THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



553 



NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



JOHN W. EVERITT, President, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. 



OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS 



M. C. EBEL, Secretary, 

 Madison, N. J. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONVENTION BOSTON, 

 MASS., DECEMBER 9, 10, 1915. 

 Tlu" aiiiiiuil cipiivciiticiii (if iln' Xatioiial Assoeiatioii of Gar- 

 dpiicis. was held in Hoitioultiiral Hall, I'ustoii, on Tlinisday, De- 

 ccnibor !). The hall was well (illod with an enthusiastic audience, 

 when J'olin K. if. L. Farquhar, president of the JIassaehnsetts 

 llortieultuial Society, and actinc; as teinjKn'ary chairman of the 

 convention, greeted the assemb]aj,'e. On Tlun'sday evening the 

 members of the National Association of (larucners became the 

 guests of the Gardeners' and Florists' Clnb of Boston, and the 

 iiorticnltural interests of that city at a ban<|uet in Horticultural 

 Jlall. 



OFFICERS ELECTED FOR 1916 



WM. N. CRAIG Brookline, Mass.. President. 



THEODORE WIRTH Minneapolis, Minn.. Vice-President. 



MARTII^J C. EBEL Madison, N. J., Secretary. 



JAMES STUART Mamaroneck, N. J., Treasurer. 



(In Kriday as tlic guest-, of tlie park ollicials of Boston, tlie 

 visitors were entertained witli an automobile trip through the 

 park system, the Arnold arlioretum and an inspection of tlie 

 prominent private estates in the vicinity in Boston, and at 

 lunclieou at tlie Dedham nurseries of !!. i .1. [■'arquhar & Co. 



Welcoming the Members to Boston. 



In welcoming the vi-itni~ fn l!(i.ston. .\lr. Fari|uliar said: 



Gentlemen and fellow members of the National Association 

 of Gardeners, I want to congratulate you on your good judgment 

 in selecting Boston as the place of jour National Convention. 

 As president of the .Massachusetts Horticultural Society, it gives 

 me great pleasure to welcome you under the roofs of oni' buildings 

 liere to a>scndile for your convention. 



This society, perhaps the oldest in tlie country, which has 

 done more tiian any organization in the country for tlie further- 

 ance and pr'.motion of horticultural work, is glad to have this 

 meeting here. Our society realizes that if horticulture is to be 

 priimoted it must be promoted tlirough your instrumentality. 



The gaideners are the men that point the way in things hor- 

 ticultural, ^'ou men. representing the foremost element in .Vour 

 craft, the advance guaiil of the art of hoiticulture. have ciune 

 liere to hold your convention, to spread your ideas, to give your 

 knowledge to tliis. the length and the breadth of our country, 

 not merely for any mercenary motives, but you are interested in 

 the development, in the promotion, in the enlargement of horti- 

 cultural influence and in instilling the love of the art ui horti- 

 culture among all of your fellow citizens. 



That is why you have come here, gentlemen, and that is why 

 tliis society welcomes yon to this city, which lias done so much 

 in the |)ast for liort icidtiiie. and is doing no less today than it 

 ever did before. 



Is there .1 y work anyuliere ill the world to com|iaie with our 

 Arnold arboretum, with our park system, perhap-, the finest in 

 the country, but there are two gentlemen here who can tell you 

 more of that than T can, and in welcoming you I am sure that 

 his Honor. Mayor I urlcy. will tell you sometliing of what Boston 

 does for beautifying and for adding utility to the spaces that we 

 iiave for the citizens of I'.oston to lireatho in. I take great pleas- 

 ure in introducing his Honor, ilayiir CiiileV. who lias done much 

 for horticulture (.•\piilause.) 



Mayor ( uiley, whose addri'ss appears in full in another ciilnniii. 

 spoke elor|iiently or horticulture and its future in liostipii. 



Mr. Farquhar next introdined Caiitain .John II. JJillon. Chair 

 man of the Park Commission, who replied in part: 



Mr. Chairman, Mr. Mayor and Fellow (iardeners; that is the 

 name that I like best to call you because, notwithstanding his 

 Honor the ilayor raised me to the high dignity of Chairman of 

 the Park and Becreatiou Department of our city. I was, when 

 he sought me out among the many men in this city, a humble 

 working gardener. Therefore, it is most pleasing to me to address 

 yon by the name of felhiw g;uileners. 



