THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



President, Vice-Preridenl, Treasurer, 



W. S. RENNIE, JAMES STUART, 



Ross. Cal. Mamaroneck. N. Y. 



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



TRUSTEES FOR 1914. 

 Peter Duff, Orange, N. J.; William Kleinheinz, Ogonti, Pa.; Wm. Tur- 

 ner, Mendham, N. J.; Geo. W. Hess, Washington, D. C. ; John H. Dodds, 

 Wyncote, Pa. 



J. W. EVERITT, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. 



DIRECTORS. 



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, MonticcUo, 111. 



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. 



To serve as directors for three years, until January 1, 1918 — William H. 

 Waite. Yonkers, N. Y. ; William N. Craig, Brookline. Mass.; Erward Kirk, 

 Bar Harbor, Me.; John W. Johnston, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Carl N. Fohn, 

 Colorado Springs, Colo.; Peter Johnsen, Dallas, Tex.; Thomas Proctor, 

 Lenox, Mass. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



President. Secretarv-Treasurer, 



GUSTAVE X. AMRHYN, ROLAND W, COTTERILL, 

 New Haven, Conn. Seattle, Wash. 



Vice-Presidents, 



JOHN McLaren, carl w. fohn, john Henderson, 



San Francisco, Cal. Colorado Springs, Colo. Montreal, Canada. 



HERMAN MERKEL, CHARLES HAIBLE. I. H. PROST, 

 New York, N. Y. Newburgh, N. Y. Chicago, 111. 



\ol. XIX. 



JUNE, 19I.S. 



No. 6. 



NATIONAL ROSE GARDEN DEDICATED 



The (leilicatii 111 of tlie National Rose Garden oc- 

 curred in Washington, D. C, on June .5. Many public 

 officials were i:)resent and the rose industry was well 

 re])resented by a number of men prominent in it. 



The ceremonies were presided over by Robert 

 Pyle, of West Grove, Pa. Dr. William Tayor, chief of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agri- 

 culture, represented Secretary of Agriculture Hous- 

 ton, who was uii;ible to attend owing to other official 

 engagements. 



Wallace R. Pierson, jjresident of the .\merican 

 Rose Society, presented the Rose Garden to the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, which was accepted by 

 Chief Taylor on behalf of that Department. 



Addresses followed bv Professor L. C Corbett, 

 David Fairchild, Dr. W. '\an Fleet, Peter Bisett, all 

 of the Department of .\griculture, and Benjamin 

 Hammond, secretary of the .American Rose Society. 

 When William F. Gude ])roceeded to formally dedi- 

 cate the garden, it might have been more fittingly 

 termed a christening, as his address was made during 



a heav}- do\vn])<iur of rain. 



Following the dedication services the guests were 

 entertained by ]\Irs. C. C. Bell, of Washington, at 

 "Twin Oaks," where she has a beautiful rosegarden. 

 Mrs. Bell is the daughter of Mrs. Hubbard, donor of 

 the Hubbard Medal. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY'S SHOW. 



-V meeting of the joint committees of the Newport 

 Horticultural Society and Gardeners' Association of 

 Newport was held recently, which Harry A. Bunyard, 

 secretary of the American Sweet Pea Society, attend- 

 ed. .Ml arrangements were completed for the annual 

 show, which is to be held at the Casino, Newijort 

 R. I., on July 8-9. 



The final schedule will be issued about lunc 20 anil 

 may be had by ap])lying to Harry .\. r>uii\ard, secre- 

 tary, 40 West Twenty-eighth street, New' York City. 

 ]-'verything indicates that the coining show will be one 

 of the finest sweet pea shows ever held in tluV cniin- 

 try. Reports coming from the vicinity of Newjiort 

 say the outdoor sweet peas are looking well in that 

 locality. 



Keen competition is looked for, also a large at- 

 tendance of visiting gardeners from New Yoi-k and 

 from the New England States. A large delegation 

 from New York will attend the show, leaving on the 

 l'"all River steamers on Wednesdax', |ul\- 7. 



THE CLEVELAND FLOWER SHOW. 



The Premiums Committee of the Cleveland I-'lower 

 ."-^how has decided to include clashes in vegetables in its 

 show. The committee is at work at the present time on 

 the arrangements of the premium list for the vegetable 

 department of the show and expects to have this ready 

 for mailing within a few days, (jardeners desiring to 

 obtain copies of this special list can secure them In- 

 addressing Herbert Bate, 356 Leader building. Cleveland. 



Plans are on foot to organize personally conducted 

 trips to start from New York, Boston and Philadelphia 

 in the Ea.st and Chicago in the West to visit the Cleve- 

 land Mower .Show. It is e.xpected that there will be 

 enough interested in the Cleveland show from each of 

 these centers to make a special train possible, h'urther 

 details of these plans will be announced in the Tul\- issue 

 of The Gardeners' Chronicle. 



The Cleveland Garden Club, co-operating with the < ihio 

 Horticultural Society and the Cleveland Florists" Club in 

 ])romoting the Cleveland h'lower .Show are at work secur- 

 ing a large list of special prizes among their members. 

 This will make the final list of premiums much larger 

 than ;is announced in the preliminar\ li^t. 



THE NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The National Mower Show Coinmitlee met recently 

 in Horticultural Hall. Philadelphia, with Chairman 

 I'arenwald presiding. John Young of New York was 

 present. 



Practical details for the conduct of the National I'jower 

 .Show, to be held in Philadelphia .March 25 to .\])ril 2, 

 1916, were more or less definitely worked out. 



At a meeting with the same committeemen, .Mr. F'red- 

 crick Newbold of the New York Horticultural Society — 

 who did so much towards making a success of the New- 

 York Show — was present, and explained in detail the 

 plans and methods ])ursued by that organization in connec- 

 tion with the New- York Show ^V. 1'. Tiiekkild.so::, 

 Chairman of Press and Publicitv Comiuittee. 



