THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOTES 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary, MADISON, N. J. 



SUMMER MEETING NATIONAL ASSOCIA- 

 TION OF GARDENERS, REVERE HALL, 

 MECHANICS' BUILDING, BOSTON, 

 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 

 AT ONE O'CLOCK. 



Through the courtesy of the directors of the Society of 

 American I'lorists the National Association of Gardeners 

 will hold its meeting in the Iniilding in which the S. A. F. 

 convention is held on Wednesday the I'Jth inst., at one 

 o'clock. All gardeners and those interested in the garden- 

 ing profession, whether members or not of the N. A. G., 

 are cordially invited to attend this meeting. 



Several able speakers will address the meeting, among 

 who will be Theodore Wirtli, Minneai^olis, Alinn ; Will- 

 iam F. Gude, A\'ashington, D. C. ; James C. Kennedy, 

 Boston, Mass; Arthur E. Thatcher, liar Harbor, Ale; 

 Arthur Smith, Reading, Pa; and Harr\ A. llun\ard. New 

 York, X. V. 



All members of the X. A. G. in position to attend the 

 summer meeting should make a special effort to do so. 

 The trip to Boston oft'ers several da\s of pleasant vaca- 

 tion where the visitors will find much to entertain them. 

 From the horticultural point of view there are few jilaces 

 to be visited in this country which will prove more in- 

 teresting than the trip to Boston and its vicinity. 



THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. 



The Philadelphia Florists Club appointed a committee 

 on co-operation at its August meeting to work in con- 

 junction with the National Committee of the National 

 Association of Gardeners. With this club and the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, which appointed 

 its committee some time ago, the movement now has two 

 of the strongest clubs in the country, numbering man}- 

 gardeners in their membership rolls, affiliated with it. 



Practically all the local gardeners societies in the east 

 have joined in the movement and several western societies 

 have signified their intention of doing so this fall. The 

 Redlands Gardeners' Association of Redlands, California, 

 and the Texas State Horticultural -Society, are among 

 those which have enlisted to co-operate with the N. A. G. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



During the past month the following new members 

 have been added to our lists : Henrv Gibson, Tuxedo 

 Park, N. Y. ; John W. Baxter, South Dartmouth, Mass. ; 

 Hugh Lyons, New Rochelle, N. Y. ; John Forbes, Daven- 

 port Neck, N. Y. ; Walter Boggis, Convent, N. J. ; John 

 Scheepers, New Y'ork, N. Y. ; T. Nelson, Stamford. 

 Conn.; Frank Honeyman, Glen Cove, N. Y.: .\ngus 

 MacGregor, Glen Cove, N. Y. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Alexander MacKenzie, superintendent uf Mrs. J. 

 Pierpont Alorgan's estate. Highland l-'alls, N. Y., was a 

 recent visitor at Glen Cove, N. Y., where he formerly 

 supervised the Percy Chubb estate. Mr. MacKenzie 



spent several da_\s in h\> old communil;, \i>iling iiKin_\- of 

 his gardening friends. 



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Arthur Griffin, formerly of Newport, R. I., is reported 

 to have accepted the position of superintendent of a 

 private estate at New London, Conn. Iniller details are 

 lacking. 



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I-'riends of William Kleinheinz, Ogontz. Pa., who sailed 

 for Germany accompanied by his wife on Jul\- 4, trust that 

 he will have no difficulty in leaving his fatherland to re- 

 turn to his adopted country. Mr. Kleinheinz expected to 

 return al)out Se])tember 1. 



Peter Dutf, of Urange, N. J., one of the trustees of 

 the N. .\. (]., who expected to return from his trip to 

 Scotland in time to attend the summer meeting of the 

 association, is reported to be finding difficulty in securing 

 transportation home and it now seems dijubtful whether 

 he can return in time for the meeting. 



John H. Dodds, of Wyncote, Pa., and Andrew .\. Mac- 



donald, of Somerville, N. J., are both on the other side 



visiting England and Scotland and expected to return 



early in September. They will probably find no serious 



difficultv to obtain transportation when their \'acation is 



over. 



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J. H. Anderson, formerly located at the State School, 

 Owatonna, Minn., has accepted a position of the D. O. 

 Mills estate, Millbrue, Cal. 



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Alexander Shaw has resigned his position as head 

 gardener to judge William 11. Moore. Pride's Cross- 

 ing, Alass. 



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John R. Ness, of Brookline, and Peter Arnott, of 

 Chestnut Hill, Mass., sailed on July .il for an extended 

 liritish tour. The Shrewsbury and lulinburgh shows 

 will be visited. 



Professor C. S. .Sargent, head of the .\rnold Arbor- 

 etum, is one of the many detained abroad owing to the 

 war. The war has prevented several gardeners in the 

 vicinity of I^oston taking their vacation abroad. 

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Edward R. Snnth, formerly of Faulkner Farm, Brook- 

 line, Alass., has accepted a position as head gardener to 

 Miss Myra Hall, Pittsfield, Mass. Mr. Smith was for 

 three seasons a student in the landscape class conducted 

 by the Gardeners' & Florists' Club of Boston. 



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James Methven, head gardener on the \'an Brunt es- 

 tate, Milton, Mass., is convalescent after a long and 

 painful sickness. 



\'isiting members of the N. A. G. should not fail to 

 look over the Boston Park system and .Xrnold .Vrboretum. 

 At the latter in.stitution the veteran Jackson Dawson will 

 be glad to show courtesies to all visitors. 



