. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. inEngland and in Ireland, and was forced to go somewhereelse. William Bright tiring of the British Army, soughtfreedom from its restrictions in the new country. Thesecame to Philadelphia to better their conditions, and at dif-ferent times, each temporarily entered the employ of RobertBuist. All were active, progressive men whom the fatesdecreed to place in Germantown to occupy important placesin the advancement of its floriculture. William Saunders, the eldest of the quartette named,was born in St. Andrews, Scotland, December 7, 1822, anddied at Washington,
. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. inEngland and in Ireland, and was forced to go somewhereelse. William Bright tiring of the British Army, soughtfreedom from its restrictions in the new country. Thesecame to Philadelphia to better their conditions, and at dif-ferent times, each temporarily entered the employ of RobertBuist. All were active, progressive men whom the fatesdecreed to place in Germantown to occupy important placesin the advancement of its floriculture. William Saunders, the eldest of the quartette named,was born in St. Andrews, Scotland, December 7, 1822, anddied at Washington, D. C, December 12, 1900, at whichplace he long occupied the position of Chief of the Experi-mental Gardens of the United States Department of Agricul-ture, and where also he served with William R. Smith andJohn Saul as the Parking Commission, whose work made thestreets of Washington the pride of every American Saunders was an expert draughtsman, a skilled land-scape engineer, and after holding important positions in. William Saunders 49 England, came in the year 1848 to Philadelphia, where hefor a time stopped at Rosedale Nurseries upon Darby acquainted with Thomas Meehan, they formed a part-nership, and started a nursery under the business name ofMeehan & Saunders, which was located on east side of MainStreet, near Carpenters Lane, Germantown,—Meehan Streetof today occupying part of their grounds. After conductingtheir business at this place until it was no longer advan-tageous, Thomas Meehan bought ground and removed toChew Street, while William Saunders located on JohnsonStreet, at southeast corner of Greene Street, a place whichmay be remembered by the present generation, as beingoccupied by William Grassie. Here Saunders conducted ageneral florist and nursery business, wrote for the better classhorticulture magazines, such as Downings Horticulturistand The Gardeners Monthly,—and followed the noteworthy works designed and exe
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