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We  were  rivals  in  one  point  only — the  formation  of  a  horticultural 
library,  but  in  this  each  took  a  pleasure  in  informing  the  other  of  the 
when  and  whereabouts  of  any  new  or  scarce  book.  Once  in  conversa¬ 
tion  I  mentioned  that  I  had  been  looking  for  an  old  book  unsuccessfully, 
when  he  said  he  had  two  copies  of  it  and  I  was  welcome  to  one  of 
them.  It  would  be  easy  to  write  more,  but  with  me  it  would  only  be  a 
repetition  of  what  has  been  already  well  said.  Many  of  us  will  miss 
him  sadly  in  the  future,  and  those  who  knew  him  most  intimately  will 
say  with  most  fervour,  “  Verily  in  him  a  good  man  has  gone  to  his  rest.” 
But  there  is  some  consolation  left  for  those  who  loved  and  esteemed  him 
that,  “To  live  in  others’  hearts  is  not  to  die.”  —  William  Paul, 
Waltham  Crots. 
May  I  be  allowed,  as  one  of  the  late  Dr.  Hogg’s  oldest  friends,  to 
add  my  testimony  as  to  the  sterling  worth  and  many  admirable  quali¬ 
ties,  which  were  perhaps  not  so  apparent  to  the  public  as  might  have 
been  expected,  owing  to  his  singularly  unobtrusive  and  amiable 
character.  This  quality  led  him  to  keep  his  undoubted  talents  often 
in  the  background  when  associated  with  colleagues,  many  of  far  less 
mental  calibre  than  himself,  perfectly  contented  so  long  as  the  object 
in  view  was  done,  and  fairly  well  done. 
Dr.  Hogg’s  connection,  as  Technical  Editor  of  the  “  Herefordshire 
Pomona,”  a  circumstance  omitted  in  Mr.  Wright’s  life-like  and  other¬ 
wise  exhaustive  obituary  notice,  bears  out  the  above  statement — a  work 
enriched  from  the  accurate  and  reliable  stores  of  the  “Fruit  Manual,” 
but  sadly  impoverished  and  lessened  in  value  as  the  Pomona  of  the 
century,  by  the  absurd  discursiveness  and  foreign  matter  arbitrarily 
introduced  by  the  local  editor. 
Among  the  many  excellent  traits  in  Dr.  Hogg’s  character,  none 
struck  me  more  than  the  lively  interest  he  took  in  the  young,  and  the 
readiness  with  which  he  placed  his  time  and  talents  at  their  service. 
My  two  sons  would,  I  feel  sure,  be  the  first  gratefully  to  acknowledge 
the  great  debt  they  owe  to  “  the  dear  old  Doctor  ”  on  their  embarking 
some  years  ago,  in  all  the  Banguine  inexperience  of  youth,  on  their 
present  prosperous  career. 
A  few  almost  illegible  lines  in  pencil,  beginning  a  letter  kindly 
finished  by  his  daughter,  which  I  received  early  in  the  year,  now  lies 
before  me,  as  the  last  memento  I  possess  of  my  revered  friend  ;  but  his 
genial  good  humoured  face,  his  kind  voice,  and  manly  presence — these 
will  never  be  things  of  the  past,  but  fade  out  of  memory  only  with  life 
itself. — The  Herefordshire  Incumbent, 
The  last  number  of  the  Journal  of  Horticulture  was  a  very 
Teminiscent  and  reflective  one — the  leader  ;  our  old  friend  Robert  Fenn’s 
characteristic  autobiographical  notes  ;  your  most  affectionate  and  touch¬ 
ing  tribute  to  our  late  chief  ;  and  the  sympathetic  references  to  him  and 
of  him  by  “D.,  Deal,"  and  L.  Castle,  all  strike  the  chord  of  reflective 
memories  and  tender  appreciative  condolence. 
They  also  cause  us  personally  to  look  within  ourselves,  and  specially 
we  who  have  been  readers  of  and  sometime  contributors  to  the  Journal 
■of  Horticulture  for  thirty  or  forty  years,  and  make  us,  as  first  one  great 
name  amongst  us  and  then  another  disappears,  ask  ourselves  that 
intensely  serious  question,  Who  next?  The  personality  of  the  “  Doctor” 
in  the  horticultural  world  has  been  a  notable  one — quiet,  industrious, 
reliable,  patient,  genial.  We  of  the  Journal  of  Horticulture  know  of 
all  these  attributes,  but  especially  the  last  one,  for  it  is  that  element  of 
geniality  pervading  our  Journal  which  has  made  it  more  like  a  family 
paper — a  paper  where  all  meet  as  brethren,  members  of  a  united  and 
loving  family  than  a  mere  professional  journal  recording  gardening 
matters  simply  as  a  question  of  business. 
