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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



l'~r;ink Everden, for the past three years foreman on 

 the Twombly estate, under Robert Tyson, superintendent, 

 lias accepted the position of head gardener on the estate 

 of O. G. Jennings, Fairfield, Conn., where he will assume 

 his new duties shortly. 



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Henrv Gibson, formerly foreman on the George D, 

 Baker estate, at Tuxedo Park, N. Y., where James i\Iac- 

 Machan is superintendent, has accepted the position of 

 gardener on the estate of Colgate Hovt. Oyster Wax. 

 N. Y. 



Peter Stobie, formerly in charge of the greenhouies 

 on the Osborne estate. Garrison, N. Y., will leave there 

 on October 24 to take charge of the Mrs. William Lee 

 Cushhig estate, at Simsbury, Conn. 



Present indications are that there will be keen rivalry 

 among some local teams from the neighborhood of New 

 York in the bowling tournament, at the annual convention 

 to be held in Philadelphia in December. It is stated that 

 at least one team may be found on the alleys at every 

 opportunity it can get to practice. 



WM. E. MAYNARD. 



In relinquishing his interest in Tnii Gardeners' 

 Chronicle of America, through the passing of owner- 

 ship into other hands, Wm. E. Maynard has parted with 

 what he for many years prized as a cherished possession. 

 Flis disposal of it was due solely to enable him to devote 

 liis entire attention to the horticultural pursuits in which 

 he has for some time past been engaged. But the interest 

 Mr. Maynard has always taken in the cause for which 

 The Gardeners' Chronicle stands will however, not 

 diminish, for he says, he may be counted on to respond 

 as faithfully in the future as he has responded to it in 

 times gone by. 



Mr. Maynard was born in Ellington, Chautauqua 

 County, N. Y., in 1858. In 1865 his parents moved to 

 Ingham County, Mich., where he later received his first 

 insight of horticulture. He taught school for six years 

 and at the age of twenty-one entered the employ of C. 

 L. Vandusen, at that time a nursery man of Geneva, 

 N. Y. Mr. Maynard has followed the nursery business 

 ever since, remaining in the West up to 1894. He then 

 came East and has since been located in New York City 

 and its vicinity. 



In 1904 Mr. Maynard organized the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners, the first meeting being held at 

 Macy's Hall, Thirty-fourth street and Broadway, New 

 York City. Its first officers were John M. Hunter, 

 president, now engaged in business for himself in Engle- 

 wood, N. J. ; John Whalley, treasurer, who at that time 

 was aborculturist in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., 

 and Wm. E. Maynard, secretary. The association was 

 started with forty members. At the next meeting, which 

 was held at the American Institute, New York City, one 

 hundred and thirty-nine gardeners were present. The 

 publication of The Gardeners' Chronicle was begun 

 shortly after the association was organized and has since 

 served as its official organ. 



Mr. Maynard held the office of secretary continuousl)- 

 until 1911, when the present incumbent of the office, M. 

 C. Eliel, was elected. On his retirement as secretary, 

 Air. Maynard was elected a life member in appreciation 



WM. E. MAYNARD. 



of the services he rendered to the organization. He has 

 always been found a loyal worker and a staunch sup- 

 porter of the association's policies. 



The report which has been circulating that William J. 

 Collins, connected with Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., has 

 severed his connection with that firm is found to be with- 

 out foundation. Mr. Collins is still with Carter's Tested 

 Seeds, Inc., and states that he e.xpects to continue with 

 the company for a long time to come. 



A MESSAGE FROM THE 'WAR ZONE. 



Rayiu's Park, London. S. J!'., Eng., Sept. 25, 1914. 

 To the Editor, Gardeners' Chronicle of America, 



Madison, N. J. 

 Dear Sir: 



We have recently noticed reference in the American 

 Press regarding the war conditions ivhich unhappily pre- 

 vail in Europe at the present time. 



These references suggest that the United States and 

 Canada cannot look with confidence to Great Britain for 

 their usual supply of seeds for the coming year. 



We shall be glad if you will intimate in your columns 

 that there is no foundation for such fears. 



This zi'e feel is a matter of public interest and we in this 

 country have every confidence that the British Fleet will 

 be able to safeguard the high road across the Atlantic and 

 to ensure uninterrupted traffic zi'hich zvill maintain zvith 

 regularity the commercial relations bctzveen the tzvo con- 

 tinents, and our American friends can look to British 

 sources of supply zvith the same confidence as tlicv hazr 

 in times of peace. 



JVe zvould also like to take the opportunity of referring 

 to the many communications which zvc have received 

 from your side of the Atlantic expressing sympathy zvith 

 Great Britain in her struggle for the right and they give 

 us the liighest satisfaction. 



Your obediant servants. 

 James Carter & Comp.xnv. 



Paynes Park, London, S. JV.. Eng. 



