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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA 

 MARTIN C. EBEL, Managing Editor, 



Madison, N. J. 



ADOPTED AS THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE 

 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



THOS. W. LOGAN M. C. EBEL ROY H. CAVERLY 



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Progress leads to success. That great progress has 

 been made during the preceding nine months, in the 

 building up of the GardeiVers' Chronicle, during 

 which time it has been under the able management of 

 my predecessor, Mr. Austin C. Sayler, must be ap- 

 parent to all who have been watching this publica- 

 tion's development. Mr. Sayler has retired from his 

 position to re-engage in his earlier fields of endeavor. 



In accepting the managing editorship of the Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle, while engaged in the commercial 

 field, catering to the gardening profession and to the 

 llorist trade, I fully realize the responsibilities I have 

 assumed. But I possess that sanguine confidence in 

 myself that I will prove capable of impartially con- 

 ducting my varied vocations without detriment to my 

 own or any one else's interests. I assume this new 

 duty with a feeling of "good will to all and malice 

 towards none," beginning with many friends and no 

 known foes ; striving to accumulate more friends. 



Deserving and just criticism cannot harm the right- 

 eous, and may aid the wrong; and for such these col- 

 umns are open. To unjust and unfair criticism they 

 must remain closed. 



The Chronicle's mission is to advance horticulture 

 and floriculture, and to better the profession of gar- 

 dening. It will be my aim to make the influence of 

 its columns felt in the productiveness of results of 

 what this organ represents. 



The progress Mr. Sayler lias made I shall endeavor 

 to keep pace with, and if the co-operation of those in 

 the gardening profession who have the ability to con- 

 tribute towards making these columns both interesting 

 and educational will be forthcoming — and it should 

 be, T predict it will not be very long before the official 

 organ of the National Association of Gardeners will 

 rank as the leader among technical horticultural pub- 

 lications—as it should do. M. C. Ebel. 



DR. ■W. S. 'WHITMORE. 



With profound sorrow we announce the demise of Dr. 

 W. S. Whitmore, of Red Bank, N. J. The announcement 

 comes somewhat belated, as his death occurred in the 

 early part of October last, but the sad news has only just 

 been received by us. 



Those who knew Dr. Whitmore. and he numbered many 

 gardeners among his friends, will subscribe that few 

 men can be found outside of the gardening profession as 

 deeply interested in floriculture and everything that per- 

 tains to it as he was. It can be said of Dr. Whitmore 

 that he was a passionate lover of flowers. Of the gar- 

 dener he recently wrote : "I consider the profession of 

 gardener the noblest that tames the intellect of man." 

 His last contribution. "Flowers and the Gardener," pub- 

 lished in the June issue of the Chronicle, beautifully 

 portrays the relation of the flowers to mankind, and must 

 arouse in the mind of the reader that accumulation of 

 wealth is not the great goal of achievement in this world. 

 It expresses the sentiment of a man who appreciates that 

 the beautiful alone is flivine. and that with the beautiful 

 removed the world would be barren. Dr. ^^'hitmore little 

 realized his close approach to the spiritual, from the ma- 

 terial world, when he wrote in June last : 



"I should wish when the icy hand of death is laid upon 

 mv brow that I might be surrounded with a wilderness of 

 flowers whose perfume would be an incense ascending 

 from memory's altar to waft my spirit to the land beyond 

 the stars. I would wish that the angels should be gar- 

 deners that I might feel assured that the floral kingdom 

 would be forever perpetuated." 



We learn that his remains were laid at rest in a 

 veritable bed of flowers. But he still lives, and will long 

 continue to live, in the memory of his friends among the 

 gardeners. 



All articles sent to the editor's office will receive 

 careful consideration, and due credit will be given to 

 the contributor. If you have not the time or ability 

 to edit your own paper, send it in the rough, and we 

 will edit it for you. We realize that all gardeners are 

 not journalists, but man}- possess sound theories and 

 practical experiences which can benefit others. Sub- 

 mit vour views and we will write the storv. 



Become a "booster." If you belong to the garden- 

 ing profession, but are not yet a member of the "N. 

 A. G.," join now. You will then begin 1913 right. 

 Then let your resolution for the new year be to do 

 your mite to help elevate that profession, which, a de- 

 parted friend declared, is "the noblest that tames the 

 intellect of mankind." 



To the discriminating advertiser who looks for re- 

 sults from his expenditure, we recommend the adver- 

 tising columns of this publication. \\'e can ofl:'er him 

 a distinct class circulation, one which he cannot ob- 

 tain elsewhere. The Gardeners' Chronicle circulates 

 among the people who buy for large private estates, 

 owners, superintendents, and gardeners. People who 

 seek the best in everything that pertains to horticul- 

 ture and floriculture, and everything that is required 

 to supply a wealthy man's estate. 



The Chronicle extends to its many readers the 

 compliments of the coming festive season. May yours 

 be a joyous Christmas and Happy New Year. 



Subscribers to the Chronicle and others who do 

 not receive it after this issue, are advised that it will 

 be due to the fact that they have not remitted their 

 subscriptions due. As soon as subscriptions are re- 

 ceived their names will be restored to the mailing list. 

 Those in arrears will please observe this notice. 



