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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



National Association 

 Of Gardeners 



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



1923 Convention, Pittsburgh, Pa.. August 14, IS, 16, 17. 



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 association 

 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, Sewickley, Pa. William Gray, Newport, R. I. 



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 

 .\'C7V York — Mrs. T. J. Albright, Mrs. Robert Baton, George F. Baker, Ed- 

 win S. Bayer. Henri Bendel, Albert Clayburgh. W. K. Cue, 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. Havemever. Sirs. 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. Wiii. 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 W^atts, Sanders Wertheim. Pennsvh'anux — 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, 

 Harry (',. Haskell. Connecticut — E. Dimon Bird, Dr. Tracy Farnam. Mrs. 

 Tracy Farnam, (jeorge 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. Bayard Thayer. New Hamfshirc — 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. Thicme. 

 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. Joira— Mrs. G. B. Douglas. Missouri — -August A. 

 Busch, Dr. George T. Moore. IV. 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, 

 sccrctai V, 



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

 secretary. 



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

 McCulloch. Oyster Bay, secretary. 



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

 Wevmouth, secrctaiv. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Manus Curran, Sewickley, chairman; 

 Henry Goodband, Sewickley, secretary. 



CLEVELAND, O.: R. P. Brydon, chairman; Arthur Brown, Cleveland, 

 secretary. 



THE COMING PITTSBURGH CONVENTION 

 TIk- time i.>. drawing near lUr the aaiuial ennvenlion at 

 Pittsburgh on .August 14. 1.S, 16, 17. It is lint tun inonths off 

 so it is none too soon for members to make their plans to 

 absent themselves from work for a few days to actively 

 participate in the affairs of the association and to enRase in 

 the discussions of the subjects which will be brought up con- 

 cerning the welfare of the gardener and his i)rofe.ssion. There 

 will not be an idle moment, for when the visiting members 

 arc not at work, they will be kept busy with the entertainment 

 that is being planned for them. 



The Ladies' committee is not overlooking the interest fif 

 the wives and daughters of the gardeners whn are expected 

 to attend. 



President Barnet and his associates on the various rom- 

 mittees are looking forward to greet a big gathering. .So let 

 us nr)t disai)point them. Remember that "All work and no 

 play makes Jack a dull boy." 



THE CONCLUSION OF AN UNPLEASANT INCIDENT 



The many cnniniunicalii'iis wliicli h:ive been receiv«l frciin 

 branches dfthe Naticmal .Vssnciatinn of (iardencrs, local societies, 

 and individuals, show that the resentment among the gardeners 

 towards Ihc Flari.'tts' Jixcliannc over its unfriendly attitude 

 towards the gardeners and its unwillingness to publish the 

 gardeners' side of the controversy was far _ reaching. Si>ace will 

 not permit publishing each report received in detail, but the reso- 

 lutions from numerous organizations were unanimous in their 

 approval of the stand taken by the association in defense of the 

 gardeners. 



At the May meeting t>f the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston, Mr. Thonimen who luade the accusation that disturbed the 

 heretofore friendly relations between the gardeners and the Flnr- 

 /,(/.■.■■ E.vcliaiiiic, retused to substantiate his statement and was given 

 the alternative of retracting, apologizing, or resigning from 

 membership in the club. He preferred the latter course and the 

 club at once unanimously accepted his resignation. I believe that I 

 truly voice the sentiment of the members of the N. A. G. in saying 

 that they also cherish the hope expressed by thr Florists' Exchange 

 in its last editorial "that time will soon see the closing of the 

 breach under the healing influence of a new mutual understanding 

 and a sympathetic co-operation looking to that consumation to 

 wliich w'e are all dedicated— the future welfare of horticulture." 



The ancient and honorable profession of gardening has passed 

 through this regrettable affair unscathed. The gardeners will 

 cniitinuc to strive for the advancement of their profession and to 

 imiudve the condition within it, so that the gardeners of the coming 

 generations will find the profession a more lucrative vocation than 

 do the average gardeners of the present age, who must accept as 

 part ciiinpensation for their work, the enjoyment they find in toiling 

 witli Nature to produce that which comes out of the soil and 

 without which man cannot long survive. M. C. K. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH 



A meeting of the members of the Western Pennsylvania Branch 

 of the National Associati'on of Gardeners was held in the Carnegie 

 Library, Pittsburgh on Alay l.^th, Manns Curran, Chairman, 

 presiding. 



A letter was read from the .\llegheny County Conservation 

 Federation inviting this branch to become a member of their 

 organization. The Secretary was instructed to write to the 

 Federation advising it that the Western Pennsylvania Branch 

 heartily endorses its objects, but inasmuch as most of the mein- 

 bers are members of the Sewickley Horticultural Society or the 

 Pittsburgh Florist's Club, it does not feel it is necessary to hold 

 meniber.ship in the Federation. 



The chairmen of the various convention committees all reported 

 progress, and everyone is co-operating to make the national con- 

 vention at the Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh, August 14, l.S, 16 and 

 17 a success. 



The application of Robert Gardener for membership in the 

 National Association of Gardeners was endorsed by tliis branch. 



Three members joined the branch at this meeting making a 

 total of 31 paid up members to date. 



He.nrv Goorin.\ND. Secy. 



NASSAU CO., L. I. BRANCH 



,\t Ihe last meeting of the Nassau Co., I^. 1. branch, held at 

 Winthrop Hall, Westbury, L. I., Chairman Duthie announced 

 ihe resignation of John Forbes as treasurer as he had moved 

 from the district. John Mcintosh was appointed to fill the 

 vacancy. On the proposal of a member, it was voted that it 

 was the feeling of the meeting that the G.\Ri>ENiiRs' CuRONia.lc 

 should be owned and operated by the association. The sec- 

 retary was instructed to write the various branches to obtain 

 their views on the sul)ject. (This has already been carefully 

 discussed by the F..\ecutive Board of the association in the 

 liast and it was the unanimous o|)inion that it would be both 

 impractical and impossible for the association to conduct its 

 own otiicial organ, if for no other reason than that its fin- 

 ancial resources would not yet permit it; M. C. K.) .'\fter 

 fmllier animated discussions, it was announced that the next 

 meeting of the branch would be held at the Parish Hall, 

 Oyster I'ay. at 8 o'clock sharp on June 27. Members please 

 take note of this date as it will be Ihe only notice given. 

 Govern yotu'selves .accordingly. 



loHN 1\. MnCtn.i.orii, Sec. 



COMING BRANCH MEETINGS 

 The Cleveland branch will meet at 7 o'clock on June IS at 

 the .Mhambra Resl;im"mt, Cleveland. 



The Boston branch is to hold a meeting early in August to 

 give members an opportunity to sid)niit and discuss sugges- 

 tions to be presented ;it tin- ;innn,il convention. 



