For April, 1923 



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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 Massachusetts .Agricultural College, the associatioi. 

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

 obtain theoretical knowledge as well as practical experience. 



OFFICERS 1923 



President Vice-President 



John Barnet, SewickUy, Pa. William Gray, Newport, R. I. 



Secretarv Treasurer 



M. C. Ebel, New York, N. K. 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; Edw-.n 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; C^harles Schrall, Wisconsin. 



SUSTAINING MEMBERS 



.V,-.-. ioiii — -Mrs. J. J. Albright, Mrs. Robert Bacon, George F. Baker, Ed- 

 win S. Bayer, Henri B'endel, Albert Clayburgh. W. R. Coe, Mrs. F. .\. Con- 

 stable, Paul D. Cravath. Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting. Mrs. Charles Daniels, 

 Cleveland H. Dodge, Mrs. David Dows, Frank J. Dupignac, Mrs. Colentan 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. .\. 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 

 II. Meinhard. Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Jr., J. Pierpont Morgan, Mrs. J. Pierpont 

 Morgan, Stanley G. .Mortimer, Mrs. Harold I. Pratt, John T. Pratt, E. F. 

 I'rice, Mrs. VVm. A. Read. H. D. Roosen, Chas. A. Sherman, Mrs. Samuel 

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

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

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

 E. L. Young New Jerse\ — 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. Pennsylvania — Samuel T. Bodine, Gen. 

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

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

 Harry G. Haskell. Connccticvt — 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 — Miss M. R. Case, Mrs. William 

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

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

 Sargent, Mrs. J. .\. Spoor, Mrs. Bavard Thayer. New Hampshire — F. G. 

 Webster. O/iio— Frank B. Black, F. F. Drury. H. S. Firestone, Mrs. Fran- 

 cis F. Prentiss. John L. Severance, 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 Rosenwald. Mrs. F. W. Upham. Minnesota — Mrs. Chester A. 

 Congdon, F. H. Stoltze. Iowa — Mrs. G. B. Douglas. Missouri — -August A, 

 Busch, Dr. George T. Moore. W. Virginia — 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, 

 secretai y. 



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

 secretary. 



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

 McCulIoch. Oyster Bay, secretary. 



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

 Weymouth, secretai y. 



WESTERN PELNNSYLVANIA: Manus Curran, Sewickley. chairman; 

 Henry Goodband, Sewickley, secretary. 



CLEVELAND, O.: R. P. Biydon, chairman; George Wyatt, Painesville. 

 :^ecretarv. 



TRUSTEES AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 



During the week of the Xew York Spring Flower Show, a 

 meeting of the Trustees and Board of Directors was held at the 

 Murray Hill Hotel. Xew York. The meeting occurred on March 

 13 with the following members of the Board present : Robert 

 Cameron, George F. Stewart. Massachusetts ; Harold Bryant, 

 Connecticut ; John Barnet, Jclin Tonkin, Pennsylvania ; Robert 

 Brydon, Ohio; .\lex Michie. James Stuart. H. E. Downer, 

 Montague Free, X'ew York ; Thomas W. Head, .\rthur Smith. 

 D. L. Mackintosh, M. C. Ebel, Xew Jersey. President John 

 Barnet presided. 



President Barnet cnllcd the meeting to order at eleven o'clock. 



-\tter the routine business, such as the reading of the minutes 

 of the last meeting, reports of the secretarj' and treasurer was 

 disposed of, there was a general discussion regarding the affairs 

 and future policy of the association. Mr. Cameron spoke for the 

 Committee un Training Young Men, reporting that considerable 

 interest was bcin.g manifested in the course conducted at the 

 Massachusetts .■\gncullural College in co-operation with the asso- 

 ciation and that while the attendance for the iirst year was not 

 large, it is expected that the enrollment will lie increased for the 

 coming year. 



