Evening star., 1925-03-22


| from Henry McGovern and William
Willis, and created a place where a
| dozen roses grow where but a single
cornstalk grew. The children of Will
liam Thomas and Charity Ann Pierce
were John II. Pierce, married Miss
Margaret Frye of OXon Hill, both
living at Bradbury Heights; Sarah
| Elizabeth Pierce (deceasedD, married
Samuel Frye of Oxon Hill. living in
Anacostia and remarked; William
Thomas Pierce, End, married Miss Ida
May Taylor of Anacostis; James f.
Pierce. married Miss Nirgie Taylor
(deceased), widower remarked and
lives on Alabama avenue: George Il.
Pierce married Miss Alma Milstead
of Benning: both living next door to
the william Thomas Pierce home;
Charles F. Pierce, deceased, single.
The children of william Thomas
Pierce (2nd) and Ida May Taylor
Fierce are BERTHE May, married EN-
ory Talbert of Cheltenham, Nd, both
living across the road; Efiie Irene,
married Eugene Estes, both living in
Washington: Ivy Elizabeth. married
Clayton Lowe, both living in Wash
ington; Daisy LeOta, married Lloyd
Ridgely of Bradbury Heights: Wilfred
Calvin, married Miss Elizabeth Am
monette of Washington; Mildred AL
thea, married Charles Thompson of
Maryland; James Virgil, married Miss
RIanch Ridgely of Bradbury Heights,
deceased. and widoWer remarked.
From the Pierce gardens have come
millions on millions of flowers and
many of them have played some part
in the life of men who read the Ram
bier.
In writing of Joshua Peirce's Lin
mean Hill nursery the Kambler 1or-
got to mention that for many years
Of hn 1r,aS
by Thirteenth and Sixteenth, r and
streets, and had a tree plantation
there Joshua Peirce was the eighth
child of Isaac Peirce and Betsy Cloud
Peirce, daughter of Abner Cloud, who
ran the mill whose ruins are on the
flats about Il mile this side of Chain
Bridge Isaac Peirce was born in
Chester County, Pa, April 9, 1856,
came to the District about the time
of the Revolution. and married Betsy
Cloud in 1879. Isaac bought mill
seat on Rock Creek and built Peirce's
Mill about 1900. You have seeu cut
in stone, in the spring house west of
the mill. this "B. |. p. 1901" You
might infer the meaning as Built by
Isaac Peirce," but the late Abner
Peirce Shoemaker interpreted it as
Betsy and Isaac Peirce. 1901 The
children of Isaac and Betsy Peirce
were Amy, born 1880; Job, born 1881,
married Sarah Harvey; Anne, born
1888, married Samuel Simonton;
Abner Cloud Peirce, born 1875, died
1851, and inherited the mill property;
Hannah, born 1883, married Hayes
Speakman, died 1875; Mary, born 1871;
Betsy, 1893: Joshua, born 1895; mar
ried Susan Coats, daughter of Jacob
Coats of Philadelphia Joshua died in
1869. and in the National Intelligencer,
April IL, that year, was this: MIR.
Joshua Peirce, one OF the Oldest
citizens of Washington, died yester-
day afternoon at his residence, Lin
mean Hill, near this city, in the 18th
year of his age. Mr.. Peirce was well
known to our citizens generally, for
many years being engaged in the pro-
pagation of rare trees and plants, and
was the owner, of a square of ground
near the State Department. which he
used as a branch of his nursery at
Linnean HILL" The Linnean Hill
property was left by Mr.. Peirce to
Peirce Klingle, a nephew of Mrs.
Peirce, and il was in possession of the
KIingIe family at the time of it's in
clusion in Rock Creek Park in 1890.
x = y
HERE follows an advertisement in
The Star, March, 1854: The sub
Europe all he finest vegetables and
flower seeds among which are all
the English cabbages, as early York,
large York, nonpareil, Enfield market,
London market, Wheeler's imperial,
Shilling's queen, Spetbro, Mitchell's,
Albert, Dutch fiat, and the finest
broccoli, as Wilcove and white cape,
caulifowers, early peas. onions. Eng
lish turnips, etc. The flower seeds
comprise everything new and rare.
John Saul, nursery scotsman. seed
store, corner Sevonth and H, nursery,
Seventh between . and F"
Here is an "ad" in The Star dur
ing most of 1853: Hughes Flower
Garden, Seventh street, Island. The
proprietor has a fine stock of Camelia
japonicas, perpetual blooming roses
and large stock of other towering
plants, which will enable him to fur
nish the public with bouquets and
cut flowers, dress vases, etc, at
their residences. and his charges will
be very moderate. William Hughes
will give his personal attention to
laying out new gardens and fixing
old ones, likewise planting trees,
pruning vines, etc"
Here is another florist who was
advertising in The Star in 1854: Rose
bushes, ETC. An excellent opportunity
is offered to the admirers of roses
large bushes of perpetual bloomers
and choice varieties at 25 cents each,
sirgly or by the dozen. Those pur-
chasing $5 worth will be furnished
with experienced men to plant them
The subscriber also has a good as
sortment of verbenas, heliotropes,
geraniums. polyanthus, fuchsias,
pansies, dahlias, etc. NJ. Griff1ths,
Fifth street between K and New York
avenue"
Honest, fellows, the Rambler could
write more on this subject, but it
lis late and an important member of
his family reminds him that this
thing of burning gas nearly all night
has got to stop.
FS