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The committee was not ahle to piixs mi viinidlinii "AIic(," c.r- 

 hihitctl hy Peter Fisher, Ellis, Muss., as the /lowers urriied in had 

 condition. 



[WILLIAM KLEINHEIXZ, 

 JAMES STUART. 

 Committee on Meritorious Exhihits. 



Tlie Cuiiiniiltec on Final Resolutions rcjioi'tod as follows: 



"Whercux. The Iforlirultiiral Socict!/ of Penusijlrdnid has so 

 gencruuslij prorUled us with fucilities u-ithiii its building for the 

 holdinij of our annuul rourrntion and unnuul banquet. 



"Ixcsi.ln d. Tlint the Xiitional Assuciiition of Gardeners tender to 

 the Horticultural Socictii of I'ennxi/liunia n hearty rote of tlianks 

 and appreciation; and 



"^yhereas, The Philadelphia l-'lorixl.i' Club tendered to our mem- 

 bers the use of its clubrooni during their stay in Philadelphia and 

 its bondiuy alleys for our bowling tournament. 



"Resoh( d. Thai tin Xational Association of Clardeners tender to 

 the Philadelphia lloristx' Club a hearty rote of thanl;s and ap- 

 preciation. 



"Resolred. That the association tender a hearty vote of thanks 

 and appreciation to 11'. Frank Therkildson, Philadelphia. Pa., for 

 his instructive address; to Ri<hard- Vincent, Jr., for his interesting 

 paper; Robert I'yle, West (Irore, Pa., for his entertaining illus- 

 trated lecture at our conrention; to J. Otto Thilow. Philaddphia, 

 Pa., for his ahle serriees as toastmaster at our baiu/uct; to David 

 Rust for his valuable services before and during the convention ; 

 and to the local Committee on Arrangements, Thomas 11'. Logan, 

 William Kleiuhcinz and John II. Dodds." 



A LFXAXnER MacEENZIE, 

 ARTHUR SMITH. 

 JOHN F. JOHXSTOX. 

 Committee on Final Resolutions. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Arthur C. Ruzicka has secured the position of head 

 Island. Considerable new development work is under 

 gardener on the C. Oliver Iselin estate, Glenhead, Long 

 wa\' on this place with some new glass under course of 

 construction. 



William H. Griffiths, secretary of the Lake Geneva 

 Gardeners' and Foremen's Association, and superinten- 

 dent of "Altavista Farm," Lake Geneva, Wis., became 

 the proud father of a bouncing boy the early part of this 

 month. 



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Allan B. Jenkins resigned his position on December 

 1 as superintendent on the Bryce Estate, Roslyn, N. Y., 

 and James McKay who was succeeded by Air. Jenkins 

 has been reappointed to the position. 



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John B. Sullivan, gardener to Charles T. Hoffman, 

 Newport, R. I., is reported as slated for the appointment 

 of postniaster of that city. Mr. Sullivan has served his 

 community in the past as a member of the state legisla- 

 ture. 



Edward T. ATcCarroll has been appointed superinten- 

 dent of the D. Tatum estate. Glen Cove, N. Y. 



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William H. Waite, whose contract terminates with 

 Samuel Untermayer on January 1, has resigned his posi- 

 tion as superintendent of the Untermeyer estate, "Grey- 

 stone," Yonkers, N. Y., to take effect January 1. Thomas 

 Hatton, who recently arrived in this country from Eng- 

 land, succeeds him. At this writing Mr. Waite has not 

 decided as to his future plans. 



Otto Schubert, head gardener on the Sim Estate, 

 Houston, Texas, has succeeded in growing some floral 

 and nursery stock which it was heretofore believed im- 

 possible to produce in the semi-tropical climate of his 

 territory. His 'munis and .\merican Beauties this year, 

 it is said, would have been hard to surpass even in exhibi- 

 tion classes. 



THE GARDENER OF THE PAST AND FUTURE. 



By Ricii.\uu X'incent, Jr. 



The gardener of long ago and the gardener of today 

 are really two distinct beings in many ways. The old- 

 timer had many things to contend with that the pres- 

 ent-day gardener or florist knows nothing of, unless, 

 like myself, he lived in those so-called good old days. 

 We well rememlier the duties that were expected of 

 the foreman or manager, let alone the apprentice boy. 

 We used to work from daylight to dark in the long 

 w intertime. then go to supper and return, make labels^ 

 stoke the fires and do other odd jobs for an hour or 

 two. But with all this, our great success and achieve- 

 ments in this country were brought about by men 

 trained in this hard school of learning, men who have 

 made a name for themselves, both as florists and gar- 

 deners, that has gone the world over. 



The work and accomplishments of the so-called col- 

 lege graduate, the kid-gloved farmers or gardeners 

 that many of them are — not that a college education 

 is not a good thing to have — nine times out of ten 

 cannot compete with the hard practical knowledge 

 that is gained by contact with mother earth. Though 

 she stains the hands and clothes with her brown soil, 

 it is guild to come in contact with her for it leads the 

 bright mind into .investigation and research, clearing 

 it of ignorance of many things that the man that gets 

 only book or superficial knowledge has no idea of. 



Let us not, however, cry down any of our young 

 men that are honestly trying by all means at their 

 command to make good gardeners, but let us teach 

 them to drive the spade into the soil of thought, that 

 light may come, and not ignorance, of the workings 

 of nature and nature's ways, so that they may become 

 even better and brighter gardeners than the race of 

 gardeners tjiat have preceded them. 



One of the causes of frequent complaints is the in- 

 efficiency of those claiming to be gardeners and land- 

 scape architects, who really lack the first fundamental 

 principles of the occupation they aspire to and are 

 only a disgrace to our noble profession. 



Too many places have been spoiled by just such men 

 and you can see such places everyday in traveling 

 about, that, were they planted by a thorough gardener, 

 they would be places of beauty and a joy to the owner 

 thereof ; but, instead of that, they are a worry and 

 make his heart sore. No wonder with cases of this 

 kind, that many hesitate before putting their money 

 into it. Then again, we have men on many estates, as 

 head gardener or superintendent, whose hands are 

 often tied by the help he has, being too indifferent to 

 give value received ; all some being fit for is to hold up 

 a hoe or spade a few short hours in a day, more 

 anxious about the week's pay than any part of the 

 performance that they have to do for it. Of course, 

 there are exceptions ; the employers may- expect too 

 much, but we find more often that there is not suf- 

 ficient given, to justify the cost to the owner. Where 

 the manager aspires to make himself useful to his em- 

 ployer, his true worth is recognized sooner or later. 

 Therefore, let us teach our young men coming up to 

 strive to elevate themselves, and their profession, that 

 they may have the respect of the world at large. May 

 we do our part to make it brighter and better to live 

 in as our forefathers did for us, using all the scien- 

 tific knowdedge available, that the products of our 

 gardens and greenhouses may be better and more be 

 accomplished with less labor. 



