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they must endeavor to surmount it. ?ilany a man with 

 a college education does not make the success in life 

 that men have made who have obtained their learning 

 by night study only, after a hard day's labor. The 

 young gardener ambitious to push forward will not be 

 thwarted b}' the adxantages his more fortunate brother 

 with college learning may appear to have over him, 

 but he will strive and take every opportunity he finds 

 to gain a little book knowledge, putting it into practice 

 on every occasion that comes to him until he finds that 

 his practical experience and acquired theoretical knowl- 

 edge combined give him the better of it against the 

 man who possesses practice alone, or all theor}^ and no 

 practice. He is the man who, no matter what obstacles 

 present themselves, will succeed because he knows no 

 such thing as failure. 



The cultivation of a closer relationship between 

 gardeners in general will do much towards developing 

 the profession. A manifested interest by the gardener 

 in public affairs brings recognition to him and his pro- 

 fession and tends to influence a cordial sentiment to- 

 wards the gardeners in communities where they are 

 located. This is merely the ABC in the progress of 

 any profession. When this is accomplished we take 

 up the reader. — Read before Tuxedo Horticultural 

 Society, August 6, 1913. 



QUERIES and ANSWERS 



IVe believe the greatest good can be accomplished for the greatest 

 number, by instituting a query column; or an exchange of expe- 

 riences, on practical propositions, by our readers. 



You are invited to contribute questions, and answer others. 



Each question as received u-ill be given a number, the question- 

 er's name will not be published, but the source of the answer will 

 be given unless otherwise requested. 



We all have something we would like to know more about. Here 

 is your opportunity to ascertain somebody's experience in just thai 

 matter. 



Nothing will tend to better fellowship than helping each other. 



Take advantage of this "Question Box." 



I have three houses 50 feet by 20 feet, now used en- 

 tirely for rose and carnation growing. I want to change 

 them for growing a larger variety, and to include some 

 fruits and vegetables. Can you give me any sugges- 

 tions as to what I can best grow in variety in so small 

 a range? I want to include some plants for decorating 

 the house besides cut flowers. — G. M., New York. 



What has been the experience of your readers in 

 growing chrysanthemums for show purposes? Can 

 any say whether they get better results from pot grow- 

 ing than from growing in benches? This is my first 

 experience, and some neighbors tell me that individual 

 pot-grown plants produce the best specimens. Is this 

 so?— S. W.. Ohio. 



I am troubled with a small white worm which seems 

 to come from the wood, and which has done much 

 damage this year to my chrysanthemums, attacking 

 the stems. It seems to produce a wilting of the plants. 

 I have never been troubled with this before, and I am 

 at a loss to know how to get rid of it. It attacks other 

 plants, but seems to be especially fond of the mums. 

 Poisoned foods do not seem to reach it. Have you 

 heard of it before? — C. F., Louisiana. 



NEW PROFESSOR OF FLORICULTURE AT 

 CORNELL. 



Prof. E. A. White, at present in charge of the depart- 

 ment of floriculture at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College at Amhurst, ]\rass., has been appointed to the 



professorship of horticulture and headship of the depart- 

 ment, at the New York State College of Agriculture at 

 Ithaca. N. Y. Prof. White will take up his duties in 

 September. 



In line with its policy of developing a very strong de- 

 partment of floriculture, the directors of the New York 

 State College have separated the department of horti- 

 culture into its three main divisions, namely : Pomology, 

 Floriculture, and Vegetable Gardening, each one of these 

 subjects being represented by an independent depart- 

 mental organization. 



Professor \^'hite. who takes charge of the department 

 of floriculture, was born in West Townsend, in 1872, 

 educated in the public schools of Rindge. N. H., and the 

 high school at Littleton, graduated from the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College in 1895, and was for two years 

 assistant horticulturalist in charge of the greenhouses of 

 this college. He left there in '97 to take charge of the 

 greenhouses on the estate of the late Clement A. Griscom 

 at Haverford, Pa. For two years following that he was 

 engaged in commercial work in Arlington. Mass. In 

 1889 he was appointed instructor in horticulture at the 

 r.aron de Hirsch School, Woodbine, N. J., where he re- 

 mained for one year. For two years following this he 

 was assistant professor of horticulture at the Te.xas Agri- 

 cultural and Mechanical College. In 1900 he was ap- 

 pointed professor of botany, forestry and landscape archi- 

 tecture at the Connecticut Agricultural College, where he 

 remained until June, 1907, when he was appointed pro- 

 fessor of floriculture at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. He has given courses in the Summer schools 

 at Connecticut and ^Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 

 lege for the last ten years. For two years he was di- 

 rector of the Summer School in Connecticut, and was di- 

 rector here until it was turned over to the extension de- 

 partment. 



Professor White's experience in the teaching of botany 

 and floriculture and his relations with the gardeners has 

 given him eminent qualifications for the work at Cornell. 

 He is regarded as a reliable, energetic, agreeable and 

 capable man by the persons who have been long asso- 

 ciated with him. 



Professor Alvin C. P>eal remains with the college and 

 has been promoted to full professor of floriculture, and 

 will have particular charge of the experimental and in- 

 vestigational side of the subject. He will devote himself 

 to the field tests with gladioli, sweet pea?, peonies, roses 

 and other leading crops, and to the investigation of other 

 subjects that are important to the gardener's interest. 



APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP 



National Association of Gardeners 



I hereby apply for Membership in your Association : — 



Name in fall \ 



Occupation 



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Reference 



FoT'oia.Td Application to M, C. EBEL. Secretary, Madison, 

 N. /., "With dues, 'which are $2.00 annually, including subscrip- 

 tion to the official organ of the Association. 



