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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Obituary. 
TilLODOUE FOULK 
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It is our sad mission to (‘liroiiioU' tin' death of this 
v(‘t(Man iiurs(M'ymaii. Ill' dii'd at Ins home in Flushing;, 
Lon^' Island, aftiU' a week's illness. 
Th(‘odoi'(‘ Fonik was horn lu'ar Oxford, Pa., on Fcd*- 
riiary 1st, 1848, son (d' Aaron and Margretta Foulk. 11 is 
fatin'i' eaim; of \V(dsh Ouakers and his mother was a 
Melntyrc', her aneestois eomin^ from Seotland. 
At the age of sixte(Mi Mr. Foulk entered the nursery 
husiiK'ss at (a)at(‘s\ille. Pa., w ith Lukens Pieree. Aboul 
tlu' y(‘ar 1870 In' went to W('st Fdiester, Pa., to oL*eu])y 
the position of superiid('ndent of the Morris Nurseries 
tin'll eondueted by Otto end Aehelis. 
In 1882, Mr. Foulk was mairied to Miss Mabel Way, of 
Kemn'tt Scjuart', Pa. 
During the year 188M Mr. Foulk and William Flemer 
startl'd a nursery in Koselh', N. J., the latter managing 
the business wdiile Mr. Foulk remained in West Chester. 
11 is interest in this entei prise w as disposed of to 0. II. 
Felmly in 1887 and the loliow ing year be went to Little 
Silver, N. J., to lake a position with the J. T. Lovett Co. 
In 1890 Mr. Foulk acquired a half interest in the 
Hloodgood Nuriicries at Flushing, buying out the Murray 
iidi'rest and establishing the linn of Keene & Foulk. 
Mr. Keene retired in 1905 and Mr. Foulk ineorporated 
the Rloodgood Nurseries, bis friend, Mr. Flemer again 
becoming bis associate and a director in the company of 
w hich Mr. Foulk w as [u’esident bolding this position un¬ 
til the time of bis death. 
The funeral services were held in bis home on Sunday, 
Se|)tember 21st, the burial taking place the following 
day in the cemetery at Oxford, Pa., where bis ancestors 
and son, Donald, are at rest. 
Mr. Foulk is survived by bis widow, a daughter. 
Hell'll, a son, W. Flemer and the latter’s three small 
children. 
In his sixty years of active service in the nursery 
business, Mr. Foulk became w idely known as an excep¬ 
tionally good growler and warn the esteem and respect of 
all with w hom he had intercourse. He w as particularly 
noted for his integrity and square dealings. 
During the recent w orld conllict Mr. Foulk refused to 
buy any Liberty Ronds, contending that no government 
should be burdened with wair taxation and not willing 
that bis heirs should profit by the sufferings of a war 
stricken world. Nevertheless he did not fail to do his 
jiart and gave several thousand dollars outright to 
Franci', Relgium and his own country. He also con- 
trilnib'd generously to tlu^ Friends Service Committee 
for work in devastated countries. 
CHANCE IN FIRM NAME 
The Waxabachie Nursery Conq)any of Waxaliacbie, 
Texas, has changa'd its name to the “Mayhew Nursery K' 
Floral Company'’ on its twenty-tifth anniversary in the 
nursery business. 
NO FEDERAL QUARANTINE AGAINST THE 
ORIENTAL RAG MOTH 
The Federal Horticultural Roard, United States De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, announces that as a result of 
the information brought out at the public hearing Aug¬ 
ust 4, and of inforiiiation subsequently received by let¬ 
ter from interested })arties, it w ill not recommend a Fed¬ 
eral (iLiarantine against the Oriental bag moth, wdiich is 
j)revalent in a restrieted area in eastern Massachusetts. 
This insect was first discovered in Dorchester, Mass., in 
1906, and was probably imported from Japan on nursery 
stock as in that year there was a nursery in Dorchester 
conducted by .Ja])anese. Its si)read has been slow% it has 
not yet infested any nurseries, and it can be easily held 
in check with arsenical sprays. The insect, although 
feeding on a variety of trees, thus far ap})ears to be a 
j'atber minor pest. 
Inasmuch as the Commissioner of x\griculture of 
Massachusetts has taken action looking to the control 
:ind, if j)ossible, extermination of this insect, it does not 
appear that a Federal quarantine is necessary at this 
time. 
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