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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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National Association of Gardeners | 



Office: 286 FIFTH AVE., NEW YOP.K | 



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President — W. N. Craig, Brookline, Mass. 



Vice-President — George H. Pring, St. Louis, Mo. 



Secretary— M. C. Ebel, 286 Fifth Ave., New York. 



Treasurer — Peter Duff, Orange, N. J. 



TRUSTEES (For 1921)— William H. Waite, Arthur Smith, D. L. Mack- 

 intosh, New Jersey; L. P. Jensen, Ernst Strehle, Missouri. 



DIRECTORS (To serve until 1922)— George Wilson, Illinois; James 

 Stuart, New York; WilHam Kleinheinz, Pennsylvania; John F. Huss, 

 Connecticut Edwin Jenkins, Massachusetts; Carl N. Fohn, Colorado; 

 Joseph Tansev, New York. (To serve until 1923)— Robert. Williamson, 

 Connnecticut;' Robert Cameron, Massachusetts; Theodore Wirth, Min- 

 nesota; George VV. Hess, District of Columbia; Daniel J. Coughlin, New 

 York; John Barnet, Pennsylvania; Montague Free, New York. (To 

 serve until 192-1)— Willi.im Gray, Rhode Island; William Hertrick, Cali- 

 fornia' Albin -Mort'ni, Iowa; fhos. Hatton, Connecticut; Robert Weeks, 

 Ohio; W. H. (iriffiths, Michigan; Thos. \V. Head, New Jersey. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



New y'or*— Mrs T- T .\lbright. Ge.irgc F. Ijaker, Edwin S. Bayer, 

 Albert Clavburph. W. H. Coe, Jlrs. F. A. Ccnstable, Paul D. Cravath. 

 Mrs W. Bayard Cirtting, Mrs. Charles Daniels, Cleveland H. Di.dge, Mrs, 

 David Dows, Frank J. Dupignac, Mrs. Coleman du Pont, Childs Frick, 

 W H Gratwick, Daniel Gugsenheim, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, Mrs. William 

 P ' Hamilton, .Mrs. John Henrv Hammond. T. A. Havemeyer, Mrs. L. A. 

 Hermann B H Howell, C. O. Iselin, Otto H. Kahn, Mrs. Frank B. Keech, 

 W Eugene Kimball, .\dolph l.ewisohn. Jrhn Magee, Mrs. Julius McVicker, 

 Morton H. Meinhard, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Jr., J. Pierptnt Morgan, Mrs. 

 I Pierp<'nt Morgan, Stanley G. Mortimer. Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, John 1. 

 Pratt E F Price. Mrs. William A. Read. H. D. Roosen, Charles A. 

 Sherman Mrs. Sam.iiel Sloan, Benjamin Stern, Mrs. W. Stursberg, Daniel 

 f atum Mrs R M Thompson, Mrs. Edwin Thorne, Mrs. Henry M. Tiliord. 

 Carll Tucker, Samuel Untcrmyer, Mrs. Harold T. White, Mrs. Payne 

 Whitney New Jersev — A. .Mbright. Jr., Charles A. Bradley, Joseph P. 

 Day. James B. Duke. Mrs. Lewis L. Dunham, Mrs. Frederick Frelmghuy-sen. 

 Mrs Gustav E Kissel, C. Lewis, Mrs. Paul Moore, Hubert T. Parson, Mrs. 

 Manuel Rionda, P. S. Straus, .Mrs. John I. Waterbury. Peniisylvama— 

 Samuel T Eodine, Gen. Richard Coulter, Mrs. J. D. Lyons, R. B. Mellon, 

 Gifford Pinchot, George F. Tyler. Edward A. Woods. Delaware— Irenee du 

 Pont Pierre S. du Pont. Connecticut — E. C. Converse, Dr. and Mrs. 1 racy 

 Farnam, George M. Hendee. Miss A. B. Jennings, W. H. Truesdale, 

 William Ziegler, Tr. Rhode Island—Goi. R. Livingston Beeckmaii^ George 

 P Wetmore. Mnssachusctts — Harry E. Converse. Mrs. Henry C. Frick. 

 Mrs. Louis Frothingham, C. H. Hutchins, Mrs. C. G. Rice. Prof. C. b. 

 Sargent Mrs 1. A. Spoor. Oliio—F. F. Drury, H. S. Firestone, Mrs. 

 Frances F. Prentiss. John L. Severance, H. S. Sherman. H. L. Thompson. 

 7n<fiana— Theodore F. Thieme. Michigan— K. D. Speck. J. B Schlqtman. 

 Illinois— A. Watson Armour, Harry B. Oow, A. B. Dick, Clayton Mark, 

 Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Mrs. F. W. llpham. IVisconsin—F. D. Cotintiss. 

 Minnesota— yirc. Chester A. Congdon. Iowa— Mrs. G. B. Douglas. Mis- 

 joiiW— August A. Busch, Dr. George T. Moore. rtrgima—Mtss Grace L. 

 Arents IV 1 -ir^inia— Mrs. Arthur Lee. Kentucky— }■ . M. ^Sj^ickett. 

 Georgia— C H Cnndler. E. H. Inman. .V. G-rc/ina— Robert S. Mebane. 



