THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Obituary. 
EDWIN HOYT. 
Mr. Edwin Hoyt of the firm of Stephen Hoyt’s Sons Co. 
of New Canaan, Conn., died April 17, and was buried April 
20. In the death of Mr. Hoyt, New England loses one of its 
oldest nurserymen. His age was 76 years. He died of 
pneumonia with other complications, having been taken ill 
on Sunday, the 12th day of April. 
The nursery business of Stephen Hoyt’s Sons Co. was 
started in 1849 by Stephen Hoyt, the father of the deceased. 
After Stephen Hoyt’s death the business of this firm was 
carried on by his sons, James Hoyt and the deceased, under 
the firm name of Stephen Hoyt’s Sons. In 1904, the 
business was incorporated under the name of Stephen 
Hoyt’s Sons Co., of which Edwin Hoyt became president and 
manager, and remained so until the time of his death. 
JOSEPH QUINN. 
Joseph Quinn, landscape gardener, died at East Ryegate, 
•Vt., on April 12, at the advanced agejof in years. He was 
born in County Cork, Ireland, and came to this country in 
1817. 
H. N. JACQUEMENT. 
H. N. Jacquement, a well-known landscape gardener, 
who resided at 481 Central avenue, Jersey City, died sud¬ 
denly in New York on Friday, April 24. Mr. Jacquement 
was sixty-nine years old. He came to this country from 
France some thirty-five years ago, and had always been a 
resident of Jersey City. A widow and six children survive 
him. 
MISS NINA HOLTON. 
Miss Nina Holton of Newburyport, Mass., a member of 
the staff of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of 
Agriculture, died in Washington, D. C., on May 5. 
NEW CANADIAN BILL OF LADING. 
In view of the interest being taken in the movement in 
the United States to secure a Uniform Bill of Lading, the 
following, from a Canadian paper, relative to the efforts in 
a similar direction being taken there, will be of interest. 
Some consider that this form might be a good one for those 
working upon the matter in the United States to follow: 
“The transportation committee of the Board of Trade 
met to consider the adoption of a simple form of bill of lad¬ 
ing in place of the cumbersome and unintelligible form now 
in use. 
Few people have ever studied the meaning of the present 
conditions, and those who have, have found them to be 
onerous on the shipper. The Canadian Manufacturers’ 
Association and the Jobbers’ and Shippers’ Association of 
Canada, together with other large organizations, have been 
working for years to get a new form, and the former body 
has submitted several forms for approval by the Boards of 
Trade throughout Canada. 
The transportation committee approved of the forms, 
which are as follows: 
Form for “Straight Shipments.” 
Original. Not Negotiable. 
Railroad Company. 
Station 19 
Received from the property described below 
in apparent good order, as noted (contents and condition 
of packages unknown), to be transported and delivered in 
accordance with the provisions of the law, in like good order 
to the consignee (insert description of articles, weight, rate, 
route and car number initials if in carload). 
(Official stamp). 
. .Agent. 
Form for “Order Shipments.” 
Original. Order Bill of Lading. 
Railroad Company. 
Station .19. 
Received from the property described below, 
in apparent good condition except as noted (contents and 
condition of contents of packages unknown), to be trans¬ 
ported and delivered to the order of .in accord¬ 
ance with the provisions of law and the terms of this bill of 
lading. 
“The property herein described shall not be delivered 
until the original bill of lading, properly endorsed, has been 
surrendered and canceled, or in case of a partial delivery, a 
statement'thereof has been endorsed thereon. 
“Any stipulation or endorsement on this bill of lading 
that it is not negotiable shall be void and of no effect. 
“Inspection shall be permitted under this bill of lading, 
unless otherwise endorsed hereon, which endorsement shall 
be made at the time of its original tenor. 
Special marks: 
Consigned to the order of. 
Destination . 
Notify . . 
At. 
“(Insert description of articles, weight, rates and routes, 
and car numbers and initials if in carload.) 
Official stamp. 
“Agent.” 
“Any alteration, addition or erasure, fraudulent or other¬ 
wise, in this bill of lading, which shall be made without the 
endorsement thereof hereon signed by the agent of the car¬ 
rier issuing the bill of lading, shall be without effect and the 
bill of lading shall be enforceable according to issue by the 
agent, if requested by the shipper. 
LETTER FROM PRESIDENT J. W. HILL. 
President J. W. Hill writes: “I have a communication 
today from Mr. Bernardin, in which he states that the boys 
in his section of the country are going to turn out in full 
force and that we may look for a big crowd from the west. 
The reports on Exhibits are encouraging, and I am 
advised that this feature will be more extensive this year 
than ever before.” 
