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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



National Association of Gardeners 



Office: 286 FIFTH AVE., NEW YOKK 



President — W. N. Craig, Brookline, 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 Strehle, Missouri. 



DIRECTORS (To serve until 1932)— 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) — William Gray, Rhode Island; William Hertrick, Cali- 

 fornia; Albin Martini. low^a: Thos. Hat ton. Connecticut: Robert Weeks, 

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



SUSTAINING MEMBERS. 



Nezv York — Mrs. J. J. Albrigln, George F. Baker. Edwin S. Bayer, 

 Albert Clayburg, W. R. Coe. Mrs. 1-. A. Constable, Paul D. Cravatb, 

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

 David Dows, Frank J. Dupignac, Mrs, Coleman du Pont, Chllds 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. Til ford, 

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

 bury, Mrs. Ridley Watts. Fennsyhania — ^Samuel T. Bodine, Gen. Richard 

 Coulter, Mrs. J. D. Lyons, R. B. Mellon, Gilford 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. Hendee, Miss A. B. Jennings, W. H. Truesdale, William Ziegler, Jr. 

 Rhode /j/okJ— Miss M. R. Case. Gov. R, Livingston Reeckman. George P. 

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

 Mrs. Henry C. Frick, Mrs. Louis Frotliingham, 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. Thieme. Illinois — A. Watson Ar- 

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

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

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

 Moors. Virginia^Miss Grace E. Arents. IV. Virginia — Mrs. Arthur Lee. 

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

 S. Carolina — Robert S. Mebane. 



1921 CONVENTION NEW YORK OCTOBER 11 to 14 



The couvL-iition coniiuittcx' will publish tliL' coniplctc pro- 

 gram in the September issue of the business to come before 

 the meetings and of the entertainment in store for the visiting 

 members. 



The tenth anniversary of the association, under its charter, 

 will be made a memorable event and every member that can 

 possibly do so should come to New York to participate in 

 this celebration. You are assured of instructive and enjoy- 

 able entertainment. 



NASSAU COUNTY, N. Y., BRANCH ORGANIZED 



The members of the National Association of Gardeners, who 

 occupy the positions of superintendents and gardeners on the 

 country estates located in Nassau County, Long Island, met at 

 the Nassau County Cluh Mouse, Glen Cove, Thursday afternoon, 

 July 28, and organized as the Nassau County branch of the 

 national association. 



It was explained at the meeting by M. C. Ebel, Secretary of 

 the National Association of Gardeners, that the purpose for 

 establishing this branch is to create greater co-operation on the 

 part of the local members of the national association, to protect 

 their interests and those of their employers against the en- 

 croachments of the so-called "experts" who offer their services, 

 ranging from an "advisory capacity" to that of "non-resident 

 supervising manager" of an estate. 



He stated that it has been his experience that most of these 

 so-called "experts" possess a very limited knowledge of horticul- 

 ture, their learning being confined to one or two phases of it, 



and that primarily theoretical, but this does not deter some of 

 them from assumuig complete control over an estate if the op- 

 portunity comes to them, sometimes superseding a superintendent 

 who has forgotten more than the "expert" ever learned about 

 gardening. This, of course, is humiliatmg to a gardener who 

 has conscientiously, and apparently satisfactorily to his employer, 

 performed the duties of his position up to the time the "expert" 

 made his appearance. The circumstance is not in any way miti- 

 gated when the "e.xpert" places a man on the estate whose rec- 

 ord is a failure wherever he has been directly engaged as a 

 gardener, to instruct the gardener in charge what to do, and 

 supervise the work, because the "expert" himself does not hap- 

 pen to possess the ability to give the instructions. Nevertheless 

 he accepts a fee on the pretense that he is thoroughly qualified 

 to direct and supervise what he has undertaken to do. 



Mr. Ebel further remarked that no sensible gardener would 

 hesitate to co-operate with a reputable landscape architect in the 

 developing or maintenance of an estate, and that one seldom 

 hears of a member of that branch of the profession attempting 

 to force a superintendent or gardener out of a position in order 

 to install himself. He blamed the gardeners for the foot-hold 

 some of these "experts" have secured and urged that the garden- 

 ers endeavor to gain more confidence among their employers 

 so that the employer will consult more freely with them and 

 rely on them in the upkeep of their estates. 



A general discussion ensued which was participated in by 

 James Duthie, John 1". Johnston, Alexander Michie, Thomas 

 Twigg, John R." McCulloch, Alfred H. Walkers and others. It 

 was the unanimous sense of those present that some action 

 should be taken to acquaint the estate owners with the practice 

 of some of the so-called "experts" who do not hesitate to re- 

 sort to unscrupulous methods to establish a prestige. 



Publicity was decided the best means to bring to the attention 

 of their emplo3ers what the members are striving to accomplish 

 to raise the standard of the profession. 



The members of the branch went on record as opposed to the 

 sign board nuisance along the highways and will co-operate with 

 the national association in its campaign to arouse public senti- 

 ment against the practice of erecting sign boards that deface the 

 natural science beauties along the countryside. 



J. W. Everitt of Glen Cove, was elected chairman, and John R. 

 McCulloch of Oyster Bay, secretary of the brancti. Regular 

 meetings will be held quarterly with special meetings at the call 

 of the chairman whenever occasion arises to bring the members 

 together. 



The interest of the employers will be sought in the aims of the 

 liranch. The sustaining membership of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners alroady includes some of the prominent 

 estate owners of Nassau County, among whom are. W. R. Coe, 

 Paul E). Cravath. Mrs. David Dows, Mrs. Coleman du Pont, 

 Childs Frick. Daniel Guggenheim, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie. T. A. 

 Havemeyer, C. O. Iselin, Otto H. Kahn, W. Eugene Kimball, 

 J. Pierpont Morgan. Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. Harold I. 

 Pratt. John T. Pratt, Charles A. Sherman, Benjamin Stern, Mrs. 

 \V. Stursberg, Daniel Tatum, Mrs. Payne Whitney. 



NEW MEMBERS 



The following new members have been added to the asso- 

 ciation recently : Lewis La Shire, Richmond Hill, N. Y. ; 

 .Anthonv B. Marum, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Thomas Mahan, Mt. 

 Kisco. N. Y.; Dyson F. DeLap, Pocantico Hills, N. Y.: George 

 Kurrv. Downers Grove. 111.: James MacDougall, Morris Plains, 

 N. J.': Christian Hansen, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Ernest Walter, West 

 Orange. X. J. ; Archie .Andrews, Oyster Bay, L. I. ; Joe Boehler, 

 Locust Valley, L. I. ; Donald MacGillivray, Tenafly, N. J. ; David 

 McKenzie. Crestwood. X. Y. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Robert Marshall secured tlie position of superintendent of the 

 L Luckenbach estate. Elmcourt, Port Washington. L. I. 



J. C. Taylor accepted the position of superintendent of grounds 

 and greenhouses of The Broadmoor. Colorado Springs, Colo. 



Robert lefTrey secured the position of superintendent on the 

 C. O. Iselin Estate, Glen Head. L. I. 



Thomas Wilson secured the position of gardener to Wm. 

 Milne, Rye, N. Y. 



