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SEABS, rSED COX.EMAB 
Professor of Pomology, Mass. 
Agri. College; born May 11, 1866, 
at Lexington, Mass. At an early 
age removed to Kansas. Attended 
the public schools of Kansas, 
with one year in the grammar 
schools of Boston, Mass. Gradu- 
ated from the Kansas Agri. Coll 
In 1892. Was assist, horticultur- 
ist in Kansas Exp. Station till 
1896; then Prof, of Hort. in Utah 
Agri. College; from 1897 to 1906, 
Director Nova Scotia School of 
Hort.; then Prof, of Hort. Nova 
Scotia Agri. College till 1907. 
Since then Prof, of Pomology. 
Mass. Agri. College. Married 
Ruth Stokes, also a graduate of 
the Kansas Agri. College, and has 
two children. 
SHAW, JACOB ZINGSIiET 
Research Pomologist; born at 
Northfield, Vt., Aug. 6, 1877. At- 
tended country schools and worked 
on farm during youth; graduated 
from the agricultural course of 
the Unlv. of Vt. in 1899. En- 
gaged in farming for three years 
and has since been connected with 
experiment station and agricul- 
tural college work In N. J., Mo. 
and N. H. Now research pomolo- 
gist of the Mass. Exp. Sta. Has 
degrees of M. S. and Ph. D. Mar- 
ried Bertha T. Simpson in New 
Jersey and has four children. In- 
vestigation work has been in plant 
breeding and pomology. 
SMITH, £. D. 
Nurseryman; pres, of E. D. Smith 
& Son, Ltd., Winona, Ont. ; pres, 
of Beamsville Preserving Co., 
Beamsville, Ont.; pres. Lambton 
Packing Co., Petrolea, Ont.; born 
Dec. 8, 1853, near his present 
home. Educated at public schools 
and Hamilton Collegiate Institute. 
Carries on in addition to nursery 
business a mercantile business, 
viz., the buying and selling of 
domestic fruits grown in the Ni- 
agara district. Manufactures 
lams. Jellies, etc., at Winona. Is 
largely interested in canning fac- 
tories, being also pres, of Cana- 
dian Canners, Ltd., and has 600 
acres of land under Intensive cul- 
tivation — fruit, vegetables and 
nursery stock. Was elected to 
the House of Commons of Can- 
ada in 1900. again in 1904; was 
called to the Senate in 1913. Has 
two sons, one of whom. Major Ar- 
mand A., is now at the front, and 
one daughter. 
STABK, BBOTO 
Pres. Amer. Ass’n Nurserymen; 
born Nov. 23, 1886, at Louisiana, 
Mo.; educated in the public 
schools and a graduate of the 
U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. 
Is ex-pres. of the Western Ass’n 
of Nurserymen; pres, of the Mis- 
sissippi Valley Apple Growers’ 
Ass’n, pres. Louisiana Commercial 
Club, member of the Wholesale 
Ornamental Growers’ Ass’n, Amer. 
Protective Ass’n, Retail Nursery- 
men’s Protective Ass’n, Missouri 
Nurserymen’s Ass’n, Amer. Rose 
Society, Missouri Hort. Society, 
the Army and Navy Club, Wash- 
ington, D. C. ; the University Club, 
St. Louis, and the Army and 
Navy Club, New York City. Is 
vice-president and general mana- 
ger of the century-old nursery, 
the Stark Bros. Nurseries and Or- 
chards Co., Louisiana, Mo. Mr. 
Stark is the eldest son of the late 
Clarence M. Stark, who for many 
years was head of the Stark Bros. 
Nurseries and Orchards Co., and 
from whom Lloyd Stark inherited 
much of his horticultural and po- 
mological knowledge. [Since the 
above was written Mr. Stark has 
joined the U. S. military forces.] 
THOMBSOH, H. B. 
Professor of Market Gardening, 
Mass. Agri. College; born June 29 
1885, Westford, Mass.; graduated 
from Mass. Agri. Coll.. 1905; 
taught horticulture at Mt. Her- 
mon School, 1906; in charge of the 
field work of the Dept, of Hort.. 
Mass. Agri. Coll., 1907 to 1910, 
and instructor in market garden- 
ing and commercial vegetable 
grower, 1910 to 1915; prof, of this 
subject 191B" to date. 
THXJBI.OW, WINTHBOP H. 
Peony specialist and nurseryman, 
treas. of T. C. Thurlow’s Sons, Inc. 
Born in West Newbury, Mass., 
Oct. 29, 1887. Third son and life- 
long companion of the late 
Thomas C. Thurlow, the most 
noted Peony grower on this con- 
tinent. Educated in the public 
schools of West Newbury and 
Newburyport. A high authority 
on, and judge of. Peonies. Is ac- 
tive member of the Peony Society 
and life member of Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society. For the 
past four years he has been sec- 
retary and treasurer of the Massa- 
chusetts Nurserymen’s Associa- 
tion. 