We  owe  this,  in  large  measure  (at  least  so  L  believe)  to  the  gentle, 
paternal  influence  of  our  late  head.  It  is  difficult  to  write  just  what  one 
feels.  We  British  people  feel  intensely,  but  just  because  of  that 
intensity  of  deep  feeling,  we  are  curiously  reticent  of  speaking  of 
chose  feelings  to  the  world  at  large.  However,  our  revered  friend  is 
now  sleeping  his  last  long  sleep,  the  sweet  sleep  which  He  gives  to 
His  beloved,  and  he  has  gone  to  it  with,  a?  Macbeth  says,  “  Those 
things  which  should  accompany  old  age,  as  honour,  love,  obedience,  troojs 
of  friends.” — N.  H  Pownall,  Len'on  Hall  Gardens,  Nottingham. 
With  feelings  of  deep  sorrow  I  desire  to  express  my  great  regret  at 
the  removal^rom  our  midst  of  a  gentleman  whose  name  has  been  a 
household  one  in  gardens,  and  will  ever  remain  familiar  to  gardeners  of 
all  classes,  his  “Fruit  Manual”  being  an  enduring  memorial  of  a  great 
mind,  keen  in  observation,  and  unremitting  in  effort  to  make  clear,  in 
a  scientific  and  practical  manner,  the  results  of  great  experience.  The 
knowledge  thus  placed  at  our  command  merits  the  expression  of  highest 
estimation  and  deepest  gratitude  on  the  part  of  all  interested  in 
“  gardeners  and  gardening.” 
Though  connected  with  the  deceased  gentleman  in  respect  of  the 
Journal  of  Horticulture  for  exactly  thirty-six  years,  I  have  only  seen 
him  twice,  when  I  received  such  cordiality  of  reception  and  heartiness 
of  hand-shaking  as  to  leave  an  indelible  impression  of  his  deep  sympathy 
with  the  craft,  however  humble  the  member,  and  of  liveliest  interest  in 
the  profession,  with  unsparing  effort  to  promote  its  welfare. — G.  Abbey. 
It  was  not  till  I  opened  my  copy  of  the  Journal  of  Horticulture  last 
Friday  morning  that  I  learned  the  sad  tidings  of  the  death  of  Dr.  Hogg, 
whom  I  greatly  revered,  and  whom  for  five  years  I  have  regarded  in  the 
light  of  a  very  kind  friend.  The  mournful  news,  however,  was  not 
nnexpected.  Not  long  previously  I  had  learned  from  his  friend  of  fifty 
years,  Mr.  William  Paul  of  Waltham  Cross,  that  the  venerable  Dr.  was 
in  a  critical  and  dangerous  condition. 
It  was  at  Mr.  Paul’s  beautiful  place  in  Hertfordshire,  Waltham  House, 
formerly  the  residence  of  Anthony  Trollope,  the  eminent  novelist,  that, 
through  the  thoughtful  kindness  of  the  great  horticulturist,  I  first  became 
personally  acquainted  with  the  consummate  pomologist,  I  was  on  that 
occasion,  when  accompanying  him  through  the  nurseries,  much  impressed 
by  his  charming  simplicity  of  manner,  his  utter  absence  of  all  assump¬ 
tion,  the  small  importance  he  seemed  to  attach  to  all  the  knowledge  he 
possessed,  and  especially  by  the  peculiar  amiability  and  affectionateness 
of  his  nature.  Reverence  was  one  of  his  noblest  characteristics.  To 
him,  as  to  Cowper,  Nature  in  all  her  myriad  manifestations  of  manifold 
beauty  and  infinite  expressiveness,  was  but  a  name  for  an  effect,  whose 
cause  was  God. 
It  was  easy  to  see  that  by  Mr.  Paul  and  his  family  he  was,  in  virtue 
of  those  attributes  which  I  have  endeavoured  to  indicate,  greatly 
beloved.  Nor  can  I  wonder  at  this  when  I  remember  his  many  kind¬ 
nesses  to  myself.  Immediately  after  that  memorable  visit  to  Waltham 
he  sent  to  me  as  a  present  his  comprehensive  “Fruit  Manual,”  with  a 
characteristic  inscription  on  the  title  page,  a  work  which  was  to  me  a 
marvellous  revelation  of  the  capabilities  of  human  knowledge,  and  which 
will  ever  remain  one  of  my  most  treasured  and  precious  possessions. — 
David  R.  Williamson. 
On  opening  the  Journal  last  week  (March  18th)  a  feeling  of  deep 
regret  took  possession  of  me  on  reading  of  the  death  of  Dr.  Hogg,  the 
conductor  of  this  paper  for  so  great  a  period  of  time.  To  many  gardeners 
who,  like  myself,  have  read  the  Journal  for  many  years  the  name  of  the 
great  pomologist  has  been  as  a  household  word  to  them.  His  labours  in 
the  science  of  fruit  culture  and  nomenclature  has  been  immense,  to  say 
nothing  of  the  secretarial  work  with  that  splendid  international 
exhibition  of  May,  1866,  held  at  South  Kensington,  the  like  of  which,  I 
should  say,  has  not  been  seen  since.  His  work  and  support  in  connection 
with  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  deserved  the  gratitude  of  all  the 
gardening  community,  for  anyone  who  read  the  reports  of  meetings  at 
South  Kensington  twenty  years  ago  or  ao  could  well  see  that  the  Doctor’s 
support  was  on  the  right  side — that  of  horticulture. 