Boston i^ proud of its p:irk system; its park system was made 

 by the gaii'cner. 1 realize fully the op|iortunities that the gar- 

 deners of today have over the gardeners of the |)ast. We today 

 are simil' students of what has passed away. Kealizing, in the 

 early history of our profession, ancient Rome built its magnificent 

 gardens opied from the ancient Persians, and fidin the ancient 

 Persians the ancient Romans, and the ancient Greek, it was 



brought to Fiigland. bronglit to Italy, brought to France, and 

 Inouglit to Spain, and linally brought here to this country. AVe 

 have been imitators in the ])ast of all those various styles of 

 gardening, one trying to vie with the other, the Knglish garden- 

 ing with its solid style, the Kreneh style with its intricate pieces, 

 the .Italian style with its monuments ami its gardens, and all 

 combined here in Boston. A\'e have tried to take the best parts 

 of all and weave them together, and by taking the best parts of 

 tne F.nglish style, the Italian style, the French style, and the 

 old Persian style, and \vcaving them all together, and taking their 

 better parts, 1 realize, and as every gardener her must realize, 

 that we are working out a distinct problem in gardening today. 

 Air. Farquhar next presented the president of the National 

 .\ssociation of Gardeners. .\lr. Kxcritt. 



President's Response to Address of Welcome. 



President I'.veritt : yir. ( haiiinaii, and Honorable Mr. Mayor, I 

 thank you on behalf of the members of the National .Association 

 of (Iardeners for your very cordial welcome. I might say that we 

 gardeners expected it. as we know that Boston, its ollicials and its 

 people contain a warm heart for everything and everyone that 

 is associated with horticultui-e. 



1 am sorry that I cannot res|)ond to you in the eloipient lan- 

 guage in which you addressed us, but yini may n-t assuriMl that 

 your presence before us today and your cordial "ehiune is much 

 ap|ireciatcd by each and every one of us. 



Fellow members and friends, I welcome you to our convention, 

 which. I am liappy to say. everything fon-casts that il will be a 

 notable one, :ind that we arc about to add another chapter to the 

 history of our association, full of encouragement and bright pros- 

 pects for the future outlook of inir association. 



Our profession and our National .Association in this country 

 are still in their infancy, so far as tlieir mission is concerned on 

 this side of the Atlantic. Our association is attempting much 

 for the benefit of our profession and it will be successful in what 

 it undertakes if we can count on the individual efforts of our 

 niembeis to help carry out what the association strives for. 



At our sunniicr meeting at San Francisco in .\ugiist last, which 

 unfortunately, owing to circumstances beyond my control, J was 

 not able to attend, there were many practical suggestions ad- 

 vanced for the (lev(dopinent of our organization, and if acted upon 

 they would soon make the National Association of (iardeners ,1 

 nation-wide factm- in the cause of ornamental liin'l iciilture and 

 all that that imjilies, and so, I wish to recommend for yimr con- 

 sideration the carrying on! of some of the suggestions nd'erred to. 



Our local committee has proven most faithful in the work en- 

 trusted to it. and ]iresents to us a most interesting iirogramme 

 for today's session. I trust that what you hear and le:irn today 

 Avill prove liel[iful to you and also that there will be a general jiar- 

 tici]iation in the discussions which should arise over the subjects 

 of the very able papers which we are to listen to today, subjects 

 which are of interest to all of us. 



As we have much business bef<n'e us 1 will not t:ike up miuli 

 more of ymir time, but will call on the secretary fur the niiiiiit(?s 

 of the last conventiim. 



The regular order of business folluucil. 



The ser'rct.u\ ic:id l\ir minules nt I li,> MMl cum cut iuii. liidd in 

 Philadelphia, i'a. 



The si'crctary re:id his aiiiiiial rc)Mnt. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



The eveiils iif the pasl year within 1 he .Nalicnial .Association of 

 (Jardcneis lirne beeii such as to attract general attention to il 

 from "oa-t to cuast. among those engaged in the jirofession of gar- 

 ilening. The summer meeting held in San Fianidsco. while not a 

 larj^ely attended one. was sneeessful in de\"elopin^ some sujjKestions 

 amoui: the membeis present which are enlitlcd to .serious thought 

 on the part of the association wiih a vii'W of adopting some of 

 I hem. 



The various eommillees Ii:im' been active and have made con- 

 sideralde pro^-ress. 'IMieii- elTorts are bcKinniuf; to be better under- 

 stood and there is no doubt that ihev will obtain more individual 

 and eolleiiive siippi'it in the future than they have in tin- past in 

 the work that I hey .-ire endcivorin^' to further. 



A good indication, showing that the association is drawing in- 

 terest to it.self is the iKiinbi'r of un.solieitcd applicatifms that are be- 

 ing received for membership from all parts of the country from 

 men eUKaKed in the KardeiiiuK |irofession. A concentrated effort 

 on the part of the nienibers should result in inereasins the member- 



