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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA. 



MARTIN C. EBEL, Managing Editor, 



Published by 



CHRONICLE PRESS 



M. E. MAYNARD, President. A. A. FAY, Sec'y. 



Office of Publication 



1 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, N. J. 



New York Office 



236 WILLIAM STREET. NEW YORK CITY. 



Subscription Price, 12 Months, $1.00 :: ;; Single Copies, 10 Cents 

 Foreign, $1.50 

 Entered as second class matter February 18, 1905, at the Post Office at 

 Jersey City, N. J., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



Published on the 15th of each month. 



Advertising forms close on the 10th preceding publication. 

 For information regard'ng advertising rates, etc., address Advertising 

 Department, Gardeners' Chronicle, Madison, N. J. 



ADOPTED AS THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE 

 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



President, Vice-President, Treasurer, 



WM. H. WAITE, A. J. SMITH, JAMES STUART. 



Yonkers, N. Y. Lake Geneva, Wis. Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



Secretary, MARTIN C. EBEL, Madison, N. J. 



best wislies for success and prosperity during the year 

 we are about to enter. 



TRUSTEES FOR 1913. 



Peter Duff, Orange, N. J.; William Kleinheini, Ogontz, Pa.; William 

 Duckham, Madison, N. J.; Alexander MacKenzie, Glen Cove, N. Y.; John H. 



Dodds, Wyncote, Pa. 



DIRECTORS. 



To serve until 1914 — Robert Angus, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Robert Bottomley, 

 New Canaan, Conn.; Carl Schaeffer, Tuxedo Park, N. Y.; E. Wetterlow, 

 West Manchester, Mass.; T. J. Kempton, Baychester, N. Y.; E. Trethewey, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. ; Alexander Eraser, Newport, R. I. 



To serve until 1915— John Shore, Harrison, N. Y.; Thomas Proctor, 

 Lenox, Mass.; William N. Craig, North Easton, Mass.; Frank E. Witney, 

 Fishkill, N. Y.; Robert Williamson, Greenwich, Conn.: F. ICirk, Bar 

 Harbor, Me.; James Bell, New York, N. Y. 



To serve until 1916 — Thomas W. Logan, Jenkintown, Pa.; John F. Huss, 

 Hartford, Conn.; John W. Everett. Glen Cove, N. Y. ; A. Bauer. Deal 

 Beach, N. J.; John W. Jones, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Alexander McPherson, 

 Washington, D. C.; James C. Shield, Monticello. 111. 



Vol XVII 



December, 1913 



Xo. 2 



"Are life really grateful for the good we have already 

 received? Then we shall avail ourselves of the blessings 

 we have and thus be fitted to receive more." 



We are approaching the ending of the old and the be- 

 ginning of the new year. Though sorrow has overtaken 

 some, while happiness has come to others ; though some 

 have met with reverses, while others have had success, 

 nevertheless, there are but few who have not had some 

 good out of the year, about to pass into history, for which 

 they can, and should be grateful. 



The year 1913 will go down in the annals of time as 

 having been one of much uncertainty, which at its close 

 developed into somewhat of a feeling of pessimism re- 

 specting the outlook. But, as the country enters into the 

 new year it is not facing a depression. It is only hesi- 

 tating, concerned over the one really weak feature of 

 its entire construction — its political structure. Confi- 

 dence is being restored, however, by President Wilson's 

 favorable annual message which is found free of any 

 disturbing suggestions of future interference with busi- 

 ness. Enterprise is also more encouraged by the asser- 

 tions of an ofificer of the administration that future ef- 

 forts to remedy past evils are to be made along helpful 

 and constructive lines. If this spirit will prevail among 

 our law makers, general business activity will soon be 

 resumed and a new era of prosperity will not be long 

 deferred. 



We greet our readers optimistically as to the future, 

 as we extend to them a Merry, Merry Christmas and our 



Reviewing the year from the viewpoint of the horti- 

 culturist it may be recorded as one of material progress. 

 In everything pertaining to horticulture and floriculture, 

 in which the public participates, widespread interest was 

 manifested. The trade reports a good business for the 

 }ear, both from professional and amateur gardeners. 

 U'hile "boom times" are more conducive to liberal ex- 

 penditures on the part of private estate owners, there has 

 been much development work under way on new estates 

 during the "economic" period through which we are 

 passing. This is a good sign, as it shows a growing 

 tendency among Americans of wealth to come into closer 

 contact with the finest of all of God's creations — the beau- 

 tiful plants and flowers — and to derive from them some of 

 their pleasures in this world. This tendency is not con- 

 fined to the rich alone, but is also found to e.xist among the 

 classes of more moderate means. The future holds out 

 most promising prospects for American horticulture. It 

 rests with those now interested to develop them. 



GARDENERS' GIFT TO MISS WILSON. 



\Mial was reported broad cast through the daily press 

 as one of the most beautiful floral gifts presented to Miss 

 Jessie Wilson, daughter of President Wilson, on the oc- 

 casion of her marriage to Francis Bowes Sayre, was a 

 basket of flowers sent to her by the National Association 

 of Gardeners. 



The gilt basket standing more than four feet in height 

 contained over a hundred Shawyer roses. On the handle 

 of the basket orchids were arranged in folds of deep 

 pink ribbon. The roses came from the growing estab- 

 lishment of Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. Y. They 

 were carefully selected, as the illustration on our cover 

 page shows, every flower being a perfect bloom. Gude 

 Brothers Company, the well known florists of Washing- 

 ton, D. C, were entrusted with the makeup of the basket. 

 That the work was creditably done is evident by the se- 

 lection of the basket as the chief table decoration in the 

 private dining room where the bridal party dined. 



On the handle of the basket was this message : 

 To Miss .Jessie Wilson: 



The members of the National Association of Gardeners 

 convey to you, through this floral tribute, their heartiest 

 congratulations and best zanshes. 



To which the following acknowledgment was received : 

 THE WHITE HOUSE 

 Washington, D. C, November 28, 1913. 

 ^1/3' dear Mr. Ebel: 



.Mrs. Sayre received the beautiful basket of flowers 

 which the members of your association kindly sent her 

 for her zvedding. She apfrcciatcd so much your thought- 

 fulness and it was a particular pleasure for her to haz'e 

 these flozi'ers from Nczu Jersey. 



JVith .l/r.r. .Sayre's many thanks, believe me, 



]'ours truly, Isabella L. Hagner, Secretary. 

 To Mr. Martin C. Ebel, secretary, 



Xational Association of Gardeners, 

 Madison, New Jersey. 



The Wilson-Savre wedding was notable for its collec- 

 tion of magnificent floral pieces, many of the wedding 

 presents being in the nature of flowers. From the mem- 

 bers of the diplomatic circle came many presents of 

 flowers or floral pieces, and the gardeners naturally may 

 feel proud that the basket of their national association 

 was given such a prominent place at the national event. 



