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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



National Association 

 Oi Gardeners 



Secretary's Office, 2S6 Fifth Ave., New York 



1923 Convention, Pittsbnrgh. Pa., .\ugust 14, 15, 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 interestetl in. gardening — to create a greater confidence be- 

 twccn employer and cniplovfC. 



Co-operatinR with the Massaclnisctts .Agricultural College, the association 

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

 obtain theorct;caI knowledge as well as practical experience, 



OFFICERS 1923 



President \'icc-Prcsident 



John Barnet, Sewickley, Pa. KnihKT i". Hrvdox Clivil;ii\il. i>. 



Secretary Treasurer 



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



TRUSTEES (For J923)— 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 Brvant, 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; lohn 

 Tonkin, Pennsylvania. (To serve until 1926) .-Mexander 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 

 ffew York — Mrs. J. J. .Albright, Mrs. Roliurt Bacon, George F. Baker. Ed- 

 win S. Barer, Henri Bendel, Albert I layburgh. W. R. Cce, 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 (iuggenheim, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, 

 Mrs. B. A. Haggin. Mrs. William P. Hamilton. Mrs. John Henry Hammond. 

 T. A. Havemcyer, Mrs. L. .-V. Herman, Anton ('.. Hndcnpyl, 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, Morion 

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

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

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

 Sloan. Benj. Stern, Mrs. W. Stursbcrg. Daniel Tatum Mrs. R. M. Thcmpson, 

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

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

 E. L. Young. Nc-w 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, Leiand H. Ross. P. S. Strauss, Mrs. John I. Waterbury. Mrs. 

 Ridley Watts. Sanders Wertheim. Pennsvltania — Samuel T. Bodinc, Gen. 

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

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

 Harry G. Haskell. Co>i>i.-i-/iVm( — E. Diiiion Bird, Dr. Tracy I'arnam. Mrs. 

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

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

 R. Livingston Beeckman. Massachusetts— Wisi 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, I'ri f. I. b. 

 Sargent, Mrs. J. A. Spoor, Mrs. Bavard Thayer. New Hampshire — V . G. 

 Webster. OAio— Frank B. Black, F. F. Drury, H. S. Firestone, Mrs. Iran- 

 cis F. Prentiss. John L. Severance, H. S. Sherman, H. L. Thompson. Micht 

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

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

 Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Mrs. F. W. Upham. A/imi«o(a— Mrs. Chester A 

 Congdon, F. H. Stoltze. Iowa— Urs. G. B. Douglas. Afi'jsoiiri— August A 

 Busch, Dr. George T. Moore. (K. Kir«i«ia— Mrs. Arthur Lee. Ocnrnxa— 

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



LCKAL BRANCHES 



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

 •ecrelaty. 



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

 Weymouth, secretaiy. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Manus Curran, Scwickley. chairman; 

 Henry G<K.'lband, Scwickley, secretary. 



CLEVELAND, O.: K. I". Brydon, chairman; Arthur Brown, (Irvrlaiiil 

 secretary, 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH 



A meetiiiK of tlie nicmliors of flu- WistiTti Pcmisylvaiiia Piranch 

 of the Natirinal Association of (iarrlemrs was held in llie public 

 school, Scwickley. Tuesday, June 19. .Maims Curniu. chainniiii. 

 presiding. The chairman of the convention committees reimrled 

 progress, William ,'\, Ma^ee. Mayi.r of the City «i Pillsliurgh. 

 advised that he will attend the convention to welcome tlie deleKales. 

 The application of A, G. Nash for membership iti ihe national 

 association was endorsed by this branch. 



Xnother meeting of this branch was held at fien. Forbes Hotel, 

 Pittsburgh. Tuesday, July 3. The chairman of the various con- 

 vention commitlei s reported in detail, and arrangements arc well 

 under way to what is lioped to Ik- a nmsl snccessftd cnvenlioti 



Next meeting will be held at Carnegie Library, Tuesday, July 17. 



Hknrv GooDBAVit, Secy. 



PRELIMINARY PROGRAM OF THE CONVENTION 

 Headquarters and meeting jilace : l-'ort Pitt Hotel. Pittsburgh. 

 Date: .\ugust 14. 15, 16. 17. 



TIESD/W. .\UCUST 14. 



10.01) .\. .M. Meeting of the Board of Trustees and Directors. 



