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his gratification on being able to come East to attend the conven- 

 tion. 



During the reception tendered by the Pittsburgh Florists' and 

 Gardeners' Club, William X. Craig told the story of the Scotch 

 gardener who awoke one morning to lind that his wife lay dead 

 beside him. Greatly startled, he jumped out of bed, rushed 

 to the head of the stairs and excitedly called to the maid, "Mary, 

 Mary, boil only one egg this morning !" Someone asked Mr. 

 Mackintosh if he could beat that for Scotch thrift. Rising, he said 

 he could oidy illustrate it by showing how very economical a 

 Scotchman can be with the use of words when he had nothing to 

 say — and then sat down. 



After the visiting gardeners had had an opportunity to inspect 

 the "Work Shop of the World." as Pittsburgh is sometimes called, 

 and to inspect at first hand the conditions under which the mill 

 hands labor and their home surroundings, they .began to realize 

 that their lot in life is not such a bad one after all, that their pro- 

 fession has much to offer which cannot be enjoyed in the heart of 

 industrialism. 



DIRECTORS' MEETING 



A meeting of the Trustees and Board of Directors was held 

 at the Fort Pitt Hotel on Tuesday forenoon, August 14, with 

 President Barnet presiding. The following were present, H. 

 Ernest Downer, Montague Free, James Stuart, D. L. Mackintosh, 

 R. P. Brydon, Thos. W. Head, George F. Stewart, and M. C. Ebel. 



There was considerable business brought before the meeting 

 much of which was recommended to be submitted to the open 

 convention for final decision. Different reports received showed 

 that the association is making excellent progress and that it is 

 commencing to bear the fruit of its early efforts; especially is 

 this true regarding the organization and activity of the local 

 branches, and the interest which the employers, the country estate 

 owners, are manifesting towards the association was also noted 

 to be increasing, as has been evidenced by the past few conventions. 



JOHN W. JONES 



John Wynne Jones, familiarly known to thousands of flower 

 lovers throughout the country as the man who made Phipps con- 

 servatory, Schenley Park, famous for its beautiful flower shows, 

 died in Mercy Hospital of bronchial pneumonia the day the con- 

 vention of the National Association of Gardeners, of which he was 

 a member, closed, and for the success of which he had striven hard 

 before illness overtook him. 



Shortly before the convention opened, he constructed a carpet 

 bed design of flowers on a plot leading to the conservatory, cm- 

 bracing in it a welcome to the delegates. He went on liis vacation 

 for a visit to a brother in Toronto. On his return he contracted 

 a cold that brought about his death. 



He came to Phipps conservatory .30 years ago from New York 

 and every year since then has given Pittsburgh a Spring and Fall 

 show that experts say has never had a parallel, llis hobby was 

 Chrysanthemums and he created varieties of the flower that have 

 had no e(iual. 



He was torn in Wales and was 64 years old. In addition to the 

 national association, he belonged to, and was a former president 

 of, the Pittsburgh Florist and Garden .'\ssf)ciation and the Botani- 

 cal Society of Western Pennsylvania, fiesides his brother Thomas, 

 Toronto, he leaves his widow, one son. John W. Jones, Jr., a 

 daughter. Helen W. Jones, and a sister, >irs. James Smart, Car- 

 narvon, Wales. 



gardeners themselves and the more commercial interests and 

 representatives of the horticultural industry. With keener mutual 

 understanding and greater harmony between these groups, the 

 permanent welfare of both and the inevitable broadening of 

 horticultural achievements are bound to result. — Florists' Ex- 

 change. 



THE GARDENERS MARCH OF PROGRESS 



The definite and commendable progress of the profession of 

 gardeners along the route toward higher professional ethics and 

 greater professional efficiency in common witli other groups of 

 commercial horticulturi.sts, has been well typified fif late in at least 

 two widely separated cities. Reports of progress and of action 

 aiming toward further development were naturally to Ik- exiK'cted 

 from the annual convention of the National Association of 

 Gardeners that has ju.st closed at Pittsburgh. The addresses of 

 the president and secrc-tary of the Association, thoroughly justify 

 those expectations. 



The interesting discussion of the gardener's position and pros- 

 pects that took place at the convention of the Canadian l''lorists' 

 and Gardeners' Association, and the still more signilicant forming 

 of a gardeners' sub-.section of that organizatinn during the meet- 

 ing, furnish further testimony to the increasing importance and 

 growth of this branch of the horticultural profession. Perhaps 

 the inost gratifyint^ phase of this whole subject is the clear indica- 

 tion of the increasing co-opcralion that is developing between, the 



WHY NOT INCLUDE THE GARDENERS? 



