THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
plantin" of apple seed in the Kaw Valley in 1880. He 
watched tin? seedling industry grow from his first small 
planjling made with a hand drill, until the ])resent time 
when practically the entire supply of the United States 
is grown in the Kaw Valley. 
In 1890 he (‘ntered into partnership at Topeka with 
Wilson Peters and J. II. Skinner. A few yeai’s later this 
partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Taylor became senior 
member of the firm L. It. Taylor & Sons. Some eight 
years ago lie retired from the Nurseiy husiiiess selling his 
interest in the above fiini to the present ownei*. his son, 
K. It. Taylor. 
Mr. Tayloi’ was well known to all the older members of 
the trade, and was a familiar figure at all the early meet¬ 
ings of the National Association of Nurserymen. 
JACOB KUEWSON 
Jacob Krewson, father of James Krewson, the pro- 
pi'ietor of James Krewson & Sons Nurseries, Chelten¬ 
ham, Pa., died recently at the age of 97 at the old home- 
'stead situated on the nurseries. 
Tt is not given to many men to live to see the wonderful 
changes that have taken place in the last centuiy. 
He had always livi'd within a few miles of his birth- 
plac(‘. As a young man he was an iron worker, w hen 
the entire process was done by hand, a four horse team 
being the limit of power in transportation. 
The rolling mills were run by water power, James 
Krewson still has the gong, a pear-shaped piece of iron 
which was struck to tell the men the metal was melted 
and ready for drawing, should they be fisbing or in 
sw imming. 
In those days the wages for the men at the rolling 
mills was 62 cents per day, a foreman or boss 87 cents 
per day. 
A bouse with an acre of ground with the privilege of 
pasturing one cow cost •‘fi25. per year. 
It is difTicult to realize that the huge Midvale Steel 
Works had such a modest beginning or that things have 
so completely changed during the life of one man. 
Mr. Krew\son leaves one son. James Krewson, founder 
of the nurseries, five grandchildren, and nine great¬ 
grandchildren. 
BENJAMIN CONNELL 
Benjamin Connell was a well known figure in the 
florist and nursery business of tbe eastern United States. 
An aciiuaintance of over 50 years among bis associates 
left with them an impression of one who gave close at¬ 
tention to business, wbo possessed a rare knowdedge re¬ 
garding both supply and demand, coupled with an ability 
to usf'- that knowledge for tbe building of a very consid¬ 
erable Imsiness, chiefly as a dealer. His strict integrity 
and faithful attention to his duty as he saw it in family. 
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civic and busin(‘ss lifi*. is a credible ri'cord sealed by his 
death, Novemlxu’ 9. 1918. 
The deciMsi'd was born in Ireland, December 7, 1845, 
and (unigrati'd to this country w hen a mere boy of 13, and 
w ith his jiarents and other brother and sister, located at 
.l(‘nn(*rsville. Pa., they having precc'ded him by a y<‘ar. 
WluMi (|uit(' young, he look a position w ith the DingiM! k 
Conard (io., and h'ai'iKMl lh(‘ florist busiiu'ss, w ith w hich 
concern In* was id(‘nti(i(‘d foi- 30 years, lb* then estah- 
lish(*d himsi'lf in husim'ss which he conducted in West 
Cirov(‘, Pa., up to 10 yi'ais ago, wlu'ii In* moved to Mer- 
chaidville. N. .1., w here he again married. He is survived 
by his w ife, Elizabeth F., and by five sons and om* daugh¬ 
ter by the first union, and a young daughter by flu* sec¬ 
ond marriagi*. He was well thought of and respi'cti'd in 
tin* community in wdiich he lived as wi'll as his form(*r 
Cdiesti'r county home. He was ill oidy eight days, tin* 
cause of death Ix'ing infliu'nza-pm'umonia. 
CONAUI) & .lONKS CiO. 
The prest*nt scarcity of coal all over the countiy ^v(*s 
those owning wood lots an opj)ortunity to clean them uj) 
at little or no expense, if not a profit. 
The scairity of fuel makes it a |)alriotic duly for 
everyone to burn wood when it is available, and con¬ 
serve coal. 
By thinning out dense stands, by removing diseased 
trees and using them as a fuel, they will be improving 
tbe wood lot, giving the good tind)er a chance to mature, 
and help the coal shortage. Selling cord wood ought to 
lx* a good l)usiness this w inter. 
THE TBEES AND THE HEBO MEMOBIALS 
While the communities of the country, large and 
small, are getting their hearings as to the character of 
the permanent memorials to the heroes of the world war 
there w ill be com])lete unanimity as to the w isdom of for- 
rnal tree-j)lanting in parks, on highways, boulevards and 
parkways, in and about schools, public buildings and 
on college campuses in honor of those wdio gav(' their all 
foi- their homes and their country. 
It has been clear, too, for some time that the country 
is decidedly impatient with the general average of the 
soldier memorials that sprang up everywhere after the 
Civil War. The least said about the most of them the 
better. So. as the better thought prevails and there is a 
demand ev(*rywhere for pause and judgment in S(*lecting 
lh(* kind of memorial that will meet the needs of the 
hour, tin* immediate desire to do something at once can 
well lak(* tlx* form of tree-i)lanting. For over a genera¬ 
tion most of us have h(*en familiar with tin* Arbor-Day 
idea, and it w ill be v(*iy easy to direct this vital id(*a into 
