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National Association 

 Of Gardeners 



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



Late reports from I'itt^liurgh indicate that tlio convention will 

 be a most successful one with a large attendance of members 

 from ditTerent parts of the country, and with the local members 

 well prepared to provide for the comfort and enjoyment of the 

 visitors. 



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 Massacl^usetts Agricultural College, the associat'O" 

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

 obtain theoretical knowledge as well as practical experience. 



OFFICERS 1923 



President _ Vice-President 



John Barnet, Sewickhy, Pa. J\)i;i-kf P Br\d()n, Clerclaml , O. 



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 (Tolumbia; R. P. Brydon, Ohio; William C. Rust, Massa- 

 chusetts; Charles Schrall, Wisconsin. 



SUSTAINING MELMBERS 



Ne-M York — Mrs. J. T. ."ilbright. Mrs. Robert Bacon, (Veorge F. Baker, Ed- 

 win S. Bayer, Henri Bendel, Albert Clavburgh, W. R. Coe, C. A. Coffin, 

 Mrs. F. A. Constable. Paul D. Cravath, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting, Mrs. 

 Charles Daniels, C'leveland H. Dodge, -Mrs. David Dows, Mrs. Coleman du 

 Pont, Childs Frick, W. H. Gratwick, Mrs. C. Douglas Green, Daniel 

 Guggenheim, Mrs. W. D. Guthrie, Mrs. B. A. Haggiu, Mrs. William P. 

 Hamilton, Mrs. John Henry Hammond, T. A. Haventeyer, Mrs. L. A. 

 Herman, G. W. Hill. Anton G. H.tlcnpyl, B. H. Howell, C. O. Iselin. Otto 

 H. Kahn, Mrs. Frank B. Keech. W. Eugene Kimball. L. C. Ledyard, Jr., 

 Adolph Lewisohn, John Magee, Mrs. Julius Mc\'icker. Morton H. Meinhard, 

 Mrs. El gene Meyer, Tr., J. Pierjiont Morgan, Mrs. T. Pierpont Morgan, 

 Stanley G. Mortimer, Mrs. Harold I. Pratt. John T. Pra'tt. E. F. Price, Mrs. 

 Wm. A. Read, H. D. Roosen, Miss J. G. Seaman, Chas. A. Sherman, Mrs. 

 Samuel Sloan, Benj. Stern, Mrs. W. Sturslierg, Daniel Tatum, Mrs. R. M. 

 Thompson, Wni. Boyce Thompson, Mrs. Edward Thorne. Mrs. Henry 31. 

 Tilford, C"arll Tucker, Samuel Untermyer, Mrs. Harold T. White, Mrs. 

 Payne Whitney. E. L. Yr.rng Ntn' Jersey — ^(^'harles Eridlc-y. 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, Lelaiid H. Ross, P. S. Strauss. Mrs. John I. Waterbury, 

 Mrs. Ridley Watts, Sanders Wertheim. Pennsvh'ania — Samuel T. Bodine, 

 Gen. Richard Coulter. Mrs. J. D. Lyon, R. B. Mellen, Miss L. T. Morris. 

 Gifford Pinchot, George F. Tyler, Edward A. Woods. Delaware — Irenee 

 du Pont, Pierre S. du Pont, Harry G. Haskell. Connecticut — E. Dimon 

 Bird, Dr. Tracy Farnani, Mrs. Tracy Farnam, George M. Hendee. Miss 

 A. B. Jennings. H. F. Schw-arz. 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. Henrv 

 Penn. Mrs. C. G. Rice, Prof. C. S. Sargent, Mrs. J. A. Spoor, Mrs. 

 Bayard Thayer. New Uaml<shirc—V. G. Webster. O/u'o— Frank B. Black, 

 F. F. Drury, H. S. Firestone, Mrs. Louise C. Moore, Mrs. Francis F. 

 Prentiss, Jctini L. Severance, H. S. Sherman. II. 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. Uphani. Minnesota — Mrs. Chester A, 

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

 Busch, Dr. George T. Moore. W. Virginia — Mrs. Arthur Lee. Georgia — ■ 

 Asa G. Candler, Jr., G. Gunby Jordan. Si'Uth 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 

 McCuIloch, Oyster Bay, secretary. 



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

 Weymouth, secretai y. 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Manus Curran, Sewickley, chairman; 

 Henry Goodband, Sewickley, secretary. 



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

 secretary. 



NORTH SHORE OF ILLINOIS: James A. Wilson, Lake Forest, chair- 

 man; J.ihii R. riarke. Glencoc, secretary. 



