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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



All of the garden clubs of Xcw Jer>ey have been invited to co- 

 operate, and their inembers will be entertained by the Suminit Gar- 

 den Club during the show. 



The proceeds of the show will be donated to the "Lest ^^'e 

 Forget Committee." 



The chairman of the various committees are, !Mrs. Carroll P. 

 Bassett, show ; Mrs. John R. Todd, exhibits : Mrs. Allen B. Wal- 

 lace, decorations ; Mrs. Parker D. Page, floor ; Mrs. William Hyde 

 Wheeler, publicity: Mrs. Nathaniel B. Day. "Lest We Forget" 

 booth. 



The officers of the Summit Garden Club are. Miss Kate Somers, 

 president: Airs. Nathaniel B. Day, treasurer; Mrs. R. A. Wodell. 

 secretary. 



The Allegheny, Pa. Garden Chib is cooperating with the Sewick- 

 ley Horticultural Society in the Sewickley Dahlia show, to be held 

 at Sewicklev, Oct. 6 and 7. 



The Garden Club of America will co-operate with the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York in its annual fall show to be held at 

 the Museum of Natural History, Nov. 3 to 6. 



OTHER COMING EXHIBITS 



-ViTi' RoiJu'llc. .V. 1'. — Westchester and Fairlield Hort. Society 

 Dahlia exhibition. Sept. 21 and 22. Oscar E. Addor. Sec'y-, 

 Larchmont, N. Y. 



Xczv York City. — American Dahlia Society. Annual exhibition 

 Sept. 27 to 30, at the Pennsylvania Hotel, Sec'y., pro tem Wm. J. 

 Rathgeber, 198 Norton St., New Haven, Conn. 



Gleii Cove, L. I. — Nassau County Horticultural Society. Annual 

 Dahlia show, Oct. 4 and 5. Chrysanthemum show, Nov. 1 and 2. 

 Sec'y., Arthur Cooke. Glen Cove. L. I. 



Sezcickley, Pa. — Sewickley Dahlia show, to be held by the 

 Sewickley Horticultural Societv. Oct. 6 and 7. SecV.. George W. 

 Kirk. 



Nczk.' York. — New York Horticultural Society. American 

 Museum of Natural History. Annual Fall show, Nov. 3 to 6. 



Morristouii, N. J. — Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club. Twenty-fifth annual flower show. Oct. 26. 27, 28. Silver 

 Jubilee show. 



Tarrytown, X. )'. — Tarrytown Horticultural Society, Fall ex- 

 hibition, Nov. 2, 3 and 4. Sec'v,. E. W. Neubrand, Tarrvtown, 

 N. Y. 



Philadelphia. — Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Annual ex- 

 hibition, Nov. 7, 8 and 9. Sec'y.. David Rust, 606 Finance Bldg.. 

 South Penn Square, Philadelphia. 



New )'ork Citv. — American Institute. 90th annual exhibition. 

 Engineering Bldg.'. 25-33 ^\'. 39th Street, Nov. 9 to 11. Sec'v., Dr. 

 J. W. Bartfett, 324 \\". 23rd Street. 



X'eiv i'orfe Citv. — Soring show, 1922, Grand Central Palace, 

 March 13 to 19. " 



Cleveland, O. — Fifth National Flow'er show, March 25 to April 

 1, 1922. For particulars address John Young, Sec'y., S. F. A., 43 

 West 18th Street, New York Citv. 



NEW YORK TO HAVE SPRING SHOW IN 1922 



New Ytirk will have its regular Spring show under the auspices 

 of the New York Florists" Club and Horticultural Society of New 

 Y'ork, during the week of March 13 to 19. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS. 



Irving Schofield resigned his position as gardener on the D. S. 

 Walton Estate, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N. J., to accept 

 a similar position on the Joseph Plant estate. Elmsford, N. Y. 



John Shivas secured the position of superintendent on the Wilbur 

 estate, Manchester, \'t. 



Arthur Chandler accepted the position of gardener to Mrs. 

 Armstrong, Belle Haven. Greenwich, Conn. 



Oscar A. Springer resigned his position as gardener of the E. 

 Twyeftort estate, Brid.gehampton. L. L. ?.v.A accepted the position 

 of superintendent of the F. M. Leavett estate. Smithtown. L. I. 



Walter Lee of San Francisco, whom the members of the asso- 

 ciation -who attended the gardeners' conference during the Panama- 

 Pacific exposition, will recall as taking an active part in it. paid 

 a visit to the secretary's office recently on his return from 

 Europe. Mr. Lee has gone back to the Pacific coast with the in- 

 tention of organizing a Pacific coast branch of the national asso- 

 ciation at an early date. 



