THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARBORISTS. 



A new orti'anization was recently launched to place and 

 maintain practical arboriculture and landscape forestry in 

 this country on a high professional basis. It has long 

 been recognized that the practice of forestry as relating 

 to that of the general forester and that of the landscape 

 forester or arboriculturist is quite distinct, and that the 

 demand is constantly increasing for efficient men to take 

 up the forestry work of parks and private estates. 



To better provide this demand, the .\merican .\cademy 

 of Arborists has been organized with the following char- 

 ter members: Herman W. Merkel, chief forester, .New 

 York Zoological Park, Bronx, New York City ; William 

 W. Colton. forest commissioner, West Newton, ]\lass. ; 

 Prof. J. W. Tdumey, director, Yale University Forest 

 School; J. J. Levison, arboriculturist, Park Department, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Harold J. Neal, city forester, Worces- 

 ter, ^lass. ; R. B. Maxwell, city forester, Baltimore, Md. ; 

 George A. Cromie, city forester. New Haven, Conn. ; 

 James H. \\'alker, city forester, Newark, N. J.; H. B. 

 Filer, city forester, Buffalo, N. Y. ; A. T. Hastings, Jr., 

 city forester, Jersey City, N. J. 



The officers elected for the first year are : President, 

 Herman \V. Merkel ; secretary, J. J. Levison ; vice-presi- 

 dents, William W. Colton, R. B. Maxwell; board of di- 

 rectors, lames H. Walker, George A. Cromie, Harold T- 

 Neal. 



The following constitution was adopted at the first 

 meeting of the organization, held at the Zoological Park, 

 Bronx, New "S'ork City, January 2, 1915: 



CONSTITUTION. 



Article t. yaiin- uihI Ohjrri. 



Seolion 1. The name of this Assoei:U!( ii shiill he the Ameri- 

 can .\(a(lem.v of Arborists. 



Section 2. The object of the .\ca(Iem.v shall be the advance- 

 ment of arboricviltnre and landscape forestry, and the maiute- 

 nanre of tlie hiRhest professional standard among its members. 



Article 2. Mcinhcrs. 



Section ]. The members of tliis Association shall be desig- 

 nated as 



(a) Fellows. 



(b) Honorary Mend)ers. 



Section 2. A Fellow .shall be at the time of his admission to 

 membership not less than twenty-five (25) years of age. and 

 shall have been actively engaged in the practice of his profession 

 for 10 years. Graduation from a school specializing in Arbori- 

 cnlttire or the arts and sciences closely connected with Arboricnl- 

 tiire shall be accepred by the Academy and credited with a pro- 

 portionate number of years of active practice. 



Section 3. An Honorary Member shall be a person of broadly 

 acknowledged eminence in .\rboricnlture or landscape forestry, 

 or one whose services to the oli.jects of tlie Academy slinll cMitille 

 him to this position. 



Section 4. Honorary Members sh.'ill not be iMilitleil to a vote 

 in the Academy. 



.\t:Ti('i.i-: ". Mr, liiifis. 



Section 1. Kcgnlar lui'cliugs shall be /irniual meeliugs. niid 

 shall be held on the second Saturday of .laiiuary. 



Section 2. The place of meetings shall be deiided liy the 

 P.oard of Directoi-s. 



Section .'i. Sjiecial meetings will lie held upon the nrd..]- nf (he 

 Boanl of llireclofs or uiJoii tlie writ ten rei|uesl of ouc-tliird of 

 tile Fellows. 



Section 4. -\t any meeting a quornm shall consist of not less 

 than seven (7) Fellows. 



AliTIi l.K 4. Officd-s. 



Section 1. The ollieer.s of this Academy shall be a I'resiilent. 

 two ^'ice-Presidents and a Secretary -Treasure]', and a Hoard of 

 Directors. 



Section 2. The terms of all offices shall he for one (1) year. 



Section 3. The duties of the President, Vice-Presidents, Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer shall be those usually incttmhent upon such 

 officers. 



Section 4. The lioard of Directors shall consist of the I'resi- 

 dent (Chairman ex-ofticio), Vice-Presidents, Secretary-Treasurer, 

 and three (3) Fellows of the .\cademy chosen by the President. 



Till Board shall manage and conduct all business of the Academy. 

