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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
In our September issue we gave a sketch 
DEATH OF of the life of our late editor, Prof. John 
CHARLES L. Craig. The National Nurseryman was 
YATES ready to go to press when, like a bolt out 
of a clear sky, came the news of the 
death of our Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, 
Mr. Charles L. Yates. It was possible to stop the publi¬ 
cation of the September number only sufficiently long to 
insert a brief notice of his death. With this number we 
present a photograph of Mr. Yates, also a sketch of his 
life. 
Mr. Yates was a man of winning personality, to know him 
was to love him, a man of broad views and upright character 
in which honesty was a cardinal principle. He made friends 
easily and kept them and was ever loyal to them. 
Among the members of the American Association of Nur¬ 
seryman he was a “hale fellow well met” and no meeting of 
that association would have seemed complete without him. 
Death has taken a number of members from the Associa¬ 
tion during the last few months, but the good, kind and genial 
face of “Charlie” Yates will be sadly missed in its gatherings 
in the future. • ■ Thomas B. Meehan. 
With this issue of The National 
INTRODUCTION Nurseryman the publishers take pleas- 
OF NEW ure in introducing to its readers, Mr. 
EDITOR Ernest Hemming, who has been chosen 
to carry on the Editorial Department 
made vacant by the death of Prof. John Craig. 
The publishers feel particularly fortunate in securing the 
services of Mr. Hemming to continue the work heretofore 
so ably conducted by Prof. Craig, and trust that he may have 
the hearty cooperation of the readers of The National 
Nurseryman to contribute to make the journal a real active 
force in the advancement of the best interests of the trade at 
large. 
Mr. Hemming is a practical man having been actively 
associated with the nursery business all his life. Serving his 
apprenticeship in England, where it is necessary to begin at * 
the bottom, so that first principles are thoroughly grounded 
in the young horticultiuist, he acquired a thorough and broad 
knowledge of plant life. 
After leaving the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew he came 
to this country and for the last fifteen years has been with 
the finn of Thomas Meehan & Sons. He has an extensive 
acquaintance with nurserymen and the horticultural trade in 
general, and with his ability as a writer makes him peculiarly 
fitted to carry on the work of Professor Craig and continue to 
make the Natiojsial Nurseryman, the mouth-piece of the 
trade. Publishers National Nurseryman. 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc- 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President.THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Editor.;. ERNEvST HEMMING 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery 
Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States, 
Canada and Europe. 
OflScial Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, igoo 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
One year, in advance,. $i.oo 
Six months,.75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance,. 1.50 
Six months,.i.oO 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements should reac^ 
this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts on New York 
or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested by the Business Manager. Rochester, 
N. Y, 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nurserymen and horti¬ 
culturists are cordially solicited. 
Address, Editor, Flourtown, Pa. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., October, 1912. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa.; vice-president, J. B. Pilkington, 
Portland, Ore.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer. 
Executive Committee —H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; J. W. Hill, Des Moines, 
Iowa; P. A. Dix, Roy, Utah; T. B. Meehan, Ex-Officio, Dresher, Pa.; 
John Hall, Ex-Officio, Secretary, Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen of Committees 
Transportation —Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo. 
Tariff —Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation East of Mississippi River —Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. . 
Legislation West of Mississippi River —Peter Youngers, Geneva, Nebr. 
Co-Operation with Entomologists —L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Program —Samuel Miller, Milton, Oregon. 
Exhibits— 
Arrangements —John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Ore. 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities —W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Jefferson 
Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. M. Griffing, Jack¬ 
sonville, Fla.; G. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind.; James 
M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Membership —James McHutchison, New York City. 
Conservation— 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.I 
secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa. Meets annually in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen —President, J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Oklahoma; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Oklahoma. ’ 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen— President. E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association —President W. W. McCartney, New Haven, 
Conn.; secretary, F. L. Thomas, Manchester, Conn. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen —President, Wm. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in January! 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President, E. S. Osborne, Rochester! 
N. Y.; secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio —President, J. W. McNary, Dayton, O.- 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, P. A. Dix, Roy, Utah; secretary- 
treasurer, C. F. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association —President, Samuel C. Moon, Pa.; secretary 
Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. ’ 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. A. Easterly, Cleveland, Tenn.- 
secretary-treasurer, A. 1 . Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. ’ ’ 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association —President, E. W. Chattin, Winchester, Tenn.- 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association —President, J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas- 
secretary-treasurer. John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. ’ 
Western Association of Nurserymen —President, Geo. A. Marshall, Arlington, Nebr,- 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets annually second 
Wednesday in December. 
The California Association of Nurserymen—President, W. V. Eberly, Niles, Cal.- 
Secretary, H. W. Kruckeberg, Los Angeles. Cal. 
It is not an easy matter to take up the 
EDITOR’S duties of a man of the caliber of the late 
RESPONSE Prof. John Craig, who so ably edited The 
National Nurseryman for the last six 
years. On this account indulgence and cooperation of 
the readers is earnestly solicited to help the paper to 
maintain its high standard, and in return the Editor will 
use his best endeavor to make The National Nurseryman 
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