2:30 P. M. Opening of the convention. .Manus Curran. tcin- 

 porary chairman. .'Kddress of Welcome by William 

 A. Magee, Mayor of Pittsburgh. Response by 

 Robert Weeks of Ohio. President Barnet's Address. 

 .\ddress by a proniinen.t State Official. Response by 

 Thoinas W. Head of New Jersey. Greetings by a 

 Member of the Garden Clul) of .America. Response 

 by William N. Craig. A<ldrcss by E. J. McCallum, 

 representing Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. 



8:00 P. -M. Illustrated Lecture in the English Room of the Fort 

 Pitt Hotel on "l hinting Big Game in the Rockies," 

 by .-V. J. Cogshall, to which the public is invited. 



WEUNF.SIIAY, AUGUST IS. 



9:00 A. .\1. C'eiieral Business Session, presided over by Presi- 

 dent Barnet. 



Noon. Recess. 



2:00 P. M. .•\fternoon l^.usiness Session. 



7:00 P. M. .\nnual P.anquct. Fort Pitt Hotel. 



THURSD.W, AUGUJ^T 16, 



9:00 .\, .\L .\utomobiles leave the Fort Pitt Hotel for tour of 

 East End and Pittsburgh parks, and thence on to 

 Scwickley. 



S:C0 P. .M. Social evening at the Fort Pitt Hotel tendered by tlie 

 Pittsburgh Florists' and (jardeners' Club. 



FR.CAV. AUGUST 17 



9:30 A. .M. Leave Fort Pilt Hotel for tour of the city and visit 



to the H. J. Heinz Company, the home of "57 



varieties." where a special luncheon will be served. 



1 :G0 P. M. Visit to Westinghouse Electric Company's plant. 

 (Detailed program will be issued in advance of the convention.) 



HOTEL Acro.vi modatio.n'S 

 Sin.^le room without bath. $2.50 and $3 ; with bath. $3.50 and $4. 

 Double room without bath, $4 and $5; w-ith bath, $5 and $6. 

 Members attending convention should write in advance direct to 

 the Fort Pitt Hotel to reserve acconiniodations. 



CLEVELAND BRANCH 



Meeting of tlie Cleveland Brancli of tlie National .\ssociation 

 was held at .Mhambra Kstauraiit. June 18. Mr. Brydon presiding. 

 .Ml members were urged to explain to their employers the aims of 

 the National .Association and that it would be to the employers' in- 

 terests to become sustaining members. 



.\fter general discussion of various subjects, including the 

 coming Pittsburgh conventioli, - the meeting was declared very 

 .satis factory^ .Next meeting at the .Mhambra liestaurant. I'.uclid 

 .•\ve. and 'l05th St. on Monday. .August 6. dinner at 7 P. .M. 



.\, Bkowx, Secy, 



NORTH SHORE, ILL. BRANCH 

 .At a meeting held at Lake Forest, 111., on July 6, the following 

 members organized a local braiicli : James .-\. Wilson. William 

 (iriflith. Frank Kuebne. Kobert Kiiebne, Marc Twiniiey. \\ .iller 

 .Sims. William Stewart, Thomas Blair, William Michie, John R. 

 Clarke. Mr, Wilson was elected chairman and John K, Ciarke, 

 secretary. The secretary was instructed to communicate with the 

 national secretary to secure information which w.ll give the branch 

 a good start. The prospects are bright for an active branch as 

 there are many gardeners in the neigliborhood who will be likely 

 to join, John R, Ci-akki-;, Secy. 



NEW MEMBERS 

 Active: John Nichul. ^..llk^■r^. \, ^ ; Kich;ird Powers. .New 



York, N. v.: Joseph Bradley, Deal, N. J,; William MacKenzie, 

 b'lberon, N. L; James Clark, Newton, Mass; \\ Llovd. Locust 

 Valley, L. I.; Robert Hughes, Glen Cove, L. L; IVank K, Sbiden, 

 Cobasscf, Mass.; A. G. Nash, Dawson, Pa.; John IvutluTlord, 

 (ireeiiwicb, Conn.; John Mcllaffie. Cleveland. Ohio; Charles 

 Wilkinson. I.lberon, N. J.; I'rank G. Black. Phoebus, Va. ; Duncan 

 Munro. Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Robert Gardner, Gib.soiiia, Pa.; Fred 



Boepple, Deal, N. J. Associate: Thomas Knight. Rutherford, .N. J. 



