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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



The foregoing communication is the ac- 

 knowledgement of a report submitted by the 

 School Garden Committee appointed at 

 the Cleveland convention, consisting of 

 G. H. Prina. Missouri, Arthur Smith, New 

 Jersey, M."C. Ebel, Xew York, at the re- 

 quest' of Mr. Eastman, supervisor of the 

 School Gardens of Cleveland, who ap- 

 peared before the convention to invite the 

 co-operation of the gardeners' association 

 in the school garden work and to secure 

 suggestions for the development of the 

 school garden movement of that city. Mr. 

 Eastman stated that up to 1918 not more 

 than $5tXl a year had been expended by the 

 Cleveland schools for promoting school 

 garden work, but that for 1920 an appropria- 

 tion had been provided of over $23,000. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



Harrv B. Clow. Lake Forest, 111. (James 

 Wilson^ superintendent), General Richard 

 Coulter, Grcensburg, Pa. (N. T. Forsyth, 

 gardener). H. L. Thompson, Toledo, O. (H. 

 H. Hundt. superintendent), have become 

 sustaining members of the association. 



NEW MEMBERS 



The foUi>wmg names have recently been 

 added to our membership list : James C. 

 Tough. Rye, X. Y. ; Fred Stratford, Yonk- 

 ers, N. Y. : Herman Schafer, Riverdale, X. 

 Y.- Tames Lvon. Marion, Mass.; Herbert 

 B. Lord, Louisville, Ky. : D. Miller, C. A. 

 Muehldorfer. Paul A. Kohl. St. Louis, Mo. ; 

 Charles Big.gers. Rosvln, L. L : \Villiam La 

 Bella, Port Chester. X. Y. ; Severin Haug- 

 land. Hibbing. Minn. : John Shaw, Cold 

 Spring Harbor, L. I.: William Fremd. Jr.. 

 tierard C. Boon, Greenwich, Conn. ; John 

 L. Mearns, Bryn Mawr. Pa. : Jerome B. 

 Murphy, Elberon. X. 1.; William S. Butler, 

 Glen Cove. L. L: Thomas .\. Clark, Port 

 Washington, L. L ; Charles A. Brazier, Sy- 

 ossct, L. I. : Robert Davidson, Port Wash- 

 ington, L. L : Stanley Ballance, John H. 

 Marx. Oyster Bay. L. L 



I AMONG THE GARDENERS j 



William Tait of Tivoli, N. Y., has ac- 

 cepted a position of superintendent of the 

 H. S. White estate. Bedford Hills, X. Y. 



lack Ba.xter, for the past several years 

 in'charge of the greenhouse range of Mel- 

 lodv Farm. Lake Forest. 111., has secured 

 the' position of gardener on the Charles H. 

 Thorne estate, Lake Forest. 



A. A. Macdonald for many years the 

 superintendent of Duke's Park. Somerville. 

 N. J., has entered the commercial field. He 

 has established a retail store in Somerville. 

 and has purchased a farm on the outskirts 

 of that city where he intends to erect a 

 greenhouse range. 



John Turnbull, for the past nine years 

 gardener at HoUin Hall, Alexandria. Va. 

 mond. "West Holme," Santa Barbara. 

 Cal., and Akron. Ohio, recently entered the 

 commercial lield. engaging in the flower 

 growing business in Santa Barbara. 



George Hulton. formerly of San Mateo, 

 Cal., has accepted the position of .gardener 

 of "West Holme." Santa Barbara, succeed- 

 ing Mr. Turnbull. 



Peter Boury has accepted the position of 

 gardener at Hollin Hall. .-Mexandria. \'a. 



Robert Whan, formerly of West Xeck 

 Farm, Huntington, X. Y., has secured the 

 position of gardener on the J. H. Burton 

 estate, Cedarhurst, X. Y. 



Robert Melrose, formerly superintendent 

 of the H. H. Rogers estate, Southampton. 



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