ASSOCIATION NOTES 



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



CONVENTION COMMITTEE MEETING. 



The Convention t'ommittcc appointed by President 

 A\'aite, consisting of Thonia> Logan, Jenkintown, Pa. ; 

 Peter Duff, Orange, K. J.: William J. Kennedy, Brook- 

 line, Mass.: John Huss, Jlartford, Conn.; J. Everett, 

 Glen Cove. X. Y. ; James .Stnart, Alamaroneck, N. Y. ; 

 John Canning, Ardsley, N. Y., and M. C. Ebel, Madison, 

 'X. J., will meet early in September to complete arrange- 

 ments for the annual convention of the Xational Asso- 

 ciation, which will be held at the Museum of Natural 

 History in Xew York City, during the annual fall show 

 of the Horticultural Society of New York, October 31- 

 November 4. Full details of the programme will be 

 gi\en in tlie September issue of the Chronicle. 



MINNEAPOLIS MEETING OF THE N. A. G. 



In order that the members of the N. A. G. and other 

 visiting gardeners may have an opportunity to get to- 

 gether at the convention of the Society of American 

 Florists, Secretary Young of the S. A. F. has arranged 

 for a meeting of the N. A. G. at the Armory in which 

 the convention occurs, on Wednesday evening, August 

 20. at 7 :30 o'clock. Following the meeting members 

 will adjourn to the ballroom, where a stereopticon lecture 

 will be given by Theodore W'irth on the Parks and Boule- 

 vards of Minneapolis. All gardeners are invited, and 

 members of the X. A. G. in Minneapolis on that day are 

 rec|uested to attend. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The following new members have been added to our 

 roll during the past montli : Frederick Liston, Penllvn, 

 Pa.: H. Marschke, Tarrytown, N. Y. : William M. 

 Steele, Excelsior, Minn. ; Charles McCabe, Bethel, Conn. : 

 John T. O'Brien. Williamstown. Mass.: T. Evons, Tu.x- 

 edo Park. X. Y. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Mr. Samuel Horn resigned his position on the Xew- 

 man Erb estate at Elberon, X. J., on August 1. 



Mr. Ale.xander Proctor, formerly of Yantic, Conn., is 

 now superintendent to P. K. Hudson, Syossett, N. Y. 



A tine rock garden is being constructed on the estate 

 of H. C. Frick, Prides Crossing, Mass., where George 

 W'vness has charge. 



Lester E. Ortiz, for the past few years superintendent 

 of the Pratt estate at Glen Cove, N. Y., has recently re- 

 signed iiis position there. 



Mr. Robert .\llen has accepted the position of super- 

 intendent on the estate of Solomon Guggenheitn, Lake- 

 side Gardens, at Elberon, X. J. 



Charles C. De Wild is now superintendent to Mr. 

 Samuel Riker. Jr., on the new estate which is being laid 

 out for that gentleman at Red Rank, N. J. 



1'. Chai)in;;n, f.iniicrh of the Swift estate. Prides 

 Crossing, Mass.. has accepted a position as head gardener 

 cjn the Spaulding estate, Beverly Farms, Mass. 



Mr. Winford .Xewell has resigned his position as gar- 

 dener at Cornell L'niversity to accept a position as gard- 

 ener at the State Penitentiary, Stillwater, Minn. 



Scott 1\ Dotcn, for some years head gardener to 

 Quincy A. Shaw, Jamaica Plain, Mass., succeeds Hjalmar 

 Berger as superintendent to J. J. Staron, at Lincoln, 

 Mass. 



\\'ork has l)cgun on the new range of greenhouses at 

 Georgian L'ourt, tiie estate of Mr. George Gould, at Lake- 

 wood. X. J. .Mr. Joseph Mills is now head gardener 

 there. 



Mr. Stanlo\ Jordan and wife, of the E. S. Harkness 

 estate. Xew London. Conn., will sail on the steamship 

 Olympia on .\ugust 23 for a few weeks' vacation in 

 England. 



Mr. Percy Hick, who was formerly employed on the 

 .\i. C. D. Borden estate at Oceanic, N. J., under Mr. 

 \\ illiam Turner, succeeds Mr. Turner as superintendent 

 of that estate. 



Mr. Ernest Wild, of the Harkness estate, Madison, 

 X. J., returned last Saturday from a holiday in England. 

 He is most enthusiastic in his expressions of the ro.ses 

 and sweet peas which he saw abroad. 



.\t A. W. Preston's, Swampscott, Mass., John L. 

 .Smith, the superintendent, has been kept busy this season 

 building new additions to the estate. Additional houses 

 are being built for orchids and other plants. 



( )n .\ugust 7 the garden committee of the Massachus- 

 setts Horticultural -Society inspected the vegetable gar- 

 den on the estate of Oliver .\mes, Xorth Easton, Mass., 

 where Edward Parker is superintendent. The crops here 

 were of grand c|ualiiy. and evoked the admiration of the 

 visitors. 



Mr. Joseph Tansey, of the Tilford estate, Tu.xetlo 

 Park, N. Y.. is busily engaged on the construction work 

 of the new Tilford farm at Monroe, N. Y., about seven 

 miles from Tuxedo. It is reported that everything that 

 goes to make up a gentleman's farm will be found on 

 this new establishment. 



Friends of ^[r. William Hastings, superintendent of 

 the .\lexander estate at Tuxedo Park. X. Y., will be glad 

 to learn that his health is somewhat improved from 

 what it has been. .Mthough still far from being himself, 

 he maintains the same genial and cheerful disi>osition 

 that he jiossessed in the days of robust health. 



.\ visit to Tuxedo Park disclosed that "they arc all 

 growing "em" there, and that the gardeners are prei)aring 

 for the several interesting vegetable exhibits for which 

 liberal |>rizes are being ofTered by several societies at 

 their fall shows. From what was observed at Tuxedo. 



