242 



GARDE^ERS' CHROMCLE 



National Association of Gardeners 



Office: 286 FIFTH AVE., NEW YOKK 



President — Robert Cameron, Ipswich, Mass. 



Vice-President — John Barnet, Sewickley, Pa. 



Secretary— M. C. Ebel, 286 Fifth .Ave., New Yorlc. 



Treasurer — Montague Free, Brool<lyn, N. Y. 



TRUSTEES (For 19Jl)-\Villiam H. Waite. Arthur Smith. D. L. Mack- 

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

 York. 



DIRECTORS (To serve until 1923)-A!exander Michie, Long Island; 

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

 \V. Hess, District of Columbia; Daniel I. Coughlin, New York; John 

 Barnet, Pennsylvania; Montague Free, New York. (To serve until 1924) 

 — William Gray, Rhode Island; William Hertrick, California; George H. 

 Pring, Missouri; Thos. Hatttn, Connecticut; Robert Weeks, Ohio; W. 11. 

 Griftiths, 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 



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

 Bendel, Albert Clayburgh, W. R. Cue, Mrs. F. A. Constable, Paul D. 

 Cravath Mrs. W. Bayard Cutling, Mrs. Charles Daniels, Ceveland H. 

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

 Fnck, W. H. Gratwick, Daniel Guggenheim, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, Mrs B A 

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

 Havemeyer, Mrs. L. A. Herman, Anton G. Hodenpvl, B. H. Howell, C O 

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

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

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

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



k n""' ^°^" '^- ^""' ^- ''■ P"'^^' ^I''^- William A. Read, H. 



D. Rcosen, Chas. A. Sherman, Mrs. Sam. Sloan, Benj. Stern, Mrs. W Slurs- 

 berg, Dan. Tatum, Mrs. R. M. Thompson, Win. Bovce Thompson. Mr^ Edw 

 Thorne, Mrs. Henry M. Tilford. Carll Tucker, .'^amuel Unlcrmyer, 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. Goodrich, 

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

 Mrs. Manuel Rionda, Leland H. Ross, P. S. Straus, Mrs. John I. Waterbury, 

 Mrs. Ridley Watts, Sanders Werlheim. Peitiisvltania — Samuel T Bodine 

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

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

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

 Tracy Fai-nam, George M. Hendce, Miss A. E. Jennings, H. F. Schwarz. W. 

 H. Truesdale, Edward L. Wemple, William Zieglcr, Tr. Rhode Island— Gov 

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

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

 Henry S. Hunnewell. E. K. Lawrie, Hcnrv Penn. .Mrs. C. O Rice Prof C 

 S. Sargent, Mrs. J. A. Spoor, Mrs. Bayard Thaver. New Hamfshire—Y G' 

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

 L. Severance, H. S. Sherman, H. L. Thompson. Michigan— ^. B. Schlotinann, 



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

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

 W. Lpham. Minnesota — Mrs. Chester A. Congdon, F. H. Stoltze. Iowa— 

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

 Virgtma—Misa Grace E. Arents. W. Virginia— ^Ui. Arthur Lee. Georgia 

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



LOCAL BRANCHES 



Newport, R. I.: ,'\ndrew 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. L, secretary. 



Boston, Mass.: Robert Cameron, chairman. 



THE COMING BOSTON CONVENTION 

 September 12, 13, 14, 15 



A WELL attended mccliiiK of the local branch of the national 

 association was held at Ilorficuhural Hall. P.oston, on July 

 28. Members were present from MiiiKham, Wellesley, Natick, 

 Manchester, Prides Crossing, Ipswich, Waltham, Beverly Farms 

 and varioiis points in greater Boston. Robert Cameron, president 

 of the national association, opened the meeting and called on \V. 

 N. Craig, general chairman of the convention committee, to take 

 charge of the meeting. Reports from the linance, transportation, 

 and other committees were all verv promising. 



It was voted to select the Brunswick Hotel, Bovlston Street, 

 for convention headquarters. Rates at this hotel arc as follows: 



Double rcwms accommodating two persons with private bath, 

 $6 and $7 a day; without bath but with running hot and cold 

 water in the room $4.50 to %-, a day. 



Single rooms, accommodating one per.son, $.3.50 to $5 a day 

 with private bath; $2.50 and $3 a dav for a court room with 

 running hot and cold water, but no bath; $.■? and $3.50 a dav for 

 an outside room without bath but with running hot and cold 

 water. 



