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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



ASSOCIATION NOTES 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary, MADISON, N. J. 



A PERSPECTIVE OF THE NATIONAL 

 ASSOCIATION. 



"At its last annual session the National Farmers' Con- 

 gress adopted a new constitution, which means a radical 

 reorganization of this body. If it fulfills its new purpose 

 it will become a clearing house for the exchange of ideas 

 among delegates of all State, interstate and national 

 organizations having to do with agriculture and farm 

 life. 



W. H. WAITE, YOXKERS, N. V., PRESIDENT N. A. G. 



"The opportunity to make this organization a forceful 

 federation of agricultural leaders is unlimited. It is uni- 

 versally agreed that we need some central body that w^ill 

 be a clearing house for ideas originating with farmers' 

 organizations of various kinds. The influence of the 

 National Farmers' Congress has never been what the 

 title )night imply, because of a lack of well-distributed 

 support throughout the country. 



"V'igorous and sane promotion should put this organ- 

 ization in the first rank as representing the interest of 

 the American farmer. Those who have been disposed to 

 minimize the importance of this organization now have 

 every opj;ortunity to influence its future development." 



The foregoing is an abstract taken from an article 

 appearing in one of the leading farm journals of the 



country. It describes the past history and possible future 

 of the National Farmers' Congress in much the same 

 way as the past, present and prospective future of our 

 own organization might be related. The opportunity 

 that is ahead for the Farmers' Congress in the interest of 

 agriculture is not greater than that presenting itself to 

 the National Association of Gardeners for the develop- 

 ment of horticulture and floriculture in this big land of 

 ours. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MEETING. 



A meetin.g of the National Association of Gardeners 

 will take place in the lecture hall of the Grand Central 

 Palace, New York City, on Monday, April 7, at two 

 o'clock. While there is no known formal business at 

 this time to bring before this meeting, however, an oppor- 

 tunitv will be given to anv member or members to bring: 



A. T. SMITH, LAKE GENEVA, W^S., VICE-PRESIDENT N. A. G. 



up any subject which may be regarded of interest to our 

 organization. At three o'clock Mr. P. F. Felton, of Lon- 

 don. England, will address the meeting on the practical 

 usage of flowers. It is requested that all members in 

 the cit>- on that day attend this meeting. Let it be a 

 "get together" meeting for the purpose of establishing 

 a closer acquaintanceship among the men of the pro- 

 fession. 



