MR. THOMAS WAUGH

Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 48, 25 August 1945, Page 8

MR. THOMAS WAUGH

A keen student of horticulture, and a man who for many years has fostered the love of flowers among his fellowcitizens. Mr. Thomas Waugh, sen., died at Wellington yesterday at the age of 78. For well over 40 years Mr. Waugh, a well-known nurseryman, was one of the keenest enthusiasts in the Wellington Horticultural Society, for his interest in flowers *vas much deeper than a mere job. The splendid shows staged in Wellington over a number of years owed much of their success to Mr. Waugh, and another worthy feature of his work was the advice he was always ready to give to the amateur gardener. His work was his hobby, and he made it possible for many others to make it their hobby, too. During his lifetime Mr. Waugh saw the growth of many nurseries in the Wellington district, and he also had the opportunity of studying work being done in Britain and the United States. Mr. Waugh is survived by his wife one son, Mr. T. S. Waugh. and two daughters, Miss Phyllis Edna Waugh and Mrs. Florence Clifton Macaskill One son, Mr. Kenneth Edwin Waugh predeceased him n 1919