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National Association of Gardeners 



Office: 286 FIFTH AVE., XKW VORK. 



L. P. Jensen, President, St. Louis, Mo. 



D. L. Mackintosh, Vice-President, Stillwater, Minn 



Thomas W. Head, Treasurer, Lake Forest, 111. 

 AI. C. Ebel, Secretary, Madison, N. J. 



Trustees for 1920 

 Peter Duff, Orange. N. J.; William Waite, Riimson, N. J.; Arthur Smith, Elberon, N. J.; Robert Weeks, Cleveland, O.; William H. Griffiths, 



Detroit, Mich. 



Directors 

 (To serve until inj!)— William .\. Craig, Brookline, Mass.: William Hcrtrick, San Gabriel, Cal.; Willi.im Grav. Newport, R. I.: C. Hennen- 

 hofer. Great Falls, Mont.; Thomas Hatton, New London. Conn.; Albin Martini, Lake Geneva, Wis.; A. C. Jordahn, Palm Beach, Fla. (To serve 

 until 1922)— George Wilson, Lake Forest, 111.; James Stuait. Mamaron tck, .\'. Y. ; William Kleinheinz. Ogontz, Pa.; John F. Huss, Hartford, 

 Conn.; Edwin Jenkins, Lenox, Mass.; Carl N. Fohn, Colorado Springs, tolo.; Joseph Tansey, Tuxedo Park, N. Y.' (To serve until 1923); 

 Robert Williamson, Greenwich, Ccnn. ; Robert Cameron, Ipswich, Mass.; Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis. Minn.; George H. Pring, St. Louis] 

 Mo.; George W. Hess, Washington, D. C. ; Daniel J. Coughlin, Locust Valley, L. L; John Barnet. Sewickley, Pa. 



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A GARDENERS' CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK 

 MARCH 18. 



A gardeners' conference nnder tlie anspices of the National 

 Association will be held in the Engineering Building, 29 West 

 29th St., New York City, on Thursday afternoon, March 18, at 

 2 o'clock, to which all those interested in the profession of 

 gardening are invited. An opportunity will be presented for a 

 general discussion of tlie work outlined for the association, its 

 policies, and the operation of the Ser\'ice Bureau. This meeting 

 occurs during the week of the Internatiotial Flower Show, at 

 which lime many out of town members of the profession are 

 expected to visit New York. 



.An executive meetin.g of the Trustees and Board of Directors 

 will be held in the same building, Thursday forenoon, March 18. 



W. N. CRAIG TO ADDRESS THE GARDEN CLUB OF 

 AMERICA. 



The Garden Club of America, whicli is manifestftg an inter- 

 est in the aims of the gardeners' national associatfoh,; will be 

 addressed by William N. Craig of Brookline, Mass., on '.'The 

 Professional Gardener, from His Viewpoint," at its meeting in 

 Xew York City on March 17. Congressman M. L. Davey of 

 Ohio will also address the meeting on Quarantine Bill No. 37. 

 In a recent issue of the Garden Club Bulletin there appeared an 

 article by M. C. Ebel on "The Professional Gardener" which is 

 reproduced elsewhere in this issue of the Gardeners' Chronicle. 



SERVICE BUREAU PUBLICITY FUND 



The following contributions have been received for the Service 

 Bureau Publicity Fund up to February 20th. 



