THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



JOHN W. EVERITT, President, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. 



OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary, 

 Madison, N. J. 



ASSOCIATION NOTES. 



An executive meeting of the trustees and directors of tlie asso- 

 ciation will be held in New York City on Friday, March 19. 

 Airangements for the summer meeting to be held in San Fran- 

 -<-i.>;io. Cal.. in .\ugust next will be consummated. 



.V meeting of the Es.say Commillee will be held in New York 

 <iui'ing the flower show to cMimplete the details of Presideut 

 Everitt's prize article competition, for which he has offered .$]()U 

 in gold. Owing to tlie distance apart that the memliers of the 

 <-umniillPe live from eacli otlier, it has been impossible so far to 

 <'oiiie together. 



'I'he Co-operative Committee will report the results of its efforts 

 to establish an educational course for the benefit of the members 

 of the association at the meeting of the Executive Board. It 

 will also report on several other plans to promote greater co- 

 ^ipri-aliiiM between the national and local societies. 



Froiii lime to time rejiorts ajipear in the daily press and in 

 (illii'r pnlilications of intenipcrale utterances made against the 

 gard'tiiii- profession or of those who follow its calling. In order 

 to rcliUi misstatements or reflections appearing against the pro- 

 fession, the Co-operative Committee reiiuests that whenever any- 

 thing is published detrimental to the profession the observer mail 

 a marked copy of the publication in which it appears to the 

 socreiary. so that the gardeners' interests may be properly de- 

 fcndcil through their national association against unjustified l>ul)- 

 lished criticisms. 



'I'lic American Association of Park ISuperiiitendents has extended 

 an invitation to the gardeners' national association to have it 

 join the park superintendents in their trip to San Francisco. It 

 is planned to leave New Y'ork August n, stopping a day at Chicago, 

 a day at Minneapolis, a day at Clacier Park (Montana), one day 

 each at Spokane, Tacoma. Seattle and Port land, arriving at San 

 Francisco on August IG : leaving on the 22d for Los Angeles and 

 San Diego and leaving there on the 2(lth for a day's stop over at 

 Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs and St. Louis, and return to 

 New Y'ork on September 5. Railroad fare, including Pullman 

 berth, will be approximately Sfl.j."). At the different cities visited 

 the Park Boards will entertain (he party so that it may be relied 

 -<iu that the sight seeing arrangements at the different stop overs 

 will be of the best. Fuller details of the trip will be published in 

 the next issue. 



An invitation has been received from the Menlo Park Ilorti- 

 -fultural Society. California, to have the gardeners attending the 

 summer meeting set a day aside to visit Menlo Park in a body 

 as the guests of the local society. At the last meeting of that 

 .society the secretary was instructed to get in touch witli the ofii- 

 cials of I he N. A. 0. to learn how many members will make the 

 trip, so (bat proper arrangements can be made to tender the 

 ICasteni l.roiliers a royal good time. 



I.,ans P. .Tanson, St. Louis. Mo., cliairiuan of the Coniuiittee on 

 tlie Preservation of the Native Birds, trusts to have a report to 

 sul)mit shortly on the work planned ])y his committee and which 

 should 1h of interest to e\ery member of the M-^^ncintiMO. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Frank C. Drews recently resigned his position as superintendent 

 of the Essex County Country Club, Orange, N. .!., to accept a 

 position of superintendent on the estate of Charles R. Huntley, 

 Lancaster, N. Y. Jlr. Drews assumed his new duties on the first 

 of the month. 



.T. Knight succeeds R. Stobo. who recently resigned his position 

 as superintendent of (he H. L. Iloyt estate. Great Neck, N. Y. 



William Brown, until recently gardener on the .lohn D. Rocke- 

 feller estate, Pocantico Hills, N. Y., has accepted a position as 

 superintendent on the estate of C. W. McAlpin, Morris I'lains, 

 N. J. 



(Jcorge McKenna, formi'fly su])erintcndent on the J. .1. Day 

 estate. Summit, N. .1.. sailed on March 1 for Havana, Cuba, to 

 accept the superintendency of a plantation on (hat island. 



N. Ireland has accepted the position of superintendent on the 

 II. R. Wiii(liro|i estate, Woodbury, L. I. 



Theodore .1. Schmid has resigned his position as superintendent 

 on the Charles A. Otis estate, near Cleveland, Ohio, where he wa:. 

 in charge for a number of years, to engage in landscape gardening 

 on his own account. He has opened offices in the alxave named 

 city anil in Willoughby. Ohio. 



,Iohn B. Sullivan, gardener for Charles F. Hoffman. Nrwport. 

 R. I., was recently appointed postmaster of that city. .Mr. Sullivan 

 has been active in politics for a number of years and lias for 

 some time been a member of the State legislature. 



Samuel Matson has accepted the position of head gardener 

 the estate of Mrs. Alexander S. Clark, Newport, B. I. 



Charles D. Stark recently resigned his position as gardener to 

 T. Sufl'ern Tailor, Newport, R. I., after being in cliarge of tlu- 

 estate for nearly twenty-eight years. 



William N. Craig, of Brookline, Mass., delivered a lecture before 

 the Rhode Island Horticultural Society in the Public Library, 

 Providence, R. I., recently, his suliject Ix-ing "The Home Vegetable 

 Garden." 



James Scott, who has lieeu superintendent on (he estate of Mrs. 

 Charles T. Hayden, Magnolia. Mass.. for a quarter of a century, 

 has resigned that position to accept a similar one on the estate 

 of Mrs. C. A. Siii.l.iii-, West Gloucester, Mass. 



Walter Boggis, for the past three years engaged in the gardening 

 dciiartnient on the Twombly estate. JIadison, N. J., under Robert 

 Tyson, superintendent, has secured the position of head gardener 

 on the estate of Paul Moore, Convent, N. J., succeeding Edward 

 Davies. 



Diuicaii Maclntyre, also of the gardening department of the 

 Twoiiilily estate, Madison, N. .1.. has accepted the position of super- 

 inlendenl on the Ernest Iselin estate. New Rochelle, N. Y. 



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I Of Interest to Estate Owners f 



i The National Association of Gardeners maintains | 



1 a Service Bureau which is at the disposal of all who | 



i may require the services of efficient gardeners in | 



^ their various capacities. | 



3 The association seeks the co-operation of estate | 



S owners in its efforts to -secure opportunities for | 



I those engaged in the profession of .gardening who j 



I arc seeking to advance themselves. It makes no | 



B charge for services rendered. It endeavors to sup- | 



I ply men qualified to assume the responsibilities the j 



I position may call for. j 



I Make your requirements known to | 



I M. C. EBEL, Sec'y, National Association of Gardeners, | 



I Madison, N. J. | 



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