THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



687 



ASSOCIATION NOTES 



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



THE ANNUAL CONVENTION. 



The business session of llic annual conventiuu and the 

 election of officers will occur on Monday afternoon, No- 

 vember 3, in the Lecture liail of the American Museum 

 of Natural History, New York City. The meeting will be 

 called to order promptly at 2 o'clock, and it is requested 

 that all members attending the convention will be in their 

 seats at that hour. An interesting programme will be pro- 

 vided for, following immediately after the routine busi- 

 ness and the election of officers have been disposed of. 

 Several speakers prominent in the world of horticulture 

 and floriculture will address the meeting on subjects of 

 direct interest to the gardening profession. 



THE ANNUAL BANQUET. 



All arrangements have been completed for the annual 

 banquet of the association which will be held in the Hotel 

 Endicott, Columbus avenue and Eighty-first street, New 

 York City, on Monday evening, November 3. Dinner 

 will be served promptly at 7 o'clock so as to enable tl'ose 

 members to attend the dinner who must catch early 

 trains. 



The applications already received for tickets assure 

 a good attendance and, as stated in the last issue of 

 the Chronicle, the committee cannot promise to pro- 

 vide for those who neglect to reserve tickets for the 

 dinner until the last day. The capacitj' of the banquet 

 hall is limited, so that some of those who delay in secur- 

 ing their tickets until the last minute will have to be 

 disappointed. Tickets can be secured from any of the 

 following committee : Thomas Logan, Jenkintown, Pa. ; 

 Peter Dulif, Orange, N. J. ; William J. Kennedy, Chestnut 

 Hill, Mass. ; John Huss, Hartford, Conn. ; J. Everett, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. ; James Stuart, Mamaroneck, N. Y. ; 

 John Canning, Ardsley, N, Y., and M. C. Ebel, Madi- 

 son, N. J. 



A good menu, good music and some able after-dinner 

 speakers have been arranged for. 



EXHIBITS FOR THE N. 



President Waite will appoint 



A. G. AWARD. 



I committee to jud.c 



new varieties or meritorious exhibits at the Fall flower 

 show of the Horticultural Society of New York. Ex- 

 hibitors wishing to enter for the association's award, 

 which is a certificate of merit, will file notice with the 

 secretary of the N. A. G., M. C. Ebel, during the show 

 at the American Museum of Natural History Building 

 not later than Monday morning, November 3. 



1913 MEMBERSHIP CARDS. 



In order to vote on matters coming before the con- 

 vention, members must present 1913 membership cards 

 at the polling box before registering their votes. Only 

 active members of the association are entitled to a vote, 

 their membership cards being green — associate members' 

 cards are yellow. 



Members who have not jiaid their dues for 1913 can 

 do so at the office assigned to the secretary of the as- 

 sociation at the Museum building, where he may be 

 found on October 31. November 1 and November 3, and 

 membership cards will lie i-:^ued. It is preferred, how- 

 ever, that where possible dues be remitted direct to the 

 secretary's office at Madison, N. J., before the con- 

 vention. 



THE GARDENERS' REUNION. 



James Stuart, chairman of the committee in charge 

 of the annual gardeners' reunion which has been held 

 in New York City in the Fall for the past few years, an- 

 nounces that this event will be postponed untilthe early 

 Spring of 1914. The committee deems this wise, as the 

 annual convention and banquet of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners occurs in New York City this year and 

 this would bring the two events too close together in the 

 one city, the reunion being patronized mostly by the 

 members of the National Association. 



It is the intention of the committee to have a big re- 

 union in the Spring, which will include a bowling contest^ 

 during the day and a unique feast and entertainment in 

 the eveninaf. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



James Watt, late assistant at Weld Gardens, Brook- 

 line, Mass., has been appointed head gardener to Mrs. 

 W. B. Walker, Highwood, West Manchester, Mass. 



Samuel Horn recently resigned his position as superin- 

 tendent of the C. E. Deifenthaler estate, New Canaan, 

 Conn., to accept a similar position on the estate of Ogden 

 i\Jills, Jr., Woodbury, Long Island. 



H. B. Knapp, for a long time superintendent of the 

 J. B. RocUerfeller estate, Forest Hills, Cleveland, Ohio, 

 has resigned his position to engage in the general land- 

 scape business. James A. Ferguson is fulfilling the former 

 duties of Mr. Knapp, no successor having yet been ap- 

 pointed. 



Dennis Foley, for several years assistant to D. J. 

 Coughlin, has succeeded him as gardener on the E. Rollins 

 !Morse estate at Newport, R. I. 



C. ^\'. Knight received the appointment of superin- 

 tendent of Westwood Garden, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting's 

 estate at Oakdale, Long Island, N. Y. He assumed his 

 duties on the first of the month, succeeding J. Joiner. 



R. L. C'ushman resigned his position as superintendent 

 of the Wm. B. Thompson estate, Yonkers, N. Y., to go 

 \\''est and engage in business for himself. Robert M. 

 Johnston is now in charge of the Tiiompson estate. 



Flarrv Turner lias accepted the appointment of super- 

 intendent of the McLane estate at South Kortwright, 

 N. Y. 



Fred Kirkham, late of Sylvester Manor, Shelter Island, 

 N. Y., is now located at the W. A. Prime estate. Glen 

 Head, N. Y. 



George A. Hutton was recently appointed superin- 

 tendent of the George F. Baker, Jr.. estate at Locust 

 Valley, N. Y. 



