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GARDENERS' CHROMCLE 



National Association 

 Of Gardeners 



Secretary's Office, 286 Fifth Ave., New York 



1923 Convention, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Date not decided.) 



The aims of the association are to elevate the profession of gardening 

 by improving conditions within it. — To cement a closer bondship among all 

 engaged in, and interested in. gardening — to create a greater confidence be- 

 tween employer and employee. 



Co-optrating with the Mass.ichnsetts .Agricultural College, the association 

 conducts a course in training young men for the profession, whereby they 

 obtain theoretical knowledge as well as practical experience. 



OFFICERS 1923 



President \'ice-President 



John Barnet, Sewickley, Pa. William Gray, Newf'ort, R. 7. 



Secretary Treasurer 



M. C. Ebel, New York, N. Y. Montague Free, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



TRUSTEES (For 1923)— Thomas W. Head, D. L. Mackintosh, Arthur 

 Smith, New Jersey: Robert Cameron, Massachusetts; Andrew L. Dorward, 

 Rhode Island. 



DIRECTORS— (To serve until 1924) William Hertrick, California; 

 George H. Pring, Missouri; Robert Weeks, Ohio; Thomas Wilson, New 

 York; Harold Bryant, Connecticut; Harry Cartwright, Michigan; H. Ernest 

 Downer, New York. (To serve until 1925) George Wilson, Illinois; James 

 Stuart, New York; William Kleinheinz, Pennsylvania; Edwin Jenkins, 

 Massachusetts; Carl N. Fohn, Colorado; Joseph Tansey, New York; John 

 Tonkin, Pennsylvania. (To serve until 1926) Alexander Michie, New York; 

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

 Hess, District of Columbia; R. P. Brydon, Ohio; William C. Rust, Massa- 

 chusetts; Charles Schrall, Wisconsin. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



New Yc^k — Mrs. T. J, Albright, i^orge F. B.iker, Edwin S. Bayer, Henri 

 Bendel, Albert Clayburgh. W. R. Coe. Mrs. F. .\. Constable, Paul 1). 

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

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

 Frick, 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. Hodenpyl, B. H. Howell, C. O. 

 Islin, Otto H. Kahn, Mrs. Frank B. Keech, W. Eugene Kimball, L. C. 

 Ledyard, Jr., Adolph Lewisohn, John Magee, Mrs. Julius McVicker, 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. Wm. A. Read, H. D. Roosen, Chas. A. Sherman, Mrs. Samuel 

 Sloan, Beni. Stern, Mrs. W. Stursberg. Daniel Tatum, Mrs. R.M.Thompson, 

 Wm. Bovce Thompson, Mrs. Edward Thorne, Mrs. Henry M. Tilford, Carll 

 Tucker, Samuel Untermyer, Mrs. Harold T. White, Mrs. Payne Whitney, 

 E. L. Young. New Jersey — 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, Leland H. Ross. P. S. Strauss, Mrs. John I. Waterbury, Mrs. 

 Ridley Watts, Sanders Wertheim. Pennsvlvania — Samuel T. Bodine, Gen. 

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

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

 Harrv G. Haskell. Conncclicut — E. Dimon Bird, Dr. Tracy Farnam. Mrs. 

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

 W. H. Truesdale, Edward L. Wemple, William Ziegler, Jr. Rhode Island — 

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

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



E. K. Lawrie, Henry Penn, Mrs. C. G. Rice, Prof. C. S. Sargent, Mrs. J. A. 

 Spoor, .Mrs. Bavard Thayer. New Hampshire — F. G. Webster. Ohio — F. 



F. Drury, H. S. Firestone, Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, John L. Severance, 

 H. S. Sherman, H. L. Thompson. Michigan — J. B. Schlotmann, 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. 

 Upham. Minnesota — Mrs. Chester A. Congdon. F. H. Stoltze. lowa—tArs. 



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

 W. Virginia — Mrs. Arthur Lee. Cccrgia — .Xsa G. Candler, Jr., G. fjumby 

 Jordan. South Carolina — Robert S. Mebane. 



LOCAL BRANCHES 



NEWPORT, R. I.: .\ndrcw L. Dorward, chairman; Frederic Carter, 

 secretai y. 



ST. LOUIS, MO.: George H. Pring, chairman; Hugo M. Schaff, 

 secretary. 



NASSAU COUNTY, L. I.: James Duthic, Oyster Bay, chairman; John 

 McCuIl'.c h. Oyster Bay, secretary. 



BOSTON, MASS.: Robert Cameron. Ipswich, chairman; W. N. Craig, 

 Weymouth, sccrctaiy. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Manus Curran, Sc\vickley, chairman; 

 Henry Goodband, Sewickley, secretary. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH 



A meetinK of tlie members of the al)ove Branch was held in tlic 

 Carnegie Library. Pittsbursh, on Jan. 16th. There was a Rood 

 attendance considering the inclement weather. It was propo.se<l 

 that the National Convention shall be held on AuR. 14, l.S, 16 and 

 17, if suitable arrangements can be made. John Barnet, President 

 of the National .\ssociation, outlined a few plans regarding the 

 convention which were enthusiastically received. A committee 

 was formed to make inquiries regarding accommodations at hotels, 

 a suitable convention hall and report to the secretary. A vote of 

 thanks -was extended to The H. G. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, 

 who arc known throughout the world for their famous 57 varieties, 

 for their kind invitation to visit their plant and partake a special 

 luncheon put up by the company. This invitation is extended to 



the Convention to come in a body. John Jones was appointed a 

 delegate from this branch to attend the meeting held in the 

 Herbarium Room, Pittsburgh, on Jan. 17. 



