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National Association of Gardeners 



Office: 286 FIFTH AVE., NEW YOKK 



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President — \\ . X. 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. 



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TRUSTEES (For 1921)— William H. Waite. Arthur Smith. D. L. Maek- 

 iiitosh, New Jersey; L. P. Jensen, Ernst Strehle, Missouri. 



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

 Stuart, New York; William Klein heinz, 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 1924)— William Gray, Rhode Island; William Hertrick, Cali 

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

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



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



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

 Claybiirgh, W. R. Coe, Mrs. F. A. Constable. Paul D. Cravath, Mrs. \V. 

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

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

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

 ton, Mrs. John Henry Hammond, T. A. Havemever. Mrs. L. A. Herman, 

 Antcn G. Hodenpyl, B. H. Howell, C. O. Iselin, Otto H. Kahn, Mrs. Frank 

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

 Magee, Mrs. Julius Mc\'icker, Morton 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. William A. Read, 

 H. D. Roosen, Charles A. Sherman, Mrs. Samuel Sloan, Ecnjaniin Stern, 

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

 Thorne, Mrs. Henry M. Tilford, Carll Tucker, Samuel Untermyer, Mrs. 

 Harold T. White, Mrs. Payne Whitney, E. L. Young. Mew 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, P. S. Straus, Mrs. John L Waterbury, Mrs. Ridley 

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

 Coulter, Mrs. J. D. Lycn, R. B. Mellen, GifFord Finchot, George F. Tyler, 

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

 O. Haskell. Ccnnecticut — E. Dinan Bird, Dr. Tracy Farnam, Mrs. Tracv 

 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 Frothinghnm, Henry S. Hunnewell, .^. K. 

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

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

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

 Sherman, H. L. Thompson. Mi^'hi^an — J. B. Schlotmann, E. D. Speck. 

 Indiana — Th^'odrre F. Thieme. Illinois — A. Watson .-Xrmour. Harry B. 

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

 Upham. Minnescta — Afrs. Chester A. Congdon, F. H. Stollze. Iowa — 

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

 Virginia— Misa Grace E. Arents. IV. I'irginia — Mrs. Arthur Lee. Georgia 

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



Newport, R. I.: 



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St. Louis, Mo.: 

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Nassau County 



LOCAL BRANCHES 



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inaii: John McCnllorli. Oyster Bay, 

 Boston, Mass.: Rolirrt Caiiu-ron. 



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THE NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE 



A conference was held under tlie auspices of tlie members of 

 tlie association residing in Boston and vicinity on November ,W 

 in Horticultural Hall, i'.nston. Due to tbe severe ice storm wbicli 

 swept over the outskirts of that city a day or two before, wliich 

 did tremendous damage by the heavy fall nf ice. some of the lineal 

 trees bcin.t; destroyed, and traffic made ditlicult. tbe attendance at 

 the meeting was not as large as was anticipated. Nevertheless it 

 was an enthusiastic gathering. 



It was voted to organize a local branch of the association in that 

 vicinity. 



The annual convention, which will be held in Boston in 1922. 

 received considerable discussion, with tbe consensus of opinion 

 that September l.S would be about the best time of the year to 

 hold this convention of four days duration, two tlays for linsiness 

 and two for sight-seeing trips. One of the triiis will be to some 

 of the large estates along the North Shore, and a clambake on the 

 shores of Castle Hill barm, of which Robert Cameron is .super- 

 intendent. 



Many of the members present pledged themselves to work hard 

 this coming year with the intent to increase the membership mate- 



PROTESTS AGAINST BILLBOARDS 



.Additional protests against the use of signboards continue to 

 come in to the secretary's office. 



From a member in Maine a letter has been received telling of 

 tbe vigorous protest that is being made against the increasing 

 number of billboards along the .State highway. The protest of one 

 nf the citizens of Portland was enclosed, and the secretary has 

 been asked to reply to it so that attention may be drawn in .Maine 

 towards our campaign against the signboard nuisance. 



A clipping was also received at the office telling of the effect 

 which was produced on Yakima Indians l)v a cigarette signboard 

 erected across their sacred "painted rocks." "On learning of the 

 desecration, nearly a liundred young braves mounted ponies, and 

 galloped to Wapato, Washington, where thev insisted upon scarch- 

 mg the train for the sign painters. Finding their way blocked 

 they rode back to the reservation and washed off the offending 

 advertisement with turpentine. This sign was to have been 

 e(|uiped with electric lights and would have been visible for 

 tx\el\e mdes. Deep in the crevices of tlie 'painted rocks' are in- 

 dentations of images of men, buffaloes, trees and hieroglyphics, 

 which are believed by the Vakimas to be of divine origin." 



H any member of the association learns of endeavors to abate 

 this nuisance, the association would be glad to have him com- 

 municate with the head<|iiarters. so that the campaign of the asso- 

 ciation may be extended. 



ROBERT WILLIAMSON 



It is with deep regret that we are called upon to announce to the 

 gardening fraternity the death of Robert Williamson, which oc- 

 curred suddenly on December 12. 



Mr. Williamson was born in Aberdeen. Scotland, .\u,g. 8. 1860, 

 the \oungest son of Gordon Williamson, who was gardener for 

 Lord Turner. As a young man he worked at Fife Castle. Com- 

 ing to this country at the age of twcntv-one. be worked at 

 Harvard University, and tlien went to Profile (Jardens. Frauconia. 

 N. H. In 1887 he left there and went to "Milbank." (ireenwich. 

 Conn., which was the estate of tbe late Mrs. Klizabeth Milbank 

 .\iiderson. Of this estate he was superintendent and general man- 

 ager, botli in horticulture and agriculture since 1887. I'nder his 

 direction "Milbank" has seen many changes. 



Mr. Williamson was regarded as'a horticulturist who bad few 

 equals, and was a very successful cxhiliitor at maiiv shows. He 

 was aii^ active member of the Westcliester and Fairlicid Horticul- 

 tural Society and a member and director of the National .\sso-. 

 ciatioii of Gardeners, in which be took an active interest. He is 

 survived by his wife and son, Robert Williamson, and a brother 



Sydney, Australia. 



The following new 

 ship lists: George 



Somerville. \. 

 Waltham, Mas: 



NEW MEMBERS 



niemliers have been added to our membcr- 

 Mtistoe, New York City: William Reeves, 



Welleslev 

 Plains. .N. 



Hills, 



; M. C. Redlich, Larchmont, N. Y. ; John Tait, 



Ma.\ .\nliertel. Stamford, Conn.; John Garland, 



Mass. ; Edward Young Chesney, White 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Mr. and Mrs. \\ illiam E. .Marshall have announced the mar- 

 riage of their daughter .Mildred Lucie to Levon Muracbanian. 

 The wedding ceremony took place at St. John's I'^piscopal Church. 

 West Hobokcn, N. J., on tbe evening of Wednesdav, the 7th of 

 December. 



Hugh Davidson accepted the iwsition of superintendent on the 

 estate of J. S. Pillsbury, Crystal Lake, Minnesota. 



James Linane secured tbe position of superintendent on the 

 Walter C. Teagic estate. East Portchester. Conn. 



Robert L. Chalmers has secured the position of superintendent 

 of the II. R. Winthrop estate. Woodbury. L. L 



William Cottrell secured the position of gardener to Hamilton 

 r.nsk. Purchase, N. Y. 



William .-Atkinson accepted the position of gardener on the G. 

 tiunby Jordan estate, Columbus, Ga. 



Charles F. Twiss secured the position of manager of the 

 Llcwsac Lodge Farm, Bedford, Mass. 



