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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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National Association of Gardeners 



Secretary's Office: 286 Fifth Avenue, New York 



Tlw aims of the association are, to elevate the profession of 

 gardening by endeavoring to improve conditions within it. 



To cement a closer bondship among all engaged in, and in- 

 terested in, gardening — to create a greater confidence between 

 employer and employee. 



The association is professional in ciniraclrr. It must in no Zi-ise 

 be associated with unionism. 



J. H. Fraiicies of Cleveland, elected to the office at the Boston 

 convention, having since his election retired from the profession 

 to engage hi the commercial tield. 



After a general discussion of the affairs of the association, 

 the members became the guests of the New York Horticultural 

 Society at the judges' dinner, as it was the opening day of the 

 Fall Show of that society, 



President — Robert Cameron, Ipswich, Mass. 

 Vice-President — John Barnet, Sewickley, Pa. 

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

 Treasurer — Montague Free, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



TRUSTEES (For 1922)— William H. Waite, Arthur Smith, D. L. Mack- 

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

 York. ' 



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

 Ge^jrge F. Stewart, Massachusetts; Theodore Wirth, Minnesota; George 

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

 Bamet Pennsylvania; Montague Free, New York. (To serve mitil 1924) 

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

 Pring Missouri; 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 Klcmheinz, 

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

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



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



New yort— Mrs. J. J. Albright, George F. Baker, Edwin S. Bayer, Ilenri 

 Bendel. Albert Clayburgh. W. R. Coe, Mrs. F. A. Constable, Paul U. 

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

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

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

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

 Havtmeyer, Mrs. L. A. Herman, Anton G. Hcdenpyl, B. H. Howell. L. O. 

 Iselm, (Jtto H. Kahn. Mrs. Frank B. Keech, \V . Eugene , Kimball, 

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

 Vicke'r, 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. Smrs- 

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

 Thorne Mrs. Henry M. Tilford. Carll Tucker, Samuel Untermyer, 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. Waterbiiry, 

 Mrs Ridley Watts, Sanders Wertheim. Pennsvhaina — Samuel T. Bodine, 

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

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

 Harry G. Haskell. Connecticut— E. Dinan Bird, Dr. Tracy 1-arnam, Mrs. 

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

 H. Truesdale, Edward L. Wemple, William Ziegler, Jr. Rhode Island---ljov. 

 R Livingston Beeckman. Massachusetts— Miss M. R. Case, Mrs. W'H'am 

 C. Conant, George P. Dike. Mrs. Louis Frothingham, Henry S. Hunne- 

 well, E. K Lawrie, Arthur Lyman, Henry Penn, Mrs. C. G. Rice. Prof. C. 

 S. Sargent, Mrs. T. A. Spoor, Mrs. Bavard Thayer. Nciu Hampshire— I- . G. 

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

 L. Severance, H. S. Sherman, H. L. Thompson. Michigan — J. B. Schlot- 

 mann, E. D Speck, /.idiaiio— Theodore F. Thieme. Illinois— A. Watson 

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

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

 /on/a— Mrs. G. B Douglas. A/mouri— .August A. Busch. Dr. George T. 

 Moore, yirginia— 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. Dor ward, chairman; Frederic 

 Carter, secretary. 



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

 SchafT, secret.irv. 



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

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



Boston, Mass.: Robert Cameron, chairman; W. N. Craig, 

 temporary secretary, Brookline. 



Western Pennsylvania: Manus Curran, chairman, Sewick- 

 ley; Henry Goodband. temporary secretary, Sewickley. 



DIRECTORS' MEETING 



A mcetinf! of the trustees and hoard of dinitors of the 

 national association was held at the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York, on November 9, the follnwing 

 members being present: President Robert fanienm, William 

 N. Craig. George F. Stewart. Massachusetts; James Stuart, .Mex 

 Michie, H. E. Downer. New York; .Arthur Smith, D. L. .Mac- 

 intosh. M. C. F.ljcl. New Jersey. William Gray of Newport. 

