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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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bituary. 
GEORGE B. THOMAS 
George B. Thomas died November 10th at the age of 
84 years. . 
Mr. Thomas was formerly associated with the firm of 
Hoopes Bro. & Thomas Company, West Chester, Pa., 
retiring from it July 1st, 1904. 
In 1866 he became associated with Josiah and the late 
Abner Hoopes whose death we reported last August. 
His death is the third and last of the original members 
of the firm. 
MAY RESTORE CHESTNUT ORCHARDS 
Chestnut orchards which have been practically an¬ 
nihilated by a blight of Japanese origin may be re¬ 
stored through efforts of the United States Department 
of Agriculture. Ten years’ experimentation has shown 
that it is possible to cross the chinquapin, a dwarf 
chestnut, with the Japanese chestnut, which is blight 
resistant, and that the hybrid trees thus produced are 
quite resistant to the disease and yield nuts of good 
flavor and quality. 
SAVE THE REDWOODS 
“It took more than 3000 years to make some of the 
oldest of the Sequoias, trees that are still standing in 
perfect strength and beauty, waving and singing in the 
mighty forests of the Sierra.” 
So speaks John Muir in an hitherto unpublished writ¬ 
ing recently discovered among the late naturalist’s pa¬ 
pers by Dr. William F. Bade, his literary executor, and 
now reprinted by the Save the Redwoods League. 
Through all the eventful centuries since Christ’s 
time, and long before that, God has cared for these trees,” 
says John Muir, “saved them from drought, disease, aval¬ 
anches, and a thousand storms; but he cannot save them 
fiom sawmills and fools; this is left to the American 
people.” 
Muir’s article is particularly timely in view of the con 
certed effort being made to save the best representativ 
tracts of Sequoia sempervirens, or Redwood, in Hum 
boldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties. Muir was 
lover and admirer of the massive Sequoia gigantea o 
t le Sierras, large tracts of which have been preservei 
by the Federal government. He was an equal admirer o 
the Sequoia sempervirens of the California coast at pres 
ent almost entirely in private hands and threatened wit] 
ultimate destruction through lumbering operations 
Mum advocated a National Park of Sequoia semper 
wrens* While the iron of public sentiment is hot let u 
^ ri , e Particular, a reservation or nationa 
park of the only other species of Sequoia, the semper 
vuens, or Redwood, hardly less wonderful than the gi 
gantea, should lie quickly secured. It will have to b 
acquired by gift or purchase, for the Government ha 
sold every section of the entire redwood belt from the 
Oregon boundary to below Santa Cruz.” 
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY LLOYD C. STARK 
PRESIDENT. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 
NURSERYMEN, YEAR 1920-21. 
Legislative and Tariff: 
Charles H. Perkins, 2nd, Chairman, Newark, N. Y. 
Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, New York, 
James M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y. 
John H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 
J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas. 
C. R. Burr, Manchester, Conn. 
A. E. Robinson, Lexington, Mass. 
Geo. C. Roeding, Fresno, California. 
J. T. Foote, Durant, Okla. 
S. A. Miller, Milton, Oregon. 
William Flemer, Springfield, N. J. 
Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
E. P. Bernardin, Parsons, Kansas. 
Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala. 
Geo. Marshall, Arlington, Nebr. 
H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind. 
W. F. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Michigan. 
Michael R. Cashman, Owatonna, Minnesota. 
S. W. Crowell, Roseacres, Miss. 
E. W. Chattin, Winchester, Tenn. 
Thos. Wiggins, Toppenish, Wash. 
Ralph Lake, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
Market Development: 
Robert Pyle, Chairman, West Grove, Pa. 
O. Joe Howard, Hickory, N. C. 
Frederick L. Atkins, Rutherford, N. J. 
A. B. Howell, Louisiana, Mo. 
J. Edward Moon, Morrisville, Pa. 
Earl D. Needham, Des Moines, Iowa. 
E. E. May, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
W. C. Harrison, Painesville, Ohio. 
Arbitration: 
George A. Marshall, Chairman, Arlington, Nebr. 
Henry B. Chase, Chase, Ala. 
Frank H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kansas. 
J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio. 
E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, Iowa. 
Vigilance: 
Paul C. Lindley, Chairman, Pomona, N. C. 
E. H. Smith, York, Nebr. 
Henry Chase, Chase, Ala. 
Paul C. Stark, Louisiana. Missouri. 
J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas. 
A. E. Robinson, Lexington, Mass. 
E. M. Sherman, Charles City, Iowa. 
Nomenclature: 
Harlan P. Kelsey, Chairman, Salem, Mass. 
J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Dr. Frederick V. Coville, Botanist, U. S. Dept. 
_ . . Agriculture. Washington, D. C. 
Relations with Landscape Architects: 
Thomas B. Meehan, Chairman, Dresher, Pa. 
Theo. J. Smith, Geneva, New York. 
Richard M. Wyman, Framingham, Mass. 
Edward G. Greening, Monroe, Michigan. 
Courses of Nursery Training in Agricultural Colleges: 
Alvin E. Nelson, Chairman, 940 Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Ill. 
Henry Hicks, Westbury, New York. 
Theodore F. Borst, 15 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 
Ralph T. Olcott, 39 State St., Rochester, New York. 
THE BREGK ROBINSON NURSERY COMPANY 
I lie Breck-Robinson Nursery Company, Lexington, 
Mass., is increasing its Capital Stock from $25,000 to 
$125,000. $75,000 of the new issue is now being sold to 
friends and customers of the Company. The remaining 
$25,000 will be held in reserve. The Company was 
founded in 1912 with a capital of $25,000 which, at the 
time, was considered ample. The business has expanded 
so rapidly however, that additional capital is desirable 
for conducting the business to the best advantage. 
