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I'lesidi-iit Kvi-iitt: (Iciitloiiifii, une ballot lifiiig cast by the sec- 

 retary lor tllo^^e ^'fiitli'iiicii, tliey are duly elected. (Aiiplaiise.) 



Jlr. Crai{>: I iiuiiiiiiate .Messrs. Peter bull', William Duckmann 

 and William Tiuiicr of New .Jer.sey, and William Kleiiilieinz of 

 Pennsylvania and .1. V. Ilii-.s of Connecticut to the oMice of 

 trustees. 



A Member: I second the nomination. 



Mr. Kennedy: 1 move tiiat the secrctaiy be in-trncted lo ca^t 

 one ballot for the live gentlemen named as trustees. 

 (The motion was seconded and carried.) 



President Kveritt nixt appointed as a committee to pass on the 

 exhibits, Messrs. Kleinhein/, lluss and I'opp. 



President Everitt: (jenth'men, tlie next business is the reading 

 of the essays. 



Secretary Ebel: Mr. President, we have a number of essays, 

 excellent papers here. Ihe papers are before us, but the authors 

 of them have not appcariMl. So I wish you wcmld call for volun- 

 teers to read thesi? papers. 



President Kveritt: Will you kindly olilijif us by reading the 

 lirst paper, Mr. Craig? (icntb-nicn. will you kimlly give your 

 attention to Mr. CVaig? 



Tajier entitled ■■Is Cardening a Profession';" submitted by Mr. 

 W . W. Ohhveiler, general maiuiger, -Missouri Botanical (lardens. 

 read by ilr. Ciaig, and is |udjlished in full in another column. 



President Everitt: (ientlenien. each member is allowed li\e 

 minutes to discuss this essa,\ . 



-Mr. Pobert Cameron: There has bcc]i one |)oint that has not 

 been touched on in that paper, I think, and that is. what is the 

 name "C;u(lencr"'? A great many gardeners, it seems to ine are 

 ashamed of that name. When they get two or three men work- 

 ing under them their name is elianged to "superintendent.'' I 

 think if the name isn't good enough for them they ought not to 

 belong to this society. {Applause.) 



Mr. Kennedy: Mr. Chairman. I would like to usk Mr. Cauu'ron 

 if :i man can be a superintcn<lent and a g:irdeuer, too'.' 

 Mr. Cameron: Yes, he can. 

 Mr. Kennedy: Why change the name'; 

 Mr. Cameron: The lirst name is good enough. 

 Mr. Finlayson: Mr. President, in looking over an old Webster's 

 dictionary I happened to come across the name "gardener," and 

 the delinition it gave there was "I'he first gentleman on a gentle- 

 man's estate." 



Mr. Downs: I don't think we need to rpiarrel so much abotit 

 the name as we do about the man. The gardener of today has 

 something else to do besides gardening, Mr. Cameron. I don't 

 see why ;iny man should be ashamed of the name "gardener," but 

 we have to do other work and superintcinl other work. His 

 name is "gardener." and always will be. Ijut he has to know 

 something beyond the ordinary garden work in the average ])lace 

 today, and that is where the superinteiulent comes in, and you 

 must give him some name. The word "superintendent'' is nothing 

 derogatory to a gardener. It sim|dy mean-, tliat he has the over- 

 looking of the oilier work, and there is no reason wliy wc should 

 be sore about being callcfl "superintendent." 



J'resident Everitt: I do not think the gardener calls iiimsclf 

 a superintendent from choice very often. I think hi- is chris- 

 tened that way, and he has to take it. His enijiloyer gciierallx' 

 calls him a superintendent. It is not what he calls hiui-i-ll. Iml 

 that is what he has been christened. 



Secretary Ebel: Mr. Chairman, in my visits among some of the 

 estates I find that they have superintendents who are gardeners 

 and that the superintendent has a head gardener and a foreman 

 and assistants under him. If the superintendent is to call him- 

 self the gardenin'. what is the head gardener going to be called? 

