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GARDENERS- CHRONICLE 



SERVICE BUREAU PUBLICITY FUND 



The following contributions have been received for the Service 

 Bureau Publicity Fund to January 5th : 



Previously acknowledged ■ • $262.00 



Joseph Bailer, New York Citv 5.00 



William Brock, Chester, N. Y •■ 4.00 



William Goodall, Mancliester, Mass 5.G0 



John Barnet, Sewicklev, Pa ■ • 5.00 



Henrv A. Brown, Port Chester, N. Y 5.00 



R. Fischer, Bernardsville, N. J 10.00 



James Donald, Natick. Mass. • ■ 5.00 



Ross Gault, Chester, N. Y 5.00 



Robert Finnie, Quincey, Mass •• . 5.00 



Robert Marshall, Glen Cove, L. 1 5.00 



James Davidson, Tuxedo Park, N. Y .... 5.00 



Kalman Nagy, Bernardsville, N. J 2.00 



James MacAlister, Cedar Hill, N. Y 7.00 



Arthur Stratford, Somcrville, N. J 5.00 



Harry Cartwright, Lenox, Mass • 4.00 



William Gray, Newport, R. 1 5.00 



William Mills, Ashland, N. H 3.00 



Ernest Carman, Washington, D. C 2.00 



A. Bieschke, Noroton, Conn 5.00 



Robert Williamson, Greenwich, Conn 15.00 



James Warr, Seal Harbor, Me ■•.... 5.00 



D. L. Mackintosh, Stillwater, Minn 6.00 



G. H. Fellows, So. Euclid, Ohio 5.00 



Andrew L. Dorward. Newport. R. 1 5.00 



H. Sears, Hartford, Conn 5.00 



Gust Malmquist, Wayzata, Minn 2.00 



James Brown. Newport, R. I ■ 3.01.1 



Henry Saljot, Somcrville, N. J 2.00 



Duncan Mclntyre, New Rochelle, N, Y... ••.... 3.00 



Charles Ashmead, West Orange, N. J 2.00 



James Wiseman, Pittsburgh, Pa • • 5.00 



Charles F. Spcllman, Winchendon, Mass 3.00 



Philip Bovington, Louisville, Ky 5.00 



Joseph Tansey, Tuxedo Park, N. Y 15.00 



Charles A. Ruthven, Mt. Kisco, N. Y 5.00 



Will. J. Devery, Marion, Mass 2.00 



George C. McDonald, Newport, R. 1 5.00 



William Mulliss. Kennett Square. Pa ......25.00 



John I. Foxcroft, So. Manchester, Conn 3.00 



Ernst A. MuUcr, Yonkcrs. N. ^' 2.00 



John Forbes, Oyster Bav, N. Y 3.00 



George Wood, Glen Head, L. 1 5.00 



Wm. H. Griffiths, Detroit, Mich 10.00 



David Gustafson, Elberon, N. I ■■ 5.00 



R. Gardner, Newport, R. I....' 2.00 



Walter Troup, West Rindge, N. H 1.00 



John Conroy, Greenwich. Conn 5.00 



Frederic Carter, Newport, R, I . 5.00 



Herman Rapp, Leetsdale, Pa 3.00 



Carters' Tested Seeds, Inc.. Boston. Mass 25.00 



Total . . $.^41,110 



EMPLOYERS' FUND 



The following amount has been recei\'ed for the proposed fund 

 to start a campaign to arouse the interest of young men in the 

 profession of gardening. 



Previously acknowledged $100.00 



.•\. R. Speck (W. (iritfith, gardener), Detroit.. 25.00 



Total $125.00 



Boston. Mass.. Jan. 4, 1920. 

 Service Bureau Publicity Fund Committee, 

 National Assoc, of (iardeners, 

 286 Sth Avenue, New York. 



Gentlemen : It is with pleasure that we note from the last 

 issue of the Gardeners' Chroxicle that you have so far se- 

 cured the amount of $262.00 towards the Service Bureau Pub- 

 licity Fund and as this Bureau and what it stands for has our 

 full approval and best w-ishcs we take pleasure in enclosing 

 you our contribution of $25.00 which we herewith enclose. 



Our present action is the result of a communication received 

 from Mr. Robert Cameron, Supt. of Castle Hill Farm, Ipswich, 

 Mass. In this communication he states that your organization 

 is trying to put the Gardener and his profession on a higher 

 plane. If at any time wc can, through our connections, assist 

 you to accomplish this result, we are at your service. 

 Your very truly, 



C.\RTERS TeSTKP SkEDS, Ixc, 



M. I. Collins. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



Mrs. Edwin Thorne. Babylon, L. I. (Herbert, Brown, gar- 

 dener) ; Mrs. David Dows, Brookville, L. I. (Henry Gibson, 

 gardener) ; Irenee du Pont, Wilmington, Del. (J. Buckingham, 

 gardener), have become sustaining members of the association. 



