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HORTICULTURE 



September 6, 191H 



Convention Notes 



Carl Hagenburger of Mentor Ohio, 

 decorated t lie singe wit h palms, term 

 and cherries. He also had a fine dis- 

 play of the Cleveland Cherry and 

 Oregon Queen. A beautiful specimen 

 Oi Rhapsls Flabelliformis which was 

 eleven to twelve feet high and ill a 24- 

 inch tub was placed in the center of 

 the lobby of the hotel and was greatly 

 admired for its perfectness. This was 

 also exhibited by Carl Hagenburger 



The only woman delegate present, in 

 fact the only woman member of the 

 Association was Mrs. J. MacMachan of 

 Tuxedo Park, N. Y. She is the only 

 superintendent of an estate, and has 

 charge of the Geo. F. Baker estate con- 

 taining some 40 acres and manages 

 not only the kitchen garden but some 

 7,000 feet of glass. When her husband 

 died she took his place and has con- 

 ducted it to the satisfaction of Mr. 



Martin C. Ebel, Reelected Secretary 



Baker ever since. She has two daugh- 

 ters, one a High School teacher and 

 the other still in school. Mrs. Mac- 

 Machan specializes in orchid growing. 



An interesting display was the I. J. 

 Grullemon Co. exhibit of Gladioli. 

 They have some 40 acres to Gladioli 

 and they expect some good results 

 from hybridizing that is now going 

 forward on the farm. Their nurseries 

 are located at Avon on the Lake, Ohio. 



The exhibit of John Davey, the tree 

 doctor was of great interest to all the 

 gardeners and elicited much comment. 

 Cross sections and pieces of bark 

 showed the deadly result of insect 

 work. Profesor Sharer and Mr. Hollis- 

 ter were in charge of the exhibit. 



The President's Address 

 In the course of his address the 

 President said: 



One of the most important steps the 

 Association has made has been the 

 moving of the Association's office from 

 Madison, N. J., to 286 Fifth avenue, 

 New York. This was done to have a 

 more convenient, and accessible office, 

 where estate owners could come to the 

 Association's office and meet with the 

 man that they wished to engage. 



This, in my opinion was a sensible 

 thing to do. That this is a decided 

 advantage, is proved by the use the es- 

 tate owner has made of the New York 

 office. It is going to cost us more to 

 run this office properly. But gentle- 

 men, the year 1919 finds our Associa- 

 tion in a good healthy condition, 

 despite the fact that we have just 

 emerged from the great war. And the 

 time has come, and you are demand- 

 ing, that this Association fulfill the 

 purpose for which you created it. 

 namely, "to uplift the profession of 

 gardening." 



Yet, how many estate owners know 

 that there is such an organization as 

 the National Association of Gardeners. 

 How many that it has its office on 

 Fifth avenue? How many know of its 

 Service Bureau? I venture to say 

 very few. True we have done some 

 advertising, not very much. As far 

 as the estate owner is concerned the 

 Association is comparatively unknown. 

 Yet in spite of this as our report will 

 -show the Service Bureau has done 

 ■some good work. We cannot afford to 

 remain obscure and practically un- 

 known. If we are to make this Asso- 

 ciation a power for the betterment of 

 the profession, and of vital importance 

 and help to its members, we must de- 

 velop the Service Bureau. We must 

 advertise it more. The Society of 

 American Florist and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists and The National As- 

 sociation of Nurserymen have their 

 publicity funds. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers should have their publicity fund. 

 I do not know the best way to raise 

 such a fund; I will leave that for you 

 to decide. But gentlemen, you should 

 give in this convention some earnest 

 attention to this matter. 



The Young Man and the Profession. 



One of the greatest problems the 

 gardener has to face today is that of 

 getting capable assistants, or indeed 

 assistants of any kind whatsoever. If 

 we ask ourselves the question. How 

 is this? Various answers might be 

 given. The young man will not enter 

 the profession of gardening today be- 

 cause he does not consider it worth- 

 while to do so. Other professions he 

 considers offer better opportunities 

 and a better social standing. I think 

 the last named objection is the great 



stumbling block of the young man. and 

 to a large extent rightly so. 



When we can improve the social 

 standing of the professional gardener, 

 then and only then, shall we find the 

 young man willing to enter the pro- 

 fession of gardening. One way of do- 

 ing this is by endeavoring to distin- 

 guish the difference between the prop- 

 erly trained professional gardener, and 

 the man who calls himself a gardener. 

 and is a gardener in name only. And 

 in this respect I am glad to see that 

 there is a movement on foot to pro- 

 vide for gardeners' examinations. 



You will be asked to give these most 

 important questions your earnest con- 

 sideration and I hope that some work- 

 able plan will be found whereby mem- 

 bers of this Association might pass 

 examination in the art and science of 

 gardening. And receive a diploma 

 showing their standing in the Asso- 

 ciation 



Quarantine Bill No. 37 



There passed into effect on June the 

 first last a bill known as Quarantine 

 Bill No. 37. This bill has been the 

 cause of much concern, to the officers 

 and members of this Association and 

 to the horticultural trade in general. 

 We believe it a very serious setback to 

 the cause of floriculture as we know it. 



We will not at this time discuss this 

 bill, its absurdities and inconsistencies 

 are well known to us all. 



We will not criticise, the framers of 

 this measure, believe that they had the 

 good of the country at heart. 



We would assure them, that we as 

 a body of Practical and Scientific men, 

 recognize the seriousness of the intro- 

 duction into this country of foreign 

 insect pests, and plant diseases. And 

 we will go further and say that the 

 danger of such introductions should be 

 reduced to a minimum. We believe 

 that by rigid inspection and fumiga- 

 tion and disinfection this could be 

 done. But there is no need to bar out 

 of this country some of the things that 

 this measure keeps out. Therefore, 

 we should give this question our most 

 careful and serious thought during 

 this convention. We should continue 

 to seek some modification of its pro- 

 visions. 



I will conclude my address to you 

 by supplementing the welcome that 

 has already been extended to you 

 today. 



We welcome you to our city, a city 

 some of us have learned to love. We 

 love it as a city of business. We love 

 it as a city of homes, but most of all 

 for the citizens that dwell here. 



The great human heart of Cleveland. 



That great human heart of Cleve- 

 land welcomes you 



