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. 



THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. 



/;/. }:;rccting )n\' fellow iiiciiibcrs, I juiiil. Inst of all. to 

 express Illy appreciation of the /"'i;/; honor that has been 

 conferred on me by my election as president of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners. 1 shall try to merit this 

 confidence by endeavoring to make m v administration as 

 successful as hai-e been those of my predecessors in office. 



On the groxi.'tli and proi^ress of our association, it is 

 not necessary to dwell, as its splendid -.cork of the past 

 feiv years is a matter of record knoien to all who take an 

 interest in the profession of gardening. Our responsibil- 

 ity tozi'ards the profession, zchich our organization repre- 

 sents, has not been lessened, hotcever, by our progress. 

 and it 7i'/// require the untiring efforts of those entrusted 

 to perforin the various duties which an association such 

 as ours imposes. ]'oiir officers and committees will suc- 

 ceed in their vjork if they have the a'ctive support of every 

 member, to ivhich they arc entitled. 



Our organization is a national one and its aetii'itics 

 should not be limited to any one territory, but should 

 spread from coa.^t to coast. TIic co-operative movement . 

 betiveen the national association and the local horticul- 

 tural societies, to bring them into closer relation, can be 

 made the instrument for spreading the inlluciicc of the 

 national association broadcast in this country and it 

 should receive the serious consideration of every local 

 horticultural society, or club, which includes the profes- 

 sional gardener in its membership roll. 



Our summer meeting, which is to be held in San Fran- 

 cisco next Slimmer, offers the opportunity to bring the 

 association closer to the doors of our Western brothers, 

 and those of lis in the East tvho can do so, should avail 

 ourselves of this opportunity to make the trip across the 

 continent to meet our fellow gardeners of the IP'est. I 

 am looking forward to have that pleasure next August. 



For the last three years the energies of the N. A. G. 

 have been directed along constructiz'e lines. Our founda- 

 tion is now well established and we must turn to an in- 

 structive course. Our Co-opcratiz'e Committee has not 

 been idle, and this coining year should see great progre.<!S 

 in a new direction for the benefit of the gardening 

 profession. 



There is still opportunity for increased membership, 

 and I am not going to limit the 1915 Membership Com- 

 mittee. I will appoint every member of the a.-ssociation 

 one of the committee and each one should obligate him- 

 self to enroll at least one new member within the year. 

 You can do it and it will add much to the streiii^th of our 

 organization. 



Let us all unite to make this year the most active within 

 the history of the N. A. G. 



John W". Everitt. 



THE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS. 



The following appointments are announced by President .Tohn W. 

 Everitt of the National Association of Gardeners for the j-ear lOl.T: 



To serve as directors for three years, until .January 1, 1918: 

 William H. Waite. Yonkers, N. Y.; William N. Craig, Brookline. 

 Mass.; Edward Kirk. Bar Harbor, Me.; John W. Johnston, Glen 



Cove, X. Y.: Carl X. ImpIhi. ( ..lorado Sprinj,'s, Culu,; I'eler Johii-cu, 

 Dallas, Texas; Thomas Proctor. Lenox, ilass. 



Committee on Essays and Horticultural Instruction: William 

 11. Waite. Yonkers, N. Y.; Edwin Jenkins, Lenox, Mass.; Artlnn- 

 Smith, Keadin<r, Pa.; William Craig, Brookline. Mass.; Theodore 

 Wirth. Jfinneapolis, Minn. 



Committee on Meritorioiis Exhibits: William Kleinheinz, 

 Ogontz, Pa.; Alexander Jlackenzie, Highland Falls, N. Y.; William 

 Hertrick. 8an Gabriel, Cal.; Albin Martini, Lake Geneva, Wis.; 

 .lames Bell, New York, N. Y. 



National Co-operative Conmijttee: John W. Everitt, Glen Cove, 

 N. Y. ; William S. Rennie, Ross, Cal.; James Stuart, Mamaroneck, 

 X. Y.: Martin C. Eliel, .Madison, N. J. 



THE PRESIDENT'S PRIZE. 



President Everitt announces that he offers one hundred dollars 

 in gold in competition for the best written essays on horticultural 

 subjects. There are to l)e two classes, the head gardener's class 

 and the assistant gardener's class, the prizes to be competed for 

 within the present year. The details of the competition are to be 

 arranged by the Essay Committee and are to be announced at an 

 early date. President Everitt makes this oll'cr with an aim to 

 arouse greater intei'ot on the part of the professional gardeners 

 in horticidtural topics and to induce them to become more active 

 in writing on horticultural subjects. The Essay Committee has 

 taken up the work of formulating the plans for competition, and 

 it hopes to complete the details in time to be announced in tlie 

 Februar-s' issue of the Ciiro.nicxe. 



COMPETING FOR THE ASSOCIATION'S MEDAL. 



In cunncL-tinn \\ith the alilc romniittce appointed ti.i pas> on 

 meritorious exhibits. I'rcsidcnt Everitt rcijucsts that tlie resolu- 

 tions passed by the Executive Board of the association in January. 

 1913. be again published at this time. The resolutions follow: 



"It is regularly resolved that the association award a 

 medal for any new variety of llowcr. |>bint, vegctalilc or fruit, 

 originated by a gardener, a member of the National Associa- 

 tion of (Jardeners, and to be passed on as meritorious by a com- 

 mittee of judges, such a committee to be appointed annually liy 

 the President. " 



The attention of the gardeners is directed to this resolution and- 

 the secretary shoidd be advised on any production qualilied to 

 compete for the association's medal. 



NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE COMMITTEE. 



A correspondence course for classes in landscaping, forestry, 

 greenhouse management and agriculture is planned by the .Xa- 

 tioiial Co-operative Committee which exjjects to make an an- 

 nouncement shortly of the completion of its arrangements. This 

 course is intended for members of the association to obtiiiii 

 scientific knowledge in connection with their practical experience 

 and who have not the opportunity to avail tluunselves of a college 

 course. 



The coTnmiltee requests that .'ill Itical societies which have t;ikeii 

 favorable action on the co-operative plan submitted to them Im'- 

 tween the national association and local societies, but which have 

 not yet oflicially advised the secretary of the N. A. G. of tlndr 

 action, do so at once. 



The committee also asks the local co-operative committees 

 of the societies which have announced their intentions of par- 

 ticipating in this co-operative movement, to communicate any 

 suggestions they may have to submit from their local societies in 

 relation to tlie eo-opeiative plan. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The following new members have been added to our roll during 

 the past month: Prof. E. A. White, Ithaca, N. Y.; L. W. C. 

 Tuthill, New York, N. Y.; C. Zandbergen, Valkenburg, near Leiden, 

 Holland; Samuel Simnionds, Washington, D. C; William J. Whan. 

 Groton, Conn.; L. Bisset, Lenox, JIass.; Charles H. Lundgren. 

 Ross, (^al.: Julius Erdmann, St. Louis, Mo.; George Wood. 

 RhineclifT, N. Y.; Thomas H=>tton, Yonkers, N. Y.; Louis Ottmann, 