 It all depends u|)Oii the size of the estate, it seems to me. as to 

 the titles employed. 



Mr. VeriKui T. Sherwood: At one lime the head la.ly of iin- 

 establishment called me ;ind said. "SluTwond. I want yon to eall 

 yourself 'manager,' " which is neither superintendent or gardener. 

 To please her I called myself "manager." and to please niys(df I 

 called myself "head g:irdener," and to many of my frieucN I give 

 them my card which reads "gardener." hut to her and her friends 

 and business associates 1 call niys(df "manager." !!ut tlic pa'l 

 that apnealeil to me most was the fact th;it she handed me tlie 

 key to the wine cellar. She said. ''Sheiwooil. T also want you to 

 take idiarge of the wine cellar. T saiil. "Miss Kir)i\ . I lia\c been 

 waiting four years for that key." 



A rising vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Ohhveiler for thi> 

 very instructive paper he submitted to the convention. 



President Everitt: Mr. Ebel will kindly read the next essay. 

 The secretary read pajier entitled "The ^lananement of Countrv 

 Estates: From" the Viewjioint of the College Cradnate." b\ Moiell 

 Smith. Superintendent of Kiluna Farm, the estate of llnlph Pul- 

 itzer, published in another column. 



A risiu'j- vote of lliaid<s wa> cxteiiilcd to ^h . Siuitli for his 

 very able jiaper. 



Mr. Kennedy: Mr. Chairman, if you will excuse me a minute. I 

 would like to invite everybody here lu-cscnt through the c(uirtesy 



of the Cardeners' and Klorists' (lob of liostou :ind the horticul- 

 tural interests of lioston to dine with ns tonight in the base- 

 ment of this hall. The supper will be served at o'clock, and 

 everybody here is welcome to go downstairs aiul have dinner. 



Secretary Ebel: Judging from in-eseiit indications I think that 

 we can complete our business meeting by a ijuarter after li. 



Jlr. Kennedy: J'.efore I sit down I would like to s;iy that the 

 Committee on Arrangements has arranged an automobile trip 

 through the park system of Boston and some private estates for 

 the visiting members tomorrow, which will leave {)ronii)tly the 

 Copley Square Hotel :it half-past i). 



President Everitt: Kindly give your attention, gentlemen, to 

 Mr. Craig. He is going to read a paper entitled "The Young 

 Gardener's Opportunity in This Country," by Henry Gibson of 

 New York. 



The pa|ier was read by Mr. Craig. 



(.Mr. Cibson's paper will be publi>lic-il in tin- .laniuuy iiinuljcr 

 of the ClIRONICXK.) 



Jlr. (Jeorge X. Smith: Mr. President, that to my mind was a 

 remarkable pajicr. 1 agree with every word of it. As between 

 tin- practical num. the man who has worked up from the potting 

 bench and so-called technical man or (-ollcge graduate, give me the 

 practical man every time. 



.Mr. Cameron: Mr. President, I wish to say that I have prob- 

 ably list<ned to hundreds of pa])ers in this building, and it is my 

 pleasure to say th;it the |)a]ier which lias just been read to this 

 :issociatiou is probably the best paper I ever he;ird read. (Ap- 

 plause.) Mr. Gibson's paper is full of valuable things. We coulii 

 discuss it for a week, but we haven't the time. The subject he 

 lias touched on here we have touched on over and over again. 

 The r|uestion of the college ,sraduate has been threshed out at 

 oiM- meetings dozens of times, lie has written an excellent paper, 

 :uiil every sentence i-ontains so much in it that we could discuss 

 it for hours, and I move that a rising vote of thanks be given to 

 .Mr. (iibsoii for his ;ilile jiajier, 



(The motiiui was seconded and carried.) 



President Everitt: We have another essay. 



Secretary Ebel: This paper is entitled "Is Co-operation Betweer 

 Garden Clubs and Gardeners' Societies Desirable?'' by William 

 ("Iray. secretary. Xewjiort Horticultural Society. 



