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Lastly we went into a house of Cypripediums and other things, and 
noted a good Maxillaria Sanderiana in bloom. But time was pressing, and 
we could not note a tithe of the interesting things seen. The quality of the 
plants, however, is well-known, and we must congratulate M. Vuylsteke and 
his son, who has long been in the business, on the excellent condition of 
the plants and the establishment generally. 
OBITUARY. 
Jutius RorEurs.—By the death of Mr. Julius Roehrs, horticulture in 
America has lost one of its most enthusiastic pioneers in the development 
-of the wholesale and retail seed business. Mr. Roehrs had been ill all the 
‘winter with a bad cough, and the doctors advised him to go to Capri. 
‘There he stayed three months, but, not getting better, he returned to New 
York from Naples on June 28th, and arrived home on the 8th of July, and 
died on the 2oth inst., in his seventy-third year. Born in Germany, where 
he received his early training, Mr. Roehrs, whilst still a young man, emigrated 
to the United States, entering private service in Jersey City, New Jersey, 
where he cultivated most successfully Orchids, stove and greenhouse plants, 
including some of the finest specimens of Phalznopsis Schilleriana and P. 
amabilis. The collection was eventually dispersed owing to the death of 
the owner, and Mr. Roehrs shortly afterwards commenced business on his 
own account at Rutherford, New Jersey. His energetic, vigorous 
constitution, amiable disposition, and strict business qualities enabled him 
to create an establishment unequalled in America. His keen judgment of 
plant novelties prompted him to devote whole houses to particular kinds, 
and he visited Europe almost every year in quest of them. Twenty-five 
years ago he commenced to cultivate Orchids, which were at that time 
almost unattainable in New York flower shops. He began by suspending 
and growing them from the roofs of his Palm houses. Gradually the 
demand developed to such proportions that his nursery now contains many 
Orchid houses of great size and modern construction, and _ includes 
thousands of specimens of Cattleya gigas, C. Mossie, C. Mendelii, C. 
Trianz, C. labiata, Oncidium varicosum, O. splendidum, Dendrobium 
formosum, and D. Phalznopsis, thousands of Vanda coerulea, and many 
other useful varieties of Orchids, together with a collection of rare species 
and hybrids. His Palm and decorative plant business is also one of the 
largest in the country, especially in plants for use at Christmas and Easter- 
He leaves a widow, two daughters, and five sons. Three of the latter are 
in the business. Each has received a thorough horticultural training in this 
country, which, together with their home experience, should enable them to 
maintain and continue the excellent reputation of the “* Roehrs Establish- 
ment.” —Gardener’s Chronicle. 
