For October. 1921 



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MR. BAXTER : I move the report be received, and passed on. 

 I think we had enough discussion on it yesterday. 



. . . The motion was seconded by Mr. Stewart and carried. . . . 



PRESIDENT CRAIG: There is one more committee report, 

 tlie report of the Committee on Signboards. 



Report of the Committee on Signboards 



Following the resolution passed at the St. Louis convention last 

 year that the Association begin an active campaign to arouse 

 public sentiment against the desecration of our highways by sign- 

 boards, and which action received quite some publicity through 

 papers in dift'erent parts of the country, there were many offers 

 from individuals and other national organizations to co-operate 

 in this work. 



The Garden Club of America passed a resolution endorsing our 

 stand, and agreed to co-operate with us, and also the American 

 Association of Park Superintendents and the Farm Women's Na- 

 tional Congress passed a resolution in favor of our action. 



Circulars were distributed at the New York Flower Show, also 

 at the Boston Show this Spring on the subject. The co-operation 

 of one of the national poster advertising companies was otfered 

 to curtail the abuse of selecting the best sites along the highways 

 for the erection of signboards. 



While the question has been raised, "What good is this to the 

 gardener?" and one society has voted its disapproval of the Gar- 

 deners' Association engaging in such work, certainly the gardeners 

 ought to be as much interested as any wishing the natural land- 

 scape beauties of .America conserved. The publicity that will 

 come to the .\ssociation as the sponser of this movement will be 

 much. 



Your committee expects to get an active campaign under way 

 this Winter which will be productive of some practical results in 

 what it is undertaking. 



... it was voted, on motion of Mr. Baxter, seconded by Mr. 

 Stewart, that the report of the Committee be accepted and filed. . . . 



PRESIDENT CRAIG: Is there any new business to come 

 before the Convention ? 



SECRET.\RY EBEL: Mr. Chairman, I have received a com- 

 munication stating that the Government is classifying the gar- 

 deners as a servant. It was thought that the organization should 

 do something to try to get the gardeners recognized as professional 

 men. I thought it would be interesting to see how the Associa- 

 tion feels on that as to what can be done. The classification of 

 gardeners, I believe, came about when the war was on, on account 

 of taxation, and they placed them under the same class as servants. 



MR. R.ARNET: If you are rated as a gardener you get ofif 

 much lower than if you are rated as a superintendent. However, 

 I think gardener is the best name of the two. 



MR. STEWART : You remember several years ago a foreign 

 ambassador brought from abroad a coachman and gardener he had 

 had in Europe. He was held up at New York on this contract 

 labor business. He was stubborn enough to take it to the Su- 

 preme Court of the United States, and they classified the gardener 

 as a domestic servant, and he was allow'ed to enter. 



On Reforestation 



PRESIDENT CR.AIG: The subject of reforestation came up 

 yesterday evening, after Mr. Davey had spoken, and I thou.ght it 

 might be well for the National Association of Gardeners to gr 

 on record as approving reforestation of private estates as far as 

 possible, and a resolutions committee might be appointed to draw 

 up a resolution to be presented at the afternoon session endorsing 

 that. It is a good stand to take, I think. We need reforestation 

 very much indeed. I think a resolution endorsing that might be 

 well to present at the afternoon session. 



. . . .\ motion was made, seconded and carrie<I, that the Presi- 

 dent appoint a committee to draw up a resolution on reforesta- 

 tion. . . . 



. . . President Craig appointed the following committee : Mr. 

 Mackintosh, Mr. Cameron and Mr. Pring. . . . 



On Preservation of Nat'.ve Flora 



PRESIDENT CRAIG: Another matter was discussed in- 

 formally and that was the preservation of our beautiful native 

 flowers The .\ssociation ought to take some .stand advocating 

 not only the preservation as far as possible of the beautiful native 

 flowers, but also the shrubs, trees, plants an<l bulbs. 



MR. PRING: I believe it would be a good thing for the or- 

 ganization to go on record as approving that. I believe that a 

 committee should he appointed to draw^up a similar resolution to 

 present to the meeting. 



. . . President Crai.g appointed the following committee: Mr. 

 Johnston, Mr. Weeks and Mr. Barnet. . . . 



PRESIDENT CRAIG: The next thing for consideration is 

 the selection of the next meeting place. 



SECRETARY EBEL: T have invitations from all over the 

 countrv, from Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade. 