Street cars pass the hotel from all parts of Boston and sur- 

 roundings. The hotel is but a couple of blocks distant from the 

 Back Bay Station of the N. Y., N. H. and H. R. R., and the 

 Trinity Place station of the B. and R. R. R. ; is within a stone's 

 throw of Copley Square and the Boston Public Library and very 

 convein'ently situated for the meeting place in Horticultural Hall 

 and the heart of Boston. There are a number of other sjilendid 

 hotels verv close to the Brunswick including the palatial Copley 

 Plaza, the Lenox, Westminster, and Copley Square. 



Dining room facilities at the Brunswick are uiuqualled in 

 Boston; at the beautiful Flemish Cafe club breakfasts are 

 served from $50c to $1.00; special luncheons at $55c and 85c; and 

 special dinners at $1.25 and $2. Unequalled in Boston also is the 

 extensive a la carte bill of fare. There is a splendid cafeteria, 

 old Dutch in style, where the best of food is served, well cooked, 

 at popular jirices. 



The Boston Public Gardens, Boston Common and palatial Com- 

 monwealth Avenue are all within a stone's throw of the Hotel 

 Brunswick. Those planning to attend the convention should 

 bespeak room well in advance, or ask W. X. Craig, chairman of 

 the local convention committees, to do so. All conventionists 

 should report that they are members of the National Association 

 of Gardeners and they will be extended every courtesy. 



Some changes and additions were made on the program for the 

 outing on September 14 : automobiles will leave not later than 

 9:30 for the North Shore trip, .\niongst other stopping places 

 will \k Orchidvalc, Beverly Farms, wliich Albert C. Burrage 

 cordially invited members to visit and inspect the greatest amateur 

 orchid collection in .America; the residences of Mrs. Gardner 

 M. Lane at Manchester, Judge William H. Moore and Mrs. 

 Henry C. Frick, Prides Crossing, will also be visited. Leaving 

 there the ocean route via Magnolia, Marblehead. and Gloucester 

 will be followed to Castle Hill Farm, Ipswich, the residence of 

 Mr. and Mrs. .R. T. Crane, where a real New England clambake 

 will he served with all the fixin's. On the return journey. Cedar 

 -Acres, Wenham, Mass., the noted gladioli and dahlia farm of B. 

 Hammond Tracy will be visited and various spots of historic 

 interest will be passed en route to Boston. 



.■\ very full day is planned for the concluding day of the con- 

 vention which will include part of the Boston Park System, the 

 .Arnold .Arboretum, Agassiz Museum, and the world famed glass 

 flowers at Harvard, historic Concord and Lexington ; the Walter 

 Hunnewell estate, Wellesley, with its matchless collection of rare 

 and unique trees, shrubs and rhododendrons ; and the extensive 

 and beautiful H. H. llnnncwcU estate where hnu'he<in will be 

 served. 



The local committee would' suggest to all planning to come 

 from New York, Philadelphia, I'ittsburgh and the West to take 

 the outside S. S. line of the Eastern Steamship Corpor;ition from 

 New York for Boston, going by way of the Cape Cod Canal as a 

 cool, comfortable and most delightful route. All railroad travel 

 is avoided here, street c;irs may be had at the wharf which w'ill 

 take conventionists to the Brunswick or any other hotel preferred. 



Mayor James M. Curley will speak to the convention and wel- 

 come members on behalf of the city of Boston. Albert C. Rnr- 

 rage will extend the greetings of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society and there will be other prominent speakers. 



\'arious unique features are bein,^ planned by the entertainment 

 committee and the ladies will all be well cared for. Boston hopes 

 the 1922 convention will be a record breaker in points of at- 

 tendance, general enthusiasm, and deeds accomplished. The old 

 Hub of the I'niverse will warmly welcome everyone and endeavor 

 to make their visit pU;isant and prolilable. Come therefore to 

 New luigland's capital and see some of the glorious sights of 

 .America's greatest vacation land. 



The next meeting of tlie local l)ranch and committees will lie 

 held August 18. — W. N, Craig. Chairman, Convention Committees. 



Members intending to attend the convention in Boston should 

 eonnmmic;ite with W. N. Craig, Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Mass., 

 to have him reserve the hotel ;iccommodatioiis for them. Mr. 

 Craig in the foregoing article names the rates of the rooms, and 

 in writing Mr. Craig, particulars shonUI be given as to the kind of 

 room that is desired. It is necessary to make rcserv.itions well 

 ahead of time as several other conventions are being held in Boston 

 at the same time as the garden(■r^■ convention, which, of course, 

 will make a demand for hoirl ;iciiiiiHno<l;ition';. 