Previously acknowledged $765.00 



Peter Bourv, Alexandria, Va 2.00 



Stanlev Ballance 2.00 



Thomas Mackey, Bellport, L. 1 2.00 



John D. Wilson, Greenwich, Conn 5.00 



Alex. Thomson, Bcrnardsvil'e, N. j 10.00 



Walter Sims, Lake Forest, 111 ,3.00 



Primus Drobesch, Chicago, 111 5.00 



Ernest Grey, Fairmount, W. Va 10.00 



F. L. Balogh, Youngstown, Ohio 3.00 



G. H. Pring, St. Louis, Mo 5.00 



M. J. O'Brien, Mt. Kisco, N. Y 5.00 



H. H. Hundt, Perrvsburg, 2.00 



W. C. Rust, Brookline, Mass 2.(H) 



James Hamilton, Wickliffe, 10.00 



Paul Powers, SufTern, N. Y 3.00 



Edwin Forscv, Voinigstown, 5.00 



William E. ^iilbank, Poughkeepsie, N. Y 10.00 



William Michic, Lake Forest, 111 5.00 



William J. Whan, Hunlington, L. 1 2.00 



Roderick W. Rose, Dixmont, Pa 1.00 



John Barron, Harriman, N. Y 2.00 



William \. Craig, Brookline, Mass lO.tKI 



James .\rmstr()ng, Marion, Mass 3.00 



George Meiitiply, Dobbs Ferry, X. Y 4.00 



James Lyon, Marion, Mass. . .' 2.00 



James Dickson, Southampton, L. 1 2.00 



Frederick Schultz, Xew York City (additional) 3.00 



Julius P. Erdman, Homelakc, Col 5.00 



George ii. .Anderson, Southampton, L. 1 3.00 



August Harrer, (Greenwich, Conn 5.00 



James Macdonald, Mt. Kisco, X. Y 2.00 



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Paul Hamer, Woodhavcn, L. 1 10.00 



D. L. Mackintosh, Stillwater, Minn, (additional) 4.00 



Total $912.00 



In the February number through typographical error, David 

 F. Roy, Marion, Mass.. was reported as contributing $2 to the 

 publicity fund which should have read $5. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



Theodore F. Thieme, Fort Wayne, Ind. (William Warburton, 

 gardener), and Samuel W. Hessberg, Cedar Hill, Albany Co., X. 

 Y. (James MacAlister, gardener) have become sustaining mem- 

 bers of the association. 



NEW MEMBERS 



The following new members have recentlv been added to our 

 membership list: John Kuig, Frank E. Ehrler, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.; 

 Peter Stroyan, Oyster Bay, L. I. ; George Oiler, Hackensack, N. 

 J.-; John Meally, New York Citv; William E. Grindrod, Cold 

 Spring, N. Y. ; F. J. Freshwater, Manhasset, L. I.; S. R. De 

 Boer, Denver, Colo.; F. T. G. White. St. lames, Winnipeg. 

 Canada: John H. Marx, Stanley Ballance, Oyster Bay, L. I.; 

 Carl Bauch, Karl Gronbeck, Great Neck, L. I.": Robert'Stewart! 

 Wyncote, Pa.; William Cameron, Morrisiown, X. T. ; Alexander 

 Anderson, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. ; Isaiah Gaulev, Natl. Soldiers' 

 Home, Va. ; William MacGillvrav, Newport, R. I.: Alfred G 

 Williams, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. ; John Thompson, Cranford N I • 

 Ernest Marquardt, Alpine, N. J.; Arthur Kirkham, Brooklvn' 

 N \.: Harry Wells, Vonkers, N. Y. ; .August W. Deckert, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa.; Gilbert Carlson, Wayzata, Minn.; Thomas May- 

 berry, Robert McLaren, T. F. Eastwood, New York City 



IS PUBLICITY FOR THE PROFESSION WAR- 

 RANTED? 



Much has been said for and against advertising what the pro- 

 fession of .gardening represents, and what a real gardener really 

 is. Some .gardeners contend that llie profession requires no 

 publicity. 



GARDENER-chauIFeiir, all around reliable 

 man, white, to help part time in laundrv 

 and housework; Westchester county; unfur- 

 nished cottage provided. Write giving refer- 

 ences and specifying salarv ,U'sired. Box 

 X Z, ,W2 Sun-IIerald. 



The foregoing advertisement which appeared in a New York 

 paper on February 29 would indicate that there is much oppor- 

 tiinity for an educational campaign to eidighten the public on the 

 distinction between a gardener and a liandv man. 



A MESSAGE FROM THE NEWPORT BRANCH. 



Secretary National A^sociation of (iardeners: 



I presume you are wondering what the X^ewport branch 

 of the N. A. G. is doing, as you have not had any notes for 

 some time. Since we received our copies of the convention 

 report, we have been very carnstly discussing the different 

 subjects under consideration until we could arrive at some 

 point where we could offer some helpful suggestions. 



During the Cleveland convention some little discussion took 

 place on the endorsement of local branches. How we came to 



