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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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National Association of Gardeners 



Office: 286 FIFTH AVE., NEW YOKK 



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

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

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

 Treasurer — Peter Dufif, 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; William Kleinheinz, Pennsylvania; John F. Huss, 

 Connecticut: Edwin Jenkins, Massachusetts; Carl N, Fohn, 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 Barnet, Pennsylvania; Montague Free, New York. (To 

 serve until 1924) — Wiilinm Gray, 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 y'ork — Mrs. J. J. Albright, George F. Baker. Edwin S. Bayer, 

 Albert Clavburg, W. R. Coe. Mrs. t. 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. John 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 Untermyer. Mrs. Harold T, White. Mrs. Payne 

 Whitney. New Jersey — 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. Farson, Mrs. Manuel Rionda. P. S. Straus, Mrs. John I. Water- 

 bury, Mrs. Ridley Watts. Pennsyli'ama — Samuel T. Bodine, Gen. Richard 

 Couher, Mrs. J. D. Lyons, R. B. Mellon, Gifford Pinchot, George F. Tyler, 

 Edward A. Woods. Delaware — Irenee du Pont. Pierre S. du Pont, Harry G. 

 Haskell. Connecticut — E. C. Converse, Dr. and Mrs. Tracy Farnam, George 

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

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

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

 Mrs. Henry C. Prick, 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. Indiana — Theodore F. Thicme. Illinois — A. Watson Ar- 

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

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

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

 Moors. Virginia — Miss Cirace E. Arents. H'. Virginia — Mrs. Arthur Lee. 

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

 S. Carolina — Robert S. Mebane. 



Sanders Wcrtheim, .-Mleiihurst. New Jersey, has become a sus- 

 taining member. 



NASSAU COUNTY (N. Y.) CONFERENCE. 



A conference of the members of the association located in 

 Nassau County, N. Y., will be held on Thursday afternoon, July 

 28, at three o'clock, at the Nassau County Club House, Glen 

 Cove, L. I., for the purpose of considering the organization of a 

 local branch of the association in Nassau County. The purpose 

 of this branch is to protect the interests and general welfare of the 

 members of the gardening profession against interlopers who 

 profess to be gardeners and also the so-called experts who offer 

 their services in an advisory capacity while possessing but little 

 more than rudimental knowledge on -what they tender to advise. 

 This protection will be as beneficial to estate owners, many of 

 whom, located in Nassau County, are members of the association, 

 as it will be to professional gardeners. It is the aim of the pro- 

 moters of this conference to give wide publicity to the activities 

 of the local branch so that the estate owners may be kept in- 

 formed of its doings and their co-operation secured towards elevat- 

 ing the standard (.if the profession. 



PLANS FOR THE ANNUAL CONVENTION. 



The committee in charge of arrangements for the annual con- 

 vention of the association, to be held in New York October 11 to 

 14, has held several meetings to perfect their plans. As before 

 reported the Park Avenue Hotel has been selected as the asso- 

 ciation's headijuarters and meeting place for the convention. 



While entertainment for the visiting members is not to be over- 

 looked, tliere will be much business to be disposed of with par- 

 ticular attention to the future of the professional gardener in 

 America. 



Among the famous estates in Westchester County to be vis- 

 ited by attendants to the convention are those of John D. Rocke- 

 feller, at Pocantico Hills, and "Greystone," the estate of Samuel 

 Untermeyer, at Yonkers. A visit to some of the Long Island 

 estates with a shore dinner at one of the seashore resorts will be 

 part of the programme. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS. 



William C. Dickson has accepted the position of gardener to 

 J. C. Bryden, Brooklandville, Md. 



Ernest L. Lory has left the States for the Isle of Pines, Cuba, 

 to take charge of the Mackey grapefruit grove and to look after 

 the interests of a Jersey concern in its e.xperimental cattle and 

 pig farm. 



George Baker, formerly superintendent of the George Eastman 

 estate. Rochester, N. Y., has accepted a similar position at Loch- 

 evan the estate of Spencer Kellogg. Derby, N. Y. 



J. E. Shaw has been appointed head gardener of the Dominion 

 E.xperimental Station, Lacombe, .\Ita., Canada, by the Civil Serv- 

 ice Commission of Ottawa. 



Carl Petersen has secured the position of gardener in charge 

 of the vegetable garden on the Straus estate. Red Bank, N. J., 

 under Thomas W. Head, superintendent. 



.\lfred Woodger has accepted the position of gardener on the 

 Levy estate, Larchmont. N. Y. 



George Wyness accepted position of gardener on the Mrs. C. A. 

 Congdon estate, Duluth, Minn. 



GARDENERS' EXAMINATIONS. 



Folly F.\r.\is, Ways St.\tion, Ga.. June 29. 1921. 



Htlitor, G.ARDENERS' CHRONICLE : 



In the June issue of the Chronmcle the members of the associa- 

 tion liave been invited to express their opinions on the subject of 

 examinations for gardeners. Having in mind Lincoln's version 

 of a critic, I will leave criticism to others. No doubt there are 

 quite a number ot mislits in the gardening profession, yet it is 

 generally admitted that gardeners as a whole are a very intelligent 

 body of men. Personally. 1 think that tlie proposed examination 

 for gardeners would be to the gardeners' advantage in the long 

 run. Prospective employers would take more notice of a diploma 

 backed by some of our leading professional gardeners than they 

 would of the usual style of reference. 



A lawyer or doctor must have suitable credentials before either 

 can practice his profession. In my humble opinion a gardener 

 who has to devote years of patient toil and study is entitled to a 

 like representation. In my travels I have^met with a number of 

 professional gardeners who hold the same view on the subject. 



I have great hopes that the association will adopt the proposed 

 I)lan and I feel sure that our leading horticulturists will give the 

 measure their hearty co-operation. J. C. .'^rm. strong. 



Saugerties. N. Y.. June 24. 1921. 

 llditor. Gardeners' Chro.nicle: 



Some time ago I w-rote you that I was very much in favor 

 of the association instituting the examinations. At that time I 

 thought it would be \ery ineresting and a great help in elevating 

 the gardener, and I think so yet, but I am afraid that there 

 may be a sellish motive in it. 



The arguments pro and con are all very good ones, but after 

 reading W. H. Waite's letter I am convinced that he is right, 

 and tile idea of putting a man through an examination looks like 

 a selfish one. 



It would be easy enough for some of us to take a written 

 examination, but the majority of good practical gardeners would 

 find it a task. 



There is too much prejudice in the world as it is. and I am 

 afraid this would create more, as the gardeners with diplomas 

 would feel that they were a class by themselves. 



"Who are we that we should dare to put a man through an 

 examination to know^ whether he is entitled to the name of pro- 

 fessional gardener?" That sounds very reasonable and reminds 

 me of a verse in St. Paul's Gospel to the Corinthians, I Cor.. IV 

 Chap., VII verse : 



"For who makcth thee to dififer from another? and what hast 

 thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it 

 why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?" 