PRESIDENT CR.\IG: That matter will be left in abeyance. 

 . . . The meeting adjourned . . . 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 1921. 



The meeting convened with I're^ident Craig presiding. 

 Nominations of Officers 



PRESIDENT CR.MG: The first business is the nomination 

 of officers for the ensuing year. Nominations are now in order 

 for oflicers. 



. . . Robert Williamson nominated as President. 



MR. WILLI.\MSON: I think too much of the Association 

 to allow my name to be nominated for President. 



. . . Tames Stuart nominated Imt declined . . . 



PRESIDENT CRAIG: George H. Pring is nominated. Has 

 that nomination been seconded? 



MR. PRING: You have had a man from St. Louis quite re- 

 cently fill the office of President. 1 believe you ought to appoint 

 a man who is a little closer to the Secretarv. 



PRESIDENT CR.\IG: Does that mean you decline? 



MR. PRING: I would like to see some more Eastern men 

 nominated. 



. . . \\ m. J. Scaley was nominated. . . 



. . . William J. Sealev declined nomination. . . . 



GEORGE STEW.\.RT: I know of no man interested more 

 in our profession and a man we can all rely upon for integrity 

 and honesty than Robert Cameron, and I wish to nominate him. 



... A motion was made, seconded and carried that nomina- 

 tions for President be closed . . . 



PRESIDENT CRAIG: Nominations for the office of Vice- 

 President are now in order. 



. . . John Barnet was nominated . . . 



. . . Motion made that nominations for Vice-President be closed, 

 seconded and carried . . . 



PRESIDENT CR.MG: The next nominations in onler will 

 be for the office of Treasurer for the ensuing year. 



MR. PRING: Gentlemen: In selecting a man as Treasurer 

 you will have to be awfully careful, as w'e have been in the past. 

 A man who handles money as we usually think of it, is a one- 

 way man, that is he can get rid of it very quickly, if he only 

 knows one phase of the game. I have in mind a man who is 

 very capable to take care of money from the standpoint of increas- 

 ing the amount that we have in the treasury by careful handling 

 and who watches the expenses very, very closely. Now several 

 of the nominees previously have jumped and declined, what for, I 

 don't know. When a man is nominated, he should keep quiet. I 

 have pleasure in nominating a man who is very close to the office 

 of our Secretary, a man who can be called into consultation in 

 a very few minutes either over the telephone or personally. I 

 take pleasure in nominating Montague Free, of the Brooklyn 

 Botanical Gardens. 



. . . Nomination seconded and closed for office of Treasurer . . . 



PRESIDENT CR.AIG: Nominations for the office of Secre- 

 tary are now in order. 



. . . Mr. Ebel was nominated. Nominations closed . . . 



PRESIDENT CR.-\IG: It is neces.sary to nominate five 

 trustees for the ensuing year three from the State of New Jersey, 

 and two from the outside 



. . . This statement was verified ... 



Has anyone anything to say in regard to the next meeting 

 place? Are there any suggestions as to where you want to meet 

 ne.xt year? 



j\IR. STEWART : Some are in favor of going to Boston next 

 year. 



PRESIDENT CR.MG: Is any other city suggested? 



MR. CAMERON: This comes through Mr. Crai.g, and if you 

 come to Boston, we will give you a good time and do our best 

 to make your stay pleasant. We have a very fine arboretum there 

 and we can show you a great many trees. It is a very old city, 

 there are lots of historical places that would lie very interesting 

 to you. There are lots of people in the western and even eastern 

 part of New York who have not seen these places, and if you 

 will come to Boston you will be interested I am sure. There are 

 a lot of old estates that are partly run down but there are also a 

 lot of new ones worth seeing. 



. . . .\ motion was made and carried that the next con- 

 vention be held in Boston. . . . 



PRESIDENT CRAIG: The Trustees elected to serve last 

 October were as follows: William W'aite, .Arthur Smith and 

 D. L. Mackintosh of New Jersey, L. P. Jensen and E. Strehle 

 from Missouri. 



SECRETARY EBEL: I would like to state that when we 

 nominated those three men from New- Jersey, the New 

 lerscv charter provided for it. 



J. STU.ART: I make a motion that Mr. Waite, Mr. Smith 

 and Mr. Mackintosh be re-nominated. 



. . . The motion was seconded and carried. . . . 



A MEMBER: I would like to suggest the name of W. N. 

 Craig. 



