THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



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MIDSUMMER MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



1916. 



At the mid-suniiiKr niccliiit; of the association Daniel 

 MacRorie, of San I'rancisaJ, Cal.. presented an invita- 

 tion from the Panania-l'acilic F.xposition Company and 

 from the Pacific Coast Horticultural .Society, of which 

 H. Plath, of San Francisco, who also attended the meet- 

 ing, is president, to have tlie .National .Association of 

 Gardeners meet in San Francisco next year. Mr. Alac- 

 Rorie, among other things, urged that favorable action 

 would result in material increase in membership on the 

 Pacific Coast and that as the association is a national 

 one it should not confine itself to sectional limits in hold- 

 ing its meetnigs. It was voted unanimously that the 

 association hold its mid-summer meeting in .San Fran- 

 cisco in .\ugust. V>\r>. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The following new members have l)een added to the 

 roll during the pa>t month: Carl \. I'ohn, Colorado 

 .Springs, Colo.; James A. W'ilxin. Lake Forest, 111.; 

 William Anderson, Xorth .Vdams, Mass.; Gustave 

 Hamerin, Glen Cove, L. I.; George Willis, Stockbridge, 

 Mass.; James Davidson, Tuxedo Park. X. Y. ; Henry J. 

 \\'atson, Tuxedo Park, X. ^'. ; Robert Cameron, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass.; John (;. Duguid, Xatick. Mass.; M. J. 

 I'ope. Xaugatuck, Conn.; William 11. l\ol)inson, Norfolk. 

 C'inn. ; Jolm L. Smith, Swam]iscott. Mass. ; .Mbert J. 

 Xewell, llopedale. Mass.; William .\ngus, lluzzards' 

 Bay, Mass. ; J. L. Porter, \illa Xova, Pa. ; David Fraser, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. ; James Marlborougli. Topsfield, Mass. ; 

 Edgar A. Slote, Middletown, X. |. 



BRITISH GARDENERS' ASSOCIATION. 



I lie most representati\e meeting the association has 

 ever held took place at the Thatched House Motel, Man- 

 chester, on July 25. Delegates and members were pre- 

 sent from Kew, .\orth London, LeaniinL;ii m, I'.lackburn. 

 Leeds, Sheftield, Altrincham. Central London, liirming- 

 ham, Dublin., .Manchester, .\ccrington. Oxton, Liverpool, 

 Piolton, XorthamiJtnn. P.radford, .Vatitwich Hamilton, and 

 other places. 



The Chairman, .Mr. ( ieraM W. I'.utcher, had a good 

 reception when he rose to open the conference, and wel- 

 come the delegates. 



(ireat enthusiasm was evoked b\ llic reading of the 

 following message from conu'ade'- abro;id : 



Madison. \'c'a' Jersey, 



July \7th. 1914. 

 To the Members nf the ISritish Ciardeiiers' .Issociatioii. 



The members of the National .Issociatioii of Garden- 

 ers (of America) i^reet yon at your .hiniia! Conference, 

 and as brother i;ardeners e.vtend to you the n-^ht hand of 

 felloxi'ship in the cause for which ive are all strizing — 

 the elevation of the oldest frofession on earth — that of 

 gardening. 



As there is strength in unity, all gardeners should unite 

 in an effort to uplift their profession and to gain for it 

 the recognition to which it is justly entitled, ll'lnle the 

 conditions 7ehich goi'cru the gardeners in the I'nited 

 Kingdom and in America are not alike, there are. how- 

 ever, many opportunities for co-operation between the 

 gardeners' national a.';sociations for the general better- 

 ment of gardening; so 7i'c e.vtend to you an invitation to 

 join us in the co-operatii'e movement ■:ehich lee are about 

 to inaugurate in the I'nited .S'tales. ]'oiir eo-oferatioii 

 would make it international. 



WILLIAM H. WAITIi. /'resident. 

 M. C. EBEL. Secretary. 

 Joiirual of /'. Cj. a. 



I'eler DulT. of •'liriglithnrst," Orange, X. J., who was 

 on a visit to Scotland ai llie outbreak of the European 

 war, arrived home safely a fortnight ago. Mr. Duff in- 

 tended to retnrn in time for tile summer meeting of the 

 Xational Association, but was delayed by the war and 

 consci|uenll\ could not get back in time. 



Arthur (iriltin, who was rei)orted in the last issue of 

 The Chkoniclk as having accei)ted an appointment as 

 superintendent of a Xew London, Conn., estate, is in 

 charge of the Landers Estate, of that place. Extensive 

 alterations are conteiuplated, wiiich will include a new 

 range of glass. 



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losc-ph RiibinMin has resigned his position as supi-rin- 

 tendent of the estate of Colgate lloyt, Oyster I'.ay, L. 1., 

 to take effect October 1, when Mr. Robinson will assume 

 the superiiitciidenev of the Coe Estate, of the same pl.ace. 



John Dodds, of the Wanamaker Estate, Wvncote, I'a.. 

 arrived home from luirope on the 13th. Mr. Dodds was 

 accompanied on his vacation bv his daughter, Isabelle. 

 Their j)leasure was, of course, marred b\- the breaking 

 out of the war. 



Aihices received from William Kleinheinz, of the 

 Widener Estate, Ogontz, Pa., who was in tiermany when 

 the hostilities broke out, state that he ex])ected to leave 



foi" riiilidilphia on the .^lli iii'-t. via Rotterdam. 



(ieorge 11. Pciison has resigned his position as fore- 

 man in charge of the fruit growing department of Duke's 

 Farm, .Somerville, X. J., to take charge of the Johnson 

 Estate, Xew ISrunswick, .X. J., on ( )ctober 1. .Some im- 

 portant impro\ements are to be instituted on this place. 

 .\. \\ . ixini; succeeds Mr. I'eiiNoii in his po'-ition at Duke's 

 harm. 



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.\lfred ]■". r. Rogers, ha? been ap])ointed superintendent 

 of jud^c W illiam li. Moore's estate, at Pride's Crossing, 

 Mass, .Mr. Rogers was formerly on the estate of tlie 

 late Ex-Governor Drajier at Hopedale, Mass. 



George \\ yness, who was erroneciusl\- reported in the 

 last issue of Tiii'". Ciii^onmci.k as in charge of the Moore 

 Estate, still holds forth as superintendent of the Henry 

 C. Frick Estate, Pride's Crossing, Mass., which is famous 

 for its lieautifiil lawns and rock gardens. 



.\ postal recently received from .A. .A. Macdonald, 

 superinlendent of Duke's l-'arm, Somerville. N. J., stated 

 that he ex|iecli-d to s;nl from f.ngland for home on the 

 14tli iiist. 



\\'illiam Westland, for the last five years with C. H. 

 Parker, Cotiut, Mass.. and |)revious to that with I'Tancis 

 rUake, of Auburndale, -Mass., will o]i ( )ctober 1 take 

 charge of Mrs. Wadsworth's estate ai i lenesco, N. \ . 

 Mrs. Wadswdrth is a ^islcr to .Mrs. I'arkcr. his former 

 emplo_\ er. 



The em|ilovees on the estates of !•;. D. I'.randegce and 

 Larz ,\ndei-son, llrookline. Mass., played a game of base- 

 ball on .\ugust 29. The weather was disagreeable and 

 damp, but a good game resulted in a victory for the 

 .Anderson team of 27 to 14. .A football game which was 

 to have followed the baseball game was forfeited by the 

 .Anderson team who refu-ed to ]jlay on damp ground. 



