chapter BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
secor, Miss nina, was born at Forest City, Iowa in 1886. Upon the death of her father, Eugene Secor, in 1919, Miss Secor took up the work of raising and introducing the Secor seedlings. She has been assisted in this work by Lee R. Bonnewitz, of Van Wert, Ohio, and W. A. Sisson of Rosendale, Wisconsin.
shaylor, egbert jerome, was born at Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1843. He died at Auburndale, Massachusetts on October 24, 1926. For some time Mr. Shaylor was a salesman for the Meriden Cutlery Company of Meriden, Connecticut; but in 1898 he purchased land in Auburndale and there established the gardens which are now the Shaylor & Allison Nurseries. He was the originator of some thirty varieties of peonies and was also active in importing the best foreign varieties for the American market. An extended obituary will be found in Bulletin No. 29, of the American Peony Society for December, 1926.
Secor, Eugene, Forest City, Iowa, 1841-1919. Breeder, and daughter Miss Nina Secor, Forest City, Iowa.
