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HORTICULTURE 



March 19, 1910 



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NATIONAL GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION OF AMERICA. 



The third annual convention and ex- 

 hibition of this Society was held in 

 Philadelphia, March 15, IG, 17. We 

 give below President Kleinheinz's ad- 

 dress: 



Gentlemen: It is a great pleasure to 

 me as your President to say a few 

 words at this convention. 



In the name of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners, I must express 

 my heartiest welcome to all present 

 members. 



Through the courtesy of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society it was 

 possible to hold our annual convention 

 and exhibition in conjunction with the 

 Spring Show of the latter society, and 

 I feel as a member of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society that this society 

 is also very much pleased to receive 

 you in their home and that everyone 

 wishes our guests will make them- 

 selves at home and spend a few days 

 of enjoyment in the city of Philadel- 

 phia and part from us under the im- 

 pression that Philadelphia is the City 

 of Brotherly Love and will return 

 again in the near future to renew the 

 friendship and acquaintance. 



A year ago, at the last convention, 

 in New York City, I had the honor to 

 be elected as your President, of which 

 I am very proud and think that I have 

 kept my promise to do all in my power 

 for the National Association of Gar- 

 deners. 



Since my election the number of ac- 

 tive members has gi-own up to 13S7 and 

 associate members, 3S. 



The credit for this increase is by a 

 long way not all due to me, but more 

 to our Secretary, Mr. W. E. Maynard. 



But being in harmony with my friends 

 and brother gardeners, I was able to 

 secure a few members also, and I 

 feel that I have to ask all the present 

 members, as well as the absent mem- 

 bers, to do their best to get this so- 

 ciety stronger and stronger from year 

 to year by getting their friends to join 

 us. We have in this glorious country 

 a large number of societies, such as 

 Society of American Florists, Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society, American Rose 

 Society, Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America, and a great many others, 

 which are all of great benefit to the 

 commercial grower as well as to the 

 private gardener, but I must say that 

 the National Association of Gardeners 

 is also a necessity. 



At our yearly conventions, we show 

 how things are done on private estates 

 by exhibiting flowers, plants, etc., and 

 a good many of those can be seen at 

 the shows which we never would have 

 the opportunity to see if it were not 

 for private estates. Some of the finest 

 specimens of palms, ferns, foliage 

 plants as well as cut flowers are only 

 grown on the estates of wealthy peo- 

 ple, as it would never pay the commer- 

 cial man to grow those for years with- 

 out getting returns, and so I must say 

 that it is the private gardener that 

 Isteps us in touch with many beautiful 

 plants, etc., which would be forgotten 

 long ago were it not for them and 

 their employers. 



I am sure every one attending our 

 conventions will profit one way or an- 

 other by seeing the exhibits, meeting 

 friends, asking questions between 

 themselves as well as in the open 

 meeting and, by closing time, I think 

 every one w-ill start for home at least 

 a little wiser than he was on arriving. 



I am under the impression that all 

 present have the same feeling in re- 

 gard to our association and conven- 

 tion, and I must appeal to you again 

 to do all you can to make this asso- 

 ciation stronger, so that by our next 

 convention we will have 2,000 members 

 or more and have a larger meeting 

 and a larger exhibition, and the oppor- 

 tunity to meet and make more friends 

 and learn from them by their good ad- 

 vice as much as possible, 



A banquet w'as held in Dooner's 

 Hotel on the evening of the loth inst., 

 at which 65 sat down and spent a very 

 enjoyable evening. William Kleiu- 

 heinz, the president of the National 

 Gardeners' Association, was chairman, 

 and Robert Craig acted as toastmaster. 

 The cups won at the exhibition were 

 presented on this occasion and many 

 brilliant speeches graced the event. 

 The next convention will be held in 

 Boston, spring 1911. 



YONKERS 



HORTICULTURAL 

 CIETY. 



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The first annual dinner of this so- 

 ciety was held at Park Hill Inn on 

 Thursday evening. March 10th. About 

 too members and friends from New 

 York. Ix)ng Island, and other places 

 were present. The dining-room was 

 very tastefully decorated and much 

 I hanks are due W. H. Waite for sup- 

 plying the plants, and W. Macdonald 

 for arranging the same. All the speak- 

 ers took occasion to warmly compli- 

 ment the society on the excellent show- 

 ing it has made since its start two 

 mondis ago, and expressed the hope 

 tbat success will attend the plans to 

 liokl a show in the fall. 



A. T. Boddingtou as toastmaster was 



