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I National Association of Gardeners 



I Office: 286 FIFTH AVE., NEW YOKK 



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President — Robert Cameron, Ipswich, Mass. 

 Vice-President — John Barnet, Sewickley, Pa. 

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

 Treasurer — Montague Free, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 TRUSTEES (For 1931)— Willi.im H. Waite. Arthur Smith. D. L. Mack- 

 intosh, New Jersey ; W. N. Craig, Massachusetts ; H. E. Downer, New 



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 sen-e until 1924) 

 —William Gray, Rhode Island; William Hertrick, Cahfornia; Albin Mar- 

 tini, Iowa; Thos. Hatton, Connecticut; Robert Weeks, Ohio; W. H. 

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

 George Wilson, Illinois; James Stuart, New York; William Kleinheinz, 

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

 Carl N. Fohn, Colorado; Joseph Tanscy, New York. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



.Vi-if York — Mrs. J. J. Albright, Geurge !■'. Daker, Edwin S. Bayer, Henri 

 Bendel, Albert Clavburgh, W. R. Coe, .Mrs. F. A. Constable, Paul D. 

 Cravath. Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting. Mrs. Charles Daniels, Qeveland H. 

 Dodge, Mrs David Dows, Frank J. Dupignac, Mrs. Coleman du Pont, Childs 

 prick, 'W. ii. Gratwick, Daniel Guggenheim, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, Mrs. B. A. 

 Haggin, Mrs. WilHam P. Hamilton, Mrs. John Henry Hammond, T. A. 

 Havemever, Mrs. L. A. Herman, Anton G. Hodenpyl, B. H. Howell, C. O. 

 Iselin, btto H. Kahn, Mrs. Frank B. Keech, W. Eugene Kimball, 

 L. C. Ledyard, Jr., Adolph Lewisohn, John Magee, Mrs. Julius Mc- 

 Vicker, Morton H. Meinhard, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Jr., J. Pierpont 

 Morgan Mrs. J Pierpont Morgan, Stanley G. Mortimer, Mrs. Harold 

 I. Pratt, John 'T. Pratt, E. F. Price, Mrs. William A. Read, H. 



D. Roosen, Chas. A. Sherman, Mrs. Sam. Sloan, Benj. Stern, Mrs. W. Sturs- 

 berg, Dan. Tatum, Mrs, R. M. Thompson, Wm. Boyce Thompson, Mrs. Edvv. 

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

 Harold T. While, 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. Goodrich, 

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

 Mrs. Manuel Rionda, Leland H. Ro?s. P. S. Straus, Mrs. John I. Waterbury, 

 NIrs Ridley Watts, Sanders Wertheim. Fcnnsvlrania — Samuel T. Bodine, 

 Gen. Richard Coulter, Mrs. J. D. Lyon, R. B. Mellen, GiiTord Pinchot, George 

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

 Harry G. Haskell. Ccninecticut — E. Dinan Bird, Dr. Tracy Farnam, Mrs. 

 Tracy Farnam, George M. Hendee, Miss A. B. Jennings, H. F. Schwarz, W. 

 H. Tniesdale, Edward L. Wemple, William Zicgler. Jr. Rhode Islar.d — Gov. 

 R. Livingston Beeckman. Massachusetts — Miss M. R. Case, Mrs. William 

 C Conant, George P. Dike, Mrs. Henry C. Frick, Mrs. Louis Frothingham, 

 Henry S. Hnnnewell. E. K, l.awrie, Henry Penn, Mrs. C. O. Rice, Pr<f. C. 

 S. Sargent, Mrs. J. A. Spoor, Mrs. Bayard Thayer. New Hampshire — F. G. 

 Webster. Ohio — F. F. Drury, H. S. Firestone, Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss. John 

 L. Severance, II. S. Sherman, II. L. Thompson. Michigan — J. B. Schlotm.ann. 



E. D. Speck. Indiana — Theodore F. Thieme. Illinois — A. Watson Armour, 

 Harrv B. Glow, A. B. Dick, Clayton Mark, Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Mrs. F. 

 W. Upham. Minnesota — Mrs. (^liester A. Congdon, F. H. Stoltzc. Iowa — 

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

 Virginia — Miss Grace E. Arents. IV. Virginia — Mrs. Arthur Lee. Georgia 

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



LOCAL BRANCHES 



Newport, R. I.: .Andrew L. Dorward, chairman; Frederic 

 Carter, secretary. 



St. Louis, Mo.: George H. Pring, chairman; Hugo M. 

 Schaff, secretary. 



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

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



Boston, Mass.: Robert Cameron, chairman. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



William Boyce Thomp.son, Yonkers. N. Y. (Andrew Strachan, 

 gardener), and Henry Penn, Boston, Mass., have become sus- 

 taining members of the association. 



NEW MEMBERS 



The following new members have recently been added to the 

 mcmber.ship of the association: John E. Connolly, Mt. Kisco. N. 

