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HORTICULTURE 



August 29, 1914 



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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



In spite of the "double header" at 

 the baseball grounds and other attrac- 

 tions to lure the gardeners away from 

 the meeting of the National Associa- 

 tion of Gardeners, held at Paul Revere 

 Hall, Boston, on August 19, it was one 

 of the most successful summer meet- 

 ings ever held by the organization. 



President William J. Kennedy, of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club in 

 welcoming the gathering to Boston, 

 spoke in glowing terms of the won- 

 derful strides the profession of gar- 

 dening has made in this country dur- 

 ing the past decade and he predicted 

 that the future will witness even 

 greater progress. He referred to the 

 importance of strong organization to 

 protect the interests of the profes- 

 sion and stated that he believed the 

 National Association of Gardeners, if 

 properly supported by the gardeners, 

 can materially aid the profession and 

 increase the opportunities for those 

 engaged in It. 



President Wm. H. Waite, of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners, re- 

 sponded to Mr. Kennedy's address of 

 welcome and spoke of the benefits the 

 gardener may derive as a member of 

 the national association; following 

 which he introduced Daniel MacRorie 

 of San Francisco, Cal. 



Mr. MacRorie presented an invita- 

 tion from the Panama-Pacific Exposi- 

 tion and also from the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society to the National 

 Association of Gardeners to convene 

 at San Francisco during the time of 

 the exposition next year. He spoke of 

 the interest the exposition will hold 

 out to horticulturists, as it is intend- 

 ed to make it a great horticultural 

 show. After listening to Mr. Mac- 

 Rorie's word picture of all that will 

 be in store for those who will visit 

 the Pacific Coast next year and how 

 a meeting on the Coast will benefit 

 the N. A. G., the association voted to 

 accept the invitation and hold its sum- 

 mer meeting in San Francisco in 1915. 



President Theodore Wirth, of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists, and a di- 

 rector of the National Association of 

 Gardeners, was next introduced and 

 spoke of the opportunities which are 

 presented themselves in the West for 

 the ambitious and efficient gardener. 

 Mr. Wirth expressed it as his opinion 



that while still in the development 

 stage, the w^estern private estates are 

 beginning to compare favorably with 

 those of the East. He said Western 

 people are becoming interested in 

 country estates in their own territo- 

 ries and the capable gardener will be 

 more in demand in the West than he 

 has been heretofore. In concluding 

 Mr. Wirth made some remarks on af- 

 filiation and urged closer co-operation 

 between the two national societies for 

 the general good of horticulture. 



Wm. F. Gude of Washington, D. C, 

 the next speaker, made an appeal for 

 the William R. Smith memorial and 

 explained the work his committee is 

 doing to secure funds to provide a 

 suitable memorial for the late William 

 R. Smith. In response to Mr. Gude's 

 appeal, it was voted that the N. A. G. 

 open a subscription list to enable 

 members and ottiers who might desire 

 to contribute to this fund to do so and 

 in this way aid the committee of the 

 S. A. F. in securing a suitable memo- 

 rial for Mr. Smith. 



Prof. Edward A. White, professor of 

 floriculture, College of Agriculture, 

 Cornell University, spoke of the op- 

 portunities that now offer to young 

 men in different colleges to secure a 

 training in horticulture and floricul- 

 ture and gave a brief outline of the 

 work the New York College of Agri- 

 culture is now engaged in. 



John Young, secretary of the S. A. 

 F.. read a paper on "What the S. A. 

 F. Should Do for the Private Gar- 

 dener," written by Arthur E. Thatcher, 

 of Bar Harbor, Me., and who was to 

 deliver it before the meeting but was 

 suddenly called away from the con- 

 vention. A general discussion fol- 

 lowed. 



Arthur Smith, of Reading, Pa., con- 

 tributed an interesting paper to the 

 meeting on "The Profession of Gar- 

 dening," relating the history of the 

 profession and discussing in detail 

 the "ups and downs" that are encoun- 

 tered within the profession. The 

 paper, which was read by Secretary 

 Bbel, was acknowledged to be a 



strong document on the many phases 

 that enter into the profession of gar- 

 dening. A hearty vote of thanks was 

 tendered Jlr. Smith for his able paper. 



On a motion by W. N. Craig. Presi- 

 dent Waite appointed Mr. Craig and 

 Duncan Finlayson of Brookline, Mass., 

 and M. C. Ebel of Madison, N. J., a 

 committee to draft a resolution con- 

 veying to the brother horticulturists 

 abroad the sympathy of the members 

 of the association on the terrible 

 calamity that surrounds the European 

 horticulturists at the present time. 

 Following a general discussion of va- 

 rious problems with which gardeners 

 are confronted from time to time, in 

 which a number present participated, 

 the meeting adjourned. 



At the meeting of the executive 

 board held in the forenoon it was 

 voted to invite all florists clubs hav- 

 ing private gardeners enrolled in their 

 membership, to join in the cooperative 

 movement of the N. A. G. to arouse a 

 greater public interest in horticulture. 

 The Cooperative Committee reported 

 twenty-two organizations enrolled in 

 the movement to date which include 

 two from as far distant as California, 

 one from Texas and one from Louis- 

 iana. It was also voted to hold the 

 next annual convention in Philadel- 

 phia during the first week in Decem- 

 ber, to which exhibits of novelties and 

 rare plants will be invited in competi- 

 tion for the associations' certificate ot 

 merit. 



The Ninth Annual Dahlia, Gladiolus, 

 Fruit and Vegetable Show of the New 

 Jersey Floricultural Society will take 

 place at Orange, N. J., on Monday. 

 October 5th. The schedule of classes 

 and premiums has been issued. There 

 are 48 liberal classes. Copies may be 

 had on application to George W. 

 Strange. Secretary. 218 Uain street. 

 Orange, N. J. 



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