November 20, 1915 



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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GAR- 

 DENERS. 



The annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners, will 

 take place this year in Boston on De- 

 cember 9 and 10. 



The first session will convene In 

 Horticultural Hall, on Thursday after- 

 noon, December 9 at two o'clock. A 

 number of papers will be submitted by 

 gardeners prominent in the profession 

 which should provoke a good discus- 

 sion. Among the subjects will be "Is 

 Gardening a Profession?" "The Gar- 

 dener's Place in the Public Service." 

 "The Management of a Private Country 

 Estate, as viewed by a College Grad- 

 uate." "The Young Gardeners' Oppor- 

 tunity in this Country." "Is Co-opera- 

 tion Between Garden Clubs and Gar- 

 deners' Societies Desirable?" Presi- 

 dent Everitt has appointed W. N. 

 Craig. Duncan Finlayson and W. J. 

 Kennedy a Committee on Convention 

 Arrangements and they promise that 

 the meetings will be made interesting, 

 entertaining and instructive to all who 

 attend. An invitation is extended to 

 all gardeners to attend the Boston con- 

 vention so that they may familiarize 

 themselves with the scope of the work 

 the national association has under- 

 taken. 



Owing to the small number of arti- 

 cles received in the Essay Contest, 

 which closed on October 1, the win- 

 ners of which were to be announced at 

 the convention in December, the Es- 

 say Committee. — (William H. Waite, 

 W. X. Craig. Edwin Jenkins, Arthur 

 Smith and Theodore Wirth). — has de- 

 cided to reopen and continue the con- 

 test so that gardeners may participate 

 in it during the winter months, when 

 they have more time than any other 

 season of the year to devote to the 

 writing of essays. The contest will 

 close on February 1 and the winners 

 will be announced at the association's 

 meeting during the National Flower 

 Show in Philadelphia, in March. 1916. 



There are four classes as follows: 



CI.TS3 t— Prize $^, (rold. Siibjfit : Hor- 

 ticulture as a Profession, from the Stand- 

 point of a Onrdener. 



Class 2— Prize $K, cold. Sul)Ject : The 

 Proper Orouplnc and Culture of Trees, 

 Shruhs, Perennials and Annual Bedding 

 Plants In the Ornamentation of Private 

 Grounds. 



Class 3 — Prize $20, gold. Suhjert : Prep- 

 aration of Ground for and Oenernl Treat- 

 ment of ITnrdy Herhar-cous Perennials. 

 Nnmlnp a list of species (limited to one 

 hundred) provldlne a succession of flowers 

 throtichout the entire season. 



Class 4— Prize $20. eold. Subject: How 

 to Secure a Venr's Vepetahle Supply with 

 the Aid of Cold Frames or ITothcds (hut 

 no Greenhouses), Including Soil Prepara- 

 tion. 



The essay contest is open to pro- 

 fessional gardeners who are engaged 



in the capacity of superintendents, 

 head gardeners or assistant gardeners. 

 Contestants will address William H. 

 Waite, Chairman Essay Committee, 

 National Association of Gardeners, P. 

 O. Box 290, Madison, N. J., tor further 

 particulars. 



WESTCHESTER AND FAIRFIELD 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



There was a large attendance at the 

 monthly meeting of this society on 

 Friday evening, Nov. 12th, at Green- 

 wich, Ct. Among the principal feat- 

 ures was the exceptionally fine display 

 of carnations. First prize was award- 

 ed to Wm, Graham, second to Robert 

 Allen. In the non-competitive exhibits, 

 Ewen McKenzie received a cultural 

 certificate for chrysanthemums Odessa 

 and Wm. Turner. A. Wynne was 

 highly commended for seedling carna- 

 tions, W. J. Sealey for pompon chrys- 

 anthemums, and votes of thanks were 

 accorded to P. W. Popp for lily of the 

 valley, Robert Grunnert for chrysan- 

 themums, Wm. Whitton for antirrhi- 

 nums, Louis Wittman for cosmos, Carl 

 Hankensen for roses. John Andrew 

 was highly commended for celeriac 

 Giant Prague. 



It was voted to change the meeting 

 place from present location to the 

 Isaac Hubbard Hall, in Greenwich, the 

 change to take place in January. 1916. 

 .\ rising vote of thanks was accorded 

 all those who helped to make the .ith 

 annual flower show such a grand suc- 

 cess. A communication from the Nas- 

 sau County Horticultural Society ask- 

 ing the W. & F. Society to co-operate 

 in establishing an interchange of cour- 

 tesies between local societies, was en- 

 dorsed. Election of officers will take 

 place at the next meeting, Dec. 10. 



P. W. Popp. Cor. Sec. 



GARDENERS' & FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 

 The next meeting of the club will be 

 held on Tuesday evening. Nov. 23. the 

 halls of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society being rented on the reg- 

 ular date, Nov. 16th. An expert from 

 the Pilgrim Publicity Association of 

 Boston will lecture on "Advertising, 

 the light that serves and saves." illus- 

 trated with stereopticon views. Nom- 

 ination of officers for 1916 will be 

 made at this meeting. M. C. Ebel. 

 Madison, N. J., will be present and 

 speak on the coming convention of the 

 National .\ssociatlon of Gardeners to 

 be held in Boston on Dec. 9 and 10. 

 There will be interesting exhibits of 

 late chrysanthemums and other sea- 

 sonable flowers. A cordial invitation 

 Is extended to non-members to be 

 present and enjoy the lecture. 



W. N. Cbaio, Sec. 



OHIO GLADIOLUS SOCIETY. 



An adjourned meeting of the Ohio 

 Gladiolus Society was held in the as- 

 sembly room of the Hollenden Hotel, 

 Cleveland, on Nov. 11. Officers were- 

 elected as follows: President, C. B. 

 Gates, Mentor, O. ; vice-president, Jo- 

 seph Coleman, Lexington, O.: secre- 

 tary-treasurer, Wilbur A. Christie, 

 Warren, O. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 

 12 and 13, 1916, were the dates se- 

 lected for the next exhibition. 



There was an executive committee 

 meeting of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety on Friday evening, November 12. 

 at the Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland. It 

 was decided to signalize the meeting 

 at St. Louis next January by the issue 

 of a number of jubilee silver medals 

 in honor of the occasion, which will be 

 the 25th anniversary of the society's 

 birth. 



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