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President — Robert Cameron, Ipswich, Mass. 



Vice-President — Tohii Barnet. Sewickley. Pa. 



Secretary— M. C. Ehel. 286 Fifth Ave., New York. 



Treasurer — Montamiu Free, Brooklyn, N, Y. 

 TRUSTEES I For 1<121)— William H. Waite. Arthur Smith. D. L. Mack- 

 intosh. Ncu Tersev ; W. X. Craig, Massachusetts ; H. E. Downer, New 

 York. 



DIRECTORS (To serve until 1923)— Alexander Michie, Long Island; 

 George F. Stewart, Massachusetts; Theodore Wirth, Minnesota; George 

 W. Hess, District of Columbia; Daniel J. Coughlin, New York; John 

 Barnet, Pennsylvania; Montague Free, New York. (To ser\'e until 1924) 

 — Wilham Gray, Rhode Island; William Her trick, California; Albin Mar- 

 tini, Iowa; Thos. Hat ton, ('onnecticut ; Robert Weeks, Ohio; W. H. 

 Griffiths, Michigan; Thos. W. Head. New Jersey. (To serve until 1925) — 

 George Wilson. Illinois; James Stuart, New York ; William Klein heinz, 

 Pennsylvania; John F. Huss, Connecticut; Edwin Jenkins, Massachusetts; 

 Carl X. Fohn. Colorado; To-;ei h Tin^cv . New ^'nrk. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



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

 Claybtirgh, W. R. Coe, Mrs. F. A. Constable, Paul D. Cravath, Mrs. VV. 

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

 Dews, Frank J. Dupignac, Mrs. Coleman du Font, Childs Frick, W. II. 

 Gratwick, Daniel Guggenheitn, 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, Otto H. Kahn, Mrs. Frank 

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

 Magee, Mrs. Julius Mc\'icker, Mortfn 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, Benjamin Stein, 

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

 Thorne, Mrs. Henry M. Tilford, Carll Tucker, Samuel Unterniyer, 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 fiofdrich, 

 Mrs. Gustav F. Kissel. C. Lewis, Mrs. Paul Moore, Hubert T. Parson, 

 Mrs. Manuel Rionda, P. S. Straus, Mrs. John I. Waterbury, Mrs. Ridley 

 Watts, Zanders Wertbeini. Penvsvlvauin — "-aiuuel T. I'.odiiie, (ien. Richard 

 Coulter. Mrs. 1. D. I.v. n R. 11 Mell'-n. Gifford Finchot. Georpe F. Tyler, 

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O. Haskell. C< nnecticiit — E. Dinan Bird, Dr. Tracy Farnam, 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 Frothinsh;'m, Henry S. Hunnewell. A. K. 

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

 Bayard Tlia}'tr. 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. MUhi^an — J. B. Schlotmann, E. D. Speck. 

 Indiana — Thpodrre F. Thieiiie. Illinois — A. Watson Armour. Harry B. 

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

 Upham. M'vnescta — Mrs Chester A. Congdon, F. H. Stoltze. loiva — 

 Mrs. G. B. i:)ouglas. Miisonri — August A. Busch, Dr. George T. Morre. 

 Virginia — Miss Grace E. Arents. W. I'lrsinia — Mrs. Arthur Lee. Georgia 

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



LOCAL BRANCHES 



Newport, R. I.: Amlriw L. Dorward. chairman; Frt-cKric 

 Carter, ^ccritary. 



St. Louis, Mo.: ( ni-'ryc H. Prins, cliairinan; Huso M. 

 Schaff, secretary. 



Nassau County, L. I.: John T. Everitt, Glen Cove, chair- 

 man; John AlcCulIoch. Oyster Bay, L. I., secretary. 



Boston, Mass.: Robert Cameron, chairman. 



THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE 



As president of the National Association of Gardeners, I 

 extend the most hearty wishes for a prosperous, successful and 

 happy New Year to all officers, members, sustaining members, 

 and to all lovers of plants and gardens throughout this great 

 country. 



The past vear has been one of the most successful in the history 

 of our organization. Indeed, we ought to feel grateful con- 

 sidering the condition of business throughout the country. Not 

 only in this country, but throughout Europe, large estates have 

 been changing owners and this has been the cause of many 

 gardeners changing positions, consequently bringing hardships 

 and difficulties to them. However, the outlook for the current 

 year is much more satisfactory. I am surprised at this early 

 date at the number of calls I have had for efficient and capable 

 gardeners. Employers are very exacting and they only ask for 

 thoroughly trained men. We must not forget the fact that many 

 men in this country inadc large fortunes during the World War, 

 and these men, in inany instances, are procuring large estates and 

 will need gardeners to develop their grounds and gardens. 