(Pajier read by the secretary.) 



Mr. Arthur .Smith: It seems to me that co-operation is a thing 

 that we cannot have too much of between all the members of the 

 horticultural wmld. If the garden clubs can co-operate and will 

 come into toiicli «itli the professional side, then each will be bene- 

 fited by it. 



(The motion to extend a vote of thanks to Mr. Gray was sec- 

 onded and regularly carried.) 



President Everitt: 'l"he next is tlic report of the Exhibition 

 Committee. 



(The report of the Exhibition Committee \va- read by "Mr. A\il- 

 liain Kleinheinz, as follows:) 



REPORT (iK Exnii;rriii.v committee. 



(Vrtiticate of Culture for a well .uiuwn specimen Begonia Glorie 

 of Cincinnati. e.\liibited by W. l>owus. Cheslnut Hill. Mass. 



Special mention for two speciniens Hegonias Lorain, exhibited 

 li.\' Mr. ]_). Finla.vson. Brr>okline, Mass 



CerliHcate of Culture foi- a fine ilisplay of Calanthas, exhibited 

 hy Mr, D, Finlayson, LJrof)kline, Mass. 



Vote of thanks to W. W. Edgar Company, Mr. Basch, Manager, 

 for (li.splay of palms. 



Certitieate of Culture for a well gi-own vase of Carnation Alice 

 Cctiube. 4-.\hibiled Ij.v A. Roper. Tewkesbury. 



I'ertitirate of Merit for a vase of Carnation Commonwealth, ex- 

 liiUited li.\- .\. Roller. Tewkesbury. 



Iloiioiable .Mention for a vase of Carnation Morning Glow, ex- 

 liiiiiled by Edward Winkler, ■Wakefield. Mass. 



Certilicate of Merit foi- ,a vase of Carnation. Miss Teo, exhibited 

 l>y l-ittletield anil Wyman. North .-Miington. Mass. 



I'ertiHeate of Merit for a vase of C:irnation. Grace, exhibited 

 b.\' .\. Itoper. Tewkesbury. Mass, 



Certitieate of Merit for a vase of Seedling Carnation, No. 360, 

 i-xliibited by A. Roper. Tewkesbury. 



.\ certitieate of Merit for a vase of Roses, "Mrs. Bayard Thayer." 

 '■xtiiliitt'd liy Mr, Montgonier.v, Waban Greenhouses. 



(Vrtiticate of Merit for three plants of a new type of winter 

 Ilowpiing Begonias, consisting of Winter Cheer, .'\ureana and 

 ■■optima." exhifiiteil by Mr. ■William l>owns. Chestnut Hill, Mass, 



Certificate of Culture for .a vase of well grown Carnation "Alice," 

 .-xhibited by I'et.-r Fisher. Ellis. Mass. 



CcrtiHcate of Merit for vase of iiiuk snapdragon, "Weld Pink." 

 .-xhiliited by William C. Rust. Mr, Weld. Cardener, Brookline. Mass. 



Sjiecial Mention foi- a vase of I'lombago Coccinea, e,\liibited by 

 W, C. i;ust. Brookline, Mass. 



.s:pecial Mention for a fine collection of Lilium bulbs, exhibited 

 b,\ .lohii .Seheepers * Company. Inc.. New York, 



\'oIh of Thanks to .John Seheepers ^:. t'ompan.v. Inc., New York, 

 fur display of Xi-oiilirolcps and Spireas. 



\'()te of Thanks to ,\, II, Hews <t Company. Cambridge, Mass., 

 for a displav of Pottery. 



WM, Kl-EINHEINZ, 

 .JOHN T, Hl'.SS, 

 I'. W. POPP. 



President i''.veritt: I will appoint on tlie I.ewisohn resolution 

 committee .Tames Mac.Macren. William Downs, William Klein- 

 heinz. Robert Comeron and William .N. Craig. 



