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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



John G. Gardner, formerly of Newport, R. I., is now 

 gardener at the I'ahnetto Inn, Boca Grande, Florida. 



Frank Dervan, formerly of Orange, N. J., is located 

 in Nebraska, where he went to take charge of a private 

 estate. 



Samuel Grigg has accepted the position of gardener to 

 Mrs. Herbert Wadsworth, at Avon, N. Y., where he is 

 now located. 



Charles Yapp, formerly of Columbus, Ohio, has been 

 appointed superintendent of the Hon. John Milleukin's 

 estate at Crescent, 'Slo. 



Work has commenced on the garden in the Back Bay, 

 Boston, which will be made a great feature of the S. A. F. 

 convention in August, 1914. 



E. A. Butler, in charge of the greenhouses at the 

 Bassey Institute, Jamaica Plains, Mass., has gone to Eng- 

 land for a three month's vacation. 



J. D. Partridge, formerly of Meadow Edge Farm, 

 Cedarhurst, N. Y., has been appointed superintendent of 

 the Chas. Pratt estate. Glen Cove., N. Y., succeeding L. E. 

 Ortiz. 



James MacMachan, superintendent of the George F. 

 Baker estate of Tuxedo Park, N. Y., sailed on Decem- 

 ber 13 on the Cameronia for a two months' vacation on 

 the other side. 



A. Underwood, superintendent of \\\ A. Read's estate, 

 "Hill Crest," at Purchase, N. Y., and wife sailed for 

 Europe on Saturday, December 6, to spend two months 

 vacation abroad. 



Robert Heggie is now head gardener at Elmhurst, Bath, 

 Me. A fine range of greenhouses is nearing completion, 

 consisting of grapery, peachery, carnation house, rose 

 house and palm house. 



John Downing, superintendent of the estate of D. H. 

 McAli)in, Morristown, N. J., is another gardener who 

 will enjoy his holidays in Europe this year. He sailed 

 on December 13 on the steamer Olympia. 



Alexander MacKenzie, for many years superintendent 

 of the Percy Chubb estate. Glen Cove, N. Y., ha^ re- 

 signed that position to accept a similar one on the ei^t • 

 of Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Highland Falls, N. Y. 



James Dunn, for sometime foreman of the D. ^\'illis 

 James estate, Madison, N. J., of which V'llliaiii K. Di-f-k- 

 ham is superintendent, has resigned his "■osition to "cci I 

 the position of head gardener on the e. fate of S : : itt, 

 Lansdowne, Pa. 



At E. S. Webster's, Chestnut Hill, Mass., the superin- 

 tendent, William Downs, has a fine display of the brilliant 

 English winter flowering begonias Winter Cheer, Elatior 

 and others, also a grand lot of Gloirede Lorraine and 

 Gloria of Cincinnati. 



Charles Schrall, for the past seven years in charge of 

 J. C. Hollands' estate, at New Rochelle, N. Y., has been 

 appointed superintendent of the estate of H. E. Partridge,^ 

 Shell Lake, Wis. Mr. Schrall will enter his new position 

 about February 1. 



John ^V. Everett, of (jlen Cove, N. Y., accompanied by 

 his wife and daughter, sailed on the steamship Lusitania 

 on December 3 to spend the holidays in England. He 

 expects to cover the continent before he returns to the 

 States in the middle of Februarv. 



At the notable exhibit of Massachusetts produce held 

 in Tremont Temple, Boston, December 8, 9, 10 and 11,. 

 in connection with the convention of the State Grange, 

 one of the most interesting features was the model farm 

 shown in miniature by Daniel Scott, of Stoneham Grange. 

 Mr. Scott is a gerdener and a member of the landscape 

 class of the Gardener's and Florist's Club. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar, of Boston, who returned from 

 a European trip on November 28, purchased the whole 

 of the valuable collection of hybrid lilacs and an immense 

 number of other new and rare shrubs and trees, besides 

 the entire collection of specimen camellias from James 

 \ eitch & Sons, London, England. 



GARDENER HEADS N. Y. FLORISTS' CLUB. 



At its regular monthl\- meeting, held on December 8, 

 the New York Florists' Club chose William H. Duck- 

 ham, of Madison, N. J., as its president. Unexpected 

 opposition to Mr. Duckham's candidacy developed at 

 the eleventh hour, the opposing side supporting H. 

 A. Bunyard, contending that, as the New York Flor- 

 ists' Club is a trade organization, the chair of its 

 presiding officer should be occupied by a commercial man. 

 "Justice prevailed," however, a good majority vote show- 

 ing the sentiment of the club decidedly in favor of "equal 

 rights." The club welcomes uie gardener to its member- 

 ship and thus he is entitled •" all privileges, rights and 

 honors that the club can bestow on any member. 



yir. Duckham's election to the presidency of the New 

 York Florists' Club is the third selection this year of 

 prominent gardeners to head important florists organiza- 

 tions. In August last the Society of American Florists 

 elected Theodore \\'irth, of Minneapolis, ]\linn.. as its 

 president, and in November last the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America elected William Kleinheinz,_ of 

 Ogontz, Pa., a5 its president. These men are all prom- 

 inently identified with the affairs of the N. A. G. Mr. 

 Duckham is one of its trustees, as well as a director of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society and treasurer of the 

 Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' Club. 



What say they of the profession now. who say that the 

 gardener has no chance in this country ' 



In March the Chronicle will issue another special 

 International Flower Show number. There was but one 

 opinion respecting the 1913 show nuiuber — that it could 

 not have been a better one. The Chronicle invites con- 

 tributions from members of the N. A. G. on any hor- 

 ticultural subject, which will be of interest to the gar- 

 dener, for the March issue. It depends on your support 

 to make this issue the best that has ever been published. 

 Send your articles to Editor, G.vrdeners' Chronicle 

 i\Tadison, N. T-. to reach him not later than Februarv 1, 

 1914. 



