JOURNAL 
OF THE 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Vol. XLII. 1917. 
Parts II. and III. 
JOSEPH GURNEY FOWLER. 
Born at Woodford, Essex, December 5, 1855. 
Died at Pembury, Kent, April 24, 1916. 
Treasurer of the Society, 1 899-1916. 
Chairman of the Orchid Committee, 1905-1916. 
Far and wide wherever British Horticulture nourishes, and uni- 
versally among the ranks of the Royal Horticultural Society, the 
profoundest consternation and regret were felt on the first hearing of 
the sad news of Mr. Gurney Fowler's death — a regret which time 
only fixes more deeply in the hearts and minds of all true gardeners. 
Mr. Gurney Fowler was a twin, and the two boys were so much 
alike as to be continually mistaken one for the other, a condition of 
affairs which continued all through their lives. The brother, Mr. J. W. 
Fowler, died in July 1915, so that they were not long divided. 
Mr. Gurney Fowler received the first part of his education at Grove 
House School, Tottenham — an institution long since swept away 
by the encroachments of the builder — and on leaving school in 1872 
he and his brother, with a tutor, went to Gottingen, and thence to 
Geneva and afterwards to Paris, in order to obtain facility with the 
German and French languages. His first start in business life was 
at Messrs. Sharpies' bank at Luton, where he remained two years 
before joining the firm of Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Co., accountants, 
with whom he spent the remainder of his life, beginning quite at the 
beginning and gradually step by step working his way upwards to be 
senior partner, which proud position he achieved in 19 13. He was 
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