THE NATIONAT. NURSERYMAN 
129 
Amt. per Year 
for five Years 
Sherman Nursery Co., Charles City, Iowa . 150.00 
Simpson & Sons, H. M., Vincennes, Ind. 20.00 
Smith Co., W. & T., Geneva, New York. 250.00 
Sonderegger Nurseries, Beatrice, Nebraska . 50.00 
Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Missouri . 250.00 
Stein, Geo. E., Wrightsville, Penna. 5.00 
Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, Ohio . 150.00 
Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Chicago, Ill. 50.00 
Swan River Nurseries, Patchogue, N. Y. 35.00 
Texas Nursery Co., Sherman, Texas . 250.00 
Thomas & Son, Jos. W., King^of-Prussia, Penna. 25.00 
Thurlow’s Sons, T. C., West Newbury, Mass. 100.00 
Tolleson Nur. Co., Lake City, Minn.25.00 
Uecke, Robert C., Harvard, Ill. 10.00 
U. S. Nursery Co., Roseacres, Miss. 100.00 
Vanicek, V. A., Newport, Rhode Island . 100.00 
Van Lindley Nursery Co., J., Pomona, N. C. 200.00 
Waxahachie Nur. Co., Waxahachie, Texas . 100.00 
Weber & Sons Nursery Co., H. J., Nursery, Mo. 50.00 
Wedge Nur. Co., Albert Lea, Minn. 150.00 
Welch, E. S., Shenandoah, Iowa . 250.00 
Westover Nursery Co., Clayton, Missouri . 50.00 
Willis & Co., A., Ottawa, Kansas . 50.00 
Will & Company, Oscar H., Bismarck, S. D. 25.00 
Williams, Miss Rose, Newark, New York. 10.00 
Wohlert, A. E., Narberth, Penna. 25.00 
Wright, George B., Chelmsford, Mass. 25.00 
ANN()UNCI^:Mb:NT 
“Wick Hathaway’s Berry Plant Nursery” will eoii- 
tiiiiie business under the old name with Samuel Hath¬ 
away, Mgr., and endeavor to follow^ out Mr. Hathaway’s 
“Quality and Service.” 
bituary 
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WICK HATHAWAY 
It is with much regret we have to report 
the death of Wick Hathaway. 
Mr. Hathaway went to the hospital to un¬ 
dergo an operation from wdiieli he did not 
reeov(‘r, after lingering two weeks, he died 
March 2()th. 
Mr. Hathaway was 53 years ol’ age and had 
been engaged in the nursery business for the past 26 
years. He was a memher of the National Association, 
Ohio State, and the Western Associations of Nurserymen, 
amt the Western Associations of Nurserymen. 
He is survived by a wife, three sons and three daugh¬ 
ters. — 
C. WILSON McNAlB 
(k Wilson McNair, of Dansville, New York, died on 
Wednesday, March 20, at the family home in West 
Sparta. He was a nieinhm' of the Dansville Association 
of Wholesale Nursmymen. a director in tln^ Citizens’ 
Bank of Dansville, an elder in the Presbyterian (diureh 
of Dansville, an honorary mendier of the Union Hose 
(’omj)any, a director of the Dansville* Board of Trade, and 
a mendx’r of the Board of (lovernors of the Dansville 
.\utomohile Cduh. 
Mr. McNair vas hoin in the farm home wh(*re he died, 
and his entire life was spent thei’e with the exception of 
SIX yc'ars wlu'ii he atti'iuh'd tin* normal school in (iciu'seo 
and a year as a hoy in Kansas. 
DISSOLUTION OF THF P. J. BFBCKMANS COMPANY 
P. J. Berekmans (amijiany, ineorpoiati'd, Augusta, Ga., 
have; ajiplieel lor a iTceivership em aeeemnt eif the expira- 
tiem e)f their ehartei’, which wenilel occur Tne'selay, Mare-h 
12th, anel Mr. L. A. Be'rekmans has been appoiideel re¬ 
ceiver e)f the eennpany. 
The receivership is, eif eemrse, neit elue; tee the result of 
any insolvency whatewer, hut is a h'gal actiein maele 
necessary by circumstances surremneling the eirganiza- 
tiem of the corporation at this time, and the receivership 
will be empeiwereel to close out the business and dis¬ 
tribute the assets among the stockholders of the com¬ 
pany, composed of Mrs. Edith F. Berekmans, P. J. A. 
Berekmans, L. A. Berekmans, and B. C. Berekmans. The 
whole proceedings are designed to simply technically 
handle all the details connected with the distributing of 
the interests of the stockholders. 
The P. J. Berekmans Comjiany was for about forty 
years operated by Mr. P. J. Berekmans himself, and 
twenty years ago it was incorporated in legal form, and 
the period of the incorporation ends March 12th, so that 
it would either be necessary to re-incorporate, or else 
surrender the charter. 
Hardly any other nursery entei’prise in the country ex¬ 
ceeds the business enjoyed by tlie company in question, 
their patronage extending all over the world, and tin; 
concern, on the whole, has been a most prosperous and 
progressive one at all times. 
Louis x\. and P. J. A. Berekmans, Jr., will continue in 
business as consulting horticulturists and landscape ex¬ 
perts. 
CALADIUM ESGULENTUM 
The common elephant-ear plant, used in the United 
States to give a tropical effect in landscape gardening, be¬ 
longs to the Colorasia genius, a root-bearing food plant, 
a staple article of diet throughout tropical Asia, Poly¬ 
nesia, and Malaya. There are six or seven species in 
tropical Asia to Polynesia and one in the Philippines 
(Merrill, Flora of Manila). The portion of the plant 
used for food is the sessiled, starchy, acrid stalk or conn. 
When prepared for food it is sometimes cleaned under 
water to prevent an itching sensation of the hands; boil¬ 
ing readily n'lnoves the acrid constituent. The tops of 
some varieties, however, are sometimes used as greens 
for cooking purjioses. The Bureau of Agriculture had 
in jiast years a collection of 21 species and varieties most 
of which were discarded as they wa‘re very subject to 
fungus attacks which greatly hinders their usefulness. 
In the Philiiipine Islands this plant is usually planted in 
lows and cultivation is carried on similar to potato cul¬ 
ture in the United States. From 5 to 10 months are re- 
ipiired for the ])lants to mature depending upon the var¬ 
ieties. The [)lant is usually I’aised in low' moist land and 
gives fair returns for the labor expendeed .—Philippine 
Agrindtural Review. 
