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ripe for a Napoleon or an up-to-date eoneem that will eater 
to the mass and reaeh him with modem methods. 
The tree agent method is perhaps the most effeetive but 
it is old-fashioned, eumbersome and eostly. 
The department stores have tried to help but they are 
not suited and their handing out “embalmed stoek” is detri¬ 
mental rather than otherwise. 
It should be made possible for every householder to 
purehase trees, shrubs and plants for his grounds as easily 
as he ean furniture for his home. Who is going to show the 
way ? 
There will be fewer ])eeans budded here this summer 
than usual and probably not over half the usual grafting 
next winter. 
Si.Mi’soN Nursery Co.mpany. 
bituary. 
* 
CHARLES M. HOOKER 
AN INTERESTING NOTE FROM W. C. REED, 
VINCENNES, IND. 
Have just returned from a 300 mile automobile trip 
over the southern part of Indiana and Illinois. Was ae- 
eompanied by Mr. C. A. Reed of Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., from the Department of 
Agrieulture who is in eharge of field 
investigations in Nut Culture, also Mr. J. 
F. Jones of Willow Street, Pa., and Mason 
J. Nibliek and my son, M. P. Reed. We 
were visiting the native Peean trees that 
we are propagating from, Mr. Jones loea- 
ted one Peean tree that measures 18 feet 
in eireumferenee, 5 feet from the ground 
and perhaps 195 feet high. Mr. R. L. 
MeCoy of Lake, Ind., and Mr. Wilkin¬ 
son of Roekport accompanied us part of 
the tiifie. Had a very pleasant trip. 
AN INTERESTING MUSEUM 
The College of Forestry at Syracuse, 
in developing a very complete Forest 
Museum, is developing a collection of 
tree seeds and a herbarium of specimens 
of all the native trees. Besides specimens showing fruit 
and seed and the trunks of the various forest trees, there 
wall be collections of instruments such as saws, axes and 
logging tools used by the lumbermen and the Forester in 
the utilization and improvement of the forest. The College 
is especially anxious to have specimens of old styles of saws 
and axes used in the forests and all equipment used in the 
manufacture of maple sugar, tan bark, etc. 
GOOD CROP OF PECAN TREES 
This is our seventh year in the nursery business at Monti- 
cello, Fla. Each year we have made good crops of pecan 
trees but this summer have by far the finest lot of trees we 
have ever grown. The season has been favorable to tree 
growth and our pecan trees are certainly extra fine. 
We now have growfing in our nurseries about a quarter 
of a million of budded and grafted pecan trees, half of which 
will be of salable size this fall. We also grow a large number 
of Satsuma orange trees and some grape fruit. 
The demand for grafted pecan trees seems unlimited and 
we expect to easily sell our entire output before the season 
is over. 
The death of Charles M. Hooker occurred Monday 
afternoon in Brighton at the home. Mr. Hooker was one 
of the foremost figures in horticulture in Western New York 
for sixty years. 
When a young man Mr. Hooker entered the employ of 
Bissell & Hooker, nurserymen in East 
avenue. On reaching the age of 21 he 
became a member of the firm of Hooker, 
Farley & Company in St. Paul street, his 
father being the senior partner. In 1856 
the business w^as removed to Clover 
street, Brighton, and the farm of the 
late Roswell Hart was purchased. Sub¬ 
sequently the father retired, but the 
business was continued for some time 
under the old finn name. Afterward the 
name became H. E. Hooker & Brother. 
In 1877 the partnership was dissolved. 
Later C. M. Hooker entered into partner¬ 
ship with his sons, the firm name now 
being C. W. Hooker & Sons. 
PAUL KASE 
The body of Paul Kase, president of 
William Hagemann & Co., importers and 
exporters of 30 Church street, was found in a stateroom 
of the Massachusetts of the Eastern Stcamshijj Company 
when the boat docked at Pier 18, New York. Kase had 
shot himself through the heart with a revolver which was 
found by his side. Financial troubles are supposed to be 
responsible for the act. 
The body was identified by Mrs. Kase, his wife, who 
lives in Bloomfield, N. J. Two letters were also found, one • 
addressed to Mrs. Kase and the other to Miss M. Schulze, 
an employee in the Hagemann offices. 
Kase boarded the Massachusetts at Boston, taking 
stateroom 47. The body was discovered by porters 
going through the boat, after she had been at her pier here 
for two hours. None of the passengers reported having 
heard the shot. 
In figuring results obtained from last year’s advertising we find 
that your space produced 75 per cent more business than any other 
medium used. Wishing you the greatest success. 
Gray’s Nursery, 
vSalem, Ind. Alvia G. Gray, Manager. 
CHARLES M. HOOKER 
