THIRTY-THIRD BIENNIA!, SESSION 
3d 
Charles M. Hooker. 
Mr. Hooker who was one of the foremost figures in Western New York 
horticulture, and a life member of this society died at his home in Roches- 
ter, N. Y., August 18, 1913. He was nearly eighty-one years old at the time 
of his death and had been a well known personality in the nursery busi- 
ness for over sixty years. 
In 1873 he discovered the value of paris green as a prevention against 
the ravages of the canker worm and tnereby associated his name with the 
earliest activities in the modern practices of using insecticides. 
As an active factor in building up and mantalning interest in horticul- 
tural and pomological associations he will be missed by a host of warm 
friends and acquaintances. He was esteemed very highly by those who 
were closely associated with him in both public and private enterprise 
and leaves a place vacant that his associates find difficult to fill. Tfi© 
older members of this society have learned with sincere regret of the pass- 
ing of Mr. Hooker even at his full ripe age. 
Alexander McNeil. 
The death of Mr. McNeil, to whom has been accredited much of the 
success of the recent work in co-operative marketing in the Dominion fruit 
conferences, and in packing and grading fruit is not only a distinct loss to 
Canada but to the pomologists on this side of the line as well. 
The writer knew him well for many years and feels a profound personal 
loss in his demise. He was a delightful companion in the office, in confer- 
ence and afield. A pleasing conversationalist, an affable associate and an 
altogether congenial fellow worker with fruits. 
Mr. McNeil’s ambition for many years was to see an ideal status of 
the fruit industry of Canada. He labored long and hard for improved pack- 
ing and marketing methods; he was insistent that better grading should be 
done by the growers, that the best transportation services should be rend- 
ered the industry. 
He was keenly active in all matters pertaining to American fruit grow- 
ing and ceaseless in his efforts in behalf of progressive Canadian pomology. 
His name will be especially associated with the splendid results accom- 
plished by and through the inauguration of the Fruit Marks Act much of the 
execution of the measure falling to his charge. 
Rest thou, friend in peace; 
Eternal joy be thine; 
Thy labors here bespeak, 
A future life sublime. E. R. L. 
Samuel Adams Robinson. 
A life member of this society and one of its warmest supporters was 
lost to its service in the death of Dr. Robinson. For many years he had been 
