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consider any suggestions readers might offer. Since the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle is the organ and not the property 

 of the National Association of Gardeners, I think we 

 ought to be tolerant, and if the time does come, when 

 the association would be prepared to take it over, then, 

 and not till then, could the members demand just wliat 

 they want, and whether it should be a weekly or monthly. 

 For the present, I consider it a very good paper in the 

 interest of the gardener, and worthy of a place in any 

 emplover's library where other periodicals are to be 

 found. 



With best wishes for a Prosperous Xew Year to one 

 ^rid all. TOHN BARXET. 



APPOINTMENTS OF NEW DIRECTORS 



President Darnet has made die following api«iintments to the 

 Board of Directors (to serve until 1926) : Alex .Michie, New 

 York; George F. Stewart, Massachusetts; Theodore VVirth, Min- 

 nesota; George F. Hess, District of Columbia, all of whom are 

 re-appointed; R. P. Brydon, Ohio; William C. Rust, Massa- 

 chusetts; Charles Schralf, Wisconsin. To succeed William Gray, 

 Rhode Island, Thomas Wilson, New York (1924) ; to succeed the 

 late Thomas Hatton. Connecticut, Harold Bryant, Connecticut 

 ( 1924 I : to succeed William H. Griffiths, Illinois, Harry Cartwright, 

 Michigan (1924) ; to succeed John Huss, Connecticut, John Tonkin, 

 Pennsylvania (1925). 



NEW MEMBERS 



Sustaiiwig MewbiTs: Asa G. Candler, Jr., .Atlanta^ Ga, (James 

 Barnet, gardener) and G. Gunby Jordan, Columbus, Ga. (William 

 Atkinson, gardener). 



Acliz'i' Members: Charles A. Mackay, Yonkers, N. Y. ; George 

 Tull. Port Washington, L. I ; Frank Ochenden, Grosse Point, 

 Mich. : William Sutherland, Readville, Mass. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



If any of our readers know the present address of Max Reipen, 

 formerly of Toledo; Charles M. Lind. formerly of Stamford, 

 Conn. : or T. V. Kerr, formerly of Valhalla, N. Y., they will confer 

 a favor by making them known to the secretary, M. C. Ebel._ 



David F. Roy. for many years superintendent of the Moorings, 

 Marion, Mass.,' the estate of the late Harry E. Converse, has re- 

 signed his position and has engaged in the nursery and landscape 

 business at Wakefield, Mass. 



Robert Scott, superintendent of the Carnegie estate at Lenox, 

 Mass.. has succeeded the late M. J. O'Brien as superintendent of 

 Uplands, the estate of Mrs. W. A. M. Burden, .Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 



Alex Mackenzie has secured the position of superintendent of 

 the A. V. Davis estate. Oyster Bay, L. I., succeeding John Forbes. 

 Mr. Mackenzie held this position previous to engaging in the florist 

 business, which he recently disposed of. 



Mathew J. O'Brien, one of the oldest members of the National 

 Association of Gardeners, and for twenty-two years superintendent 

 of "Uplands," Mt. Kisco, N. Y., was instantly killed on Decem- 

 ber 14 by the explosion of a lioiler he was inspecting in the 

 residence of the estate. Mr. O'Brien is survived by his widow, 

 four daughters and five sons. He was well known in liorticultural 

 circles and highly esteemed in his cominunity. 



William Reoch. for the past year outside foreman on the J. 

 Pierpont Morgan estate at Glen Cove, L. I., secured the position 

 of gardener on the estate of William B. White, "Hilltop," 

 Princeton. N. J. 



MEETING OF THE NASSAU CO., L. I. BRANCH 



.•\ meeting of the Nassau Co.. L. I.. Branch was held on Friday 

 afternoon, December l.S, at Parish Hall. Oyster Bay. Owing to 

 inclement weather, the attendance was not as large as it was ex- 

 pected to be. but nevertheless it was a most enthusiastic meeting. 

 Discussions were animated and brought forth some timelv sug- 

 gestions on what the branch should accomplish. Nassau County 

 will have some recommendations to present at the Pittsburgh con- 

 vention for the welfare of the national association. 



James Duthie was elected chairman for the coming year; Jcihn 

 McCulloch, secretary; John Forbes, treasurer ; .Mex Michie, James 

 H. Andrews, .md .\lfrcd Reoch were appointed an executive com- 

 mittee with the chairman and secretary cx-ofificio members of it. 

