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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



PRESIDENT CAMERON'S APPOINTMENTS 

 President Cameron has appointed the following directors whose 

 term expired on January 1st, to succeed themselves for a term of 

 three years : 



George Wilson, Illinois: John F. Huss, Connectifut ; Carl N. 

 Fohn, Colorado ; James Stuart, New York ; William Klcinhenitz, 

 Pennsylvania; Edwin Jenkins, Massachusetts; Joseph Tansey, New- 

 York;" and George Stewart, Massachusetts, to succeed Robert 

 Cameron, whose term expires January 1st, 1923; Alexander Michie, 

 Long Island, to succeed Robert Williamson, deceased, whose term 

 expires January 1st, 1923. 



UNPROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE 



Complaints have come to the secretary's office recently of prac- 

 tices on the part of some thoughtless gardeners towards brother 

 gardeners, which have caused loss to the latter, and in one in- 

 stance, loss to the gardener's family. In each case it has been 

 based on rumors going around that the gardener is giving up 

 his position, to which there has been no foundation, and resulting 

 in numerous applications to the employer, and in return resig- 

 nations on the part of the gardener. One gardener gave in his 

 resignation on a week's notice, and another for a little more. 



Before impairing a fellow gardener's position, every means 

 should be taken to verify such rumors. There truly can be 

 little comfort in being responsible for a man losing his position, 

 and thus bringing misery to his whole family. 



GARDENERS' CONFERENCE AT CLEVELAND 



.\ gardeners' conference will be liekl under tlie auspices of the 

 members of the association residing in Cleveland and vicinity, 

 at Cleveland during the week of the National Flower Show in 

 that city, March 25 to April 1. The meeting will be held on the 

 second or third day of the show. Full particulars will appear 

 in the next issue of the Gardeners' Chronicij:. 



A master gardener knows that he receives from his garden no 

 flowers that are unworthy of a place in beauty's bouquet. 



Weeds are the only flowers that arc not fully understood. 



Sins are often virtues in disguise. 



Between heaven and hell there is no l)oundary line. 



A cartoon clipped from a penny newspaper may do the soul 

 more good than the most learned sermon. 



A pencil's note or a printed paragraph an inch long may open 

 one's eyes to more knowledge than one often finds between the 

 covers of a pretentious book. 



To know these truths is to know the pearl that leads to 

 wisdom. — Selected. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Does anv member of the association kn<iw the present address 

 of Mr. W'illiam Puffpaff, formerly with Mrs. C. W. Goodyear, 

 Buffalo, N. Y'., and Mr. Melburn, formerly with Mr. Thomas 

 Adams, Bayshore, L. I.? If so, will he please advise the secretary? 



.\ngus G. Ross, who was for many years superintendent of the 

 late Jonathan Thorne estate, Bridgeport, Conn., lias accepted a 

 similar position on the estate of S. B. Thorne, Greenwich, Conn. 



Thomas Twigg has secured the position of superintendent on the 

 E. F. Luckenbach estate. Port Washington, L. I. 



David Watson accepted the position of superinteiuKnt t.i Dr. 

 J. Henry Lancishirc. Manchester, Mass. 



.\rchie Campbell secured the position of gardener t(i J. K. Have- 

 meyer, Ardsley. N. Y. 



Robert F'innie has accepted the position of executive foreman nf 

 .MIegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Pa., inider Willi.im Falconer. 

 superintendent. 



ROBERT BOTTEMLEY 



.\s the Gariik.sers' CiiRONiri.E goes to press, the Secretary has 

 learned of the death of Robert Bottemley, the superintendent of 

 Brush Kidgc Farm, New Canaan, Conn. Mr. Bottemley was r)ne 

 of the oldest members oi the association. 



NEW MEMBERS 



The following new members have recently been added to our 

 membership list: Walter T. Thurley, Dalton, Mass.; James Dad- 

 dio, Westbury, L. I. ; A. J. Long, Warrcnton, 'Va. ; James F. 

 Pritchett, Great Neck, L. I. ; Harry Lindberg, Council Bluffs, 

 Iowa; John WocKlgcr, Scarsdale, N. Y. ; Nicholas H. Lean, 

 Agawam, Mass. 



A MESSAGE FROM THE EAST 



"Araua," Rotorua — 



Residential Hotel, December 10. 1921. 

 Dear Mr. Ebel :— 



Have been in New Zealand a week, and leave on the 15th for 

 Sydney. This is an ideal country for plants and flowers. 



One will see growing beautifuU}' in absolutely perfect health in 

 the same beds or borders, specimens of the following : Azaleas, 

 iiidica tj-pes, 6 to 10 feet high and camellias 9 to 12 feet, ericas, and 

 even to Cavendish pine. The Forestry Department tells me 

 Erica pyramiclalis gracilis is spreading all over this district and 

 Daphne is 10 feet across and 4 feet high ; also big masse.-- 

 Uydraiiiica otaL'sa and the French varieties as large as a hay cock, 

 and literally covered with flowers. 



The roses are splendid for size and color. I saw tlie trade rose 

 exhibit of W. E. Lippiatt, of Otahuhu, at Auckland Fair last 

 Saturday. He showed 35 novelties all new for 192! in his rose 

 exhibit. He lost two sons and a brother in the war and is still 

 going strong. That's the stock we are all proud of. More power 

 to you, Brother Lippiatt. 



Had a couple of days with the Government Forestry Depart- 

 ment. The fern forests are the dream of a life time. Hope to 

 have the pleasure of telling the growers at Greenwich all about it. 



No use telling you about the fishing, as some of the boys would 

 say, "Just a fish story." Honest, we go fishing for trout in a row- 

 boat and take a power scow to bring the catch home. 



.Splendid agricultural and dairy farmin.g country, and fine 

 horses, cattle, sheep, etc., are here. The people are fine, clean, 

 healthy citizens; and the children are just little kings and queens. 

 I saw some fifteen of them ride in from the farms in one bunch to 

 school on their ponies, one, twn or three on a pony, bare back. 

 .\11 were dressed and wearing rubber coats as it was raining. 

 There is a paddock near the school where they turn their ponies 

 loose during school hours. No royalty ever had a better time. 

 Schools and hospitals are free, and are supported by the State. 

 If we can afford to educate our children we ought to be able to 

 afford to take care of their health in sickness and distress. 



We left Vancouver on the 12th of November and arrived at 

 .•\uckland on tlie 3rd of December, via Honolulu and Luna. It 

 was warm in Luna and for ten days after crossing the Equator. 

 I expect to spend Christmas in Toowoomba, Queensland, with a 

 sister of mine, and after seeing some of Australia, go on to the 

 Philippines and Japan, etc., and then back, to the I'nited States by 

 'Frisco and home about the middle of March. 



Well the fly rod is ready, and the boat and scow are waiting. I 

 am off for the Rainbow trdiit, 4 td 12 pounds. 



Regards to all. 



Sincerely, 



John H. Trov. 



TF you are oiifiafiod in the pursuit 

 of horticulture ivhether for 

 pleasure or for profit you cannot fail 

 to he interested in the Canleners' 

 Chronicle, for. as you uill observe 

 by studying its columns, it is devoted 

 exclusively to the science of floricul- 

 ture (tnd horticulture. 



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