620 



GARDESERS- CHRONICLE 



iimuiiiiiiJiiniwiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiii i iiiiiiiiiiumiiiuiiniii i i iiiiiiiiiiii'.iiii iiiiiiiuiiiniiii iiiiiimiiiniiiiiiiiiiiii iii i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnniiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiin i iiiiiiiuiiiiiiiii iiiiioiii iiiiiiiiiihii jiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiii«iiiiiuiiiiiin| 



E 



I National Association of Gardeners 



I Offtce: 286 FIFTH AVE., NEW YOKK 



liiuiiiimiiiimiiiiiiutiiuiniiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiihii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniliiililiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiHimiiniiiiiiii in iiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinn iiiiiMiiiiiinii.DniimiiiiniiuiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiKiiiiiiiiiin 



President — W. N. Craig, Brookliiie, 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 Strehlc, Missouri. 



DIRECTORS (To serve until 1922)— Georg-e Wilson, Illinois; James 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 serve until 1924)— Willi.-im CSray, Rhode Island; William Hertrick, Cali- 

 fornia: Albin Martini. Iowa: Thos. Hatton, Connecticut: Robert Weeks, 

 Ohio; W. H. Griffiths, Michigan; Thos. W. Head. New Jersey. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



New York — Mrs. J. J. ."Mbrialit. (George F. Baker. Edwin S. Bayer, 

 Albert ClayburE. W. R. Coe. Mrs. I. A. Constable, Paul D. Cravath, 

 Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, Mrs. Charles Daniels, Cleveland H. Dodge, Mrs. 

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

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

 P Hamilton, Mrs. John Henry Hammond, T. A. Havemeyer, Mrs. L. A. 

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

 W. Eugene Kimball, L. C. Ledyard, Jr., Adolph Lewisohn, John 

 Magee, Mrs. Julius McVicker, Morton H. Meinhard, Mrs. Eugene 

 Meyer. Jr.. J. Pierpont Morgan. Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. Stanley 

 G Mortimer, Mrs. Harold I. Pratt. Tohn T. Pratt, E. F. Price, 

 Mrs. William A. Read. H. D. Roosen. Charles A. Sherman. Mrs. 

 Samuel Sloan, Benjamin Stern. Mrs. W. Stursberg, Daniel Tatum. 

 Mrs. R. M. Thompson, Mrs. Edwin Thorne, Mrs. Henry M. Tilford, 

 Carl Tucker, Samuel Untermver. Mrs. Harold T. White. Mrs. Payne 

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

 Day, James B. Duke, Mrs. Lewis L. Dunham, Mrs. Frederick Frelinghuysen, 

 Mrs. K. S. Goodrich, Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel, C. Lewis, Mrs. Paul Moore, 

 Hubert T. Parson, Mrs. Manuel Rionda, P. S. Straus, Mrs. John I. Water- 

 bury Mrs. Ridley Watts. Peiiiisytz'ania — Samuel T. Bodine, 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 Pent, Harry G. 

 Haskell. Con-necticnt — E. C. Converse, Dr. and Mrs. Tracy Farnani, George 

 M. Hendee, Miss A. B. Jennings, W. H. Truesdale, William Ziegler, Jr. 

 Rhode Island — Miss M. R. Case. Gov. R. Livingston Beeckman. George P. 

 Wetmore. Massachiiselts — Mrs. William C. Conant, Harry E. Converse, 

 Mrs. Henrv C. Frick, Mrs. Louis Frothingham, Henry S. Hunnewell, C. H. 

 Hutchins, A. K. Lawrie, Mrs. C. G. Rice, Prof. C. S. Sargent, Mrs. J. A. 

 Spoor. Ohio—F. F. Drury, H. S. Firestone. Mrs. Frances F. Prentiss, 

 John L Severance, H. S. Sherman, H. L. Thompson. New Hampshire — 

 F. G. Webster, /iirfiajw— Theodore F. Thieme. Illinois— A. Watson At- 

 mour, Harry B. Cliow, A. B. Dick, Clayton Mark, Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, 

 Mrs. F. W. Upham. IVisconsin — Mrs. Chester A. Congdon, F. H. Stoltze. 

 Iowa— Mrs. G. B. Douglas. Missouri — August A. Busch, Dr. George T. 

 Moors. Virginia— Mhs Grace E. Arents. If. Virginia— Mrs. .^^thul Lee. 

 Kentucky— ¥. M. Sackett. Georgia — C. H. Candler, E. H. Inman. 

 S. Car.ilina — Robert S. Mehane. 



NEW MEMBERS 



Tlie following new members have recently been added to our 

 association: Niels P. Hansen, Riverside, Conn.; Gustave Christen- 

 son, Greenwich, Conn. ; Robert H. Furness, Cornwall-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y. ; Frederick Whitehouse, Stamford, Conn. ; Andrew Iro, 

 Greenwich, Conn.; Albert Bergstrom. New York City; William 

 Malheson, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Ernest E. Stubbs has accepted the position of gardener on the 

 R. Waverly Smith estate. Glen Cove, L. I. 



John Marx, until recently foreman of the greenhouses on the 

 W. R. Coe estate. Oyster Bay, L. I., accepted a similar position 

 on the Pierre S. du Pont estate, Wilmington. Del. 



