For Aitgusi, 1922 



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Members desiring to go by the outside route of steamers to 

 Boston, on Monday, September 11, can obtain full particulars by 

 addressing tbe secretary, M. C. Ebel, 286 Fifth avenue. New York. 



In order to register at the convention to .secure proper creden- 

 tials to attend the outings, memljers must show their 1922 mem- 

 bership cards, so please bring them with you. 



AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS 



THE following amendments to the By-Laws are to be sub- 

 mitted for action at the Boston convention : 



We, the undersigned Branches of the National Association of 

 Gardeners, being of the opinion that the increase in the life 

 membership dues will act as a deterrent to the increase of the Re- 

 serve Fund and also being of the opinion that this Fund should 

 be materially increased each year, do respectfully petition that 

 the following amendments be made to .\rticle VI 1 of our By- 

 Laws. 



Article VII 



Change Section 1 to read : 



Section 1. All moneys collected from life-memliership dues 

 shall be placed in the Risenv Fund. 



Add Sections II, III, IV and \' to read: 



Section II. Ten per cent of all moneys collected from active, 

 associate, and sustaining membership dues shall be placed in the 

 Kcsci-L'e Fund. 



Section III. All investments of the Association shall be con- 

 sidered a part of the Rcseife Fuiui. 



Section IV. Yearly interest accruing on the Rescr-iC Fund shaU 

 be applicable to the fund, or the whole or any part of said yearly 

 interest may be extended for specified purposes on the advice of 

 the Trustees subject to the approval of the Association at its 

 Annual Convention. 



Section \'. The principal of the Riscnr Fund shall be held 

 intact. 



Approved by the Newport Branch, March 22, 1922. 



Approved bv the Boston Branch, June 30, 1922. 



Article VIII 



Local Branches 



Rules and Regulations 



Section 1. The object of the local branch is to establish a 

 closer contact between the individual member and the main organ- 

 ization, and to spread a better knowledge of the aims and objects 

 of the National Association of Gardeners amongst non-meinber 

 gardeners and others interested in Horticulture. 



Section 2. Six or more members of the National Association 

 of Gardeners may organize and form a local branch designating 

 the branch after the district in which they are located. 



Section 3. On organization each branch shall appoint a chair- 

 man and a secretary, and notify the secretary of the National 

 Association of Gardeners of their action giving the names of the 

 officers and the number of members composing the branch. 



Section 4. Meetings shall be held as the members may 

 determine and may be of an informal character. Non-members 

 present may enter into discussions but cannot vote on any ques- 

 tion. 



Section 5. Each branch shall be entitled to send a delegate to 

 the Annual Conventions of the Association. Any branch unable 

 to send a delegate owing to distance or other causes may be 

 represented by a member of another branch. 



Section 6. A delegate on arising to address the Convention 

 shall preface his remarks by stating the name of. and the num- 

 ber of members in the branch he represents. 



Section 7. Applications for membership in the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners coming from a district in which a local 

 branch is organized must have the endorsement of that branch. 



Section 8. It shall be the duty of committees appointed on im- 

 portant matters at the convention to ascertain, through cor- 

 respondence with the secretaries of the local branches, the senti- 

 ment of the members on the matter in question and base their 

 reports on the consensus of opinion so obtained. 



Approved by the Newport Branch. March 22. 1922. 



.Approved by the Boston Branch, June 30. 1922. 



COLLEGE COURSE FOR GARDENERS 



Members expecting to take the college course on gardening this 

 fall, as outlined in the July issue of the Chronicle, which is to be 

 conducted by the Massachusetts Agricultural College in co-opera- 

 tion with the National .Association of Gardeners, should com- 

 municate with Prof. Frank A. Waugh, Amherst, Mass., who wi'l 

 supply all the necessary information. 



Melrose Highlands, Mass. 

 August 1, 1922 

 Dear Mr. Ebel : — 



I have been reading with a great deal of interest in the trade 



papers and The Chronicle of the establishing of a system of 

 training for young gardeners in .America. 