NEW MEMBERS 



The following names have been added to our membership list : 

 Earl Robertson, Ralph W. Walton, Cleveland, O. ; Thomas M. 

 Rowe, Gates Mill, O. ; Albert H. Laine. Willoughby, O. ; Frank 

 L. Baiogh, Youngstown, O. ; E. Batchelor, Akron, O. ; John Kull- 

 man, Cleveland Heights, O. ; Robert Budd, Granville, O. ; George 

 McMahon, Des Moines, la.; George Davies, Nutley, N. J.; Paul 

 Hamer, Woodhaven, L. I. ; Robert Mackie, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. ; 

 Herbert Stuart, Larchmont, N. Y. ; Herbert W. Tickner, Donald 

 Campbell, Convent, N. J. ; Dennis Foley, Newport, R. I. ; Philip 

 J. Lucking, Mill Neck, L. I. ; Claude W. Bonner, Woodmere, L. 

 1. ; Frederick Duncan, New Hamburg, N. Y. ; William H. San- 

 son!, Huntington, L. I. ; Edwin Saunders, Henry Sabot, Somcr- 

 ville, N. J.; Ellis B. Wilson, Hartford, Conn.; Michael Decgan, 

 Port Washington, L. I.; James P. Murray, Newark, N. J.; James 

 MacDonald, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. ; Percy W. Kennaday, Montclair, 

 N. J. ; Bror E. Erickson, New York City ; Frederic Ostner, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Gustave H. Beckman, New York City ; An- 

 drew Kneuker, Shrewsbury, Mass. ; Kenneth Cedarman, River- 

 dale, N. Y. ; Alexander Robertson, Chappaqua, N. Y. ; George 

 Donoran, Glen Cove, L. I.; William Quigley, New York City; 

 Stephen Bernath, Bronx, N. Y. ; Robert Irving, Shrewsbury, 

 Mass. ; David B. Allen, Jr., Port Washington, L. I. ; W. Port- 

 niann, A. Hackmann, E. Baumgartner, C. G. Swenson, Clayton, 

 Mo.; J. Prapuolenis, L. Baumann, J. F. Silva, St. Louis, Mo.; 

 Theodore Hansen, West Orange, N. J. ; Leamon G. Tingle, Pitts- 

 ville, Md. ; James Murdock, Greenwich, Conn.; Lars P. Han- 

 sen, Beaumont, Tex. : Karl S. Landolt, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Alex- 

 ander Valentine, Hackensack, N. J.; Peter Smith, C. J. Young, 

 Glen Cove, L. I. ; Thomas Davies, Roslyn, L. I. ; John Wilkin- 

 son, So. Tacoma, Wash.; Patrick McCormack, Scarsdale, N. Y. ; 

 David Hanlon, Washington, D. C. ; G. Hennenhofer, Great Falls, 

 Mont. ; John R. Warr, Revell, Md. ; Louis Seplavy, New York 

 City; Theodore Chase, Greenwich, Conn.; Michael Fascella, Co- 

 coanut Grove, Fla. ; John Clarkson, Nantucket. Mass.; Paul Pow- 

 ers, Suffern, N. Y. ; Bartholomew Pow ors. Tuxedo Park, N. Y. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Henry Gibson secured the position of superintendent on the 

 estate of Mrs. David Dows, Brookville, Glen Head, N. Y. 



Alexander McKenzie resigned his position as superintendent 

 on the A. W. Davis estate to engage in the nursery business 

 with his brother, Kwen iMcKenzie, White Plains, N. Y. 



John Forbes has succeeded Mr. McKenzie as superintendent 

 iif the A. W. Davis estate, Oyster Bay, N. Y. 



Ernest Grey, for eight years gardener on the William 

 (lu Pont estate. Montpelier. Va., has accepted a similar posi- 

 tion at Fairmount Farms, Eairmount, W. Va. 



Edwin Saunders until recently in charge of the fruit houses. 

 Duke's Park, Somcrville, N. J., has accepted the position as 

 gardener in charge of the greenhouses under Thomas W. Head, 

 superintendent, Mellody Farm, Lake Forest, 111. 



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I OF INTEREST TO COUNTRY | 



I ESTATE OW NERS | 



g The National .Association of (hardeners takes this op- 1 



I portunity to place its Service Bureau at the disposal of i 



i owners of country estates when requiring competent i 



i gardeners, in the rapacities of superintendents, head = 



I gardeners or assistant gardeners — thoroughly qualified in 1 



1 every particular to assume the responsibilities the posi- 1 



i tions call for — gardeners truly efficient in their profession. § 



I The Bureau is maintained entirely at the expense of 1 



I the association and makes no charge to the employer it 1 



I may serve or to the member it may beneii!. 1 



i N.ATIONAL AS50CI.ATI0N OF GARDENERS | 



I M. ('. Ebel, Secretary i 



I 286 Fifth .Ave. New York | 



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