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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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President — VV. 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 1922)— 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 192-0— William Gray, Rhode Island; William Hertrick, Cali- 

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

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



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



Nciu York— Mrs. J. J. Albright, George F. Baker, Edwin S. Bayer, Albert 

 Clayburgh, W. R. Coe. 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. John Henry Hammond, T. A. Havemever, Mrs. L. A. Herman, 

 Anton G. Hodenpyl, B. H. Howell, C. O. Iselin, C)tto 11. Kahn, Mrs. Frank 

 B. Keech, W. Eugene Kimb.iII, L. C. Ledyard, Jr., Adolph Lewisohn, John 

 Magee, Mrs. Julius McVicker, Morton H. Meinhard, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, 



ir.,^ J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. T. Pierpont Morgan, Stanley G. Mortimer, 

 Irs. Harold I. Pratt, John T. Pratt, E. F. Price, Mrs. William A. Read, 

 H. D. Rocsen. Charles .\. Sherman, Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Benjamin Stem, 

 Mrs. W Stursberg, Daniel Tatum, Mrs. R. M. Thompson, Mrs. Edwin 

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

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

 Albright, Jr., Charles 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, I* S. Straus. Mrs. John I. Walerbury, Mrs. Ridley 

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

 CoiUter, Mrs. J. D. Lyon. R. B. Mellen, Gifford Finchot, George F. Tyler, 

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

 Q. Haskell. C'unccticnt — E. Dinan Bird. Dr. Tracy Farnani, Mrs. Tracy 

 Farnam, George M. Hendee, Miss A. B. Jennings, H. F. Schwarz. W. H. 

 Truesdale, William Ziegler, Jr. Rhode Island — Gov. R. Livingston Beeck- 

 man. Massachusetts — Miss M. R. Case, Mrs. William C. Conant, Mrs. 

 Henry C. Frick, Mrs. Louis Frothinghiim, Henrv S. Hxmnewell. A. K. 

 ~ G. Rice, Prof. C. S. Sargent, Mrs. J. A. Spoor, Mrs. 

 New Hampshire — F. G. Webster. Ohio — F. F. Drury. 

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

 Thompson. Michigan — J. B. Schlotmann, E. D. Speck. 

 Indiana — Theodrre F. Thieme. Illinois — A. Watson .^rmour. Harry B. 

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

 Opham. M'.nncscta — Mrs. Chester A. Congdon. F. H. Stohze. Imiia — 

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

 Virginia — Miss Grace E. Arents. W. Virginia — Mrs. Artlnir Lee. Georgia 

 — E. H. Inman. 5. Carolina — Robert S. Mebane. 



Lawrie, Mrs. C. 

 Bayard Thayer. 

 H. S. Firestone, 

 Sherm.-in, H. L. 



LOCAL BRANCHES 



Newport, R. I.: .\ndrcvv L. Dorward, cliainnan ; Frederic Car- 

 ter, secretary. 



St. Louis, Mo. : George H. Pring, chairman ; L. P. Jensen, 

 secretary. 



Nassau County, L. I. : John T. Everitt, Glen Cove, chairinan ; 

 John i\IcCulloch, Oyster Bay, L. I., secretary. 



NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 30 



A New England conference under the Boston and vicinity mem- 

 bers of the National Association of Gardeners will be held at 

 Horticultural Hall, Boston. November 30. at seven o'clock, to 

 discuss the problems pertaining to the profession and the forma- 

 tion of a local branch, and to make preliminary arrangements for 

 the 1922 convention which is to be held in Boston. All interested 

 in ornamental horticulture are cordially invited to attend. 



WESTCHESTER CO., N. Y., BRANCH 



Notices will be mailed shortly to all members livins in the 

 vicinity of Westchester County to attend a meeting at White 

 Plains, to be called for the purpose of organizing a branch of 

 the association in that territory. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COOPERATION 



The New York convention committee takes this opportunity to 

 express its appreciation to the following members of the trade : 

 Bobbink & -\lkins: Burnett Brothers; Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc.; 



Davey Tree E.xpert Co. ; Lord & Burnham Co. ; Joseph Manda 

 Co.; W. E. Marshall & Co., Inc.; W. F. AlcCord Co.; A. L. 

