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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



to ask the C'liair to appoint a luiiiinittee to uoiiiiiiriicl ill-. Lew- 

 issohii, the supeiinteiKloiit of his iieautiful ganleiis, ou the iiiteg- 

 lity and ability lie has shown in the promotion of that ehry- 

 santhenuim. 



The resohition was seconded, and was iniaiiiinon.siy agreed to. 



Secretary Ebel: Jlr. Chairman, under new business 1 would like 

 to liring up a nuitter soniew hat similar to ilr. iIae!Maeren"s. 



This year one of the most prominent of amateur gardeners, 

 Jlrs. Francis King, brought out a book entitled "Tlie Well Con- 

 sidered Garden." I do not know' whether many of you gentlemen 

 have read that book, but a chapter of the book was published in 

 The Gakdenek'.s Chkonicle. Jlrs. King in her book took up the 

 ipiestion of the gardener quite diflerently than it has been handled 

 in the past by those who employ gardeners. Mrs. King in this 

 chapter shows the estate owners and others that they do not 

 appreciate the value of the gardeners' services. Mrs. Francis 

 King is well known throughout the land as a great amateur gar- 

 dener, and I would like to submit for ,vour consideration whether 

 or not it would not be a nice thing to do to pass a resolution in 

 appreciation of what ilrs. King has ibiue in the interest of the 

 gardener. 



Mr. Uiincan Finlayson: I wish to say that I read that article, 

 and I appreciated it very much. Mrs. Francis King said the right 

 thing in the right place, and I thiidc we ought to recognize it. I 

 am glad that this matter is brought up here. It is one of the 

 best articles that I ever read about the gardener. 



A motion to appoint a committee of tliree to draw up a reso- 

 lution to forwaril to Mrs. King in appreciation of tlie work done 

 b,y her in her book was unanimously carried. 



President Everitt ajipointed Mr. Craig, Mr. Fiulavsou and ]\lr. 

 Ebel. 



Mr. Arthur Smith: I think what I shall present will come umler 

 the head of new business. In fact, it is not very new, because it 

 refers to a matter which has too long been delayed. I am sure 

 that every member of the National Association of Gardeners ap- 

 preciates to the fullest extent the work which Mr. Ebel has done 

 for us. and we must realize our exceptionally good fortune in 

 having a man of Mr. Eliel's position to come forward and act as 

 our secretary. But up to now I believe that this appreciation has 

 not been ex]Messed in such a manner as to have it spread upon 

 the records of our association. Therefore, to that end I think Ave 

 should accord to Mr. Ebel a formal vote of thanks. 



Mr. Ebel has done for our profession what no one of us could 

 have done or begin to do for ourselves. In saying this, I do not 

 refer so much to the work that is piu'ely secretarial or oflKce 

 Avork; that is a coui|iaratively unimportant and small matter. 

 Where we have scored is in the work which ilr. Ebel has done 

 for us outside the ofl'ce. Those of us who remember the useless 

 nondescript afl'air called "The Association of Gardeners." which 

 existed previous to this organization and Mr. Ebel taking over the 

 secretaryship, will realize what a tremendous dift'erence there is 

 between the position which our association occ\ipies today com- 

 pared with what it was then. The position which our association 

 occupies toda,v is second to none in the liorticultural world, 

 althoiigh it is nothing to what it will be if we all do our duty. 



The great growing strength of our association has been juoved 

 by the fact that it lias had to meet opposition, and the energy 

 aiid tact w-itli wdiicli Mr. Ebel has met the opposition and the 

 otlier adverse influences has caused our association to emerge 

 from them stronger than before. 



Mr. Eliel is not onl,v giving us a large amount of his time in 

 a thousand ways, attending numerous meetings and conventions 

 at which he mu.st spend his money, but he must also have had 

 to spend on our behalf a very considerable sum in hard cash in 

 traveling expenses alone. It appears to me that the time has 

 arrived when we should consider it derogatory to the position 

 which our association occu|iies. and therefore derogatory to our- 

 selves as individuals, to any longer permit Mr, Ebel to be out of 

 pocket in this way. And I would like to move that a rising vote 

 of thanks be offered to Mr. Ebel for his kindness in acting as 

 our secretary, and that in the future the secretary be paid out 

 of t'-e funds of the association for all incidental expenses incurred 

 by him in our behalf. 



Secretary Ebel: (Jciitleiuen, the matter of personal expense in- 

 curred by me in the matter of the business of the Xationnl Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners 1 have alwavs borne with ideasure. ft has 

 not alwa\s been direct ex]iense, because at ditferent |ila'es tliat I 

 was in the interest of the association T would have been anyway. 

 At the last meeting of the Boston Club T made a snecial tviu to 

 Boston and return, solelv for tlie National Association of (iar- 

 deners' convention, and T believed that the associitioii in tliat 

 instance should pay my mileage, and as there is no niodcst\ about 

 me, I rendered a bill for it and it has been paid. 



I do not feel that a vote of this kind should be passed. .\t any 

 time that I think the association owes me anything. 1 shall render 

 my bill for it. which is onlv right, but in regard to any other 

 expense that T have in traveling anuiud and in going to the shows 

 I would prefer to have the matter rest as it has in the past. 



