Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria |
Born on 2 April 1853 in London, England; died on 24 October 1928 in Colac, Victoria, Aust.
His father, George Marriner (c 1834-1900),
came from Middlesex, England, arriving in Geelong (Vic) in
1857.
He was a railway labourer for eighteen months before
moving to Colac, where he was employed as a gardener by
district pioneer Hugh Murray. In 1860 he was employed at a
nursery at Colac East, two years later acquiring it and naming
it Fulhamn Nursery (possibly after the London suburb, the site
of many well-known nurseries). Catalogues were issued; that
of 1877 contained an extensive listing of 'coniferae, shrubs
greenhouse plants, fruit trees, etc, including 196 named fruit
trees.
Marriner's oldest son, George Henry (c 1853-1928), a
taxidermist, was interested in botany, which led to a friendship with Ferdinand Mueller, who often visited the nursery.
Marriner's
second son, William (1861-1951), a skilled propagator and
respected flower-show judge, worked at the nursery, taking
over management in 1891. It remained in his family's hands until 1996.
Source: Extracted from:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156586599/george_henry-marriner
George Jones in: Aitken & Looker (Eds), The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens, (2002)
Portrait Photo: none - seeking portrait
Data from 33 specimens