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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



JOHN W. EVERITT, President, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. 



OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary, 

 Madison, N. J. 



ASSOCIATION NOTES. 



The executive meeting of tlie association's trustees and directors 

 will be held iu New York City early in July to complete plans for 

 the summer meeting to be held in Sau Francisco during the third 

 week in August next, and also take action on such other business 

 as may be brought before the meeting. 



Attention is directed to the following resolution which was ad- 

 opted by the board : 



"In view of the national character of our association, our ijresi- 

 deut has rightly appointed to the Executive Board members re- 

 siding in all parts of the country. At the same time it is obvious 

 that the attendance of all members of whatever place meetings 

 may be held is practically an impossibility. As it is essential that 

 every member of the Executive Board .should take an active in- 

 terest in the welfare of the association and should have opportu- 

 nity of doing so afforded him to make suggestions in connection 

 with, and offer opinions upon the policy of, the association ; there- 

 fore be it resolved. Tliat an invitation be extended to the members 

 of the Board, that when they cannot attend a meeting tliey submit 

 any suggestions they may have to offer in writing that can properly 

 be brought before the meeting, and. that it shall be given the same 

 consideration as though the member offering it were present in 

 person." 



The Cooperative Committee will submit the proposal received 

 from the Nassau County Horticultural Society, published in the 

 April issue of the Chronicle, at the Executive Meeting in July, 

 which recommends that members moving from one district to an- 

 other be accepted through transfer from the local society with 

 wliich they have been afBliated. The committee will also be glad 

 to hear from any of the local cooperative committees ou any 

 recommendations that they may have to submit that can be brought 

 before the Executive Board. Communications should reach the 

 committee not later than .July 1 and can be forwarded in care of 

 the secretary of the association. 



The Committee on Bird Protection reports that it is enlisting 

 the cooperation of the officials of the principal organizations con- 

 cerned witli tlie protection of birds and that it is meeting with very 

 favorable results. As the success of this committee depends to a 

 large extent on the cooperation of individual members, the com- 

 mittee urges that all members interested respond to the appeal made 

 in its report which was published in the May number of the 

 CllRONlt'LE. Communications should be addressed to the chairman 

 of the committee. L. P. Jensen, superintendent of theP.usch Place, 

 St. Louis, Mo. A committee consisting of Herman W. Merkel, New 

 York : J. H. Prost. Chicago. 111. : Theodore Wirth. Jlinneapolis. 

 Minn. ; C. L. Brock, Houston, Texas of the American Association 

 of Park Superintendents has been appointed to cooperate with 

 our committee. 



The Essay Committee reports that there has been little or no 

 interest shown to date in the contest for President Everitt's prize, 

 due in all probaltility to the announcement being made just at the 

 beginning of the busy season. It again directs attention to the 

 contest and to the following subjects: 



Class l^Prize $35 gold. 



Subject — Horticulture as a Profession. From the Htandpoint of 

 a Cardencr. 



Class 2— Prize $25 gold. 



Subject — The Proper iiroupinq ami Culture of Trees, ^hruhs. 

 Perennials and Annual Brihiing Plants in the Ornamentation of 

 Private Grounds. 



Class 3— Prize .$20 gold. 



Subject — Preparation of Ground for and General Treatment of 

 Hardtj Herhaceous Perennials. Naming a list of speeies {limited 

 to one hundred) providing a suceession of flowers throughout 

 the entire season. 



Class 4— Prize $20 gold. 



Subject — Hon- to Seenre a Tear's Veijctalle Supply With the 

 Aid of Cold Frames or Hotleds (hut no greenhouses). Ineluding 

 Soil Preparation. 



The contest will clo.se on October 1, the judges to report their 

 decision at the next convention of the association, to occur the 

 first week of December. 



Contestants will address William H. Waite, Chairman of Essay 

 Committee. National Association of Gardeners, P. O. Box 290, 

 Madison. N. J., for further particulars. 