I will sa\', however, that 1 would like to see the time come- 

 when the association will be so strong that it can afl'ord to put. 

 a man in the position of secretary and pay him an annual salary 

 to devote his entire time to it. There is enough work to keep. 

 him busy, and, if loyal, he won't have short hours, either. Tlie- 

 proper conducting of the Service Bureau alone will take a great 

 deal of a man's time. When that time arrives I want to see a 

 gardener placed in the ])osition and a proper salary paid to him. 

 1 have had much jdeasure out of the position besides the labor, 

 and I thank yiv. Smith just the same for his recommendation. 



President Everitt : Gentlemen, the next business before us is- 

 the nomination and election of officers. The tellers will be Messrs. 

 Miller, Cruikshank and Collins. 



President Everitt: We will receive nominations for president. 



Mr. Huss: 1 nominate John \A'. Everitt for the office of 

 president. 



President Everitt: Mr. lluss, I think I liave already stated that 

 I would not stand to be a candidate a second year. Moreover, I 

 do not think that the presidency should be held more than one 

 .year by one individual. It is a national association, and I think 

 it should be shifted from one State to another every year. There- 

 fore, I must decline with thanks. 



Mr. Newell: I nominate Mr. W. N. tVaig for the office of 

 president. 



Mr. Collins: I move that the nomination for president be closed^ 

 (The motion was seconded and unanimously agreed to.) 



President Everitt: The next will be nominations for vice- 

 president. 



Mr. William Downs: Fellow-members of the National Garden- 

 ers' Association, you have nominated a very estimable gentlemen 

 for president, and it behooves you now to get a pretty good man 

 as a running mate for him. The name that I am going to ]ne- 

 sent to you 1 know .you will all accept. There is no question 

 about the man. He said at one time, Mr. President, "I was born 

 a gardener, and I shall die a gardener." Although he is not hold- 

 ing a position today as a gardener, he is a gardener at heart. I 

 have known him for several years, and every time I meet liiin 

 I like him better. He was one of the few members of the Societv 

 of American Florists who took the trouble to be present at your 

 meeting at Boston at the time of the convention. At that time- 

 the members were few and far between, as I remember, but he 

 was one of the few who took his coat off and worked at that 

 meeting. He .gave us more encouragement than any other man. 

 The National Association of Gardeners will not honor that man 

 bv nominating him to this office, but they will honor themselves. 

 The man whom I wish to put in nomination foi' the office of vice- 

 president is Mr, Theodore N. AVirth of iliiineapolis. No better 

 man ever lived. 



Mr. Huss: I move that the nominations for vice-presidi-nt dose.- 



(Tlie motion was seconded and unanimously agreed to.) 



President Everitt : The next w ill be nominations for secretary. 



Mr. Downs: Mr. President. I don't think we ought to change 

 secretaries. I am against that policy. We see that policy fol- 

 lowed around us toda.v, but I sav it is a mistake, especiall.v as we 

 have such a good man, I ought not to be taking so much time 

 on the floor, lint I cannot help it. You have a good secretary. 

 He has proved his worth today, and I take great pleasure in 

 nominating Martin C. Ebel as secretar.v of our association. 



Mr. Kennedy: Mr. Chairman, I would like to say in regard 

 to seconding the motion of Mr. Ebel as secretary, that the gentle- 

 man who addressed the convention in regard to Mr. Ebel's expense 

 account and salary was perfectly correct. The time has come, 

 gentlemen, when you will have to have a secretary that you will 

 have to pay. Mr. Ebel is the one man in the world toda.v that 

 has done more for the National Association of .Gardeners tlian 

 any other man, barring none. Mr. Ebel is not a gardener by pro- 

 fession, as you all know, and lie has put liis shoulder to the- 

 wheel, and he has worked and helped as no other man has helped 

 and worked, as I have seen, and it is my pleasure. I assure you. 

 gentlemen, as a member of the organization, to get up and second 

 the nomination. 



A ilember: I move that the iiuiiiiiiat ions fiu' secretary be closed. 



(The motion was seconded and iui;iiiiiuonsly agreed to.) 



President Everitt: We will now receive nominations for- 

 treasiirer. 



Mr. Klcinheinz: 1 nominate ^Ir. .Tanic- Stewart for the office of 

 treasurer. 



Mr. Kennedy: 1 move that the noniiiiat ic.n~ for treasurer be 

 closed. 



(The motion was sconded and unaniiiiously agreed to.) 



ilr. Kennedy: ^Ir. Chairman, as there is no competition for the 

 offices to which we have inst nominated candidates. I move that 

 the secretary be instructed to cast one ballot for the gentlemen, 

 that we have nominated for the different offices in the association. 



(The motion was sccmided ami unauiuioiislv agreed to.) 



Secretary Ebel: 1 have cast one ballot for Jlr. W. N. Craig as 

 |n-esi(lent, Theodore N. Wirth as vice-president. M. C. Ebel as- 

 secretarv and .lames Stewart as treasurer. 



