War, invasion, and victory were experienced. The battle of Springfield on June 23, 1780, marked the last desperate thrust of the British Army into New Jersey. Somewhere near the present Millburn Town Hall the Americans stood fast and a wing of Baron General vonKnyphausen's troops was forced back never to return. Many Revolutionary soldiers are buried in the two old Springfield cemeteries. Nicholas and Thomas Parsil, war casualties, lie in their family cemetery at the northeast corner of White Oak Ridge and Parsonage Hill Roads.

In a greenhouse of the firm, center back: Arthur T. Caparn (1867 - 1954) later owner of a nursery in Short Hills. His older brother, Harold A. Caparn (1864 - 1945), from 1912 to his death was the landscape architect of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. His father, Thomas J. Caparn (1834 - 1925) was a horticulturist and painter in watercolor and oils. Arthur T. Caparn's son, Arthur L. Caparn, was a clerk in the Post Office in Millburn for a number of years. I don't know the names of the others in the photo, but would be interested if someone else could provide that. The members of the horticultural community in Short Hills - Millburn surely knew each other and did business with each other. Oliver Chamberlain E-mail: ochamberlain@comcast.net