There are many members in the association qualified to enter 

 this competition and the committee urges that the members show 

 their appreciation of the President's generosity by entering the 

 competition. 



Members contemplating attending the summer meeting in San 

 Francisco and accepting the invitation of the American Association 

 of Park Superintendents to join their party in the trip to the coast, 

 should communicate with the secretary without delay so that ac- 

 commodations may be reserved for them. A brief outline of the 

 itinearary is published on another page in this issue. Complete in- 

 formation and copy of the itinerary will be sent to any member ap- 

 plying to the secretary's office. The party will leave New York 

 ou August 7 — Chicago August .S and will be due in New York to 

 return on September (J. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Alexandi-r Michie. formerly superintendent for C. A. Stone, 

 Plymouth, Mass., has been appointed superintendent of the 

 Memorial Cemetery, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, taking 

 office on June 1. Before accepting the position Mr. Michie was 

 engaged for several months superintending the landscape work of 

 the cemetery under Olmsted Brothers, Brookline, Mass. 



W. R. Fowkes resigned his position as head gardener on the 

 Howard Cole estate, "Brooklake," Madison, N. J., to accept a 

 similar position ou the Clark estate, Cooperstown, N. Y. Mr. 

 Fowkes entered on his new duties early this month. 



Joseph Dexter, formerly superintendent of the Whltelaw Reid 

 estate. Purchase, N. Y.. has taken charge of the private grounds 

 and greenhouses of "Brooklake."' the estate of Howard Cole. Madi- 

 son, N. J. 



Harry B. Keiller. who took charge of the Alexander R. Peacock 

 estate, Pittsburgh, Pa., last August, has recently had a fine display 

 of roses in his greenhou.se range, which is quite an extensive one. 

 Chrysanthemums and carnations are also extensivel.v grown, and 

 more than a thousand cyclamen occupy the hou.se at the present 

 time. 



J. F. Zimmerman, in charge of the old William Carr Estate, 

 Point Breeze. Pittsburgh, Pa., for the past year has been doing 

 some independent work since the death of Mrs. Carr, which has 

 stopped all improvement work for the time being on this estate. 

 He has recently completed the new grounds for James R. Star- 

 rett, one of the finest places ou Squirrel Hill. 



Thomas Hambletou has secured the appointment of superin- 

 tendent of the Garneau Estate, Kingston, N. J., a new place of 

 1.50 acres, on which considerable development work is now under 

 way. 



Robert Grindrod. formerly of Greenwich. Conn., has secured the 

 position of superintendent on the 6,000-acre estate of Dr. Clarence 

 Fahnestock, Cold Spring, N. Y.. w-hich was recently purchased and 

 on which improvements, both in a horticultural and agricultural 

 way, will be made on a large scale. 



TREE PLANTING BY PITTSBURGH SCHOOL 

 CHILDREN. 



Superintendent of Parks George W. Burke is largely respon- 

 sible for the most generally distributed scheme of liorticulture 

 ever attempted in Pittsburgh: the planting of 20,000 catalpa, 

 hard maple and mulberry saplings donated by the city council 

 to the children of the public schools, one to every five children, 

 during the past month. Accompanying each consignment of trees 

 were minute directions for planting, culled from the best knowl- 

 edge of tree nurseries, assuring a crop of perfect trees in future 

 years. Not a school in the city was overlooked, those in the 

 congested districts receiving as well as those in the outlying, 

 the only discrimination being as to number accoi'ding to the 

 neighborhood's availability for tree culture. The distribution in- 

 cluded 10.000 catalpas and 5,000 of each maples and mulberries. 

 The tree planting, while the biggest project attempted in the 

 public schools, is by no means all that the schools are doing in 

 the way of planting. For several weeks flowers have been bloofe- 

 ing in practically every school in the city. Creation as applied 

 to plant life is a big part of the work in the 92 kindergartens 

 and many flowers and vegetables are growing in gardens sur- 

 rounding the schools, where there is such space, or in boxes in 

 the windows, or in the backyards of neighbors loaned for the 

 purpose. 