The interest and general activity that has developed among 

 the local branches w-as favorably regarded as showing that 

 the gardeners in different parts of the country are beginning to 

 realize what an important factor for the welfare of their profes- 

 .'ion these branches can be made. The^- give the gardeners who 

 can not attend the annual conventions an opportunity to keep in- 

 formed on what the association is doing and also a voice in its 

 administration by permitting them to make recommendations to 

 be submitted at the annual conventions. Mr. Head told of the 

 meetings of the Monmouth Co., X, J. and the Elberon, X^. J. 

 horticultural societies, which he addressed on the subject of the 

 national association with a view to organizing a branch, and that 

 the suggestion was so fa\orably received that the two societies 

 decided to combine in organizing a local branch. Mr. Brydon 

 reported on the enthusiasm with which the proposal to form a 

 branch was received among the members of his locality, and of 

 its organization. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Cameron spoke of the 

 lively meetings and the good fellowship that prevails at the Boston 

 branch meetings, stating that the last one had been so successful 

 it had been decided to hold another within a month. President 

 Barnet stated that the Western Pennsylvania Branch has inter- 

 ested itself in the coming convention with every member an 

 enthusiastic worker towards making it a highly successful event. 



The dates. .August 14, 15, 16, 17. proposed by the Western 

 Pennsylvania Branch for the annual convention were approved 

 by the Executive Board. President Barnet announced that the 

 Fort Pitt Hotel had been selected as the convention's headquarters. 



.\ letter from William Gray was read, announcing his retire- 

 ment from the professional fold to engage in commercial work, 

 and accordin.gly tendering his resi.gnation as vice-president, and 

 accepted with regret. (By a strange coincidence, the sudden death 

 of Mr. Gray, reported elwsere in these columns, occurred on the 

 day his resignation was being considered). President I'arnet then 

 appointe<i R B. Brydon, of Cleveland, as vice-president, which 

 appointment was approved by the Board. 



At one o'clock the visiting members were entertained at 

 luncheon by the X'ew York and Xew Jersey members, after which 

 the business session was resumed. Matters of special import to 

 the welfare of the association and the gardeners in .general re- 

 ceived the attention of the Trustees and Directors, followed by a 

 Round Table discussion which lasted till four o'clock. One of 

 the interesting discussions was that of the .eardeners' opportunity 

 of attending the annual conventions, many contending that they 

 find it almost impossible to get away from their work at any time. 

 The mem.bers of the Board voiced the opinion, however, that in 

 many instances it was due to the gardener not presenting his 

 case properly to his em.ployer : that the gardener is as enually 

 entitled to h-s vacation as those engaged in other professions, and 

 that if the employer were consulted, he no doubt would see the 

 logic of such a contention. .Another subject discussed was that 

 of the apparent thoughtlessness of many employers towards their 

 gardeners in the matter of remuneration, that some appear to 

 overlook entirely the compensation of their gardeners while 

 everything else that has mounted high in cost, has been .generally 

 accepted. It was the general opinion that while it might be pos- 

 sible to direct the attention of the employers to this oversight, it 

 was a matter of negotiation between employer and employee, and 

 as in other cases, -Jiould he remedied if presented in the proper 

 manner. 



Four o'clock came about entirely too soon, but as the out of 

 town members desired to have an opportunity to visit the Inter- 

 national Flower Show before returning to their homes, the meet- 

 ing had to adjourn at that hour. 



BOSTON BRANCH MEETING 



\ well attended meeting of the Boston Branch of the Xational 

 As.-ociation of Gardeners was held at Horticuhural Hall, Boston, 

 f.n -April 6, the second day of the Spring Flower Show of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Robert Cameron presided, 

 and brought up the proper rate of pay which boys -and college 

 vouths should receive while working on private estates. Mr. 

 Cameron especially comtnended Italians as efficient and depend- 

 able workmen. Tames Marlborough. Stuart Forbes. George F. 

 .Stewart, .A. K. Rogers, B. Hammond Tracy, W. X. Craig and 

 others spoke on the subject. The CQUsensus of opinion was that 

 colle.ge youths were worth at least as much as ordinary laborers 

 but much would depend on the boys themselves. Some would be 

 more valuable than others and no flat rate could be recommended. 



