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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



ing some plan whereby the National Association should become 

 the mother society of all local gardening clubs and societies. 

 Eespectfully submitted, 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary. 

 Moved, seconded, and carried that the report be 

 accepted and spread upon the minutes. 

 The secretary's financial report follows: 



Madison, N. J., November 1, 1913. 

 Receipts. 



Balance on hand November, 1912 $.32.00 



Dues received for 1912 72.00 



Dues received for 1913 1,128.00 



Dues received for 1914 10.00 



Dues received for life member.'ihip 20.00 



$1,262.00 

 Payments. 



Deposit vouchers to treasurer Nos. 38 to 68 $1,200.00 



Deposit vouchers to treasurer. Reserve Fund 20.00 



Cash on hand 42.00 



$1,202.00 

 Expenditures of the secretary's office for the past year were as 

 follows : 

 1912— 

 Nov. 19 Sundry expenses Newark Convention $13.80 



N^^^M Postage 3.42 



Dp ■ 2r I Stationery and sundries 5.45 



Dec. 28 1 Convention photographs 5.50 



I Parlor Murray Hill Hotel (Directors' meeting) . 5.00 



, f Postage " 19.06 



I Stationery 4.70 



Expressage 35 



Feb. 28 J Telephone 1.50 



Mch. 17 1 Postage 10.4(5 



to !- Telephone 2.75 



June 30 J Sundries 25 



July 24 1 Postage 12.83 



to I Telephone 30 



Oct. 30 J Expressage 50 



$85.87 

 M. C. EBEL, Secretary. 



The secretary's financial report follows: 

 We have completed our audit of the accounts of 

 your secretary up to October 31st, 1913, and are 

 pleased to report that we find the statements as ren- 

 dered above to be correct. 



R. Bottom LEY, 

 David McIntosh, 

 Peter Murray, 

 Auditing Committee. 

 Moved, seconded, and carried that the report be ac- 

 cepted and spread upon the minutes. 

 The treasurer's report follows : 



Mamaroneck, N. Y., November 1, 1913. 

 Receipts. 

 1912— 



Nov. 15 Balance in bank $192.97 



Deposits November 15, 1912. to October 31, 



1913. vouchers Nos. 38 to 66 1,200.00 



Deposit voucher Life Reserve P\ind 20.00 



Doe. 15 Interest 2 07 



1913— 



June 15 Interest 5.61 



$1,420.65 

 Disbursements. 

 1912— 



Nov. 20 Tuxedo bowling allevs, Newark, N. J $13..50 



" 20 North Ward Realty Co., rent hall, Newark, 



N. J 40.00 



" 20 J. C. Cliester, appropriation voted to secre- 

 tary's assistant 25.00 



Dec. 2G Henry R. Rose, lantern, Newark Convention. . 8.00 

 " 26 J. J. Taubenhaus, expenses to Newark Con- 

 vention : 8.00 



" 26 Continental Hotel. Newark, dinner deficit.... 10.50 

 " 26 M. C. Ebel. secretary, postage and sundries.. 22.67 

 Jan. 8 "Gardeners' Chronicle" subscriptions to Janu- 

 ary 1 117.00 



March 6 M. C. F.bel. secretary, postage and sundries.. 36.11 

 " 6 Madison "Eagle," printing 12.00 



March 29 Bowling tournament, appropriation, New York 



Flower Show 100.00 



April 7 "Gardeners' Chronicle," on account of sub- 

 scriptions 250.00 



" 25 Smoker Murray Hill Hotel, New York 24.55 



" 25 Secretary's expenses International Flower 



Show, New York 57.80 



July 1 "Gardener's Chronicle," subscriptions to 



July 1, 1913 $521.00 



Less payment on account, April 7, 1913. 250.00 



285.00 



" 1 M. C. Ebel, secretary, postage and sundries.. 13.46 



" 29 Madison "Eagle," printing 12.00 



Aug. 8 Del mas Photo. Co., photos Newark (N. J.) 



Convention 3.75 



Total disbursements $1,039.34 



Oct. 31 Balance in bank 381.31 



$1,420.65 

 JAMES STUART, Treasurer. 



New York, N. Y., November 3, 1913. 



We have completed our audit of the acounts of your 

 treasurer up to October 31st, and are pleased to re- 

 port that we find the statement as rendered to be 

 correct. 



R. Bottomley, 

 David McIntosh, 

 . Peter A'Iurray, 

 Auditing Committee. 



Moved, seconded, and carried that the report be ac- 

 cepted and spread upon the minutes. 



Communications from Buiifalo, N. Y., and San Fran- 

 cisco, Cal., inviting the association to hold a meeting in 

 their respective cities, on motion was referred to the 

 Executive Committee with power. 



President Waite announced that during the past year 

 a fellow member and patriot of the floricultural world, 

 Julius Roehrs, Sr., had passed awa}', and appointed the 

 following committee to draft suitable resolutions: F. 

 R. Pierson, James MacMachan, and M. C. Ebel. 



W. E. Maynard presented the following resolution 

 and moved its adoption: "Resolved that it is the sense 

 of this meeting that the next annual dinner be open to 

 the wives, sweethearts, and friends of the members." 

 Seconded by M. C. Ebel and carried unanimously. 



Nominations of officers for the ensuing year were 

 next in order. 



l^^or President — James MacMachan nominated Wil- 

 liam H. Waite, of Yonkers, N. Y. 



Moved that the nominations be closed, seconded and 

 carried. 



For \'ice-President — John F. Johnson nominated 

 John W. Everett, of Glen Cove, N. Y. 



Moved that the nominations be closed, seconded and 

 carried. 



For Secretarv — David Mcintosh nominated Martin 

 C. Ebel, of Madison, N. J. 



On motion seconded and carried the nominations 

 were closed. 



For Treasurer — .\lexander Mackenzie nominated 

 James Stuart, of Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



On motion, seconded and carried the nominations 

 were closed. 



For Five Trustees — M. C. Ebel recommended that 

 the following members be re-elected : William Klein- 

 heinz. Alexander Mackenzie, Peter Duff, William H. 

 Duckham, and John H. Dodds. There being no other 

 nominations, the chair accepted these candidates. 



There being no contest for any of the offices to be 

 filled, it was moved, seconded, and carried that the 

 secretary be empowered to cast one ballot containing 

 the names of the members nominated for the diiTerent 

 offices. So ordered and the officers were elected unani- 

 mously. 



