. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Late John A. Keller. of the pioneers of the Front street wholesale center. Portrait on page 1118. Dr. Maxwell 1. Masters. Dr. Masters, the respected editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, England, died at his home at Ealing, after an illness extending over a month, on May 30, Maxwell Tylden Masters was born at Canterburv Kent, on April 15, 1833. He was the youngest son of Alderman Mas- ters, a well-known author and nursery- man, and was educated at King's College, London. His first charge, after taking his degree
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The Late John A. Keller. of the pioneers of the Front street wholesale center. Portrait on page 1118. Dr. Maxwell 1. Masters. Dr. Masters, the respected editor of the Gardeners' Chronicle, England, died at his home at Ealing, after an illness extending over a month, on May 30, Maxwell Tylden Masters was born at Canterburv Kent, on April 15, 1833. He was the youngest son of Alderman Mas- ters, a well-known author and nursery- man, and was educated at King's College, London. His first charge, after taking his degree, was sub-curator of the Fielding Herbarium at Oxford, un- der Dr. Daubeny, and he also practiced medicine for some time. From 1855 to 1868 he was botanical lecturer at St. George's hosoital and for some years he was examiner in botany at the Uni- versity of London. In i860 he became a member of the Linnean Society and in 1870 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. At the age of 32, in November, 1865. he was, on the death of Dr. Lindley, appointed as part editor of the Gar- dener's Chronicle in company with the late Thomas Moore. Since this date his influence for good has been felt, not only in the columns of this fine journal, but in horticulture the world over. Quite early in his career he was largely- instrumental in preventing the national gardens at Kew from being handed over to a political clique rather than to a horticultural director, and how great a good this has proved no one really knows. In i866 Dr. Masters was congress secretary for the great International Horticultural Exhibition and now only one other member of the executive committee, ,who had charge of this great show, remains, Harry J, Veitch. Old Chiswick men will long revere the memory of Dr. Masters for the great interest he always took in the affairs of the Royal Horticultural Society and will recall the fondness with which he clung to the old Chiswick garden after it was the general opinion that its d
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