THE 



Canadian Horticulturist. 



VOL. XIII. 



15 90. 



NO. 6. 



SOME PROMINENT CANADIAN HORTICULTURISTS —X. 



THE LATE MR. CHARLES GIBB, OF ABBOTSFORD, QUE. 



ITTLE did we think, on the 5th of July last, when we 

 received that brief card to say " Good-bye" from Mr. 

 Gibb, which was published in last year's volume, page 

 237, that it conveyed so much more meaning than was 

 intended. His journey was indeed a longer one than he 

 had mapped out. 



There is probably no man in Canada, whose loss 

 could be so deeply felt in horticultural circles, as that 

 of the subject of this sketch. From all sides have come letters expressive 

 of the high esteem in which he was held, both personally and on account of 

 his work. Mr. John Croil says, " Few men did more for the advancement 

 of fruit culture. His work so well begun, will live after him." Mr. R. W. 

 Shepherd, of Montreal, says, " I feel as if I had lost a dear and intimate 

 friend." Dr. Hoskins of Vermont, writes, " If you get the details about 

 my dear friend Gibb's journey and death I hope you will print them as fully 

 as possible. I loved him as a brother. No man was doing more for his 

 country and ours than he." Possessed of wealth and great intellectual 

 ability, he devoted all to the benefit of Canadian Horticulture, and to his 



