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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
canie to Newark, where he l)ecanie employed in a nur¬ 
sery company, which had just been estahlislied here. To 
this business lie devoted tlie rest of his life, and the re¬ 
markable knowledp:e he possessed of shrubs and all grow¬ 
ing things has made him famous in the business world, 
as “the grand old nurseiyman.” Ever since its establish¬ 
ment he has been superintendent of the C, W. Stuait 
Nursery’ Company, and his services, the like of which 
would he hard to duplicate anywhere in this State, have 
been invaluable to that Company. 
EARL 11. WIGHTMAN 
Wc regret to report the death of Earl H. Wightman, 
Secretary-Treasurer of the Chico Nursery Company, 
Chico, California. 
Mr. Wightman died October 10th in his forty-sixth 
year. 
JOSEPH LUNEMAN. 
Known to many florists and nurserymen 
in the United States and in Europe, died Oc¬ 
tober 3rd on a farm only a few miles from here in Gwy¬ 
nedd Township, Montgomery County, Pa. Uji till a year 
ago Mr. Luneman represented the firm of Kallen and 
Luneman, of Roskoop, Holland, selling their products in 
tlie United States. After this country’s entry into the 
war he decided to settle down and fill a position with a 
nursery, and he came to my establishment and stayed 
till last fall, when Mr. George C. Thomas, rosarian and 
author of Rose Books, asked me to let Mr. Luneman come 
to his })lace and look after and care for his great collec¬ 
tion of roses, he having joined the U. S. aviation sendee, 
and Mr. Luneman was thus again nicely placed till the 
past spring when he went on a farm with another young 
man to grow eatables and thus helj) the good cause of 
helping our government. He was very industrious and 
ambitious and during the i)ast months labored hard, too 
hard, for his health had not been very good of late and 
together with the many disappointments he experienced 
trying to make the farm a success, his strength rapidly 
failed him and he passed out October 2nd, at 3 a. m. He 
comes from a fine and jirominent family, his father being 
a member of the firm of Kallen and Luneman’, and it will 
he the saddest news for them to learn of this their son’s 
loss. I am sure the sympathy of all who know him 
either in America or abroad will go out to his parents 
and relatives. Yesterday morning, October 5th, the few 
of us who knew him accompanied his remains to the neat 
little Catholic cemetery near Lansdale, Pa., where with 
the celebration of Mass he Avas laid to rest. 
Joseph Luneman was one clean likeable young man, 
he just naturally endeared himself to everyone Avith 
Avhom he came in contact Avith and Ave miss him as Ave 
Avould a brother. May God Avho in His Avisdom saAV fit 
to call him to fields above AA’hile he Avas aAvay in a coun¬ 
try far from home, may He also bring consolation and 
cheer to his parents and those he called his OAvn in Hol¬ 
land. 
Respectfully and sincerely contributed by 
Adolf Muller^ NorristOAvn, Pa. 
NorristOAvn, Pa., October 5, 1918. 
CARE FOR OUR BOYS 
By Alva Agee, Secretary of Agriculture for New Jersey 
Within a short time nearly tAAO millions of our boys 
have passed through the training camps and are Avinning 
the applause and loA^e of our Allies, Avho have been fight¬ 
ing the battle of civilization for four years. Another mil¬ 
lion are preparing-to folloAA". The duty is accepted as a 
matter of course because above every other consideration 
said to control our people lies a love of freedom and the 
sejuare deal. War taxes are paid cheerfully to provide 
food and clothing and ships and munitions for this Avon- 
derful army our boys have fonned. But there are per¬ 
sonal sendees they need Avhich no government could 
sujiply and tlie men and Avomen of America Avho remain 
at home doing essential Avork have seized the opportunity 
of rendering these seiwices through such organizations as 
the Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., and other organizations. 
Abundant service along these lines cannot compare Avith 
that rendered by the boys Avho offer their lives in the in¬ 
terest of freedom and humanity, but it is the best that Ave 
can do, and it means that Ave have some part in the great 
undertaking. We pay our taxes and send our young men 
partly as a matter of duty, but Ave give to the funds that 
make life hearable for them in the army abroad and at 
home hardly Avith a thought of duty but rather in the 
spirit that Ave protect and help the members of our oavu 
families. It is a chance to sacrifice jiersonally in some 
degree. 
In the beginning of the Avar the calls of the various or¬ 
ganizations Avere a bit confusing, as A\"e did not under¬ 
stand relative values. Our trusted leaders in all these 
endeavors are in agreement upon the relative amounts of 
our contributions that each may use to the best advantage 
of our bo», and that is the only consideration that is 
Avorth Avhile. Surely President Wilson AA as Avise in sug¬ 
gesting that such agreement be reached, so that a single 
contribution could be made in bulk, knowing that each 
efheient organization Avould receive its due share. There 
AAill be liberal giving because the heart of every right- 
minded person is in this AVork of caring for our boys. 
Each one Avill give according to his ability to make sac¬ 
rifice in the most aAvful time in the Avorld’s history. He 
Avill give, not because he belongs to one class of Avorkers 
or another, or because he may or may not have memhers 
of his family at the front, but only in the desire to leave 
nothing undone that he can Avell do to make his OAAm con- 
(ribution to humanity adequate Avhen suffering is beyond 
all estimate. 
ShoAV your soldiers they’re not forgotten at home. 
Subscribe to the United War Work Campaign, November 
11-18. 
The Campaign for $170,500,000 is approved by the 
government. Get in and help. 
