. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists^ Review . 11, 1912. OBITUARY. ' John Algood Pettigrew. Siiiii' hist \V('(>U's issue of Till' lu'\ icw went to jircss flic craft has lost, in Jobu Alj,M)0(l I'ctt i^icw, tin' (lean of Aiut'r- icaii park siiiicriiitcniiciits, who difd at BoHtoii July 2. JMr. lV'ttij;ro\v was horn at (iatcs- head, l']iijj;laii<i, in 1S14 and at a youthful li'^v toll()W(Ml ill the lootsti'iis of liis father, wlio was a inoniineiit gardener. He worked, among other places, at Biddick Jfall, near J)urhani, and could alwa_\s on occasion talk in t
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists^ Review . 11, 1912. OBITUARY. ' John Algood Pettigrew. Siiiii' hist \V('(>U's issue of Till' lu'\ icw went to jircss flic craft has lost, in Jobu Alj,M)0(l I'ctt i^icw, tin' (lean of Aiut'r- icaii park siiiicriiitcniiciits, who difd at BoHtoii July 2. JMr. lV'ttij;ro\v was horn at (iatcs- head, l']iijj;laii<i, in 1S14 and at a youthful li'^v toll()W(Ml ill the lootsti'iis of liis father, wlio was a inoniineiit gardener. He worked, among other places, at Biddick Jfall, near J)urhani, and could alwa_\s on occasion talk in tho true \('rnacular of the Tyneside dis- trict. He worked at several other places in Kngland liefoit* coming to America when L'l years of age and gained a good fundamental knowledge not onl\' of general gardening Imt also roadni;il<ing and nursery wori<. which stood liiiii ill excellent stead in later years. He settled first in Chicago, where floriculture and landscape gardening oc- cupied him tor many years. His tlower store ill that tluMi liecame superintendent of Liiicidn juirk, Chi- cago. During his years there he ac- complished a great deal, some things being cjeemed almost impossible, and rose to the to)* of the ranks of i)ark superintendents. The ]i(ditieal intrigues whicii necessitated his lemoval from (Jhicago were mourned l>y e\ eryone ha\ - iug a sjiark of ci\ ic pride in liis make- up. Mr. I'ettigrew ne.\t went to Mil- waukee as head of its paik system, and a year later was calicil to I'lospect jiark, Brooklyn, wliiidi ho imiiKMistdy im- proved, and so enlianced iiis re|iutati()n that when Boston was in need of the ablest jiark suiierintendeiit jirocurable, eminent authorities, both in Kngland and America, were a unit in ail\ ising his selection. As head of the entire Boston jiark system, which imduded the h'ivt'rway, Fenway, Franklin park, Franklin Held, Jamaica jiond and the many beautiful boule\ ards and jdaygrounds of the city, Mr. rettigrew did a notab
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