Some thirty years ago, when the fame of the florists of Philadelphia and the exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Society filled the land, the name of Andrew M. Dryburgh was a very common one among the successful exhibitors. Like many others of note he came to Philadelphia, a well-educated gardener, with plenty of knowledge and enthusiasm for his business, but with little cash. By saving and industry he accumulated enough to start business, and eventually purchased a half block of ground near Logan Square. He was one of the first to start the business of cut flower growing in Philadelphia, and made a specialty especially of camellias. At this period they were in great demand, and all that flowered before New Year brought readily $20 per 100. Mr. Dryburgh had the oldest and largest plants in the city and knew how to advance the flower, hence his camellia income was considered by his fellow florists to be enormous. In cut flower work he had the run of the best custom work, being fortunate in a first-class helper in this in his excellent wife. Anxious to retire from the business he some twenty years ago sold the ground for a handsome figure to the Academy of Natural Sciences, and his grand old camellias were sold and the collection dispersed.

Since that time he has sunk so completely out of sight in his retirement, that it was only by a paragraph in the morning paper that we knew of his decease last month, and had to inquire of some of the few old fellows still living to be sure of the identity of the good old man. He came to Philadelphia originally from Scotland, and was in his 74th year at his decease.