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



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



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



Treasurer — l*eter Duff, Orange, N. J. 



TRUSTEES (For 1921)— V^'illiam H. Waite. Arthur Smith, D. L. Mack- 

 intosh, New Jersey; L. P. I en sen, Ernst S treble, Missouri. 



DIRECTORS (To serve until 1922)— George Wilson. Illinois; James 

 Stuart, N\ w York; W'lltiam Klein lieinz. Pennsylvanii ; John F. Huss, 

 Connecticut : Edwin Jenkins, Massachusetts; Carl N. Fohn. Colorado; 

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

 Connnecticut ; Robert Cameron. Mass.Tchusetts; Theodore Wirth, Min- 

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

 York; John Barnet, I'ennsvlvania; Montague Free, New York. (To 

 serve until 1924)— Willi.'m Gray, Rhode Island; William Hertrick. Cali- 

 fornia: Albin Martini. Iowa: Thos. Hat ton, Connecticut; Robert Weeks, 

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



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



New York — Mrs. J. T. Albright, George V. Baker, Edwin S. Bayer, Albert 

 Clayburgh. W. R. Coc. Mrs. F. A. Constable, Paul D. Cravath, Mrs. W. 

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

 Dows, Frank J. Dupignac, Mrs. Coleman du Font, Childs Frick, W. H. 

 Gratwick, Daniel Guggenheim, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, Mrs. William P. Hamil- 

 ton, Mrs. Tohn Ilenrv Hammond, T. A. Havemever, Mrs. L. A. Herman, 

 Antcn G. Hodenpyl, B. H. Howell, C. O. Iselin, (3tto H. Kahn, Mrs. Frank 

 B. Keech, \V. Eugene Kimball, L. C. Ledyard, Jr., Adolph Lewisohn, John 

 Magee, ?vlrs. Julius Mc\'icker. Mortrn H. Meinhard, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, 

 Jr., J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. I. Pierpont Morgan, Stanley G. Mortimer, 

 Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, John T. Pratt, E. F. Price. Mrs. W'illiam A. Read, 

 H. D. Rg( sen, Charles A. Sherman, Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Benjamin Stein, 

 Mrs. W' Stursberg, Daniel Tatum, Mrs. R. M. Thompscn, Mrs. Edwin 

 Thome. Mrs. Henry M. Tilford, (Tarll Tucker, Samuel Untermyer, Mrs, 

 Harcld T. White, Mrs. Payne Whitney, E. L. Young. New Jersey — A. 

 Albright, Jr., Charles A. Bradley, Josenh P. Day, James B. Duke, Mrs. 

 Lewis L. Dunham. Mrs. Frederick Frelinghuysen, Mrs. K. S. Gondrich, 

 Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel, C. Lewis, Mrs. Paul Moore, Hubert T. Parson, 

 Mrs. Manuel Rionda. L. S. Straus, Mrs. John I. Waterbury, Mrs. Ridley 

 Watts, Sanders Wertheim. Pennsxlvania — Samuel T. Bodine, Gen. Richard 

 Coulter, Mrs. J. D. Ly( n. R. B. Mellen, Gifford Finchot, George F. Tyler, 

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

 G. Haskell. Connecticut — Dr, Tracy Farnam, Mrs. Tracy Farnam, George 

 M, Hendee, Miss A. 11. Jennings. H. F. Schwarz. W. H, Truesdale. Wil- 

 liam Zie^ler. Jr, Rbc(h Island — Gov, R. Livingston Beeckman, George P. 

 Wetmcre. Massachusetts — Mis*^ M, R. Case. Mrs, William C. Ccnant, Mrs. 

 Henry C. Frick, Mrs. Louis Frothingham, Henry S. Hunnewell, A. K. 

 Lawrie, Mrs. C. G. Rice. Prcf. C. S. Sargent. Airs. I. .'\. Spoor. Mrs. 

 Bayard Tha; tr. A'ew Hampshire — F. Ci. Webster. Ohio — F. F. Drury. 

 H. S. Firestone. Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss. John L. Severance, H. S. 

 Sherm.an, H. L. Thompson, Michigan — J. B. Schlotmann, E. D. Speck. 

 Indiana — Tlieotk re F. Thienie. Illincis — A. Watson Armour. Harry B. 

 Glow, A. B. Dick. Clavton Mark, Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Mrs. F. W. 

 Upham. M'.nnescta — Mrs. Chester A. Congdon. F. H. Stoltze. Inzva — 

 Mrs. G. B. ]_)ouglas. Missouri — August .A. Busch, Dr. George T. Moore. 

 Virginia — Miss Grare E. Arent.s. IV. Virginia — Mrs, .\rthur Lee. Georgia 

 — C. H. Chandler, E. H. Inman. S. Carolina — Robert S. Mel-ane. 



1922 CONVENTION, BOSTON, MASS. 

 Officers for 1922. 

 Robert Cameron, President. 

 John Barnet, Vice-President. 

 Montague Free, Treasurer. 

 M. C. Ebel, Secretary. 

 1921 CONVENTION REPORT. 

 TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION, OCTOBER 11, 1921. 

