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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA. 



MARTIN C. EB EL, 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. 



Single Copies, 10 Cents 



Subscription Price, 12 Months. $1.00 :: 



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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 regarding 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. T. W. EVERETT, JAMES STUART. 



Yonkers, N. Y. Glen Cove, N. Y. Mamaroneck. N. Y. 



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



TRUSTEES FOR 1913. 



Peter Duff. Orange, N. J.; William Kleinheinz, OgonU, Pa.; William 

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



Dodds. Wyncote, Pa. 



DIRECTORS. 



To serve untif 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. Kirk. Bar 

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



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

 Hartford, Conn.; Tas. MacMach.in, Tuxedo Park. N. Y. ; A. Bauer. Deal 

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

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



To serve until 1917— A. T. Smith. Lake Geneva, Wis.; Theodore Wirth, 

 Minneapolis, Minn.; Wm.' Hclvick, San Gabriel. Cal.; Robert Angus, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y.; Robert Bottomley, New Canaan, Conn.; Alex. Fraser, 

 Newport, R. I.; Albert Smith, Reading. Pa. 



Vol. XVII 



February, 1914. 



No. 4 



Before the next issue of the Gardeners' Chronicle 

 goes to press we will have approached close to the 

 days of the next International Flower Show, which 

 will occur in New York City March 21 to 28. 



Those who attended last year's exhibition have not 

 yet forgotten what a magnificent display it was, and 

 will also recall what an important part the private 

 grower played in the success of the 1913 show. 



Is the gardener going to play a less important part 

 this year? We think not, and we urge that he bend 

 every energy to be even more conspicuous at the com- 

 ing show than he was a year ago. He indirectly de- 

 rives much benefit from such a successful flower show 

 as that of 1913. It brings his profession to the fore in 

 the public eye, and demonstrates that the ability of a 

 thorough gardener constitutes something more than 

 merely sowing and reaping. 



New York's public is a critical one. It will not be 

 satisfied with anything "just as good" when the doors of 

 the big' show are opened next month to have it pass 

 judgment on its comparison with the achievements of a 

 year ago. To have it pronounced another success it must 

 surpass all previous exhibitions. 



Gardeners, you can do your share towards making 

 the 1914 show the greatest of all successes by doing 

 your best. If you will but do this, success is already 

 assured. 



The National Association of Gardeners is propagat- 



ing a movement to establish a closer relationship be- 

 tween itself and the various local horticultural and 

 tioricultural societies throughout the country. It pro- 

 poses through a co-operative effort to arouse a greater 

 public interest towards horticulture and towards the 

 profession of gardening, and it assumes that this can 

 be more successfully accomplished through unison 

 than through divided effort. 



The association is not aiming to remove the individ- 

 uality from the various local societies through affilia- 

 tion into one organization; but it is endeavoring to 

 have them unite in some form of action, through which 

 something tangible might be accomplished for the com- 

 mon good of those engaged in the pursuits of horticul- 

 ture. We believe this is the most logical course to 

 ynirsue of all that have so far been proposed. To unite 

 all organizations representing the two branches of 

 horticulture, the commercial and professional, or 

 private grower, we fear would result quite contrary to 

 what would be anticipated — for it could only bring 

 about a greater confliction of the diversified interests 

 than even now exists, and this must be avoided. These 

 interests must remain distinct from each other. "No 

 man can serve two masters" — nor can any one organ- 

 ization ever serve two interests. In its attempt to do 

 so it must slight either the one or the other — the com- 

 mercial or the private. The interests of both will be 

 best served by avoiding too close a compact so far as 

 the operating forces of either are concerned. 



We refer to operating forces in their broadest sense, 

 covering eveiy working phase that enters into either 

 interest. There is much that might be said concerning 

 both interests which, however, cannot be said in print. 

 "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof," so let us 

 now be concerned with their welfare as we can here 

 see it. Keep commercial and private horticulture sep- 

 arated in organization. The organizations representa- 

 tive of the private and commercial horticulturists can, 

 however, consistently co-operate to further the inter- 

 ests of horticulture, which means furthering each 

 other's interest. 



A bill just introduced in Congress provides for a tax 

 on mail order business, effecting practically all firms issu- 

 ing catalogues. Where and when will business interfer- 

 ence by government cease? Conservative regulation 

 might further progress and aid prosperity. Exorbitant 

 taxation, unreasonable restriction and unwarranted con- 

 tlemnation of business can only result in ultimately in- 

 juring those whom it is pretended to benefit — the "com- 

 mon people." 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES TAX EXEMPT. 



According to the regulations announced at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, a few days ago by William H. Osborne, 

 Collector of Internal Revenue, agricultural and horti- 

 cultural organizations are exempt from the payment 

 of the income tax, but according to the ruling it will 

 be necessary for them to file an afiidavit with the Col- 

 lector of Internal Revenue of the district in which 

 thev are located, establishing their right to exemption. 



OUR COVER DESIGN. 



The carnations reproduced on our front cover are three 

 blooms of Matchless, a variety which is winning much 

 favor among private growers. It is probably the best 

 white carnation that has been introduced for some time 

 past. Matchless is a free producer. A house visited on 

 Lincoln's Birthday and found in flower is said to have 

 been yielding blooms freely since the latter part of 

 September, 