Annual Convention 

 National Association of Gardeners 



Park Avenue Hotel, New York, October 11 to 14 



JOHN LOW 



John Low, superintendent of the Edward I. Cudahy estate at 

 Lake Forest, died in the Alice Home Hospital on August 22, of 

 burns received on July 30 when he saved the lives of Michael 

 and William Cudahy, the nine- and seven-year-old sons of his 

 employer. Low sacrificed himself in rescuing the two boys after 

 an explosion of natural gas which was seeping up from a water 

 pipe. The two hoys were only slightly burned, but Low was 

 scorched on his face, body and hands when he used his body to 

 shield them. 



Mr. Low came from Scotland 15 years ago. and has been with 

 Mr. Cudahy most of the time since then. The Cudahy family 

 is heartbroken over the sad affair, and all of them attended the 

 funeral and will provide for the widow, Mrs. Margaret Low. 

 Chicago papers gave some prominence to the affair, publishing a 

 photo of the deceased, saying he was a hero in saving the lives 

 of the boys without a thought for himself. He was 45 years old 

 and is survived by a widow and two brothers, Alexander and 

 William. The funeral was held Wednesday, August 24 from the 

 First Presbyterian Church, Lake Forest, and was largely attended 

 Dy the large estate owners and gardeners of that section. 



"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life 

 for his friend." So died John Low of Lake Forest, III., whose 

 gallant, unselfish death, the gardeners of America and all mem- 

 bers of allied horticultural trades can think upon with pride al- 

 most, if not quite, sufficient to reconcile them to his untimely de- 

 parture. All honor to his name. — Florists' E.vchangr. 



PROFESSIONAL GARDENING OPPORTUNITIES 



Dear Mr. Editor : I am seventeen years of age. and I want to 

 go into some outdoor occupation that will get me away from the 

 routine of desk work, which I dislike very much. At the same 

 time I want to be able to earn good money and have some 

 standing. I am interested in scientific gardening. Would you ad- 

 vise me to take it up as a regular occupation, and can you give 

 me an idea as to the best course to follow ? Leslie M. 



Roanoke, Virginia. 



Once upon a time a gardener was looked upon as an uncouth 

 person, ignorant of everything except matters pertaining to his 

 own particular line of work ; but nowadays all that has changed. 

 Gardening is a regular profession, just as much as law or medicine, 

 and a great deal healthier and more useful, to my way of thinking. 

 The modern science of gardening is not just a matter of puttering 

 around with a rake or pulling up weeds and tending a few pet 

 flowers. It embraces a great deal of highly specialized knowl- 

 edge, including horticulture, agriculture, animal husbandry, con- 

 struction engineering, flower growing, and plant cultivation. Posi- 

 tions on big estates are open to the man well trained and pro- 

 ficient in the field, and the salaries compare favorably with those 

 in professional and cominercial life. The National Association of 

 Gardeners cooperates with young men of your age and there- 

 abouts who are desirous of making gardening their life work, and 

 gives them opportunities of being apprenticed on estates where 

 they can earn w-hile they learn. Alany of the most successful 

 country-estate inanagers in the L'nited States have acquired their 

 experience in this manner. The association above mentioned has 

 an office at No. 286 Fifth Avenue, New Y'ork City. — H'estern 

 '^tory Magaciitc. 



The foregoing brought many responses from young men anxious 

 to take up gardening as a life work. The secretary will be glad 

 to hear from any one that can offer a position to a young man 

 on an estate where he may serve as an apprentice and receive the 

 traiifing necessary to fit him for the gardening profession. The 

 number of responses made it evident that there are many young 

 men keenly interested in gardening, and the association is desirous 

 of placing them, if possible, on estates which are under the super- 

 vision of the members of the association. 



INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEMBERS ATTENDING THE 

 CONVENTION 



Members who are planning to attend the coming convention, 

 should arrange for hotel accommodations at as early a date as 

 possible. Write to the secretary and he will engage rooms for 

 you at the headquarter's hotel, the Park Avenue Hotel, which 

 has named the following rates : Single room, w-ithout bath, $2.50 : 

 with bath, $4: double room, without bath, $4 and $4.50; with 

 bath, $6 and $7. 



Members must present a 1921 membership card to the secretary 

 on their arrival for registration at the Park Avenue Hotel. They 

 will then receive a program of the business and pleasure which is 

 being planned for the visiting members. 



Members who have any suggestions to submit to the conven- 

 tion, and who will not be able to be there personally, should ad- 

 dress them to the secretary, so that he w'ill receive them before 

 October 5. 