 The meeting convL'iud at thr P'ark Av.iiuc Hotul, New York 

 City, Tuesday afteriion. Oct'ibcr 11. T. .A. Havemever, Presi- 

 dent of the Horticultural Society of Xevv York, presiding as 

 Chairman. 



CH.MRMAX H.WEMEYf-.R: In calling this meeting to or- 

 der I vvibh to thank you for the honor conferred upon the Hor- 

 ticultural Srciety of New York by inviting me to preside at your 

 meeting. I think your .Xssociation deserves a great deal of credit 

 for having :nvitcd members of the various horticultural societies 

 to be present here today. I think that the co-operation you have 

 shown will be a great benefit to horticulture. 



We have with us today James Boyd. President of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society, and a great lover of plants. I am 

 sorry to say that .^. C. Burrage. President of the ^[assachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, is unable to be present. 



\Ve also have with us today Mrs. Samuel Sloan, President of 

 the Garden Club of .America, which I personally think is doing 

 more for horticulture today than any other society. I take great 

 pleasure in presenting Mrs. Sloan, President of the Garden Club 

 of -America. 



Mrs. Samuel Sloan Welcomes Visitors 

 Mrs. Sloan's address appears on another page. 

 \Ve want to stand tor the \erv highest and best there is in hor- 



ticulture and Vic know we can get your help. Again I want to 

 welcome yon to New York and I wish that my own place was one 

 of those you could visit. Although I love it, it would not be of 

 interest to you, but I know you are going to visit some wonderful 

 places in the next few days. 



I wish to congratulate you all in having this wonderful organ- 

 ization which is doing so much good work throughout the country. 



CHAIRMAN HAVEMFA'b:R: I have much pleasure in intro- 

 ducing Mr. Head. 



Thomas W. Head Speaks 



THOMAS W. HEAD (Red Bank, X, J.) : Mrs. Sloan, Fellow 

 Members and Friends : I wish to thank you on behalf of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners for your kind welcome to this 

 city, and I can assure you we will take advantage of all the 

 opportunities offered us by visiting these various places. We 

 appreciate your kindness very much. 



One tiling I noticed Mrs. Sloan spoke about particularly was 

 the co-operation with the employers. Although this is not the 

 time for discussion, because that will come up later. I would like 

 to say that that is something we are all working for. We are 

 trying to co-operate with our employers and with the various 

 tlubs and so on. Without such co-operation how can we expect 

 to get along? How can we e-xpect to have the estates of our 

 employers prosper under our supervision unless we have such 

 co-operation? 



Sometitnes the employers wish to pull the garden to pieces. 

 If it is their hobby and their pleasure let them do it as long 

 as they are willitig to pay for it. Let us always try to co-operate 

 with our einployers. Sometimes it is embarrassing to us when a 

 lady or gentleman has something they want changed or something 

 they think should be improved and when they get through there 

 are no improvements at all. Perhaps such occasions are lessons 

 to them. 



I want to say again that it is co-operation that we are always 

 trying to give our employers and I think you will all agree with 

 me that that is what we are there for. Without it I don't see 

 how we can get that restful feeling that we ought to have on 

 the places and on these beautiful estates. 



I wish to thank Mrs. Sloan for the kind welcome she has given 

 us and I am sure we all will learn something from visiting these 

 beautiful estates. Undoubtedly we could learn something up at 

 Garrison, for we are always willing to learn and there is a 

 chance on the small places as well as on the large. However, our 

 time is limited and we will only visit these large estates, although 

 I am sure we could get much valuable information from the 

 smaller ones. 



I wish to thank you again for your welcome extended to us 



CHAIRMAN H.AVKM..YER: I have much pleasure in in- 

 troducing W. X. Craig. Prssident of the Xational .Association of 

 Gardeners. 



President Craig's address appears on another page. 



I want to say that the C.eorgc Rol)crt White Gold Med.al for 

 Horticulture was this year awarded to Mrs. Frances King of 

 .\lina, Michi.gan. This was the first time the medal had lieen 

 awarded to a woman. Mrs. King is one of the greatest supi)ort- 

 ers of horticulture and is known for her great work in gardening, 

 her lectures, for the formation of clubs and for her books. 



CHAIRMAN HAVI':MEYFR: I have great pleasure in in- 

 troducing to \ou at this time James Boyd, President of the Penn- 

 svlvania Horticultural Societv. 



'j.M\lb:S I'.OYD: Mr. President. Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a 

 great ))leasure to be here t'nis afternoon and speak to you. Your 

 Secretary asked me to address you on the subject of sign boards. 

 T am very much interested in that subject, although ] know very 

 little about it. I might have spoken to you about plants and 

 (lowers to a little better advantage, but since your Secretary in- 

 vited me to come here I have talked to a great many friends and 

 asked their opinion in regard to sign boards and I shall be glad 

 to tell you what I have learned. 



James Boyd's Address on Sign Boards on Another Page 



C1L\1RM.\X H.WfAllAblK : 1 am sorry to say that Mr. 

 f!astman of Cleveland will be unable to be present today. G. H. 

 Pring will make some remarks along this same line. 



