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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



Mamarpiieck. X. Y. Wm. Metzdorf. Oceanic, N. J.; J. H. Brunger, 

 Irviiigton, K. V.; James McDougal, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Sigurd F. 

 Henderson, Xew Haven, Conn.; .John ilcl.ane, Cedarhurst, N. Y. 



SUMMER MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO. 



Several inquiries have come to hand regarding the summer 

 meeting of the N. A. G. in San Francisco, Cal., in August next 

 and what, if any, arrangements will be made for those going from 

 the Fast. It has been suggested that an efl'ort be made to get 

 up a party to travel together. This suggestion will receive 

 due consideration and will be reported on more fully in the next 

 issue of this pidilication. 



The Edifor Gakueners' Cuuo.nkle: 



Dear *St'r — Some of niir fnnnhrrs icho ittUiiiUd tht J'tnldfU'lpliiti 

 convention may have heard riijiiors of u nwrenieiit having for itx 

 object the amahjamalion of our axsoeiation ivith another national 

 soeicty connected ivith horiiculture. Personally, I did not come 

 across one professional (lardener in favor of it, the idea liaving ap- 

 parently arisen in the minds of some outside our professi'iu. AVhilc 

 prepared to give those whom. I heard in the course of conversation 

 express their opinion that it would he a ivise proceeding on our 

 part, all credit for sincerity of motives, for heing in every way 

 fuvornhUi disposrd toirards our association and possessed of the 

 kindlirst fccliniis in uursilrcs, I Icnuu- tliric are others not so 

 disposed. 



In connection with our association we must remember that up to 

 three or four years ago it was in a more or less moribund condition. 

 Today, while wc have only just got started, the state of things is 

 very different. 



The position which our association now occupies — altliougli if is 

 nothing to what it to-ill be — has: only been achieved by the fact t/iat 

 we have been fortunate enough to .secure a man. willing and utile 

 to devote a large amount of his time and money to advancing our 

 intcre-^ts and pghting our battles, to act as our sc( rctavy. who has 

 done what nn individual amongst ouvsclvcs could even have 

 attempted. 



Many of us are anarc thai there arc men in the horticultural 

 world ivho consider that our association has no right to exist and 

 they hare opposed it at every opportunity, not openly, honestly ami 

 above board, but in an in.^idiwus and andrrhand manner. Upon 

 several occasions our secretary has hail to make strenuous efforts 

 and put up a .■strong fight to obtain proper recognition for our as- 

 sociation, nhlch lias resulted in riitovies nit along the liiii and 

 from nvhirh our ussni iiitinii has loiin iiitn u strmigrv position than 

 before. 



Having been defeated in the efforts nscd to crush oiiv asxoriiition. 

 a new method, of stratcgij is licing adopted. 



In some quurters a mon lumt is being engineered by those in. 

 opposition, to our associatimi In living influrnce to hear upon our 

 members to force us into amalgamation. Their reason for doing 

 so is because they are fully aware that if amalgamation were to 

 become an a(Complished fact our asxoiiation would at on,ce entirely 

 lose its identity: become an. ahsolute nouintity in the horticulfu vol 

 world; praitieally erase to criit and all tin ivovl; done during the 

 past few years to iilacc it u}iou a sniind totiiidalion iroiild In i ntinhi 

 thrown away. 



Laying the foundation is invavialilg the most difficult part in 

 building up an a.s.sin ialiun, liut a.s thi.\ tan now be said to he ac- 

 complished, our future gnnrtli will not onlii be retarded by en- 

 tangling onselvis ivitli otiirr associations, hut it would be stopped 

 altogether. 



We must not siralhuv the specious and. upon the surface, plau.^- 

 ihle, arguments ivhicli. some are adruneing in favov of amalgama- 

 tion, hut make up our nvinds once and for all to the fact that we 

 have everything to lose and nothing whatevcv to gain by adopting it. 



Co-operation is a totally different proposition, one that the 

 world cannot have too much of. 



TFc mu.it, howevev, not forget that ainalgainatioii does not in any 

 way guarantee the bringing about of co-operation. 



The co-operative movement between our association and local 

 horticultural societies has already met nvith considerable sueeess 

 and it sho-uld hare the logal support of all of us because these local 

 societies are to a great crtent. in some cases entirely, composed of 

 professional gardeners. By the working together of these local 

 bodies and the national association a strong organization can be 

 built up ichich will enable the funduniental principles upon n-hich 

 the N. A. 0. stands to be still fuvthev stveugthened and enable us 

 to go forward ivith greater rapidity fuiravds the goal of our ideals. 



