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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
I T is the purpose of the National Nurseryman to publish a roll 
of honor consisting of the names of those nurserymen serv¬ 
ing in the United States army in the present war. We shall 
appreciate it if our readers will send us their names and photo¬ 
graphs if possible. 
Carroll A. Bagby, Capt. U. S. Infaniry—New Haven Nur¬ 
series, New Haven, Mo. 
Harold J. Bagby, Enlisted Medical Reserve Corps—^New 
Haven Nurseries, New Haven, Mo. 
Lew W. Bagby, Lieutenant [Junior Grade) U. S. Navy- 
New Haven Nurseries, New Haven, Mo. 
Toronto, Canada. 
Oliver W. Bagby, Lieutenant, U. S. Navy—New Haven 
Nurseries, New Haven, Mo. 
Ralph B. Bagby, Lieutenant, 21st U. S. F. A., Fort Riley, 
Kansas—New Haven Nurseries, New Haven, Mo. 
Robert E. Bagby, Cadet, Senior Class, United States Mili¬ 
tary Academy—New Haven Nurseries, New Haven, 
Mo. 
John H. Chattin, Aviation Section of the Signal Reserve 
Corps, San Antonia, Texas. Secretary and Treas¬ 
urer of the Winchester Nursery Company, Winches¬ 
ter, Tenn. 
William Flemer, Jr., Private U. S. Expeditionary Force, 
Ambulance Corps, Battalion No. 23, Section No. 23, 
France. F. & F. Nurseries, Springfield, N. J. 
Edwin Hoyt, 1st Lieutenant of the Field Artillery, Officers 
Reserve Corps, now stationed at Camp Grant, Rock¬ 
ford, Ills.—The Stephen Hoyt's Sons Co., Inc., Neiv 
Canaan, Conn. 
Henry Edward Kelley, 1st Lieutenant, Company C, 165 In¬ 
fantry, American Expeditionary Force, now in 
France.—The Stephen Hoyt’s Sons Co., Inc., New 
Canaan, Conn. 
Albert F. Meehan, Third Officers’ Training Camp, Yap- 
hank, L. I., N. Y. Member of firm Thomas B. Mee¬ 
han Co., Dresher, Pa. 
Wade Muldoon, Sergeant, Headquarters Military Police, 
Camp Hancock, Ga.—Thomas Meehan & Sons. 
Stuart Perkins, Wireless Operator, Special Radio School, 
Cambridge, Mass.—Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, 
N. Y. 
Paul Rathert, Battery F., 128th U. S. F. A., Ft. Sill, Okla¬ 
homa, New Haven Nurseries, New Haven, Mo. 
Meredith P. Reed, Captain, Sixth Company Section U. S. 
Officers’ Reserve Corps.—Vincennes Nurseries, Vin¬ 
cennes, Indiana. 
Philip Rouse and Julian Rouse, nephews of the Smith 
Brothers, now in the Naval Reserve, with headquar¬ 
ters at Jacksonville, Fla. 
Charles Schwentker, Battery F, 128th U. S. F. A., Ft. Sill, 
Oklahoma—New Haven Nurseries, New Haven, Mo. 
Charles R. Smith, Aviation Section of the Signal Reserve 
Corps, Aviation Camp, San Antonio, Texas.—Smith 
Bros. Nursery Company, Concord, Ga. 
Lawton V. Smith, nephew of the Smith Brothers, of Con¬ 
cord Nurseries, of Concord, Ga., now a lieutenant in 
the Aviation Section of the Army, and stationed near 
Clay M. Stark, Stark Bros. Nurseries 4 ’ Orchards Co., 
Louisiana, Missouri. American Field Service. Now 
in France. 
Lloyd C. Stark, Major of the Field Artillery, Fort Sill, 
Okla. Vice-President and a Director of Stark Bros. 
Nurseries and Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. Presi¬ 
dent of the National Association of Nurseries. 
George Taylor, Battery “F,” 108th U. S. F. A., Camp Han¬ 
cock, Georgia.—Thomas Meehan & Sons. 
Stanley V. Wilcox, Co. E. 1()3rd Engineers, Camp Han¬ 
cock, Augusta, Ga. Thomas Meehan & Sons, Ger¬ 
mantown, Pa. 
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WILLADEAN NURSERIES 
Fire destroyed two storage wareliouses and the fum¬ 
igating house of the Willadean Nurseries, The Donaldson 
Co., at Sparta, Kentucky, on Sunday night, December 
16th, with about $10,000 worth of stock, tools, nursery 
equipment, etc. 
The fire was discovered shortly after 11 p. m. When 
discovered the flames were bursting tbrough the roof of 
the storage warehouse and the fire was so well under 
way that the small force which could be assembled could 
make no headway in checking the flames. 
Mr. Donaldson and a few assistants succeeded in keep¬ 
ing the gas tank house connected wdth the plant from ex- 
jiloding, for if the fire had reached that the explosion 
would not alone have wrecked the tank house but the 
other building, as Avell. The office building, also, was 
saved. 
The plant was swmpt clean, not even a spade of the big 
equipment carried was saved. 
The nursery stock destroyed was all wrapped and 
bundled in the storage warehouse and had been dug and 
prepared for shipment to fill orders. All of this stock 
had been sold and in the lot was about $2,500 wmrtli which 
had been taken out a few^ days previous for shipment, but 
on account of the railroad being unable to handle it that 
day, had been taken back to the storage house to avoid 
freezing. 
The warehouse was of concrete, and it is thought th.it 
the walls can probably be saved and utilized for a new 
roofing and the other essential equipment on the interior. 
The roof was of asbestos, but the flames, which had fed 
rapidly on the vast quantities of burlap and other ma¬ 
terial, burst through the roof as though it had been of 
paper. 
The fire w^as doubtless caused by the explosion of one 
of the coal oil heaters with which the storage warehouse 
was heated. Every night this w inter previous to Sun¬ 
day night, Mr. Donaldson had inspected conditions in the 
warehouse before retiring, but on this particular night 
had neglected to do so. Ilis loss is about $10,000, as 
closely as he can estimate it, and unfortunately there w^as 
no insurance on any of the destroyed stock or buildings. 
Mr. Donaldson wTll resume business as soon as weather 
