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berg 18 years ago. He was once a student of the Pomologi- 

 cal Institute at Reutlingen. He was well and favorably 

 known to the trade, and was a successful business man. 



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Alexander Fraser, an expert florist and grape-grower 

 of Baltimore, died July 15. 



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James Hutchinson, a prominent California florist, died in 

 February at his home in Oakland. He was identified with 

 several prominent horticultural movements, having been one 

 of the original stockholders of the California Nursery Com- 

 pany. Mr. Hutchinson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 

 1824. At the age of 22 he was head gardener for the Earl 

 of Limerick, and soon after had charge of the famous Prin- 

 cess Gardens, in Edinburgh. He came to America in 1848, 

 and went to California in 1852. 



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George Phelps Lawrence, senior partner of the fruit-im- 

 porting firm of Lawrence, Giles & Co., of New York, died at 

 his residence at Saugatuck, Conn., in December. 



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Allen Lloyd, a prominent florist of Lafayette, Indiana, 

 died March 10. He was born in New York State in 1808. 

 He was probably the first outside florist to ship plants to In- 

 dianapolis and Chicago. 



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Elisha Moody, a well-known nurseryman of Lockport, N. 

 Y., died during the year. 



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James H. Munson died in Chicago January 15. He was at 



one time prominently connected with the seed business with 



Hiram Sibley & Co., and later with Joseph Breck & Sons. 



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Henry Nanz, Sr., the pioneer florist of Louisville, Ken- 

 tucky, died May 1. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 

 1819, and came to this country in 1847. 



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G. S. Palmer, a well-known fruit-dealer of New York 

 city, died of pneumonia December 15, 1891, in his 42d year. 