The following applications for membership in the National Asso- 

 ciation were endorsed by this branch: Jas. Moore, West Park; 

 Jas. E. Alurphy, Sewickley ; Robt. Ladner, Swissvale. Pa. ; Geo. 

 Brownhill, Pittsburgh : John Fornoff, Pittsburgh. The next meet- 

 ing will be held on Feb. 20 at the Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh. 

 All members and friends interested are cordially invited to attend. 



HSNRY Goodband, Scc'y. 



NEW MEMBERS 



Siistainiui; Members: Mrs. Koliert Bacon. W'estbury, L. I. 

 (.\lfred Reoch, superintendent) ; Frank B. Black, Manslield, Ohio. 



Acth-c Members: R. J. Cruickshank, Rosslyn, Va. ; Colin 

 .\itchison, Greenwich, Conn. ; Chester E. Greenwood, Scranton, 

 Pa.; Sidney Payntcr. Niles, Ohio; G. W. Peterson, Plaintield, 

 N. J. ; James E. Murphy, Sewickley, Pa. ; James Moore, George 

 Brownhill, John Fornoff, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; Robert Ladner, Swiss- 

 vale. Pa.; Eric Cierle, .Augusta, Mich. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



A farewell party was recently tendered John \V. Baxter, for 

 twelve years superintendent of the Houghton estate, Dartmouth, 

 Mass. Mr. Baxter has accepted the commission to lay out a large 

 new estate at Huntsville, Ala., for Miss Eva McCormick, daughter 

 of the head of the .American Harvester Co. Mr. Baxter was pre- 

 sented with a handsome gold watch by the men in his employ on the 

 Houghton estate. Mrs. Ba.xter received a traveling bag and a 

 purse of gold. In addition to filling the superintendcncy on the 

 Houghton estate, which he laid out, Mr. Baxter filled at the same 

 time positions as chief of police of Dartmouth, chairman of the 

 building committee, chairman of the finance committee, chairman 

 of the Fellowship Group of the Friends' Meeting on Smith's Neck. 

 Scout Master of the Smith's Neck Boy Scout Troop, and Deputy 

 Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America. 



Joseph W'insock recently resigned his position as gardener on the 

 estate of Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, l^ocust \'alley, which position he 

 had held for the last four years. 



Walter Harris, formerly of Madison. N. J., has accepted the 

 position of gardener to Mrs. W. A. Roeliling. Trenton, N. J. 



Tames Barnet has been placed in full charge of the -Asa G. . 

 Candler estate, .Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Barnet was formerly in charge 

 of the greenhouse range. 



If any reader knows the present whereabouts of George M. 

 Barton, formerly superintendent of Darlington Farms, the McMillen 

 estate at Ramsey, N. J., he will confer a favor by informing the 

 secretarv. 



MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



President Barnet announces that he will call a meeting of the 

 Executive Board, comprising the Trustees and Directors of the 

 association, in New York, during the week of the Tenth Interna- 

 tional Flower Show in March. Due notice will be sent to the trus- 

 tees and directors of the e.xact date and place of meeting as soon 

 as thev have been decided on. 



CONVENTION NOTES 



It is expected that plans will lie well under way for the ainnial 

 ei>nvcntion, which will be held this year at Pittslmrgh during the 

 middle of .August, when the Western Pennsylvania Branch of the 

 association meets again on the 20th of the month. The chairmen 

 of the various coniinittees will he announced, and it is hoped that 

 the headquarters and meeting place of the convention can also be 

 determined. Members of Pittsburgh, Sewickley, and vicinity, are 

 manifesting keen interest and enthusiasm, and are going to leave 

 nothing undone to make the Pittsburgh convention an event long 

 to be remembered. President I'arnet feels very much encouraged 

 over the outlook as he has already received nuiuerous letters froin 

 luenibers in different parts of the country, stating their intention 

 of attending, thus assuring a representative body of the association 

 at the next annual meeting. 



THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



Tluise who have not secured the liiial schedule of premiums to 

 be awarded at the Tenth International Flower Show can obtain 

 a copy by inaking application to John Young. Secretary. 4,^ West 

 ISth .St., New York City. Everything indicates that the show will 

 be the most successful as well as the luost interesting and instruc- 

 tive of any show yet staged. The Garden Club nf .America is 

 taking an active part so that the social feature will not be over- 

 looked. It is said that the lav-out of the show' this year will be 

 difTerent in character from the past shows. Judging from the 

 entries already received, there will be no lack of interest in the 

 coiupetitive classes. Small exhibits will be as welcome as the 

 lar.go ones, and if you cjiter only one, you will be doing more than 

 he who fails to enter at all, The show inana.ger, Arthur ITerring- 

 tiMi, one of our members, shoidd have your support. 



