Show A celebrated CELEB EDITOR DUD DEAD dr thurber a wit inona MUM and I 1 STANDARD special S F chronicle service 1 NEW YORK april 4 dr george thurber one of the most accomplished botanists this country ever produced died on Wednes wednesday oay night at hia his home the beeche 4 in in passaic toTne hip in in which he had lived for over twenty years dr thurber Thur who at one time was a familiar figure ligure in newspaper how row hadon had on account oai bailing of f failing ling retirement heal health h latterly remained in strict retirement at the time of bis big death deathie be had bad not visited nw york tor for nearly three ye years are New lie was asborn born in providence september 2 1821 in 1850 1830 ha he formed oneff one of the special commission commission appointed by the government to settle fettle the boundary between the united states and mexico and took partin part in sever beveral alof of the periodical skirmishes with indians in 1859 he was appointed professor of botany and horticulture of 0 the state agricultural college lansing mich and while there he lie visited dr dar linstone ling tone tons american weeds and useful plants in 1803 1863 dr thurber accepted the editorship of th the angieri can agriculturist and retained that place until 1885 when failing fa ling health caused bis his retirement during hia his twenty two years of service pervice as editor he be had sole charge ot of all works on horticulture published by the orange judd co |