THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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ASSOCIATION NOTES 



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



THE N. A. G. SERVICE BUREAU. 



A Service Bureau in cdiineciion with the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners will be established. The execu- 

 tive board has empowered the secretary to complete the 

 arrangements for its maintenance. Its purpose is to 

 furnish a source to ambitious and enterprising men in 

 the profession, who are members of the association, to 

 which they may look for opportunity for betterment and 

 advancement. The association through its Service Bu- 

 reau guarantees nothing ; it simplv promises to aid its 

 members whenever it can. It can place only one man in 

 one position, so that if ten apply, nine must be disap- 

 pointed — but you can rest assured' that it will play no fa- 

 vorites ; it will be absolutely impartial — the choice re- 

 maining with those who require the gardeners. 



Xo personal application will receive consideration. All 

 must be in writing, addressed to the secretary, giving full 

 particulars of previous positions held, cause for changing, 

 ability and qualifications as growers — in other words, a 

 history of their experience in the profession, and all ref- 

 erences. Such applications will be filed with references 

 (do not send originals), and from time to time will be 

 referred to inquirers to make their own selection. 



Bear in mind this fact : There are many more inquiries 

 for assistants' than for head gardeners' and superintend- 

 ents' positions, and an application from anyone who has 

 just stepped out of an apprenticeship to an assistants' po- 

 sition will receive no consideration for head gardener. 

 To apply for head gardeners' or superintendents' posi- 

 tions, one must show that he is thoroughly qualified by 

 time of experience and otherwise. 



.Also note that the Service Bureau is not being con- 

 ducted as an employment agency for that class of gar- 

 deners habitually out of a job ; those men who cannot hold 

 down a position more than a month or two. 



Applications to receive favorable consideration must be 

 complete in all details, especially as to when and where 

 employed since engaging in the profession. 



THE COMING SHOWS. 



Two important shows occur this year in which the 

 members of our association should manifest keen interest. 



The first is that of the .\mcrican Sweet Pea Sociel\'. 

 which will be held in the Horticultural Hall, Boston, 

 Mass., early in July. Our association has accepted the 

 invitation of the iMassachusetts Horticultural Societv to 

 again hold it's summer meeting in Horticultural Hall 

 during one of the days of the show. It is expected that 

 the Sweet Pea Show will bo the best of its kind ever 

 held in this country and we can and should do our share 

 to bring this to a realization. 



The fall show of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York, which will be held October 31 to November 4 

 in the .Vmerican ]\Iuseum of Natural History, in New 

 York City, is an event in which the National Association 

 of Gardeners will be vitally interested. .Vt the invitation 

 of tlie Horticultural Society oi New York we will hold 

 our annual convention in the ^luseum building during the 

 show, and nothing can more fittingly demonstrate the 

 influence of the National .Association of Gardeners in 

 horticulture and floriculture than by the splendid exhibits 

 which the members of our organization are in a position 



to make. W e haw alicady been assured of good support 

 by some of our members, and we take this op]x)rtunity 

 to urge all to do their share to make the fall show in 

 . New York Citv a big success. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



During the past month the following new members 

 have been added to our membership roll : Robert W. 

 Clucas, Sparkill, N. Y. ; H. E. Philpott, Winnipeg, Can.; 

 Alexander Cummings, Jr., Hartford, Conn. : Joseph 

 Watson Pybus, Pittsfield, Mass. ; Walter Kosinski, Rhine- 

 beck, N. 'Y. ; William Milne, Monticello, 111. ; Ernest 

 Robinson, Groton, Conn. ; Alfred Kast, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. ; 

 .Vle.xander Burr, Kennebunkport. Me. 



THE MEMBERSHIP CONTEST. 



The time is opportune to call attention to the member- 

 ship contest to which I\Ir. P. Hamilton Goodsell has 

 donated $50 in gold to be awarded in three prizes. $25, 

 $15, and $10, to the three members bringing in the great- 

 est number of new members up to October 1, 1914. 



So far there has been little interest aroused in this 

 contest, so that the opportunity is still open to all mem- 

 bers in what, up to the present time, is still an even 

 contest. The contest is open to all active members of 

 the association. Application blanks can be secured from 

 the secretar\'s office. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW COMMITTEE 



of the 

 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND 

 ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURISTS. 

 Office of JOHN YOUNG, Secretary 



New York, X. Y., May 17, 1913. 

 Mr. Martin C. Ebel, Secretary, 



Xational Association of Gardeners. 

 Madison, X. J. 

 Dear Sir: On I)ehalf of the National Flower Show 

 Committee of the Society of American Florists, I ex- 

 tend to you their thanks and appreciation for the great 

 assistance and co-operation of your society in making 

 the recent Internationl Flower Show the success that 

 it was. 



W'c know that it was only through the co-operation 

 of the different societies that such a success was pos- 

 sible. The local people, encouraged by the success of 

 this exhibition, will undoubtedly make an aiiinial 

 Flower Show in New York, and even at this early 

 date they are "getting together" for the purjiose of 

 making arrangements for a Spring Show in 1914. 



If it is decided to hold such a show, they will call 

 upon you for your co-operation, which we hope will 

 be given as freely as on this occasion, as it is only 

 by the united efforts of all local societies and other 

 societies that a Flower Show in New York could he 

 made a success. 



Yours very truly, 



Jonx YouxG, Secretary. 



