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BDr. J. P. Burlingham Dies;Won World-wide Fame WithCollections of Plant LifeHorticulturist SuccumbsUnexpectedly, Aged 68, After OperationDr. James P. Burlingham. Interna-* tianally known horticulturist withI! one of the finest collections of Alpineplants in the world, as well aj foremost osteopathic physician in ^ Syracuse for nearly three decades, died unexpectedly at 2:30 A.M. today in Syracuse Memorial Hospital ofpneumonia that developed after he underwent an operation last Wcdncs* day. He was 68 years old.Dr. Burltngham’s Alpine grnden at the rear of his home at 2C6 Rugby Road is known all over the world to horticuiurists and has attracted countless visitors during the many years he spent making his elaborate collection of rare plant life. Syracusans generally regard the garden as one of the city’s showpieces.Its rugged slopes, which faithfully reproduce Alpine terrain and duplicate conditions in Switzerland under which Alpine foliage actually grows, teem with choice specimens which have been the delight of visiting horticulturists.With a background of deep, tangled wildwcod, the garden has evergreen sentinels on its flanks as though to protect the many curious growths and minute flowers which Dr. Burlingham has raised there. Quaint, dwarfed iris pumila abounds, hugging the rocks of the garden, while grape hyacinths and arabls are in abundance and there arc choice specimens of the rare dwarf spruce known asPicea Albertinnlana.The pygmy of all trees, Alpine willow, which never grows higher than four inches above the ground, is in the collection, its waxy leavesalways a delight to visitors. Over allstands a stone birdhouse on a pillar of stone, another feature of the garden.Dr. Burlingham came to Syracuse. ? A V * iN-.v;- 'lt;f j^ XmmDR. JAMES P. BUUUXGIIAMa majority, at the annual show of the American Rock Garden Society in Hew York City, in which he competed«V*»*4 wUWU ** **V* fc** *%** ******collector as J. Plcrpont Morgan, usually a heavy v prize winner In such shows, but surpassed by Dr. Burlingham on the occasion.Aside from horticulture and osteopathy, Dr. Burlisgham was actively interested in athletics as a younger man, playing semi-professional football at his former home in Lancaster and white he was working for a time in Buffalo. He also had been a tennis player for many years and was a member of the old Thornden Tennis Club here. He was a member, too, of May Memorial Unitarian Church, the Masonic Order and Pleasant Point Club on Lake Ontario,He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mabel Clair Root Burlingham; two sons, ____. . , Robert G. Burl In gam and James P.In 1912 to practice osteopathy. Xol- Burlingham. Jr.; a daughter. Misslowing his farriage on June 24, 1908, to Miss Mabel Clair Root. Previous to that time he had practiced in Canandaigua for several years. He had maintained an office in the Lafayette Building in East Fayette Street in recent years.A native of Manchester. England, Dr. Burlingham was born Nov. :*3, 1870 and came to this country at the age of three. His family settled in Lancaster, N. Y., where he was reared and attended public schools. In 1905 he was graduated from the Still College of Osteopathy at Des Moines, la.It was then that he moved to Canandaigua to start the practice, * which he eventually left to come to Syra-. cuse. He became widely known In his chosen profession as his practice***-•• **v*v «**u **C kWA uicmucifcliip 111 -the American Asteopathic Association, • the New York State Osteopathic So- j ciety and the Syracuse Osteopathic ! Society. He was elected to the. sec- \ retaryship of the state society several.years ago. |His fame as a horticulturist grew likewise through the years apace witn his collection of rare plants started in 1921 in the garden he built to reproduce mountain conditions. He was called upon frequently to write authoritative articles for horticultural publications as his knowledge of the subject expanded.His writings and his collection won him fellowship in the Royal Horticultural Society of England and membership In the Alpine Garden Society of England, as well as the New York State Horticultural Society and the American Rock Garden Society. He was an honorary vice president o fthe Syracuse Rose Society.Congratulations poured in upon him from scores of horticulturists recently when he took at least 30 prizes,Margaret A. Burlingham; his mother, Mrs. Mary Burlingham of Batavia; a brother. Dr. William B. Burlingham of Buffalo,.and a sister, Mrs. Frank E. Lawson of Batavia.Funeral services will take place Monday at a time and place to be designated later.Anthony Nardello’s Funeral ServicesTo Be Held MondayFuneral services for Anthony Nar-deilo, 33, who died Thursday, will be [ conducted at 8:45 A. M. Monday atthe home, 547Anthony NardelloWin t o n Street,and at 9r30 A M.at Saint Peter's Church, where the Rev. Angelo Strazzoni w i 11 celebrate requiem high mass. Burial will be In A s iumptlon Cemetery.Mr. Nardello, a carpenter, w a sborn in Italyand came to this country in 1921. He was a member of the Sons of Italy.Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Margaret Nardello; a son, Louis Nardello; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nar-dello, and two sisters. Miss Lena Nar-dello of Syracuse and Mrs. Lucy D'AccoIti of Italy.Town Road Heads Call on Congress To Keep Out of WarAnnual convention of the New York State Association of Town
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