 Y.; James Kelly, Glen Cove, L. I.; Ralph W. Caverly, West 

 Somerville, Mass. ; James Scott, Manchester, Mass. ; Charles W. 

 Philpott, Newport, R. I. ; James Mulholland, New York, N. Y. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Henry Goodband. wlio recently nsiyned liis position as super- 

 intendent of the Spencer Penrose estate, Rroadmr)or, Colorado 

 Springs, Colo., accepted the position of superintendent on the estate 

 of Mrs. Alexander Laughlin, Jr., Sewickley, Pa. 



George J. Oiler secured the position of j;ardener to Hamilton 

 Kean. Elberon, N. J. 



Peter Morrison accepted the position of gardener to Mrs. Ott- 

 ley. Glen Cove, L. I. 



Jack Baxter, who recently resigned his position as superintend- 

 ent of Glen Echo Country (Ilub, Normandy, Mo., has accepted the 

 position of greenskeeper of the Di.xmore Country Club. Home- 

 wood, 111. 



John G. Walker accepted the position of manager of the estate 

 of .Spencer Kellogg, Derby, N. V. 



1922 CONVENTION COMMITTEES 



Plans are now under way for the 1922 convention to be held in 

 Boston, September 12 to 15, and President Cameron has named 

 the following committees : 



Banquet and Entertainment Committee: .Andrew Rogers, 

 Chairman, James Methven, William Downs, Stewart A. Forbes, 

 Henry Stewart, A. P. Dewar, L. B. Whyte, Gordon P. Stewart. 

 John G. Duguid. William Till, Percival C. Vcinot, James Donald. 



Program Connnittee : Patrick W. Burke, Chairman, W. D. 

 Nicholson, John Morris, W. D. Cnutts, Thomas H. Westwood, 

 Peter .Arnott, Donald McKenzie. 



Ladies' Reception Committee: .Mrs. Hannnond B. Tracy, 

 Chairman, Mrs. W. N. Craig, Mrs. Wm. Anderson, Mrs. George 

 .Stewart, Mrs. Duncan Finlayson, Mrs. Andrew Rogers. 



Finance Committee : William Kennedy, Chairman, Frank Mur- 

 ray, Peter Miller, Wm. Anderson, George F. Stewart, Eric Wit- 

 terlow, Herbert W. Clarke, Wm. R. Thornhill, John L. Russell. 



Transportation Committee : Walter H. Golby, Chairman, 

 Julius Heurlin, Duncan Finlayson, .Alfred E. Parsons. Wm. C. 

 Rust, James Marlborough. B. Hammond Tracy, James Wheeler. 



Pulilicity Committee : William N. Craig, Chairman, Gustave 

 Thonunen, E. J. Farrington. 



William N. Craig is General Chairman of all local convention 

 committees. 



ON TRAINING YOUNG MEN 



Considerable publicity has been given to the movement of train- 

 ing young men for the |)rofession of gardcnnig by a proposed 

 course to be established at the Massachusetts Agricultural College 

 tl;rongh cooperation of the college authorities and the National 

 .Association of Gardeners. 



On .April 18 before the members of the Florists' and Gardeners' 

 Club of Boston, Prof. Thayer of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College stated that the college is hopeful of starting a special 

 two-year course for training gardeners, next Fall, the plan to 

 provide for six months of school work after which the hoys will 

 be sent to private places for practical experience to be followed 

 by a final year's study at the eolle,gc, when they will he sent out 

 for a year's apprenticeship under llie national association. Keen 

 interest was aroused in Prof. Thayer's statement which led to a 

 splendid editorial on "College Trained Gardeners" in the .April 25 

 issue of Horticulture, which condensed. Is as follows: 



For many years both the trade and private gardeners contended 

 that the only way to become a skilled florist or gardener was to 

 start at the bottom and work up. It is now being realized that 

 a boy who has the theory of horticulture on which to lay his prac- 

 tical work can advance more (piickly and make himself more 

 capable and in the end Ixjcome a more capable gardener or florist, 

 than (lie boy who has not had tliesc advantages. It has also been 

 contended that college boys think so highly of themselves that 

 they are not willing to take a humble position upon graduation. 

 .At a recent iKprticultural meeting at Boston. W. N. Craig said 

 that he had em])loyed several hoys from colleges and had found 

 them ready to do any work retpiired of them, manifesting eager- 

 ness to learn all they could about the operation of a private estate. 



Prof. Thayer said that college work was expected to be only 

 preparatory and that practical experience is necessary to lit a 

 graduate for an advanced position, and that the studeii'ts realized 

 this fact and accepted it. .As the country lacks the api>renticeship 

 system which prevails across the water and which keeps a new 

 supply of gardeners coming on every year, the course at the col- 

 lege and the pi^actical traiiung under the supervision of the Na- 

 tional .\ssiieialiiin of Gardeners will step itUo the breach and 

 remedy this diflienlty. The .issociation is largely held responsible 

 lor this movement. 



