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effectively. The country estate owners as 

 well as the commercial hcirticultural in- 

 terests are vitally interested in the question 

 of attracting young men to the gardening 

 profession, and support for the movement 

 should come from them as well as from 

 the gardeners' association. Our members 

 are asked to present this important subject 

 both to their employers and to the trade 

 interests and their financial support enlisted. 

 This will enable the association to advertise 

 the campaign properly and to issue in- 

 structive literature, setting forth the ad- 

 vantages which the profession of gardening 

 offers as compared with those of other vo- 

 cations. Quick action is necessary for 

 success. 



SERVICE BUREAOi ■ PUBLICITY 

 FUND 

 The following contriliutions have been 

 received towards the Service Bureau Pub- 

 licity Fund up to June 1st: 



Previously acknowledged $1,256.00 



John Thompson. Cranford. N. J . . 2.00 



lames Johnston. Ovster Bav. X. Y. 2.00 



Carl Petersen. New' Rochelfe. X. V. 3.00 



George Ferguson, Manhasset, L. I. 5.00 



Richard \'ince. Shrewsbury. Mass. 2.0J 

 William Warlnirton, Fort Wayne, 



Ind. (ad) S.OO 



J. H. Brunger, Riverdale-on-Hud- 



son, X. Y. (ad) 2.00 



William Smith, Xewport. R. I 2.00 



William Tait. Bedford Hills, X. Y. 5.01 



Henry Gibson, Brookville. L. I.... 25.00 

 E. B. Palmer. Roslyn, L. 1 15.00 



$1,324.00 



- AMONG THE GARDENERS 



E. B. Palmer, recently at Mahwah, N. J., 

 secured the position of superintendent on 

 the Childs Frick estate. Roslyn, L. 1.. 

 succeeding .\le.xander Michie. 



J. C. Armstrong, formerly gardener on 

 the late ex-Gov. Franklin Murphy estate, 

 Franklin Farms, Mendhani, X. J., secured 

 the position of superintendent on the 

 estate of F. M. Sackett. Louisville, Ky. 



Philip Bovington, who for the past four 

 years has been superintendent on the 

 estate of F. M. Sackett, has accepted the 

 position of superintendent on the estate of 

 -\. R. Erskine, Twyckenham Park, South 

 Bend, Ind. 



.\. Martini, who has lieen superintendent 

 for the past number of years on the F. D. 

 Countiss estate. Lake Geneva, Wis., has 

 accepted a similar position w'ith Mrs. G. I', 

 Douglas, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



Anton Bauer for many years at Deal 

 N. J., has accepted the position of gardener 

 on the estate of S. G. Mortimer. Tu.xedo 

 Park, N. Y. 



Donald Luke, for the last six years 

 gardener on the estate of Alexander Mac- 

 kenzie, (ilcn Spey. N. Y.. secured a similar 

 position on the estate of K. H. Ripley. 

 Oyster Bay, L. I. 



Geor.Sfc Hewitt, recently of Lenox, Mass., 

 accepted the position of gardener on the 

 J. H. Topping estate, Greenwich, Conn. 



John I. Foxcroft secured the position of 

 gardener on the estate of Mrs. Stoeckel. 

 Xorfolk. Conn. 



Jiihn Thompson accepted the position of 

 irarrUner to E. I. Goodrich. Cranford, 

 X. J. 



John .Mcxander has secured the position 

 of superintendent on the Young estate, 

 Glen Cove, L. I. 



Richard Vince has accepted the position 

 of gardener on the C. H. Hutchins estate. 

 Shrewsbury, Mass., .'■■rceed'ng Walter S. 



Wherein The Grocer's Boy 

 Taught Us A Business Lesson 



\yhen 1 was a youngster, my chum, Xick, wDrked in 

 his Dad's little village store. 

 One winter we had a whale of a snowstorm. 

 Nobody "got to town" for a couple of days. 

 But Nick got to most of his customers within a 

 couple of miles, by horseback. 



The urgent things that they were out of were deliv- 

 ered that same day on horseback — with a liig basket 

 "tied on behind." 



They rode right up to people's windows and handed 

 things in. 



The competitors waited until the "roads were 



broken," before they started out. 



They called Nick a "crazy young fool." 



And in a way he was. But he gave service under 



stress to his customers, that made them loyal 



boosters. 



What has all this "small town stuff" got to do with 

 you and me? 



Just this. 



You know how difficult shipments have been and 

 still are. 



When the railroad strike was on, it did seem as if 

 we were just about snowed in. 



When things were at their worst. I got thinking of 

 Nick's way of tackling the worst things. 

 So we just hove to, and kept our trucks running day 

 and night, and did some seemingly impossible things. 

 And now we want to heartily thank both our old and 

 new customers for the fine spirit you showed 

 towards all our efforts. 



We have a very warm appreciation for vour patient 

 generous point of view. 



\iliuy l^eKr5* Cor 



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iJack. who recently resigned this place. 



.Arthur .Adams accepted the position of 

 gardener at Providence Convent. .Saint 

 Ma ry-of-the- Woods, Indiana. 



.Alfred Townsend for the last four years 

 ijardener to S. (i. Morlimcr. Tuxedo Park. 

 X. Y., has secured the position of gardener 

 im the Clayburgh estate, Mt. Kisco, X. Y. 



W. R. Seymour accepted the position of 

 sardcner on the estate of Henry Young, 

 Bcrnardsville, N. J. 



Frank Cataldo secured the position of 

 gardener to Mrs. R. W. Sears, Brooklinc. 

 Mass. 



John T. Leahy accepted tlie position of 

 gardener on the .A. K. Mitchell estate, 

 Stamford, Conn. 



I LOCAL SOCIETIES 



ST. LOUIS ASSN. OF GARDENERS. 



l^pon invitation of the Weber & Sons 

 Xurscrymen of Xursery, Mo., the club held 

 its first Summer meeting at the aforesaid 

 grounds on May 2nd. Despite the inclement 

 weather forty members attended. L'nfor- 

 lunately the weather prevented the inspec- 

 tion of the grounds, so the time was de- 

 voted to the greenhouses and cold-storage 

 plant. 



The meeting was called to order by L. P. 

 Jensen (our local and national president) 



