This section is from the book "The American Garden Vol. XI", by L. H. Bailey. Also available from Amazon: American Horticultural Society A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants.
Ex-President Jules Monges, of the horticultural society of Bouches-du-Rhone, died March 3rd, aged 64 years.
Pesident M. F. Senelar, of the horticultural society of Bouches-du-Rhone, died on the 17th of March.
Mr. A. Du Breuil, one of the most noted writers on arboriculture, has just died in his eightieth year.
B. S Williams, well-known to orchid growers, died in June, at the age of sixty years. Among his works are the Orchid Growers' Manual and the Orchid Album.
M. Houllett, for a long time superintendent of the greenhouses in the Botanical Gardens of Paris, died in his seventy-fifth year. The genus of orchids, Houlletia, was named in bis honor.
Herman Jager, one of the most prominent German horticulturists, died Jan. 5, 1890, aged 75 years.
Dr. Alexander von Bunge, a celebrated Russian botanist, died June 18, 1890, aged 87 years. He is well-known as an author of many botanical works.
John Shaw, a well-known landscape gardener of northern England, died Sept 14, in the seventy-ninth year of his age.
James Backhouse, head of the firm of James Backhouse & Son, died Aug. 31.
 
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