It surely is an inspiring idea to see that the great majority of 

 gardeners and superintendents are beginning to realize that some 

 systematic method must he conducted in order to produce an ef- 

 ficient and practical force of new members of the Gardening pro- 

 fession here in .America. Since the .American youth does not 

 desire to pursue a system of long apprenticeship, as is found in 

 the Old Country, wc must make it possible for him to obtain 

 -a similar knowledge and experience in a more attractive way. 

 Hence, this establishment of a Training Course for Gardeners. 



Through the excellent work and earnest eiTorts of the N. .A. G., 

 in conjunction with the Massachusetts .Agricultural College, I 

 believe there will be developed a system of training that will com- 

 pare favorably with any in the European countries. 



The young men who take this opportunity and carry this work 

 through to a finish will never regret it, and especially that time 

 spent at the State College at .Amherst. Being a graduate of that 

 fine institution, I fully realize the unlimited possibilities of such a 

 course. 



A theoretical knowledge alone can never make a young man a 

 first-class gardener. But, with such knowledge, he can more 

 readily and more efficiently acquire the practical experience that 

 will be his opportunity to get under the careful guidance of the 

 N. A. G. The work at the College will be most successful under 

 the direction of Professor Waugh, and I am sure the co-operation 

 of College and the .Association will bring good results. 



Such "men as Mr. Craig and Mr. Cameron, whom I know 

 personally, will help bring success to such a movement, and no 

 doubt there are many others thoroughly interested in pushing the 

 good cause along. 



Trusting that there will be a good turnout of .America's future 

 gardeners, this coming Fall, I am, 



E. Stanley Dufkh.l. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Frank C. Slade, head gardener from 1911 to 1920 for C. W. 

 Barron of Cohasset, Mass., died on July 29, after a sickness ex- 

 tending over two years. .A native of .Rockdale, England, he came 

 to .America in 1889, and had worked in Lowell and other cities as 

 gardener before going to Cohasset. His son Frank succeeded 

 him on his retirement at Cohasset. He was a genial man, a 

 good gardener and had a great number of friends who mourn 

 his passing. He was 65 years of age and leaves a widow and 

 four children. Interment services were held at Cohasset on 

 August 1. 



Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jordan of the Harkness Estate, Water- 

 ford, Conn., sailed on the 5. S. Aquitania of the Cunard line 

 .August 1, to pass two months in England. Mr. Jordan plans 

 to trot around to different parts of the British Isles, and to try 

 and find out the real conditions and prospects of horticulture in 

 general, particularly regarding the private estates. 



We are sorry to have to announce the retirement of W. N. 

 Craig from the professional field of gardening, to enter into the 

 commercial field. Mr. Craig who is well and widely known 

 throughout the country has resigned his position as superin- 

 tendent of Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Mass., where he has been 

 for the past ten years, and previous to that, superintendent of 

 Langwater Fann, North Easton, Mass. Mr. Craig has bought a 

 piece of ground in Weymouth, Mass., where he will engage hi 

 growing, specializing in hardy subjects. While Mr. Craig is about 

 to leave the professional ranks for the commercial field, we are 

 sure, however, that he will not lose his interest in the private 

 gardeners' affairs. 



Frank H. Ryan, formerly gardener on the late W. Harry Brown 

 estate, Beverly, Mass.. has taken the position of gardener to Gen. 

 Edgar R. Champlin, Beverly Cove. Mass. 



George A. Burnett of the firm of Burnett Brothers. New York 

 City, is now in Europe. He sailed from New York on the S. S. 

 Adriatic on July 22, accompanied by his wife and son, Samuel. 

 His trip will include visits through the British Isles, Holland and 

 France. Combining business with pleasure, Mr. Burnett intends 

 calling on the leading seed and bulb growers in these countries. 

 A pleasant feature of his trip will be a visit to scenes of his 

 boyhood davs in Ireland. 



Gardeners' Convention 



Horticultural Hall 



Boston 



September 12, 13, 14, 15 