The nature of our work and the <iucstions at issue connected, 

 with our positions upon private estates have little or nothing in 

 common, ivith the intercUs of commercial horticulturists. If there 

 arc any points of contact where at any time wc can be of mutual 

 help to one another it is onhj right we should eo-opi rate to the 

 fullest Client of our pr>wcr. 



Anything beyond eo-opevatinn would he vivtuul suiei<le. so fav as 



any help that outside wganisation can bring us in solving the many 

 vital problems connected with professional gardening is concerned. 



Yours very truly, 



AitTiruR Smith, 



licading. Pa. 



AMONG THE GARDENERS 



Thomas Ilambleton recently resigned his position as superin- 

 tendent of the C. A. Winipfheimer estate, at Long Branch, N. .J. 



It is rejiorted that $2o,000 are to be expended for a llowcr gar- 

 den and several greenhouses by Ernest Howe.s, who bought the 

 Col. Albert A. Pope estate, at Cohasset, Mass.. and that it will 

 be made one of the sliow places of that se;'liun. 



Alexander Michie. of Plymouth, Mass.. has taken out his life 

 membership m the X. A. G. Mr. Jlichie is an enthusiastic believer 

 in the possibilities of what may he attained by the X. A. G. in 

 the interest of the gardener. He is a staunch supporter of it. 



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Tlie friends of Fe.-tcr Ortiz, superintendent of the Bliss estate, 

 BernardsN ille, N. J., will be glad to learn of the full recovery of 

 his health. Mr. Ortiz is at the present time Inisily occupied in 

 new development work on the Bliss estate, wliicli contemplates a 

 new range of glass in the not distant future. 



Jolm McLane has secured the position of superintendent on the 

 W'ickersham estate, Cedarhurst, X. Y. Mr. ilcLane comes to his 

 new position from Olmstead Bros., Brookiine, Mass., under whom 

 lie was engaged in landscape work. 



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George II. I bile, foi many ycais su]icrintendent of the E. D. 

 Adams estate Scaljriglit. X. ,^., has resigned. 



John Livingston, superintendent of the Chisholm estate, 

 Poi'chester, X. Y., has just returned from Chicago, wheie he was 

 for the past two months in charge of the quarantined cattle at 

 the Xational Dairy Show. Although all the cattle were attacked 

 by the hoof and mouth disease, for which the government claimed 

 tlie only remedy was slaughter, through proper treatment, Mr. 

 Livingston states, less than 1 per cent, of the cattle died. 



LECTURES AT BOSTON. 



The lecture committee of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society has issued the program of lectures 

 and discussions on horticultural subjects to be given 

 at Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Saturdays at 2 p.m., 

 during January, February and March. These lectures 

 are free. 



The program is as follows : 



Januarv Hi. •'Selectinn and Care of House Plants." by Frederick 

 E. Palmer, Brookiine. 



January 30. "Conference on Garden Planning and Planting," 

 conducted by the staff of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 

 10.(10 a. m., "Trees and Shrubs for Home Grounds," by Prof. A. K. 

 Harrison. 10:45 a. m., "Garden Planning," by P. H. Ellwood. Jr. 

 11:30 a. m., "Garden Furnishings." by Prof.'F. A. Waugh. 1.30 

 p. m.. "Practical ilanagement of the Home Flower Garden." Prof. 

 A. H. Nehrling. 2:30 p. m.. "Herbaceous Annuals and Perennials." 

 by A. S. Thurston. 



February 6. "The Home Vegetable Garden," by H. F. Tnmpson, 

 Amherst. 



February 13. "Conference on Fruit Growing," arranged by the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College. 10.00 a. m., "Grafting and 

 Budding," by Prof. W. \V. Chenoweth. 11.00 a. m., "Pruning." by 

 Prof. F. C. Sears. 1.30 p. m.. "Spraying," by Prof. R. W. Kees. 

 2.4.5 p. m., "Small Fruits," by Hon. Wilfrid Wheeler. 



February 27. "The Culture of Hardy Shrubs." by Arthur E. 

 Thatcher, Bar Harbor, Me. 



March 6. "The Insect Outlook for Xew England." by Di-. H. T. 

 Fernald. Amherst. 



March 13. "Hardy Herbaceous Flowers," by W. A. Manda. South 

 Orange, X. J. 



ilarch 27. "Diseases of the Peonv." Illustrated, bv Prof. II. H. 

 Whetzell. Ithaca, X. Y. 



