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GARDENERS' CHRONiCLE 



Monmouth County Horticultural Society. 

 Quite a delegation accompanied Mr. Head 

 to Elberon from the latter society and the at 

 tendance at the meeting was very representa 

 tive of the "old timers" and the youngei 

 element of the profession. William Waite, 

 William Turner. Edward Regan and .\lfred 

 Millard were noted present among the gath 

 ering. The talk which was practically the 

 saiTie as above outlined was well received. 

 Several members entering into the discussion 

 which followed, remarked that they had nc 

 idea tliat the association had been doing and 

 IS doing such great w^ork, and that it stooQ 

 ior such good things in the gardeners' in- 

 terests. A number present, not tnembers oi 

 the association, signified their intention of 

 becoming members. The general sentiment 

 was that the Elberon Horticultural Society 

 should unite with the Monmouth Horticul- 

 tural Society in forming a branch of the 

 National Association of Gardeners. It was 

 decided that immediately following the New 

 York Flower Show such an organization 

 should be undertaken. 



CLEVELAND BRANCH 



A meeting of the members of the National 

 Association" of Gardeners residing in the 

 Cleveland district, was held at the Alhanibra 

 Restauran.t on Monday, March 5, to consider 

 the organizing of a local branch. Robert 

 Brvden occupied the chair. 



John Barnet, of Sewickley, Pa., president 

 of" the National Association of Gardeners, 

 spoke at length on the advantages of local 

 branches, and gave in detail the object of the 

 association. A general discussion followed, 

 the members present being unanimous in 

 favor of forming this branch. Several mem- 

 bers unable to attend, wrote expressing their 

 approval. 



The next meeting will be held at the Al- 

 hambra Restaurant on May 7 at 7 P. M. 

 George ^^'Y.\TT, Secy. pro. tem.- 



NASSAU COUNTY BRANCH 



A meeting of the Nassau Countv Branch 

 has been called for March 14 at 6 :30 P. M. 

 in Pembrook Hall, Glen Cove, prior to the 

 regular monthly meeting of the Nassau Hor- 

 ticultural Society which will convene at 8 P. 

 M. at the same place. The branch meeting 

 will be reported in the next issue of the 

 Chko.nicle, 



NEW MEMBERS 

 Active members: Geo. W. Burke, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. ; Victor Hunt, Glen Cove, L. I. ; 

 Joseph Strachan, New York City ; Lester G. 

 Bennett, Lake Mahopac, N. Y. ; Thomas 

 McConnell, CTiaunccy. N. Y. : Casper Fred 

 Welser. Rutherford. N. J.; B. ,\. Myers, 

 Chagrin Falls, O. ; James M. .\(\\e. Boston, 

 Mass. ; Walter Davey, South Braintree, 

 Mass.; Wm. Keith, South Hamilton, Mass.; 

 William Shaw, Elkins Park, Pa. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Ernest Grey has accepted the position of 

 gardener to Mrs. .\rthur Lee. Elkins, W. 

 Va. 



George Walker secured the position 

 of gardener to Mrs. Stephen Leonard, East 

 Hampton, L, I. 



Martin Kuijicr has accepted the position 

 of superintendent to Frank B, Black, Mans- 

 field. Ohio. 



Harry Cartwright has been placed i'm 

 charge of the Country Club of Detroit. 

 Gros.sc Pointe F'arms, Mich. 



George Baker has accepted the po- 

 sition of superintendent on the Reginal Bixic 

 estate, Greenwich, Conn. 



William I. Martin for forty years garden- 

 er on the Nathaniel T. Kidder estate. Milton. 

 Mass.. where he had care of one of the finest 

 collections of rare trees and shrubs and 



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green hou.se plants in Boston, died on Manh 

 2, following an attack of appendicitis. Mr. 

 Martin was born in Bristol, England, about 

 seventy years ago, and came to this country 

 when quite a young man, after good train- 

 ing on prominent estates over there. For 

 many years he was one of the largest and 

 most successful exhibitors of plants and 

 fliiwers at the shows of the Mas.sachusetts 

 I liirticuUural Society, when like David 

 .\llen, Wm, Robinson, C. M, Atkinson. 

 James Cauley and other were in their prime, 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



.\s this nunilier mus 1.. i>re>s. everything 

 indicates that when the Flower Show opeis 

 its doors on .March 12 it will present to the 

 public a floral display that has so far been 

 unsurpassed at the Grand Central Palace. 



Com(K-litiiin will be keen in ihe classes of 

 the big gardens as well as in the rose and 



numerous oilier classes. The members of 

 the Garden Club of .\merica arc manifesting 

 lively interest in the classes of table deco^ 

 rations and in the miniature or model 

 gardens. Nothing has been left undone by 

 the various committees to assure the suc- 

 cess of the lOtli. International Flower Show. 

 It will be fullv reported in the April issue 

 of the Gardeners' Chronicle. 



LOCAL SOCIETIES 



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SOUTHAMPTON HORT. SOCIETY 



The sixteenth .innivirsary of Ihe founding 

 of this society was celebrated by a turkey 

 Slipper, furnished by the ladies of the Pres- 

 byterian Church. .X large number, over 

 two hundred, attended and the whole affair 