He  was  a  gardener’s  true  friend,  and  many  of  the  craft  has  had  cause 
to  be  grateful  for  the  interest  he  has  taken  for  them.  I  for  one  have. 
It  was  my  privilege  on  one  occasion,  now  some  years  ago,  to  see  him  in 
his  study  at  his  London  residence,  and  his  kindly  words  and  advice  to 
me  on  that  occasion,  just  then  entering  upon  a  new  situation,  I  have 
never  forgotten.  His  decease,  after  such  a  long  and  honourable  career, 
is  a  loss  to  the  horticultural  world,  but  his  works  on  fruit  ani  other 
subjects  will  live  long  after  him. — A.  Harding,  Orton. 
May  I  join  in  the  expression  of  regret  at  the  sad  news  of  the  death 
of  Dr.  Hogg  ?  My  acquaintance  with  him  was  limited  to  correspondence 
connected  with  the  Journal,  but  it  was  sufficient  to  give  me  a  high  idea 
of  our  lost  chief’s  kindly  nature.  From  one  and  all  connected  with  the 
Journal  wjth  whom  I  have  come  in  contact  1  have  ever  experienced  the 
greatest  of  kindness*  and  the  good  Doctor,  to  the  best  of  his  ability, 
helped  to  form  and  strengthen  the  feeling  of  friendship.  Even  a  brief 
note,  which,  in  the  hands  of  many,  would  have  been  confined  to  its  bare 
subject  matter,  would  contain  a  few  friendly  words  appreciated  at  the 
time,  but  doubly  prized  now  when  the  hand,  feeble  as  it  was  even  then, 
which  penned  them  is  now  at  rest.  Small  is  the  pebble  I  can  add  to  the 
cairn  raised  in  memory  of  Dr.  Hogg,  but  it  is  the  offering  of  respect  and 
sorrow. — S.  Arnott.  _ 
It  was  with  deep  regret  that  I  learnt  of  the  death  of  my  old 
acquaintance,  Dr.  Hogg,  when  I  opened  the  pages  of  the  Journal  of 
Horticulture.  His  memory  will  ever  be  associated  with  the  much 
appreciated  intercourse  I  once  had  the  privilege  of  enjoying  with  him 
at  a  Fruit  Conference  held  at  Hereford,  when  he  kindly  invited  me  to 
assist  him  in  the  awards,  and  I  treasure  the  copy  of  the  “  Fruit  Manual  ” 
he  subsequently  presented  to  me.  I  have  a  vivid  recollection  of  receiving 
his  genial  greeting,  alas  1  for  the  last  time  when  at  the  Temple  Show 
last  year.  I  perused  with  deep  interest  the  sympathetic  memoir  of  our 
dear  old  colleague  ;  the  perusal  of  it  also  deeply  affected  my  wife,  who 
also  had  ever  cherished  a  feeling  of  high  regard  towards  Dr.  Hogg.  The 
Rev.  H.  H.  D’Ombrain’s  and  Mr.  L.  Castle’s  tributes  of  the  lamented 
Doctor  in  the  Journal  must  have  embodied  the  sentiments  of  scores  of 
friends  and  readers  of  the  Journal. — William  Gardiner. 
I  feel  I  must  express  my  sorrow  and  regret  at  the  death  of  Dr.  Hogg. 
He  has  had  a  long  life,  and  spent  it  well  in  the  interest  of  horticulture, 
as  evidenced  by  his  well-known  works  and  the  long  conductorship  of  the 
Journal  of  Horticulture. — E.  D.  Smith. 
Last  week’s  issue  of  the  Journal  will  be  read  with  a  particularly 
sorrowful  interest,  and  will  occasion  a  widespread,  silent,  sympathetic 
sorrow  that  will  be  deep  and  sincere.  I  am  sensible  of  my  inability  to 
express  what  I  would  say  in  tendering  my  condolence  at  such  a  time  as 
this  ;  but  the  memory  of  him  will  be  refreshed  by  kindly  remembrances. 
— John  E.  Jefferies.  _ _ 
It  was  only  on  opening  the  Journal  on  Friday  that  I  learnt  the 
sorrowful  news  of  the  dear  old  Doctor’s  end.  Even  though  meeting  him 
but  occasionally,  as  I  did,  one  could  not  be  unmoved  at  the  loss  of  so 
kindly  and  loveable  a  friend  as  he  has  always  been  through  many  years. 