 R I., was appointed to the position of vice-president for 1923. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Ewen Mackenzie has secured the position of superintendent on 

 the Nicholas Brady estate, Manhasset, L. I. 



B. Canister succeeds Mr. Mackenzie as gardener on tiie 

 Morton H. Meinhard estate at Port Chester, N. Y. 



William Eccles succeeds John II. Francis, who has entered 

 the commercial held, as superintendent of the F. F. Drury estate, 

 Cleveland, O. 



Alfred Hall succeeds the late A. H. Wingett as superintendent 

 of Allen Winden Farm, Lenox, Mass. 



SOME SIDELIGHTS ON THE CONVENTION 



I ne\ er had sucli fun in my life ; no, never since I was born. 

 Old and young, they laughed and sung till almost daylight in the 

 morn. As soon as I boarded the steamer for Boston, I knew I 

 was in for a good time. Miss Ebel saw to it that everybody made 

 themselves at home and made the best of the trip to Boston. Well, 

 we had all together a glorious time, just like one large family, 

 and discussed all the topics of the day, from the weather to who 

 is going to be the ne.xt President. 



When we reached Boston, friend Craig, with a staff of assist- 

 ants, was on hand to welcome us. After a hearty breakfast at the 

 hotel, those of us who are on the board of directors had to get 

 to work at once. 



On Wednesday, after electing officers and deciding where to go 

 ne.xt year, and disposing of a vast amount of routine business, we 

 foregathered in the banquet room. Let me say that was some 

 banquet. You have already read in the Chronicle what most of 

 the speakers said, and I think the most unwelcome speech of the 

 evening was the president's, when he told us to go home and go 

 to bed so as to be there early in the morning. 



Thursday was a grand morning. There were rows of cars wait- 

 ing for the members, their wives and sweethearts. .-Ml started in 

 good time except a few young ladies, who did not care to ride 

 with the male gender and who placed themselves in a beautiful 

 limousine and waited for the chauffeur to come. Like the Maids 

 of Lee, they waited. When the chauffeur came, he brought his 

 employer along with him, who happened to be a bank president. 

 He said he was sorry to disturb the girls, but as he had not been 

 asked to the convention, he would have to ask the girls to .get 

 another conveyance, as he had to use his car for business. Of 

 course, the young ladies ,got another car and soon caught up with 

 the rest of "the party. 1 have no <loubt but that they had a very 

 good time. 



One peculiar thing about lliis outing was that when we left Bos- 

 ton we were about one hundred and fifty strong. By the time we 

 got to Castle Hill Farm, we were two hundred stron.g. Seems to 

 me that between Boston and Ijiswich the people know what sort 

 of a spread Mr. and Mrs. Crane can put up. By the time we got 

 to the shore, there were about another fifty waiting. 



Castle Hill Farm is something like its owner and its superin- 

 tendent. It is too great to describe. It would have been one good 

 day's work to have seen everything in that iilace alone. There 

 were quite a number of people at the clambake who had evidently 

 never seen anything like it liefore. The conversation between two 

 ladies sitting beside me was .something like this: "What do you 

 think of this?" "Oh, it is glorious. But there is sand in the 

 clams." "Why, yes, that is expected. If there isn't any sand in 

 Ihem vou are expected to put some in so as to sharjKU your teeth." 



There was one thing in particular which imiircssed us at Castle 

 Hill Farm; that was the fnrni;il garden, which frankly showed 

 that annuals and perennials and ordinary bedding c;in be used to- 

 gether to very go<Kl effect. .\s a matter of fact, in the writer's 

 npiiiion, any perennial garden can be kept up effectively thnnighout 

 the llnwer season with the assistance of .niiuials and the ordinary 



iK'dding plants. , i ,i i 



We were liappv to meet and sorrv to iKirl. and we shall ever be 

 happv to meet again. H. L. M.\cintcsh. 



