THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
useful as the normal man. Moreover, in devising ways to 
overeome liis liandicaj) his inventiveness is (|uiekened and 
his mind ae(iaires a surprisin^^ aleilness and adaptability. 
There is no doubt that in many hranehes of nursery 
work a erippled man can make good. A man who has 
lost one or both legs ean, with proper training and in a 
comparatively short lime, learn to perform the various 
duties connected with such work as pruning, making cut¬ 
tings, selling plants, layering, grafting, etc., as efliciently 
as can his more fortunate brotlier. 
The French have done wonderful things in helping the 
inutile, as they call him, to perform the diverse activities 
connected with nursery work. For instance, they have 
devised an artificial work arm which enables a man who 
has lost his lower arm to perform as delicate a jiiece of 
work as grafting stock, the good arm and hand being 
used to operate the grafting knife. Again, they have in¬ 
vented other devices for heavier work, by the use of 
which a man can hoe, rake and dig.' 
It has been demonstrated that the loss of one or both 
legs does not })revent a man from becoming an cflicicnt 
stenograj)her, accountant, oflice man or executive and a 
man, even if he be badly crippled, may, if he possesses 
talent in that direction, be trained to become a highly 
satisfactory salesman. Then too, there are openings con¬ 
nected with the work of landscape gardening, architec¬ 
ture, and the general laying of the grounds, as well as in 
supervising other w orks, for the handicapped man who is 
well trained. 
It is worth bearing in mind that it takes great w ill 
powder, perseverance and patience for a crippled man to 
overcome his handicap. 
Moreover, in the course of his re-education the qual¬ 
ities just enumerated become developed to a high degree 
and their possession considerably increases the value of 
the man as a worker. Then too the man who has had the 
pluck and stick-to-it-iveness to re-educate himself is not 
likely to be swayed by every passing impulse. When he 
has a job he wants to make good and w hen he has made 
good and is getting along satisfactorly he is not likely to 
make a change because of some slight inducement offered 
him clsewdiere in the way of salaiy. This is all the more 
true because, through the very nature of his condition, 
his opportunities are limited. 
Thus the nurseryman hjis an opportunity to render a 
highly humane and patriotic seiwice and at the same time 
secure loyal and efficient workers. The last consideration 
is of special interest in view^ of the present acute shor¬ 
tage of skilled and unskilled labor. To accomplish the 
result the exercise of some patience may be necessary, 
accompanied by sympathy and understanding, both on 
the part of the employer and that of the fellow-worker of 
the re-educated man, but the effort will be well repaid. 
As the matter has aptly been put, what the disabled sol¬ 
dier wants is “not charity, but a chance,” 
IMPORT OF AMERICAN APPLES PROIIIHITEI) 
Mr. J. A. Jensen, Minister for Customs, announced on 
llth July that it had been decided to prohibit for this year 
the imj)ortation of apples into Australia, Last year the 
importation of 55,000 cases of apples from America and 
Canada was permitted .—Australian International Nur¬ 
seryman. 
Obituary. 
A. M. GRIMES 
A. M. Grimc's, of the Rureau of Markets, died at I’n'siiue 
Isle, Maine, Oct. 18th, of pneumonia, follow ing an alla(*k 
of Spanish Inflnenza. The news of Mr. Grimes’ death 
was a gnvit shock to his many friends in the Rureau ami 
among the j)roduce trade. 
Arthur M. Grimes was horn at Haltimore, Md., April 25, 
1895. lie graduatf'd from Cornell Univ(‘rsity in June 
1915 w ilh the degive of Rachelor of Science. From 1915 
to May 1916 he was (‘m()loyed as a citrus canker inspector 
in Dade County, Florida, leaving this work to engage in 
the grape proprogation investigations of the Rureau of 
l^lant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Septem- 
her 1, 1917, he wms transferred to the bureau of Markets, 
and since that time has been engaged in investigating and 
demoustraling methods of transporting potatoes and East¬ 
ern grai)es. He was co-author, with II. S. Bird, of the 
Rureau ol Markets bulletin entitled, “Loading American 
(irapes,” issued last August, and of the Rur(‘au’s bulletin 
entitled, “Lining and Loading Potato Cars,” w hich has re¬ 
cently come from the press. 
Mr. Grimes was a young man of unusual ability and 
promise, and one who commanded the respect of all with 
whom he came in contact. His training and wide know ¬ 
ledge of transportation conditions qualified him in an ex¬ 
ceptional manner for the inq)ortant w ork in which ho 
was engaged. His death is a severe loss to the Rureau 
of Markets and to the fruit and vegetable industries. 
RALPH M. WARD. 
Ralph M. Ward, founder and owner of the firm of 
Ralph M. Ward & Co., New York City, importers and ex- 
l)orlers, and specializing in lily bulbs, died at Roosevelt 
llospital. New" York, at 10.50 a. m. on Thursday, October 
17, of pneumonia, follow ing a brief illness. 
He was born tow"ards the end of August, 1880, in Mar¬ 
shalltown, Iowa, and w as the son of Charles and the late 
Cora A. Ward. 
Mr. Ward w as know n all over the country through the 
unique advertisements written by himself for the trade 
papers. A great many of them show the keen humor and 
kindliness of the man, together with a very real insight 
into human nature. It was, in fact, at least partly 
through the magnetic (luality of these advertisements 
that the reputation of Horseshoe brand Lily bulbs was 
established and made knowm wherever there was a com¬ 
mercial florist. 
STEPHEN McCAULEY 
Stephen McCauley, Superintendent of the C. W. Stuart 
6c Co. Nursery, Newark, New" York, died Ocloher 18th 
from result of injuries received w hen he was accidentally 
struck by an automobile. 
Mr. McCaulev was 82 years old and was one of N(‘- 
walk’s earliest residents. He came to this country from 
Ireland when a lad of fourteen, alone, and i)raclically 
penniless. He went to work and when about eighteen 
