September 10, 1910 



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RAILWAY GARDENING ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The American Association of Rail- 

 road Gardeners, as it has been called 

 heretofore, convened in Boston on Sep- 

 tember 5, and held a two-days' conven- 

 tion. The first session was called to 

 order at the Crawford House on Mon- 

 day at 10 a. m., and routine business 

 was put through under the able direc- 

 tion of President Geo. B. Moulder of 

 the Illinois Central Railroad. A tour 

 of inspection of the station grounds 

 and plantations of the Boston & Al- 

 bany Railroad under the escort of E. 

 A. Richardson followed, and a stop 

 was made at Woodland for the after- 

 noon meeting, when the president read 

 bis address and Secretary J. S. Butter- 

 field, of the Missouri Pacific System, 

 presented his report. An able address 

 on the "Results of Neater Appearance" 

 was made by N. S. Dunlop of the Cana- 

 dian Pacific and Walter E. Coolt pre- 

 sented a greeting from Vaughan's Seed 

 Store. The following papers were 

 read: "The Cinder Problem," E. A. 

 Richardson, B. & A. R. R.; "Arrange- 

 ment of Ideal Station Grounds," J. A. 

 Byrne, B. & O. R. R.; "Trials of a Rail- 

 road Gardener," J. Gipner, Michigan 

 Central; "How to Grow Carnations," 

 C. H. Fritschler, N. C. & St. L.; "Ef- 

 fect of Railroad Gardening on Travel- 

 ing P*ublic," R. J. Rice, Michigan Cen- 

 tral, and an address on "Propagating 

 Shrubs," by H. A. Bodge, Illinois Cen- 

 tral. 



The sentiment among the members 

 as expressed was very strong against 

 the "bill-board nuisance." At a ses- 

 sion of the executive committee the 

 secretary was instructed to defer for 

 two weeks the handing over the mat- 

 ter for the annual report to the printer 

 in order to allow members who have 

 not done so an opportunity to send in 

 photographs or reading matter which 

 they wish incorporated. 



On Tuesday, September 6, 1910, a spe- 

 cial tour of inspection of three divi- 

 sions of the Boston & Maine System 

 was made, in charge of J. E. Judkins 

 and Daniel Desmond, Boston & Maine 

 gardeners, which was followed by a 

 meeting in the office of Geo. H. Foot, 

 Boston & Maine Passenger Train Mas- 

 ter. The report of Committee on By- 

 Laws was adopted with the following 

 changes: Name: Railway Gardening 

 Association; Membership: Active and 

 Life, limited to Railway Employes; 

 Dues: Active, $2.00 per annum; Asso- 

 ciate, $10 per annum; Life, $10.00. The 



President-elect Patrick Fo.v on his job. 



election of officers resulted as follows: 

 President, Patrick Poy, Norfolk & 

 Western, Roanoke. Va.; vice-president, 

 J. E. Smith, Penna., Ridley Park, Pa.; 

 secretary-treasurer, J. S. Butterfield, 

 Mo., Pac. Iron Mt., Lee's Summit, Mo.; 

 executive committee, all the officers 

 and A. V. Smith, Penna., Ridley Park, 

 Pa.; F. W Vail, Central of New Jer- 

 sey, Dunnellpn. N. J.; H. A. Bode, Illi- 

 nois Central, Champaign, 111. Time and 

 place of next meeting — Chicago III.. 

 Aug. 15, 1911. 



ASSOCIATION OF HAMMONTON 

 DAHLIA GROWERS. 



The Association of Hammonton 

 Dahlia Growers was organized Monday 

 evening, August 29th, 1910, and elected 



Wm. F. Bassett president, C. A. Wood 

 vice-president and Edw. H. White sec- 

 retary. 



The commercial growers of Ham- 

 monton, realizing that the best dahlia 

 blooms in the Philadelphia market 

 were grown in Hammonton and vicin- 

 ity, decided to organize for the pur- 

 pose of further advertising Hammon- 

 ton-grown dahlias, securing better 

 transportation facilities, improved 

 methods of cultivation, etc. They 

 have adopted a uniform copyrighted 

 label, which will be attached to all 

 shipments. This will he of great as- 

 sistance to the buyer, as he can feel 

 assured of getting superior flowers if 

 he buys dahlias with the Hammonton 

 label. 



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