The truth of Christ, wliich alone can make men one and enable 

 tliem to enter into the lilierty which belongs to the sons of God, 

 is being proclaimed not only from the pulpits of the land, but also 

 from practically every platform where public questions are con- 

 sidered. Doctors and' lawyers, bankers and educators, politicians 

 and captains of industry, judges and statesmen are all heralds of 

 the !.:lad tidings which shall bring great joy to the peop\e.—Stand- 

 ard i'liioii. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Had the writer of the foregoing article attended the gardeners' 

 convention and listened to the frequent Scriptural quotations in 

 reference to applying them to our every-day life, he surely would 

 have included the gardeners as heralds of glad tidings. 



LETTERS OF APPRECIATION 



The secretary received the following letter fr(ini an estate owner 

 in Massachusetts : 



"I am enclosing my check for $10 as my sustaining dues to the 

 National Association of Gardeners, which I am much pleased to 

 have joined for I certainly think it is a most excellent thing. I 

 want to take this opportunity to tell you how very satisfactory 



has been, and how grateful I am to you for 



recommending him. He has been with us for two years and a 

 half and we are exceedingly pleased with him in every way. He is 

 not only efficient, able and knows his work, but he has a sense 

 of responsibility and a feeling for our interests which is very 

 unusual. .\s his coming to us was entirely due to you, I am taking 

 this opiX)rtunity to thank you. 



I hope the Association is getting on well for it certainly filfs a 

 long felt want." 



The secretary received the following letter from an estate owner 

 in Ohio : 



"Your letter of the 13th inst. at hand and contents noted. It is 



true that I have a new gardener. and I think he is 



going to make a very good man. Since he lielongs to your Asso- 

 ciation, you may be interested in knowing how I, personally, feel 

 about him. He is a credit to your Association, a man who under- 

 stands his business and attends to it strictb'. 



To please him I have no objection to becoming a sustaining 

 member of your Association for I am interested in any organization 

 which aims to elevate the standard of the gardening profession." 



MONMOUTH & ELBERON, N. J. BRANCH 



.\ nuTting nf tlie local meniliers ui the Natiimal .Association of 

 Gardeners was held on August 11 at the Elks' Club, Red Bank, 

 N. J., for the purpose of organizing a branch of the national 

 association. Thomas W. Head was elected chairman and Frank 

 T. Edington, secretary. Mr. Head explained the advantages of 

 a local branch and the opportunities which it gives to members to 

 keep in closer touch with the activities of the parent society, .\fter 

 the organization, the members present engaged in some interesting 

 discussions. Mr. Head was appointed to act as delegate of the 

 branch to the annual convention at Pittsburgh, after which the 

 meeting adjourned. Frank T. EniNGTON, Secy. 



NEW MEMBERS 



Sitsldiiiin.ii : Arthur V. Davis. Millneck, N. Y. CAlexander Mac- 

 Kenzie, superintendent) ; Sigmund Stein, Hartsdale, N. Y. (Wil- 

 li;im G. Ellis, gardener) ; Charles M. Schwab, Loretto, Pa. (Na- 

 than Ireland, superintendent) ; Miss Mahel Choate, Stockbridge, 

 Mass. (Roliert Crighton, gardener); Charles K. King, Manslield, 

 Ohio ("Earl Robertson, superintendent) ; .S. C Pirie, Sea Cliff, 

 I.. I. f Ross Gaull, gardener) ; Mrs. Walter S. Mitchell, Pittsburgh. 

 I'a. (Robert Ladner, superintendent) ; Mrs. A. D. Baldwin, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio; Mrs, C. A. Otis, Willougbby, Ohio (Hugh Thomas, 

 superintendent) ; Miss Belle Slierwin, Willougbby, Ohio (Luther 

 P.. C,. \Yebb, suijerintendent) ; L. E. Sisler, .\kron, Ohio (Williain 

 Mailer, gardener). Aclivc: Charles Lawrence, New York Citv ; 

 I'",. I. Sohniers, Svosset, L. I.; Allan Roberts, Grosse Pointe, 

 Micii. ; William S. '.'\lt, Hyde Park. N. Y. Associatr: Harold E. 

 l.eary, Donaldson M. Smith, Boston, Mass.: Edward .\. .\Ianda, 

 West Orange. N. J. 



