THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
245 
The Secretary then continued as follows; 
Necrology 
The presence of death in our ranks has again removed a 
number of our valued members. 
vSeptember 5, 1911, there died a veteran in the nursery 
business in the person of Mr. Lewis Chase, head of Chase 
Brothers Company of Rochester. He was a pioneer in the 
trade, one of those quiet, modest characters who command 
success by their unimpeachable integrity and untiring devo¬ 
tion to business. Few would have suspected he was past 
eighty years old. 
August 25, last year. Major W. F. Heikes, founder of the 
Huntsville Wholesale Nurseries, passed away. He and his 
family had been visiting in the North and he had occasion to 
go to Cleveland. While in that city, he was stricken with a 
sickness which proved fatal. 
November 16, 1911, saw the passing of John vSiebenthaler, 
of Dayton, Ohio, at fifty-seven years of age. He was an 
enthusiast in all that pertained to horti¬ 
culture. He is succeeded in his business 
by his sons. 
On November 18, 1911, about four 
months after his wife, William H. Moon, 
of Morrisville, Pennsylvania, passed ... 
away. He was born March 5th, 1849, 
in a nurseryman’s household. He was 
one of our best growers of ornamentals. 
The National Nurseryman classed him 
among the pioneers of the business in 
Pennsylvania, the personification of genial 
good nature, broadminded and pro¬ 
gressive. 
Late in 1911 or early in the present 
year, occurred the death of Norman J. 
Coleman of St. Louis, who was born in 
1827. Members will remember the 
greeting he gave us at our last meeting. 
He established the paper that bore his 
name, and continued for sixty-four years 
in charge of it. He was the first Secre¬ 
tary of Agriculture to be made a cabinet officer under the late 
President Cleveland. He was responsible for the establish¬ 
ment of the Division of Pomology with H. E. Van Deman as 
chief, who characterizes Mr. Coleman as the oldest agricul¬ 
tural editor of the present day, one of the ablest and most 
useful and faithful of all men who have served American 
agriculture and horticulture. 
William Smith of Geneva, New York, died February 
6, 1912, in his ninety-fourth year. In 1846 he established 
the business of W. & T. Smith Company. He was Geneva’s 
pioneer nurseryman, a philanthropist, and a grand old man, 
a worthy example for all to follow. 
The sad news comes this morning of the death yesterday 
of one of our charter members, J. J. Harrison of Storrs & 
Harrison, Painesville, Ohio, at the age of eighty-two years. 
He was a delightful personality. I am sure that the sympa¬ 
thy of this Association will go out toward our President, J. H. 
Dayton, and other members of the firm of which our deceased 
member was head. 
J. Horace McFarland: It does not seem as if the passing 
of these seven men, surely fathers in Lsrael in the nursery 
trade, should go unnoticed except in the very admirable 
review of their lives by our Secretary. I move that in 
respect to the deaths that have visited us the members of the 
Association at this meeting stand in silence for the space of 
thirty seconds. (Carried). 
The Treasurer’s itemized report showed cash on hand 
June, 1912, to the amount of $5,974.23. Disbursements for 
the year amounted to $2,372.33. 
The Secretary’s and Treasurer’s reports were accepted, 
and referred to an auditing committee. 
The Report of the Committee on Transportation followed. 
This was read by the Secretary in the absence of Mr. Sizemore 
and Mr. Lake. It appears in the present issue and covers a 
thoughtful consideration of the whole field. 
REPORT OF TREASURER 
I9II 
Receipts 
June 
6 
Cash on hand. 
$5,367 77 
Oct. 
17 
Received of John Hall.... 
256 95 
June 
6 
Received of John Hall.... 
2,427 00 
June 
6 
Interest to May 31st, 1912 
211 09 
June 
29 
Deposited, credited to acet. 
by error.'.. 
83 75 
$8,346 56 
Disbursements 
1911 
June 24 
C. L. YATES 
T reasurer 
Aug. 11 
Sept. 5 
6 
12 
27 
Oct. 13 
20 
Nov. 7 
Mch. 29 
Nov. 9 
Jan. 
Feb. 
30 
3 
The Du Bois Press, 600 copies 
Badge Book, etc.$303 9 ® 
Winter & Schrader, printing . . 6 50 
E. A. Smith, postage, mailing, 
etc. 12 25 
John Hall, postals, postage, 
etc. 16 16 
John Hall, salary. 500 00 
July 5 C. L. Yates, salary and post¬ 
age . 50 80 
July 27 Emma Jacobson, expenses to 
St. Louis. 66 20 
The Whitehead Hoag Co., 
badges. 23 65 
John Hall, telegrams, postage, etc . 6 00 
The Morrison Press, letterheads and envelopes. 27 50 
vStark Bros, for Chas. Sizemore trip W. C. C. . . . 81 95 
Wm. Pitkin, telegrams, circulars, etc. 616 
Check deposited to wrong acet. and withdrawn . . 83 75 
S. J. Hunter, expense to St. Louis. 22 85 
Du Bois Press, annual report, etc. 285 54 
John Hall, telegrams, etc. 22 35 
J. W. Schuette, exhibit expense. 7 4° 
United Litho. & Printing Co., letter heads. 8 50 
Winter & Schrader, envelopes. i 40 
Peter Youngers, legal opinion, Mont. Laws. 25 00 
McGuire & Wood, Attys. 138 54 
Peter Youngers, legal opinion, Wyo. Laws. 105 00 
John Hall, stamps and env. 33 71 
Du Bois Press. 22 75 
Davis & Steel Co. 2 00 
W. C. Reed, expense on transportation committee 40 00 
M. E. Wolff Co., Bond for Treasurer. 10 00 