 .Section ."), The Koard of Directors shall act as a t'ommitteo 

 on Publication, compiling and editing once each year a report 

 which shall be the official organ of the Academy. This report 

 shall contain a statement of the status of the Academy, proceed- 

 ings of each annual meeting, and such technical or professional 

 articles as may be of value to tlio Fellows. T'lie Secretary- 

 Treasurer of the Academy shall ad as the Secretary to the P.oar(l 

 of Directors. 



AliTICLE 5. yvitiiiiations and Elections. 



Section 1. .\t each annual meeting the Academy shall elect 

 a President, two (2) Vice-Presidents, a Secretary-Treasurer. 

 Officers shall assume their duties uiion receiving notice of their 

 election, and shall hold office until their successors have been duly 

 elected. The I'resideut shall a|ipoiut three (3i l''ellnws to serve 

 wilh the officers as the Hoard of Directors. 



.'Section 2. The officers and members of tlii' .\i adciny shall 

 be elected by ballot. The officers shall he elected annually and 

 any officer shall be eligible for re-election. Candidates for offices 

 shall lie elected upon receiving a plurality of all votes cast. Can- 

 didates lor membership shall be declared elected provided not 

 more than two (2-) negative votes are cast. 



.Section 3. .Vpplication for Fellowship must be mad.- in writ- 

 ing and signed by a Fellow of the Aca<leniy to whom the appli- 

 cant is per.sonally known. The Secretary shall present the apiili- 

 cations to the President, who in turn will refer them to his In- 

 vestigating Committee, and only those re|iorted favorably by this 

 Committee shall be placed before the Academy for vote. 



Section 4. A nominee for Honorary membership shall be pro- 

 posed liy the Board of Directors who shall state his qualifications 

 in writing. He shall be eh'cted by the Academy. 



.ViniiLK (i. DllC.I. 



.Section 1. .\n applicant I'oi' Fcllo«slii|i shall |iay an inidation 

 fee of .f.'i.dO with application. This shall he returned if applicant 

 is not electe<!. 



Section 2. The annual dues of Fellows shall be .$3.(1(1. 



Section 3. Honorary Members shall not he subject to initia- 

 tion fees or annual dues. 



Section 4. Any member whose dues remain unpaid for si.x 

 (G) months shall be declared in arrears. The Board of Directors 

 may then remove him if he fails to pay his delinquent dues within 

 thirty CKI) days after notification by the Treasurer. 



Section .5. Hesignation must be submitted in writing, and may 

 be accepted by the Board of Directors, provided all indebtedness 

 to the Academy has been discharged. 



Section 0. The Academy shall issue to Fellows on entrance to 

 membership a certificate of membership and an emblem which 

 shall be the property of the Academy ; the Fellow making a 

 deposit on receipt of same. In case of e.xpnlsion fir resignation 

 this sliall be returned to the Academy and deposit refunded. 



VALUE OF AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL 

 LITERATURE. 



Ill \iiur last issue, Mr. (j. Jl. Engleheart complains of 

 the number of Notes from .American literature aiJjicar- 

 ing in the Joitrual of the Royal J forticultural Society, 

 affects certain suggestions concernitig them, and says 

 thc\- arc "very dull padding.'" "ciuite valueless to the 

 home reader." It is very unlikely that a discussion on 

 alleged demerits in these Notes can be of interest to your 

 readers, but in the interest of accuracy I should be glad 

 if you would insert this letter. Mr. Engleheart has been 

 at the trouble of counting the abstracts ( wrongly, indeed 

 all his figures are inaccurate), and has singled out seven 

 of them ((|uoting the title of only one of the seven cor- 

 rectly) as failing to provide him with either amusement 

 or instruction. It would be su])erfiuous to most British 

 readers to state that in no other country has scientific 

 investigation been api)lied to the problems of plant cul- 

 tivation to such an extent as in the United States of 

 .Vnierica : none lias so highly organized a system of ex- 

 Iieriment stations, so matiy men, or such large grants 

 from jniblic funds, and in none is the output of literature 

 so enormous. Nor need 1 discuss the value of a knowl- 

 edge of the results of experimental w^ork to those en- 

 gaged in cultivation. That they gave him no amusement 

 i can well believe; they were not intended to be amusing. 

 — Fred J. Chittenden hi Gardeners' Chronicle (English). 