THE ANNUAL CONVENTION 



As the August number of the G-\ri)Enhrs' Chronicle goes to 

 press, the members of the National Association of Gardeners are 

 gathering in Pittsburgh for their annual convention to be held 

 at the Fort Pitt Hotel, August 14, 15, 16, 17. To have awaited 

 the report of the proceedings of the meetings for this number 

 would have delayed publication too long, so that they must be 

 witheld until the September issue. 



We have, however, secured a copy of the President's address 

 and the Secretary's report which are 'being published in this 

 issue. 



THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 



It is indeed a great plea.-,ure lor me to welcome you on behalf 

 of the National Association of Gardeners to the "Smoky City." 

 ."^gain we meet in convention to review what has been accom- 

 plished during the past year and to make plans for the year to 

 come. Many more, I am sure, would be with us were it at all 

 possible for them to get away. Assistant gardeners are almost 

 unprocurable, and day labor is beyond reach for our work, because 

 business is such that wages are being paid far beyond what many 

 owners of private estates are prepared to pay. 



Let us hope that 1924 will be better. I believe that we ought 

 to be optimistic, especially since we now have visions of the young 

 men entering the profession through the training offered by some 

 State colleges. These young men will be able to relieve gardeners 

 and superintendents for short periods at least while they are pre- 

 paring to fill our places eventually. The talk of low salaries bein.g 

 offered is fast diminishing, and rightly so, thanks to the efforts 

 of the National Association of Gardeners. I think that the time 

 is not far distant when gardeners' salaries will compare favorably 

 with any of the other professions. What is needed is publicitv 

 of some kind that will set forth the advantages to be obtained 

 by being employed in such healthful occupation ; the satisfaction 

 of achievin.g something through contact with Nature; and the 

 compensations leceived which cannot be measured in dollars and 

 cents. 



Honesty and fearlessness for the right will always be rew-arded, 

 and while there are employers who are not above being suspicious, 

 it is to be regretted in many cases that they have been made that 

 w'ay by many of the so-called gardeners, whom, I am pleased to 

 say. the National Association of Gardeners has and will continue 

 to bring to light as time goes on. 



It has been my good fortune to hold office during the inaugura- 

 tion of the course at the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 

 co-operation with the national association. While the number 

 of students was not all that was hoped for, the coming term holds 

 forth greater promise. It might be of interest at this time to 

 annoimce that the Pennsylvania State College has acquired by the 

 will of a wealthy resident of the State a fine estate, comprising 

 soine two hundred acres, which will be at the disposal of the 

 faculty for horticultural training. They are willing, I understand, 

 to co-operate with the National Association of Gardeners along 

 the lines of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. When this 

 subject comes up for discussion at our business session, I hope 

 you will give it your earnest consideration and that a workable 

 solution may be derived. 



.^n unfortunate incident occurred during the present adminis- 

 tration when the integrity of the gardener and his profession was 

 attacked, but the association ably defended the cause for which it 

 stands (thanks to our worthy secretary) which created a closer 

 fellowship between the local gardeners' organizations and the 

 national association, for practically all local organizations east of 

 the Mississippi and some west of it passed resolutions endorsing 

 the action of the national body. Let us at all times be ready to 

 guard zealously the interest of our association and what it repre- 

 sents, whether it be the individual's, association's or the press, 

 strike out for the right without hesitation, I might call attention 

 at this point to the fact that while the officers of the association 

 are ready and willing at all times to do their full share, without 

 the co-operation of the members at large, they are handicapped in 

 their efforts to advance the cause of the profession, and that this 

 lack of co-operation is not always due to an unwillingness on the 

 part of the members to do their part, but rather to the inclination 

 to "pass it along to Sweeney." 



The secretary's reixjrt will show that while we have lost some 

 members during the year, the new members acquired will offset 

 the loss, and the mcinbership has therefore not diminished. It is 

 to be regretted, however, that more members have not induced' 

 their einployers to become sustaining members. The events at New- 

 York, Boston and Pittsburgh clearly illustrate how much interest 

 estate owners have in the gardeners' national association. To 

 those who contemplate doing so, I suggest that they emphasize the 

 point that our association is by no means a labor union in any 

 sense of the word, but a means to an end whereby gardeners of 

 the proper training can secure better positions and employers 

 obtain the services of better gardeners. 



I am pleased to draw your attention to the interest being mani- 

 fested in the local branches. It is not so long since we had only 

 one ; last year we had five, and before the end of the year that 

 number will be doubled. There is no doubt in my inind that if we 

 are tc advance for good, it has to come through the local branches. 

 We may have to amend our Constitution and By-Laws, but that 

 surely is permissible in an association such as ours. 



