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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



THE 



GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



OF AMERICA, 

 Published by 



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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



President, Vice-President, Treasurer 



\VM. H. WAITE. J. W. EVERETT, JAMES STUXrT, 



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 Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa.; William 

 Duckham, Madison, N. J.; Alexander MacKenzie, Highland Falls, N. Y. ; 

 John H. Dodds, Wyncote, Pa. 



DIRECTORS. 



To serve 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, Ear 

 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, 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. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



President, Secretary-Treasurer. 



GUSTAVE H. AMRIIYN, ROLAND W. COTTEKILL, 



New Haven, Conn. Seattle, Wash. 



Vice-Presidents, 

 CARL W^ FOHX, JOHN HENDERSON, 



Colorado Springs, Colo. Montreal, Canada. 

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

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



JOHN McLaren, 



San Francisco, Cal. 



\'oi. xviir. 



OCTOBER. 1914. 



Xo. 6. 



The beneficial influences of flower shows was once more 

 demonstrated by the exhibition of dahlias and other 

 autumn blooms held at the Second National Bank, Pater- 

 son, N. J., under the direction of Wessels \ an Blarcom, 

 the assistant cashier, and which attracted large crowds 

 to the bank. The show was held under the auspices of 

 the Paterson Floricultural Society. 



The magnificent flowers were in vases and were placed 

 on long tables running the length of the bank. The 

 visitors were shown through the bank by Messrs. \ an 

 Blarcom, William D. Blauvelt and Edwin N. Hopson, 

 officers of the institution. The exhibit was a great credit 

 to the flower growers of the city and proved a pleasure to 

 all who witnessed it. 



Commenting on the show, the local press wrote edi- 

 torially : 



"It is estimated that 5,000 people visited the exhibition 

 held in the Second Xational Bank last Saturday. The 

 blooms were of unusual beauty and size and spoke in 

 the highest terms of the patience and care of the ex- 

 hibitors. The front and back yards of this city have pro- 



duced some admirable gardens this season and never 

 before have so many ardent and faithful workers been 

 found here. The children have been encouraged to cul- 

 tivate gardens, with the result that never before in the 

 city's history has floriculture been so city-wide. Seeds 

 that liad been freely distributed in the public schools 

 early in the season have since beautified many a back 

 and front \ard and all summer hundreds of boys and 

 girls have spent many hours at gardening. 



"All this will have its good effect on the community. 

 For no matter what the nationality or the style involved, 

 a fine garden reflects the character of its maker. But if 

 the garden reflects its maker's temperament, it is no less 

 true that often a garden influences it. In one of the 

 American trade publications appears a story told by the 

 general manager of a coal mining corporation at Wey- 

 anoke, W. Va., a settlement in the district sorely afflicted 

 with industrial conflicts. He saw that the average man 

 worked short hours and rarely put in full time every 

 month. This idleness was not voluntary, but came about 

 in the regular course of work. Idleness added to the dis- 

 content, so he hit on the idea of introducing into the 

 mountain region tlie small garden system so profitably 

 practiced by the laborers of England. He tried to induce 

 his men to utilize their spare time in cultivating gardens, 

 and offered prizes for various kinds of vegetables and 

 flower plots. 



"At first the miners viewed the proposal with suspicion. 

 One or two won the prizes. The next year the change 

 was remarkable. Out of the 225 men employed at the 

 camp all the heads of families but two had started gar- 

 dens. And splendid specimens they were, if the account 

 can be relied upon. The v.-omen brightened their lives 

 by sowing flower seeds — it was color, and color bright- 

 ened their lives. The mine officials summed up the re- 

 sults by saying that it produced a steady and reliable 

 labor supply and the prettiest and healthiest labor camp 

 to be found anywhere. 



"What better testimonial could there be to the elevat- 

 ing and profitable influence of vegetable and flower gar- 

 dens on llie lives of the men and women ?" 



"THE FLOWERS." 



"Take a feller 'at's sick and laid up on the shelf 



All shaky and ga'nted and pore — 



Jes' all so knocked out he can't handle hisself 



With a stiff upper lip any more ; 



Shet up all alone in the gloom of a room 



As dark as the tomb, and as grim, 



And then take and send him some roses in bloom, 



And you can have fun out o' him. 



"You've ketched him 'fore now — when his liver was 



sound 

 And his appetite notched like a saw, 

 A-mocking you, maybe, fer romancin' 'round 

 \^'ith a big posey-bunch in yer paw ; 

 But you ketch him say, when his health is away, 

 ,\nd he's flat on his back in distress. 

 And then you kin trot out yer little bokay 

 And not be insulted. I guess! 



"You see, it's like this, what his weaknesses is — 



Them flowers makes him think of the days 



Of his innocent youth, and that mother of his. 



And the roses that she ust to raise — 



So here all alone with the roses you send — 



Bein' sick and all trimbly and faint — 



Aly eyes — my eyes is — my eyes is — old friend — 



Is a-leakin' — I'm blamed ef they ain't!" 



James Whitcomb Riley. 



