For March, 1923 



73 



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-operating with the Massacl^'usetts 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, Sewkkley, Pa. William Gray, Newport, R. I. 



Secretary Treasurer 



M. C. Ebel, New York, N. Y. Montague Fkee, 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 York — Mrs. J. J. Albright. Mrs. Ruliert Bacon. George F. Baker, Ed- 

 win S. Bayer. Henri Bendel, Albert Clayburgh. W. R, Coe, Mrs. F. A. Con- 

 stable. Paul D. 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. Wni. A. Read. H. D. Roosen, Chas. A. Sherman, Mrs. Samuel 

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

 Wm. Boyce 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. Gitford Pinchot, George F. 

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

 Harry G. Haskell. Cointccticut — E. Dinion Bird. Dr. Tracy Far nam. 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 — Miss M. R. Case, Mrs. William 

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

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

 Sargent, Mrs. J. A. Spoor. Mrs. Bavard Thaver. New Hampshire — F. G. 

 \yebster. Ohio— Frank B. Black, F. F. Drury, H. S. Firestone. Mrs. Fran- 

 cis F. Prentiss, John L. Severaiice. H. S. Sherman, H. L. Thompson. Michi- 

 gan — J. B. Schlotmann. E. D. Speck. Indiana — Theodore F. Thieme. 

 Illinois — A. Watson Armour, Harry B. Glow. A. B. Dick. Clayton Mark, 

 Mrs. Julius Rosen wald. Mrs. F. W. LT^pham. Minnesota — Mrs. Chester A. 

 Congdon, F. H. Stoltze. /owa— Mrs. G. B. Douglas. Missouri — August A. 

 Busch. Dr. George T. Moore. W. I'irgiiiia — Mrs. Arthur Lee. Georgia — ■ 

 Asa G. Candler, Jr., G. Gumby Jordan. South Carolina — Robert S. Mebane. 



LOCAL BRANCHES 



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

 secretaiy. 



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

 secretary. 



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

 McCulloch, Oyster Bay. secretary. 



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

 Weymouth, sccretai y. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Manus Curran, Sewickley. chairman; 

 Henry Goodband. Sewickley, secretary. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH 



A meeting af tlie members of the Western Pennsylvania Branch 

 of the National Association of Gardeners was held in the Car- 

 negie Library, Pittsburgh, on Tuesday, February 20. Manus 

 Curran, our chairman, was unable to be present on account of 

 illness, and John Barnet was elected chairman for the evening. 

 A. F. Frishkone and David Fraser, the committee appointed 

 to make inquiries regarding accommodation at hotels and a suit- 

 able convention hall, reported in detail. 



It was decided to hold the convention on August 14, 15, 16 

 and 17 at the Fort Pitt Hotel, subject to the approval of the 

 Executive Board. 



George W. Burke, superintendent. Bureau of Parks, Pitts- 

 burgh, was endorsed by this liranch for membership in the 



National Association. 'Neil McCallum gave a short but interest- 

 ing talk on "The Wilful Destruction of Wild Flowers, Trees 

 and Shrubs." using as an illustration "The Wild Flower Gath- 

 erers" as illustrated and reprinted in the February Chronicle. 

 This branch feels the public should be educated along these lines. 

 The chairman announced the following chairmen of convention 

 committees : 



General Chairman — Manus Curran. 



Chairman of Publicity — John Carman. 



Chairman of Banquet — .\ugust Frishkone. 



Chairman of Lecture — Neil McCallum. 



Chairman of Traffic — Wm. B. Thompson, Jr. 



Chairman of Entertainment — David Fraser. 



Chairman of Programme — Henry Goodband. 



The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 20, at 

 Sewickley. Plans are well under way for the annual convention 

 at the Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, next August, and the various 

 committees hope to be able to make a detailed report at this 

 meeting. We ask all members and friends interested to show 

 their co-operation by attending. 



Henrv Goodb.\nd, Secy. 



THE BOSTON BRANCH 



A meeting of the Boston Branch of the National Association 

 of Gardeners was held at Horticuhural Hall, Boston, Friday 

 evening, March 2. Robert Cameron presided and about forty 

 members were in attendance, some having traveled thirty to 

 forty miles to attend the meeting. 



President Cameron, on request, read a paper which had been 

 reported in part in The G.^rdeners' Chronicle of America and 

 some other papers, and in full in one trade horticultural journal. 

 He read also a number of letters received since the New Eng- 

 land Nurserymen's Convention, all in hearty commendation of 

 his stand. He read extracts from discussions and editorials on 

 the same subject, some of them written over twenty-five years 

 ago, showing a desire at that time on the part of professional 

 gardeners to drive unworthy, unscrupulous and fraudulent men 

 from their ranks, who are not true gardeners at all but impostors, 

 Mr. Cameron thought the drummers were a perfect nuisance, and 

 that seedsmen might well advertise more, and keep their men 

 at home. 



A long and animated discussion followed Mr. Cameron's paper, 

 and among those participating were George F. Stewart, James 

 Methven. Walter H. Golby, James Donald, W. N. Craig, Andrew 

 K. Rogers, P. J. Van Baarda, Stewart Forbes. A number of 

 members warmly defended the drummers and considered them 

 a necessity ; others felt that New York and Boston seed houses 

 send men out on the road far too much, so that drummers 

 become a nuisance. The "graft" question was considered at 

 length, and it was the opinion of practically all present that 

 there was very little of it prevalent among gardeners, and that 

 the offenders were in nearly all cases men who were not trained 

 gardeners at all, but hired at a cheap rate by employers, un- 

 willing to pay a fair salary such as a competent man commands. 



Mr. Cameron w^as given a hearty vote of thanks, and it was 

 voted to hold another meeting on the afternoon of April 6, the 

 second day of the Boston Spring Flower Show. 



W. N. Cr.aic, Secv. 



A NEW BRANCH PROPOSED 



Thomas \V. Head, a trustee of the National Association of 

 Gardeners was invited to address the Monmouth Coimty Horti- 

 cultural Society on February IS, on the subject of the National 

 Association of Gardeners, its aims and achievements. Mr. Head 

 spoke before a well attended meeting and as former President and 

 Treasurer of the National Association, he was able to present some 

 interesting data from the beginning of its reorganization through 

 its gradual rise to the prominence it has now attained. Mr. Head 

 mentioned the co-operative spirit that has developed between the 

 Garden Club of America and the Association and some of the dis- 

 cussions which have been held at the conventions of the Garden 

 Club concerning the profession of gardening and the association 

 which represents it. He also spoke of the interest manifested by 

 estate owners in entertaining the visiting gardeners on their estates, 

 at the time of the annual conventions. Mr. Head referred to the 

 training course which has be6n established in the Massachusetts 

 .Agricultural College through co-operation between the college and 

 the association. In general he reviewed the hard road which 

 the association at times had to travel and how it persevered until to- 

 day it ranks as one of the foremost organizations of horticulture 

 in the country. All in all the meeting was a most successful one 

 with enthusiasm aroused and the general feeling created that a 

 local branch should be established. 



Mr. Head was also invited to attend the monthly meeting of the 

 Elberon Horticultural Society on March 2 to repeat his talk on 

 the National Association of Gardeners which he gave before the 



