

 picked up life in the body was extinct. 



Charles McTaggart numbered a host of friends among 

 the gardeners, especially in the eastern states. The ac- 

 companying photograph depicts him in characteristic 

 attire, and as he will be best rememljered by his friends. 

 Born in Gatehouse, Kirkendbrightshire, Scotland, forty- 



five years ago, a grandson of the late James McTaggart. 

 Provost of Gatehouse, he came to this country about 

 twenty years ago. For the past seven years he has been 

 connected with the seed firm of \\'. E. Marshall & Co., 

 Xew York, representing the firm on the road most of 

 that time. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. James 

 McTaggart, and the death of her only remaining son 

 leaves her without kin in the world. The firm, whom 

 he lias faithfully served the past years, in appreciation 

 of those services, will undertake to lighten the sorrow 

 and burden of the bereaved mother in her declining years. 

 The funeral services were held at his late home in 

 Kearny, X^ J., on Wednesday afternoon, January 13, and 

 was attended by many friends botli in and outside of the 

 gardening profession. .Vmong those who followed the 

 remains to its last resting place in Arlington Cemetery, 

 Arlington, X. ].. were: John lirunger. D. Adams, James 



rilE I A IE CllARl.FS .\lcT.\i;G.\RT. 



.\itchison. Willir.m I-^arclay, Robert Berry. James Rell, 

 Edward Benson, William Bunny, J. .\lexander, M. C. 

 Ebel, A. F. Faulkner, John Garvan. John Hayes. A. Herz. 

 Thomas Locke. Alexander McKenzie, Ewen McKenzie, 

 Malcolm MacRorie, John McQueen, Joseph Marshall, 

 George Meadows, George Mustoe, \\'illiam Metzdorf. 

 Lester E. Ortiz, Robert Petrie, Owen G. Ownen, P. W. 

 Popp, James Stuart, Martin Tillotson. .\lexander Thomp- 

 son, George Thompson. ( ieorge Wilson, Ant. Wild, 

 Andrew \Vilson, S. H. \\'hitefield, William Keyser, 

 Andrew Kennedy. 



The services were conducted bv Rev. Robert T. Gra- 

 ham. The pall bearers were : A. E. Wheeler, Peter Duff. 

 John Brown, Henry Rute, James Walker, Thomas 

 Adams. 



Charles ^McTaggart rests in peace. Long will he live 

 in the memory of his friends. 



