HORTICULTURE 



Vol. XXX 



SEPTEMBER 6, 1919 



No. 10 



GARDENERS' CONVENTION AT CLEVELAND 



The Annual Convention of The 

 National Association of Gardeners 

 opened in the ball room of the Hollen- 

 den, Cleveland Ohio, at 2 P. M., Tues- 

 day, August 26, 



The address of welcome was made 

 by F. C. W. Brown of Cleveland in the 

 absence of W. G. Waite, Director of 

 Public Utilities, who was to have 

 given the address, but was unavoid- 

 ably detained. Mr. Brown made a plea 

 for co-operation and organization and 

 for voicing opinions of the members 

 on the floor of the convention hall, 

 that co-operation did not mean agree- 

 ing to everything presented, but meant 

 an honest expression of difference. 



The response was made by ex-Presi- 

 dent Thomas W. Head of Chicago, who 

 spoke of the surprises that he had met 

 with so far in Cleveland. He said that 

 the rhododendrons were the finest he 

 had ever seen in the West. 



President Robert Weeks was next 

 introduced by Mr. Brown. He made a 

 plea for the uplifting of the profes- 

 sional gardener and for the service de- 

 partment which the organization was 

 contemplating establishing. He said 

 "If we are to make this association a 

 factor for service, we must advertise 

 it more; we must have a fund for 

 publicity — such a fund as the Society 

 of American Florists have established. 

 I bespeak your earnest attention in 

 this convention to the problems of 

 health; to the enlisting of young men 

 in our profession. If we are to se- 

 cure the right standard of young men, 

 we must elevate our profession. The 

 great stumbling block seems to be the 

 social standing that a gardener re- 

 ceives. It is only by elevating the 

 social standard of our members that 

 we shall obtain social standing. 



"Diplomas should be given showing 

 the standing in the association. This 

 will prove to be a great uplift to the 

 profession." He then went on to 

 speak of quarantine ruling No. 37. He 

 termed it a serious setback to horticul- 

 ture, and spoke of its absurdities and 



THE NEW OFFICERS. 



President 

 L. P. JENSON St. I. .hi is. Mo. 



Vice-President 

 M K. McINTOCH Minnesota 



Treasurer 

 THOMAS. W. HKAD Illinois 



Secretary 

 M. C. KBEL New Jersey 



Trustees 



PKTEB DUFF New Jersey 



WM. H. WAITE New Jersey 



ARTHUR SMITH New Jersey 



ROBERT WEEKS Ohio 



WM. H. GRIFFITHS Michigan 



inconsistencies of the measure, which 

 is a fact very well known. He recom- 

 mended that rigid inspections should 

 be substituted, and that the associa- 

 tion should go on record to endeavor 

 to secure some modification of this 

 ruling. Applause followed President 

 Weeks' address. 



The report of the Secretary, for 

 1917, of the Chicago meeting followed. 

 There was no 1918 report, on account 

 of no meeting being held due to the 

 war. The report was accepted as read. 



At this time Acting Mayor, D. 

 Marshall who announced himself as 

 being the leading booster of Cleveland, 

 spoke. He made a glowing presenta- 

 tion of the city of Cleveland and 

 tendered the convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners the 

 freedom of the city. This was fol- 

 lowed by the Secretary's financial re- 

 port, which was accepted as read. 



In the Secretary's annual report he 

 announced there was 868 active mem- 

 bers of the association. 



The Treasurer's report of August 20, 

 1919, showed a balance in the treasury 

 of 2,387.13. This was followed by the 

 reports of the committees. 



On Tuesday, Aug. 26th, at 8 p. m., 

 J. Otto Thilow of Philadelphia gave 

 his beautiful and entertaining il- 

 lustrated lecture on the "Flora of 

 Hawaii." 



The visiting ladies, some fifteen of 

 them were entertained at a theatre 

 party at the Hippodrome while the 

 men were taken on a tour of the parks, 

 stopping at the country estates of F. F. 

 Prentiss where R. P. Brydon is super- 

 intendent and at S. L. Severance's. 

 Arthur Brown is in charge here and 

 he was pleased with the many compli- 



mentary remarks made. There are 90 

 acres of lawn to be kept in condition 

 and it was in condition too. There 

 was a very large kitchen garden, a 

 and beautiful flower garden, ter- 

 races, sunken parterre, Shakesperian 

 garden, six greenhouses in excellent 

 order. 



Mr. H. V. Horwath, the landscape 

 architect, was on hand to receive the 

 guests and the rare trees and shrubs 

 elicited very favorable remarks by the 

 experts present. Mr. Prentiss's estate 

 came in for its share of favorable 

 comment too. 



The banquet occurred at the Hollen- 

 den at 8 p. m. About 150 were at the 

 tables. Philip Foley of Chicago acted 

 as toastmaster and had a splendid 

 assortment of bon mots. Congressman 

 M. L. Davey gave a talk on the beauty 

 of the flowers and especially on the 

 patriotic duty of today that faces the 

 gardeners of America. A musical pro- 

 gram of popular airs, jazz music, and 

 old time songs was rendered while the 

 banquet was in progress. 



Mrs. Ella Grant Wilson offered the 

 Society a slogan which she supported 

 with a short talk. Her idea was that 

 "Make America Beautiful," said for 

 the gardeners what the florists slogan, 

 "Say it with Flowers," represented to 

 the florists. 



A general discussion took place 

 about the proposed Service Bureau 

 and the financing of the project. It 

 was suggested that employers be asked 

 to take out sustaining memberships as 

 they could easily secure gardeners by 

 belonging to the association. 



Mr. Ebel urged co-operation between 

 landscape architects and gardeners 

 and said it would work for the better- 

 ment of both. 



The Convention then adjourned and 

 luncheon was served in the Lounge. 

 Congressman M. L. Davey here gave 

 his address on "The Future of Horti- 

 culture." Among other things Mr. 

 Davey spoke on Quarantine 37. After 

 giving a clear insight into the work- 

 ings of a Congressman's heart he said 

 that the thing to do to get impartial 

 and just action on Quarantine 37 was 

 for each man to write to his congress- 

 man asking for a hearing before the 

 Agricultural Committee before Con- 

 gress. 



