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II O K'T I C L' l.T U R E 



Au^ist 14, 1920 



NATIONAL GARDENERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION 

 The following is the program for the 



Annual Convention of the National 



Association of Gardeners to be held at 



the Marquette Hotel, St. Louis, Sept. 



14, 15. 16. 



Tuesday. Sept. 14 



10. a. m. — Executive meeting of the 

 Trustees and Directors. 



2 a. m. — Convention convenes. 



Address of Welcome. Dr. George T. 

 Moore, director of Missouri Botani- 

 cal Garden. 

 President's address. 

 Secretary's report. 

 Treasurer's report. 

 Report of committee on Service Bu- 

 reau Publicity Fund; committee on 

 Quarantine bill No. 37; committee 

 on School Gardens; committee on 

 Interesting Young Men in the Gar- 

 dening Profession; committee on Co- 

 operation with Federal Vocational 

 Board. 



Communications and resolutions. 

 Consideration of next meeting place. 

 General discussion. 



8 p. m.— Illustrated Lecture on "Rock 

 Gardens, " Montagiie Free. Brooklyn, 

 Botanic Garden. 



Wednesday. Sept. 15. 



9 a. m. — rnfinished business. 

 Nomination of officers. 

 Subjects for discussion: 



Examination for and classifica- 

 tion of gardeners. 

 Inducements tor Young Men to 

 Take up the Gardening Profession. 

 2 p. m.— Subjects for discussion: 



The Threatened Food Crisis ; How- 

 Can the Gardeners and Their As- 

 sociation Assist in Relieving It? 

 Will Farmerettes Solve the Prob- 

 lem of Help Shortage on Coun- 

 try Estates? 



The Sign Board Nuisance Defacing 

 our Highways; How Can it be 

 Combated Effectively? 

 General discussion. 



8 p. m.— Shaw Banquet. 



Thursday, Sept. 16. 



9 to 9.30 a. m.— Polls Open for Elec- 

 tion of Officers. 



Unfinished business. 



10 a. m. — Adjournment for inspection 

 of St. Louis' Park System, and vis- 

 its to Missouri Botanical Garden and 

 Country Estates. 



8 p. m. — Annual banquet. 



Members should communicate with 

 George H. Bring. Missouri Botanical 

 Garden. St. Louis, for hotel accommo- 

 dations without delay. 



Members who cannot attend the con- 

 vention, and niay have ideas or sug- 

 gestions to be brought to the atten- 



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tion of the convention, should com- 

 municate with the secretary at his 

 New Yorlv office before September 1. 



Amendments to By-Laws. 



Notice of proposed amendments is 

 here published as called for by the 

 By-Laws. 



To amend Article 2, by adding two 



sections (Section 7 and Section 8) as 

 follows : 



Section 7. .Applicants for active or 

 associate membership shall be passed 

 on by a membership committee to con- 

 sist of the secretary and any two mem- 

 bers of the executive board, on whom 

 the secretarj- shall be authorized to 

 call, to pass on applications. An ap- 