AT THE NEW YORK SPRING FLOWER SHOW 



As announced in these columns last month, the association will 

 have headquarters at the New York Spring Flower Show, Grand 

 Central Palace, March 14 to 20. The Secretary expects to be in 

 attendance throughout the show to confer with country estate 

 owners regarding gardeners' services, and also to meet the out 

 it will no doubt draw many gardeneis to the show at Boston. 



discussed, especially the discussion on "E.xamination for and 

 Llassification of Gardeners." Mr. Pring's remarks that the fun- 

 daincntal facts in gardening were local conditions were unani- 

 mously taken exception to, the consensus of opinion being that 

 a good gardener in the Hast would also be a good gardener in the 

 West, or any other place where he is Iccated, the only difference 

 being his method of procedure to suit his envircnment, the use 

 of common sense and good judgment. 



P. W. Popp of New York, who was present at the convention, 

 gave a good talk and enlightened us on some matters of the as- 

 sociation not quite clear. Frederick Carter, Secretary. 



THE BOSTON CONFERENCE OF GARDENERS 



The gardeners' conference to be lield under the auspices of t'.-.e 

 New England gardeners will take place on Friday afternoon, 

 April 8, instead of .^pril 7 as nrexiously reported. This is the 

 day that the .^irierican Rose Society will make its exhibit, and 

 it will no doubt draw many gardeners to the show at Boston. 



An executive meeting of the Board of Trustees and Directors 

 will be liekl on the same day. 



THE LOCAL BRANCH FOR NASSAU COUNTY. N. Y. 



The nietubers who have started the movement for a^ local 

 branch of the National .Association of Ciardeners in .Vassau 

 Countv, N. Y., have decided to call a meeting of the members of 

 that county and vicinity during the latter part of April to organize 

 and to discuss plans of activities that the local branch wd! en- 

 gage in. It is expected that the first meeting will be held at Glen 

 Cove. Notice of date and meeting place will be published in 

 the .'\pril number of the Chronicle. 



READJUSTMENT PERIOD ON COUNTRY ESTATES 



The .Secretary has lately had several visits at the office from 

 owners of country estates to discuss salary readjustment, the prev- 

 alent idea seeming to be that as readjustments are quite general, 

 they should also affect the gardener. The secretary expressed a 

 contrary view to his callers, for while it is true that ordinary 

 labor did advance from two and a half and three dollars to five 

 dollars, and in some instances to si.x and seven dollars a day, the 

 skilled .gardener's salary, where it was advanced, has not averaged 

 a dollar a day, and such advance has only brought the salary of 

 the gardener and his assistants to the normal standard where it 

 should be. So far as the ordinary garden laborer is concerned, the 

 readjustment in his wages is quite in order, in fact, it has al- 

 ready occurred in most localities, where the laborer's wage is 

 now from three to four dollars a day. We are glad to report 

 that in nearly every instance the estate owners who consulted 

 with us accepted our view. 



NEWPORT BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

 TION OF GARDENERS 



.Andrew L. Dorward jiresidcd. Wilham Gray, director of the 

 national association for Rhode Island read a very interesting let- 

 ter from Secretary Ebel on the work the association is at present 

 actively engaged in. 



The report of the national convention held in St. Louis, was 



NEW MEMBERS 



The following new members have been recently added to our 

 memliership list : -Arthur Chilman, Bar Harbor, Me. ; Richard 

 Murley. Cleveland Heights. Ohio; Herbert Collins, Manhasset, 

 L. I.; Joseph Holines, Port Chester, N. Y. ; Sevmour S. Hicks, 

 Mill Xeck, L. I. : William J. Chalmers. North Tarrytown, N. Y. ; 

 Charles F. Guilloz. Southampton, L. I. : Edmund Newman, Glen 

 Cove, L. I.; Ernest Wise, Bristol, Conn.; Max M. Kumer, New 

 York, N. Y. ; Thomas Wilson, Brooklyn, N Y. ; O. M. Eastman, 

 Cleveland, Ohio; William Stephen, Fort Erie, Ont. ; William Fol- 

 Ictt, Greenwich, Conn ; .Alexander Napier, Red Bank, N. J. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



W. D. Robertson, who recently resigned his position as su- 

 perintendent of Chieftains, Port Chester, N. Y., accepted a similar 

 position on the estate of E. E. Smathers, Purchase, N. Y., suc- 

 ceeding Joseph Holmes. 



Arthur Potter for a number of years foreman at Hammersmith 

 h'arm the estate of Mrs. H. D. Auchincloss, Newport, R. I., has 

 succeeded Tohn Mahan. superintendent, who has resigned. 



Clunas until recently foreman on the .Arthur Curtis Jarnes 

 estate, Newport, R. I., is now in charge of the estate of Mrs. Wm. 

 Grosvenor, Newport, R. I. 



Tohn Mair. who resigned his position as gardener to Mrs. A. 

 K." Luke, Irvington, N. Y., has accepted the position of gardener 

 on the estate of Mrs. George A. Joslyn, Omaha, Nebraska. 



William Cameron secured the position of superintendent to 

 Charles M. Daniels, Sabattis, N. Y. 



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Of Interest to Country Estate Owners 



The National Association of Gardeners takes this opportunity 

 to place its Service Bureau at the disposal of owners of country 

 estates when requiring competent gardeners, in the capacities of 

 superintendents, head gardeners or assistant gardeners— thor- 

 oughly qualified in everv particular to assume the responsibilities 

 the positions call for— gardeners truly efficient in their profession. 



The Bureau is maintained entirely at the expense of the 

 association and makes no charge to the employer it may sen-e 

 01 to the member it may benefit. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary 

 286 Ffth Ave New York 