 Many of these men arc practically ignorant of gardening, con- 

 sequently it !> our duty in such cas-js tn give our very best 



assistance and encouragenient to develop more gardens through- 

 out the country. 



Assistant gardeners are still in meagre supply and there is no 

 prospect of getting many from Europe for some time to come. 

 During this year a great effort will be put forth to evolve a 

 scheme to encourage young men to take up gardening as a 

 profession. In fact, there is now under consideration a plan, 

 which, if carried out, will give better training and encourageinent 

 in gardening to young men than they have ever had in this 

 country. The plan is now well under way and members and 

 others interested will in a few weeks be ?iven full details. 



Our association is quite young and has many weak spots but 

 vyith time, inembers and officers being interested, a great organiza- 

 tion for the real benefit of all gardeners will be built up. I be- 

 lieve in local branches and hope to see many more of them 

 throughout the country. At these conferences wc can discuss 

 subjects that the meinbers are interested in and also subjects 

 that caii be taken up and discussed at the meetings of the aimual 

 convention. Members sliould never forget, when there is an 

 opportunity presented, to say a good word for our association 

 and explain its objects and always be alert for new memliers of 

 the right kind. 



There are many things which we, as true lovers of Nature and 

 the beautiful, should keep constantly protesting against. The 

 bill board nuisance should he protested against until this disgrace- 

 ful habit IS eliminated. The protection of our native plants 

 ought to be of special interest to us. The finest shrub that we 

 know of in the world, Kalmia latifolla will be extinct very soon 

 if It IS not protected. There are hundreds of other native' plants 

 that also need protection. Digging up our native plants bv those 

 who ought to know better, and exhibiting them at horticultural 

 exhibitions is another thoughtless way of destroying our native 

 flora. Exhibiting the flowers of our native plants 'is quite another 

 thing. 



I believe if we are to be progressive that the G.ardeners' 

 Chronicle of America should be a weekly magazine. A garden- 

 ing paper that is issued only once a month does not and cannot 

 keep up with the times. More space should be given to subjects 

 that would be of interest to the young gardener. I like a fearless 

 paper that will attack all kinds of wrong doing whether they 

 are the doings of gardeners, seedmen or nurserymen. The 

 owners and managers of our trade and garden magazines are so 

 fond of the almighty dollar that they won't print anything that 

 will injure their advertising. An advertiser can't be ofifended. 



We hope that the convention of 1922 which is to be held in 

 Boston in the early part of September will bring out the largest 

 number of members that has attended any of our meetings. 

 There are many points of interest to gardeners in and near 

 Boston. The finest collection of horticultural books in the world 

 is^ to be seen in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's 

 Library — the very oldest and the very newest books are to be 

 seen there. Then there is in the Arnold Arboretum the most 

 wonderful collection of hardy trees and shrubs in the world. 

 There are also many old .gardens and many modern ones, 

 too, in this vicinity. There are the Concord and Lexington 

 battle grounds where many of the English and Scotch gardeners' 

 ancestors lost their lives by the shrewd strategy of the "i'ankee 

 farmers. Harvard University has many unique attractions for 

 the gardener, the Blaschka models of glass flowers ; Robinson 

 Hall, the finest school of landscape architecture, and its library 

 and other equipment, in this country. Then in the near vicinity 

 is the Longfellow House and garden ; the Hunnewell estate • 

 at^ Wellesley where the finest collection of coniferous trees in 

 this country can be seen. Near Boston are the famous Weld 

 Gardens and the Faulkner Farm Gardens where the sculptors' 

 art and the landscape gardeners' work can be seen at their best. 

 To those who are Christian Scientists, the Mother Church 

 which is one of the finest buildings in Boston, and its attractive 

 grounds will be especially interesting. There are hundreds of 

 historical and other interesting things which can only be seen 

 in this vicinity. We are not like the Californians who always 

 talk about the weather and orange groves. We have lots of 

 weather but many other things too numerous to mention in this 

 greeting. I conclude by wishing all gardeners good success with 

 their crops and flowers during the year 1922, and I hope to greet 

 you all in Boston, next September. Robert Camerox. 



