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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA. 



MARTIN C. EBEL, Managing Editor. 



Published by 



CHRONICLE PRESS 



M. E. MAYNARD, President. A. A. FAY, Sec'y. 



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Entered as second class matter February 18, 1905, at the Post Office at 

 Jersey City, N. J., under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



Published on the 15th of each month. 



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 For information regarding advertising rates, etc., address Adyertising 

 Department, Gakdeneks' Chronicle, Madison, N. J. 



ADOPTED AS THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE 

 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



President, Vice-President, Treasurer, 



WM. H. WAITE, J. W. EVERETT, JAMES STUART, 



Yonkers, N. Y. Glen Cove, N. Y. Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



Secretary, MARTIN C. EBEL, Madison. N. J. 



TRUSTEES FOR 1914. 

 Peter Duff, Orange. N. J.; William Kleinheini, Ogontx, Pa.; William 

 Duckham, Madison, N. J.; .-Mexander MacKenzie, Highland Falls, N. Y.; 

 John H. Dodds, Wyncote, Pa. 



DIRECTORS. 



To serre until 1915 — John Shore, Harrison, N. Y.; Thomas Proctor, 



Lenox, Mass.; William .N. Craig, Brookline, Mass.; Frank E. Witney, 

 Fishkill, N. Y. ; Robert Williamson, Greenwich, Conn.; F. Kirk, Bar 

 Harbor, Me.; James Bell, New York, N. Y. 



To serve until 1916— Thomas W. Logan, Jenkintown, Pa.; John F. Huss, 

 Hartford, Conn.; Jas. MacMachan, Tuxedo Park, N. Y.; A. Bauer, Deal 

 Beach, N. J.; John W. Jones, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Alexander McPherson, 

 Washington, D. C; James C. Shield. Monticello, III. 



To serve until 1917— A. J. Smith, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Theodore Wirth, 

 Minneapolis, Minn.; Wm. Hetrick, San Gabriel, Cal.; Robert Angus, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. ; Robert Bottomley, New Canaan, Conn.; Alex. Fraser, 

 Newport, R. I.; Arthur Smith, Reading, Pa. 



Vol. XYUl. 



JULY, 1914. 



No. 



Elsewhere in these columns we print several communi- 

 cations from young men of the gardening profession. 

 They are of the kind that express the right spirit ; the 

 sort that will lead to success if the writers will follow 

 the thoughts they are sending forth. "A Young Mem- 

 ber" advises well when he says that the young men must 

 not conceal within themselves what their capaliilities are, 

 hut must seek opportunity where others can learn of 

 them. We are reminded of a message received from a 

 professor of one of the leading agricultural colleges, fol- 

 lowing his visit to the Xew York Flower Show, in which 

 he expressed gratification over having had the pleasure 

 "to meet such prominent horticulturists as Waite, Totty, 

 Turner. Duckham and Herrington,"' of whom he had 

 heard and read so much about. Xone of the men men- 

 tioned will claim to have accomplished more in his 

 profession than many other men are acconijjlishing. but 

 they possess the wisdom to "let their light so sliine be- 

 fore men that they may see their good works." When 

 opportunity presented itself they were ever ready and 

 willing to display their ability and did not hesitate to 

 reveal to others the knowledge they possessed, which 

 made them prominent in their profession and gained a 

 reputation for them as leaders in horticulture. There are 

 many gardeners who have had, and still have ec|ual 

 opportunity for prominence in their profession, but who 

 persist in hiding within themselves. 



The sentiment expressed by "Assistant Gardener" 

 voices our own sentiments, which we have not hesitated 

 to express from time to time in these columns. We have 

 met many young men who would prefer the position of 

 head gardener on a small place at poor pay, and where 

 their chances to gain more than the limited knowledge 

 they already possess of their profession is nil, to that of 

 a well paid assistant's position on a complete private 

 estate where every opportunity presents itself for better 

 education. They seek their title early, but in time must 

 join the ranks of the so-called gardeners, for when 

 opportunity sought them they failed to grasp it. 



We believe the experience of Frederick Liston is not a 

 common one. Such places as he refers to do not really 

 want real gardeners, but garden laborers. There is no 

 way to regulate such comlitions, as is suggested bv him, 

 for the man who buys service and material has the mak- 

 ing of his terms: it is left to the seller to accept or reject 

 as he sees fit. 



( )ne of the well-known llritish firms of seed growers 

 is capitalizing the fact, in a pamphlet which is being cir- 

 cularized world wide, that its share of the order for the 

 U. S. Congressional free seed distribution this year 

 amounted to no less than forty-four tons and that orders 

 for the free seeds went to four other English, French 

 and Dutch seed growers. 



We can hardly conceive why this wasteful appropria- 

 tion of many millions of dollars should be permitted to 

 find its way abroad, and why, if Congress will insist on 

 continuing this much abused free seed practice, a stipula- 

 tion is not included in the appropriation that the money 

 is to l)e expended for .\merican grown seeds only. 

 Though Congress may persist in being wasteful with 

 public funds it should at least remain patriotic. Or is it 

 that the .Vmerican seed growers have refused to become 

 a party to this graft of pulilic funds — it is nothing more 

 — to serve congressmen whose constituents will stoop 

 to accept the favor of a few packets of seeds in return 

 for their support at the polls. The farce of it all is that 

 the farmer is being burdened with governmental bulle- 

 tins instructing him how to part with his money, but 

 when Congress has the opportunity to turn some his 

 way it ships it abroad to be distributed among European 

 farmers. 



PRESAGE OF WOE. 



My mood is most gloomy and sober. 

 Though joyously fair is the sky ; 



I pine for the frosts of October, 

 And this is Jul\-. 



Green-rimmed by its tapering rushes 

 The little brook gurgles along : 



The willow copse peopled with thrushes 

 Is vibrant with song. 



XN'ith nature thus voicing its gladness, 

 With all its sweet features aglow, 



'Twere really the acme of madness 

 To prophesy woe. 



xA.nd yet I have cause to be glooming. 



Ay ! very grave cause to be blue : 

 Toda)' I found rag-weed a-blooming — 



My hay-fever's due ! 



^ly mood is decidedly sober ; 



The terrors of -\ugust are nigh ; 

 I pine for the frosts of October, 



And this is July 



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