 To meet current expenses a collection .imong members resulted in 

 quite a substantial sum being raised, enabling the starting <if a 

 treasury fund. 



D. L. Mackintosh of New Jersey entertained those present with 

 words of wisdom on what a gardener should and should not be. 



M. C. Ebel spoke of the aims of the national association and wdiat 

 it is endeavoring to accomplish. James Duthie and Alex Michie 

 offered suggestions on what the policy of the local branch should 

 be. It was decided to hold at least six meetings of the branch 

 during the year. 



BRIEF HORTICULTURAL JOTTINGS 



(Continued from page 16) 



Primula obconica. wdiile a beautiful decorative plant, poisons 

 many people ; poisoning is most probable when the party handling 

 the plant is perspiring. There is no better cure for this and poisons 

 from various other plants, than hot laundry soap, as hot as can be 

 borne; usuallv one treatment will elTect a cure. 



All exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society will 

 be free in 1923. There will be three very important shows amongst 

 the ten scheduled. On .\pril 5 to 8, will come the Spring show ; 

 on September 28 to 30, a great fruit and vegetable show ; and on 

 November 2 to 5. the grand Autumn Exhibition. 



The Kurume azaleas are becoming quite popular commercially 

 and they propagate easily from seeds and cuttings, and flower when 

 very small. Their uses would seem to be manfold. Planted out 

 in prepared beds in Summer, their rate of growth is really sur- 

 prising. 



Every one does not know that the noted apple, Mcintosh Red, 

 which commands a higher price than any other apple in our East- 

 ern markets, is not a native of the United States but of Canada, 

 and that a monument marks the site of the original tree in On- 

 tario. 



Years ago we were startled when the Lawson carnation was 

 sold for $30,000. Now $50,000 is paid for the stock of a new 

 seedling strawberry of Kellogg's and excites but little comment. 

 Thus have we progressed. 



In time to come we shall' have arboretums galore in America. 

 We have the Arnold .\rboretum now over half a century old; 

 soon we are to have one in Washington, D. C. ; the Morton 

 Arboretiim near Chicago ; and one for the South and another for 

 California are being considered. There is abundant room for all 

 of them. 



It does not seem very long since the Godfrey calla was a novelty. 

 Now one florist in the Old Bay State grows niore than half an acre 

 of it under glass, and some of his individual dry tubers weighed 

 as much as twenty to twenty-five ounces at planting time. 



Clerodendron fallax with flowers of a brilliant scarlet color 

 would seem to be a fine thing for Christmas. Why does not some 

 wide awake grower make a hit with a good batch of it? Plants 

 seed freely and seeds germinate readily and make fine flowering 

 plants the same year. 



At a recent Imperial Fruit .Show in London. England, eight 

 thousand separate packages of apples were exhibited ; for twenty 

 boxes of dessert apples, there were twenty-five entries and about 

 as many appeared for twenty boxes of culinary apples. In 1921, 

 Briti.sh grown apples were first in both classes ; in 1922 they had 

 to be content with second place. 



The 1922 Annual List of Novelties of Burnett Brothers, New 

 ^'ork, offers a number of novelties and specialties, both in flower 

 and vegetable seeds which will provide some interesting exper- 

 iments for gardeners to secure something new in their gardens. 

 Write for it. 



The outlook for the International Spring Flower Show- to be 

 held at the Grand Central Palace, New ^'ork, March 12 to 17, is 

 most promising. Some interesting now features are to be intro- 

 duced. Five entries in the big garden classes have been received, 

 and everything indicates that all past efforts will be surpassed. 

 The Horticultural Society of New York, the Garden Club of 

 .Xmcrica, and the New York Florists' Club, under whose auspices 

 the show is to be cotiducted. are leaving nothing undone to make 

 the 1923 show a great success. 



The members of the National .\ssoriation of Gardeners in 

 Sewickley and vicinity of Pittsburgh are prei);iring a program for 

 the annual conveTition, which will be held in Pittsburgh this vear, 

 that will be somewhat different from that of past meetings. They 

 believe that "varielv is the spice of life" and intend to furnish 

 variety, especially fnr the enlert.iinnieiu of visiting members. 