 Miller; Muller-Sealey Co., Inc.; F. R. Pierson; Julius Roehrs 

 Co. ; John Scheepers, Inc. ; Stumpp & Walter (To. ; Charles H. 

 Totty Co. ; Andrew Wilson, Inc. Also to the local societies who 

 contributed : Nassau County Hort. Society ; Oyster Bay Hort. 

 Society; Tarrytown Hort. Society; Tuxedo Hort. Society, and 

 Westchester & Fairfield County Hort. Society. 



Alexander Michie, Chairman. 



NEW SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



Henry F. Schwarz, Greenwich, Conn. (John R. Jackson, gar- 

 dener), E. Dimon Bird. Greenwich, Conn. (August Harrer, gar- 

 dener), have become sustaining members of the association. 



NEW MEMBERS 



Alfred Reoch, Westbury, Long Island, N. Y. ; George Tansey, 

 Great Barrington, Mass. ; James C. Foster, Woburn, Mass. ; 

 George Rust, Barrington, R. I. ; Robert Clyne, Port Washington, 

 Long Island, N. Y. ; Louis D. Aquila, Akron, Ohio; William J. 

 McLauchlan, Scarborough, N. Y. ; Charles Davis, Port Wash- 

 ington, Long Island, X. Y. ; Louis Schroeder, Grand City, N. Y. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Robert De Schryver, for many years superintendent of the 

 Swift Estate, Prides Crossing, Mass., accepted the position of 

 superintendent on the E. D. Speck Estate, Detroit, Mich. 



Charles Manson has succeeded James Warr as superintendent 

 of Wildwood Farm, Seal Harbor, Me. !Mr. Warr sailed on the 

 Olympic for a si.x months' stay in England. 



James A. Reburn resigned his position this past Summer as 

 general manager of Fernbrook Farm, Mt. Kisco, N. Y., and has 

 accepted a similar position on the William Church Osborn Estate, 

 Graymoor Farm. Garrison, N. Y. 



William C. Dickson has accepted the position of gardener to 

 Capt. Emerson, Lutherville, Md. 



Peter Morrison secured the position of gardener to Hamilton 

 Kean, Elberon, N. J. 



Carl Bausch accepted the position of gardener on the Mrs. 

 Charles Kohler Estate. Suffern. N. Y. 



Gustav Hamerin secured the position of gardener on the B. 

 Clarkson Estate, Tyringham, Mass. 



Frederick Crawford has accepted the position of gardener to 

 Mr. Menke, Hill Top Farm, Hartsdale, N. Y. 



A. Fournier, who recently resigned his position as superin- 

 tendent of the Paul D. Cravath Estate, has accepted a similar 

 position on the Bradley-Martin Estate, Westbury, L. I. 



Carl Peterson secured the position of superintendent on the 

 Henri Bendle Estate, Great Neck, L. I. 



Robert Marshall succeeded A. E. Thatcher, wdio has sailed 

 for England, as superintendent of Planting Fields, the estate 

 of W. R. Cce, Oyster Bay, L. I. 



C. H. Halpin has accepted the position of gardener on Miss 

 II. L. Maynard's estate, Ridgefield, Conn. 



Richard Calvert of Chestnut Hill. Mass., has accepted the 

 position of superintendent on the .Mdrich estate. Glen Cove. L. I. 



A LESSON ON WINTER PROTECTION FOR 

 HANDY PLANTS 



(Continued from page 783) 

 the value of mulching is by reason of its preventing the frequent 

 changing from frost to thaw from lifting shallow-rooted plants out 

 of the soil and not for its protection against severe cold. Again 

 there are some species that are never harmed by the coldest 

 Winters which die out more or less in warm, wet ones. This 

 is especially the case with those classed as Alpines. In their 

 native habitat they are always mulched with a covering of dry 

 snow which remains until it goes for good in the Spring. Tliese 

 plants should be protected from Winter rain more than anything 

 else and for this purpose are frequently covered with a sheet of 

 glass, after placing coarse sand around them so that their collars, 

 or junction of leaves with crown, have no stagnant moisture 

 around them. 



