THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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ASSOCIATION NOTES 



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



MEETING OF CONVENTION COMMITTEE. 



A meeting of the committee, appointed by President 

 W'aite to make final arrangements for the annual con- 

 vention, was held at the Murra}- Hill Hotel, New York 

 City, on the 12th instant. It was decided that the busi- 

 ness meeting and election of officers should occur on 

 Monday, November 3, to be followed by a banquet in the 

 evening. The meeting will be held at the American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, and the banquet at the Hotel 

 Endicott. 



Out-of-town members attending the convention will 

 have entertainment provided for them during the other 

 days of the fall show, of the Horticultural Society of 

 New York, in conjunction with which the annual con- 

 vention is being held. It is the earnest wish of the of- 

 ficers of the association that every member who can pos- 

 sibly do so attend the annual meeting. Several impor- 

 tant subjects of vital interest to the gardener will be 

 brought up for discussion during the business session. 



ANNUAL BANQUET. 

 The annual banquet of the association will be held at 

 the Hotel Endicott, New York City, on Monday evening, 

 November 3. Tickets will be $2.50. Members intending 

 to attend the banquet are requested to notify the secre- 

 tary at their earliest convenience so that seats may be 

 reserved for them. The capacity of the banquet hall is 

 limited, and New York City is likely to attract a large 

 number of gardeners and friends to the convention and 

 banquet, so that it will be a case of "first come, first 

 served." The committee can give no assurance that it 

 can provide for those who neglect to procure tickets be- 

 forehand, and that decide on the evening of the afTair 

 that they will attend. Good entertainmerit will be pro- 

 vided, and several men prominent in public life, able 

 after-dinner speakers, will l)c among our guests. 



MINNEAPOLIS MEETING. 



The "get-together mcctiiiL;" of the association, held 

 at the convention of the S. .\. F. at Minneapolis on 

 .\ugust 20, was not a decided success in point of attend- 

 ance, but it gave an opportunity to those present to be- 

 come acquainted, and enabled the eastern members to 

 shake hands with those of the west. Regrets were re- 

 ceived from President Waite. who was not able to at- 

 tend. .'\n invitation from \Vm. M. Steele to visit the es- 

 tate over which he presides, Woodend Farm, at Ex- 

 celsior, Minnesota, was accepted for the following day. 

 Some new members were added to the list of member- 

 ship. No business was transacted at the meeting, as it 

 was not a regular session. 



AT LAKE GENEVA MEETING. 

 At the invitation of Vice-President A. J. Smith, of 

 the N. A. G., Secretary Ebel visited Lake Geneva, Wis., 

 to attend a special meeting of the Lake Geneva Foreman's 

 and Gardener's Society on Monday evening, .\ugnst 25, 

 to address that society on the purposes of the National 

 Association of Gardeners, and to interest its members 

 in the national organization. Every member of the local 

 society present enrolled with the national body, and more 

 of the members, not in attendance at the meeting, are 



expected to be heard troni very shortly, Charles 11. 

 Totty, of .Madi.son, X. J,, and Harry Dunyard, of New 

 York, accompanied Mr. Ebel. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The following new members have been enrolled dur- 

 ing the past month : Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis, 

 Wis.; James P.. Shea, Boston, Mass.; Fred. C. Green, 

 Providence, R. 1.; William H. Griffiths, William Wahl- 

 stedt. Albin Martini, Samuel Long, Herbert Baxendale, 

 George Sheppard, William P. Longland, Frank Lowry, 

 Emil Johnson, Miles Barratt, Fred Miller, George Bar- 

 low, John S. Topolinsk, of Lake Geneva, Wis. ; Fred 

 Cotterell, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; J. T. D. Fulmer, Des 

 Moines, Iowa ; D, L. Mackintosh, St, Paul, Minn. ; Fred- 

 erick Schultz, New York, N. Y. ; Emil Merrscheid, 

 Oconomowoc, Wis.: F, E, Conine. Stratford, Conn.: 

 Davirl K\(ld, Xew Haven, Conn. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



The friends of Theodore Wirth will be glad to learn 

 that he is rapidly recovering from the eflfects of what 

 might have proven a very serious accident to him. 

 Through the skidding of an automobile Mr, Wirth was 

 run down in one of the parks of Minneapolis, and one 

 of his legs was severely fractured. While confined to 

 his home he is nevertheless able to look after his affairs, 

 and, as he wrote to one of his friends, is grateful that he 

 escaped more serious injury. 



Daniel Coughlin, for the past twelve years in charge 

 of the E. Rollins Morse estate, left on Setpember 1 to 

 take charge of the Davison estate. Locust Valley, N. Y, 

 Mr, Coughlin, who was secretary of the Newport Hor- 

 ticulture Society for si.x years, was presented with a gold 

 watch and chain by the members of the society as a token 

 of esteem for his able services while fulfilling the duties 

 of his office. 



Oscar E. .\ddor, superintendent of the Stieglitz estate, 

 Larchmont, X. Y,, resigned on the 1st inst. 



Thomas .A. Houlihan, head gardener for Senator W. 

 A. L. Bazeley, Woonsocket, R. I., for the last four years, 

 has resigned and accepted the position of superintendent 

 to A. F. Costello, Beverly, Mass. 



P, G, Brougli has accepted the position of assistant 

 gardener at the Bayard Cutting Estate, at Oakdale. X'ew 

 York, of which John Joynes is superintendent. 



E. B, Palmer has resigned his position as superintend- 

 ent of the estate of Mr. L. F. Loree, West Orange. N. 

 T., to accept a similar position on the estate of Mr. J. 

 Thorne at Bridgeport, Conn. 



William McGillioney. head gardener at Bonnie Crest, 

 Newport. R. I-. is convalescing favorably from an opera- 

 tion for appendicitis. 



