A famous amateur horticulturist, in this lady, passed away at West Chester, Pa., on the 10th of October, in her ninetieth year. It may not be too much to say that to her in a great measure we owe the famous firm of Hoopes, Brother & Thomas. The love of trees and flowers which took such active form around the homestead on Cherry Hill farm,"could not but have an influence on her boys, and out of this grew the Cherry Hill nurseries, established on the grounds when but a young man by the eldest, Josiah, into which subsequently the younger, Abner, grew, and with the immense development of the business, finally George B. Thomas.

Sarah Hoopes, as she always loved to be simply called, was in many respects a remarkable woman. She had an immense power for good over everyone who came in contact with her, and not only the horticultural, but a large number of distinct social interests, have been made to progress rapidly in knowledge and happiness through Sarah Hoopes having lived in this world.