Niels P. Hansen secured the position of gardener to Robert 

 Swaine, Riverside, Conn. 



Arvid Anderson resigned his position as superintendent of Over- 

 look, the estate of Mr. Deers, Moline. 111., to become a member 

 of the firm of Rose-View Greenhouses, Beardstown, 111. 



GARDENERS' 1921 CONVENTION 



The committee has its plans well under way for the coming 

 convention to be held in New York City. The executive com- 

 mittee considers the first part of October as the most agreeable 

 time of the season for the members to arrange to be away from 

 the estates at the least inconvenience to their employers and them- 

 selves. Exact date will be announced later. 



The Park Avenue Hotel, Park. Avenue at 32nd street, will 

 be the convention's headquarters. Arrangements for the conven- 

 tion arc being decided upon, and the final program will be an- 

 nounced in the July issue of the Chronicle. The tentative pro- 

 gram follows : 



Tuesday morning, executive meeting of the Board of Trus- 

 tees and Directors, while the attendants to the convention inspect 

 the Bronx Botanical (jardens. where they will be guests at 

 luncheon of the New York Horticultural Society. The visitors 

 will be escorted direct from the Gardens to the opening meeting 

 of the convention at the Park .\venue Hotel. The entertainment 

 of the first evening will be left to the choice of the visitors, as 

 New York provides so many varied forms of amusement. 



Wednesday forenoon and afternoon will be occupied with busi- 

 ness sessions, the sessions adjourning at noon for a luncheon 

 to be provided at the hotel. The annual banquet will occur 

 Wednesday evening. 



Thursday forenoon, immediately after election of officers, and 

 final business is disposed of, the convention will adjourn. A 

 visit to Long Island by automobiles for an inspection of some 

 of the beautiful country estates and to be the luncheon guests of 

 horticultural interests at one of Long Island's country clubs, 

 provides Thursday's entertainment. 



Friday, the visitors will inspect New York City's park system 

 and become the luncheon guests of the owner of one of America's 

 show places located in Westchester County, and enjoy an auto- 

 mobile tour through Westchester, visiting some of tfie interest- 

 ing country estates. 



Surprises for the visitors during their stay in New York are 

 being withheld for a later announcement. 



The Park .\venue Hotel announces the following rates : Sin- 

 gle room, without bath, $2.50 ; with bath, $4 : tioulile room, with- 

 out bath, %A and $4.50; with bath, $6 and $7. It asks that reser- 

 vations be made at as early a date as possible, for October is a 

 liusy month in New York, and the Hotel is usually well occupied. 



SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE 1921 CONVEN- 

 TION 



The operating problem, which concerns owners as well as the 

 superintendents of estates, should receive the first consideration 

 of the convention. Civic and general welfare work will also 

 have its part on the program to indicate that the gardener and 

 his association are not selfish, but liberal in their consideration 

 of the welfare of others. 



Our committee on the training of young men, held a meeting 

 at the International Flower Show, with Vice-President Pring, 

 of the Missouri Botanical Garden; H. E. Downer, of Vassar Col- 

 lege, and Montague Free, of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, present. 

 This committee expects to present tangible plans to the conven- 

 tion to act upon. 



Tlie sign board committee is already doing good work, having 

 succeeded in interesting individuals, many of whom are prominent, 

 and national organizations and horticultural societies to co- 

 operate with us. They will present a report of their work ac- 

 complished during the last year, and suggestions for the future 

 carrying on of this campaign. 



Quarantine Bill No. 37 has not been neglected, and an interest- 

 ing report of the committee is anticipated for the annual meeting, 

 showing the progress which has been made. 



We wish that our members would consider the subjects care- 

 fully that they may be well able to discuss them, and to present 

 their views at the coming convention, and that those who find it 

 impossible to attend, will send in their opinions by letter to the 

 secretary. 



ARGUMENTS ON EXAMINATIONS FOR GARDENERS 



The secretary will be glad to publish tlie views of any mem- 

 bers on the subject of examinations for gardeners, which is 

 arousing so much discussion as to whether the association would 

 be able to work out feasible plans to institute such examinations. 



Members of the association have expressed their opinion on this 

 subject in the letters which follow, which have been received at 

 the office of the secretary during the past few months. 



PiTTSFiELD, Mass., January 7, 192L 

 Editor, G.^RDENERs' Chronicle : 



Ever since Arthur Smith fired the first shot regarding exam- 

 inations for gardeners, which was resonant in Newport, and 

 which finally seemed to take to the ground during the recent 

 convention of the N. A. G. in St. Louis. I have awaited further 

 developments "with silent watchfulness." The first shot evi- 

 'Icntl\- lost much of its impetus ere it reached the ground of 



