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available funds for this purpose are 

 urged to consult officers of this society 

 in reference to plans already formed in 

 this direction. 



"Fourth, and most important, that 

 we should at least double our member- 

 ship within the next year. Every mem- 

 ber would profit by such increase, for 

 increased income will make possible the 

 needed publication of an authoritative 

 American rose manual and of a complete 

 American rose catalogue. 



"Will you not help to realize this 

 vision for American rose prosperity by 

 inviting to membership your friends 

 who ought to be interested?" 



Treasurer's Report. 



The report of Henry O. May, the 

 treasurer of the society, for the year 

 ending March 15, 1920, was as follows: 



UECEIPTS. 



(ash on hand $2,i:{7..')R 



Received from secretary 4,51J).07 



Interest on mortgage certificates 1.50.00 



Interest on permanent fimds .SCO! 



Interest on general iiccount 3.59 



?C,840.28 

 DISBURSEMENTS. 



Rose Annual and printing .$2,757.84 



General expenses S.S4.21 



Deposited in permanent fund 4.'»0.00 



To balance 2,798.23 



.«(i,840.2S 

 PERMANENT FIND. 



Westchester & Bronx Title & Mortgage 

 Guarantee Co. 

 Three mortgage certiHcates $.S. 000.00 



Summit Trust Co. 



Permanent fund ' . . !t50.00 



Hubbard medal fund 250.{K) 



AMERICAN DAHUA SOCIETY. 



The Autumn Show. 



At the meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the American Dahlia Society 

 held at the international flower show 

 in the Grand Central Palace, New York, 

 March 19, it was decided to hold the 

 autumn show in New York during Sep- 

 tember at one of the centrally located 

 hotels and to charge exhibitors a rea- 



sonable price for floor space and also to 

 charge for admission, to help defray the 

 expenses. 



The meeting was attended by grow- 

 ers from many states and considerable 

 space was taken by those present at the 

 meeting and a substantial guarantee 

 fund was started. 



The plan is to give the greatest dahlia 

 show ever held and work to that end has 

 already beeir~-started and will be prose- 

 cuted vigorously and continuously until 

 show time. Every dahlia grower and 

 lover of this popular flower is invited to 

 cooperate. 



President Vincent moved that Prof. 

 George Fraser, of the Connecticut State 

 Agricultural College, Storrs, Conn., be 

 tendered the thanks of the, society for 

 the excellent manner in which the trial 

 grounds were conducted last year. He 

 was made a life member of the society. 



Trial Orounds to Be Larger. 



The trial grounds will be continued 

 and will be larger and better than ever. 

 Tubers for the trial gardens should be 

 properly labeled with the name of ^the 

 variety and the exhibitor and sent to 

 Prof. Fraser. Last year there were 

 many visitors throughout the season 

 and, as the trial grounds are recognized 

 as a permanent institution, there will 

 be more visitors this year than ever. 



James Duthie, Oyster Bay, N. Y., 

 moved that a new scale of points be 

 made, so that good exhibition varieties 

 and varieties good for cut flowers would 

 be given an equal chance. The motion 

 was carried. 



A motion was passed protesting the 

 quarantine df the states of Illinois and 

 Michigan against dahlia tubers and 

 bulbs. 



Let dahlia growers everywhere, ama- 

 teurs as well as professionals, begin now 

 in the effort to make this the greatest 

 exhibition of any single flower ever 

 held. Edward C. Vick, Sec'y. 



GARDENERS GATHER 



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GARDENERS GET TOGETHER. 



For Conference in New York. 



A conference of gardeners under the 

 auspices of the National Association of 

 Gardeners was held March 18 in the 

 Engineering building, New York city. 

 Kobert Weeks, of Cleveland, ex-presi- 

 dent of the association, presided. The 

 conference was called to give the mem- 

 bers an opportunity to discuss the aims 

 of the association and the operations of 

 the service bureau and to formulate 

 plans for a campaign to interest young 

 men in the profession of gardening. 



W. N. Craig, of Brookline, Mass., pre- 

 sented a communication from the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 directing attention to Quarantine No. 

 37 and its detriment to horticultural 

 progress in the United States, and asked 

 that a delegate be appointed to repre- 

 sent the organization officially at a 

 meeting to be held during the month of 

 May, at which various horticultural in- 

 terests are to be represented. The asso- 

 ciation voted to be represented at this 

 meeting. 



Following the meeting of the associa- 

 tion, a statement was issued to the New 

 York papers by an unidentified source, 

 evidently with malicious intent, to the 

 effect that the association had gone on 

 record as being in favor of the exclu- 

 sion act, preventing the importation of 

 plants. This, of course, is an untruth, 

 as the National Association of Garden- 

 ers, from the first, has been strongly 

 opposed to Quarantine No. 37 and the 

 discrimination now practiced by the 

 Federal Horticultural Board in favor- 

 ing those who have been friendly to it, 

 while discriminating against those who 

 have had courage to express their views 

 regarding the injustice of this measure, 

 is not weakening the opposition to it of 

 the professional gardeners. 



Service Bureau Conunended. 



The workings and immediate future 

 plans of the service bureau were ex- 

 plained and generally discussed by the 

 members from the floor, following 

 which discussion a motion was carried 

 heartily endorsing what has been ac- 

 complished by this department of the 

 association. 



Alexander Michie, chairman of the 

 service bureau publicity fund, made n 

 strong appeal for greater support oi' 

 this fund by the members, so that thi 

 work which had been planned might bi 

 carried out. His appeal met with im 

 mediate response among many of thosi 

 present, who came forward after tli( 

 meeting to subscribe to the fund. 



The discussion regarding the possi 

 bility of interesting young men in thi 

 profession of gardening drew forth oi> 

 timistic expressions from most of, those 

 who spoke on the subject, while a few 

 were rather pessimistic in their views 

 of the success of bringing young men 

 into the gardening profession while 

 other vocations appear to be so much 

 more lucrative. It was believed, how 

 ever, by all present that the gardening 

 profession is confronted by a serious 

 problem at the present time, due to the 

 inability to secure young men as as- 

 sistants. It cannot look forward, as in 

 the past, to Europe to supply them, for 

 among the young men of the profession 

 who entered the war the sacrifice of life 

 was heavy. 



The relation between the employer 

 and the gardener came in for consider- 

 able discussion, with opinions about 

 equally divided as to who was to blame 

 for the lack of confidence existing be- 

 tween them. 



Recruiting for Gardeners. 



At an executive meeting of the trus- 

 tees and directors of the association 

 earlier in the day, at which W. N. Craig, 

 of Massachusetts; Robert Weeks, of 

 Ohio; George W. Hess, of Washington, 

 D. C; John Barnet, of Pennsylvania; 

 Robert Williamson, of Connecticut; 

 Joseph Tansey, James Stuart and Daniel 

 Coughlin, of New York, and Arthur 

 Smith and M. C. Ebel, of New Jersey, 

 were present, the recommendation of 

 the last convention that the 1920 an- 

 nual meeting be held in St. Louis was 

 favorably acted upon. The secretary 

 was authorized, in conjunction with the 

 committee appointed at the last con- 

 vention, to develop plans immediately 

 to bring to the attention of young men 

 who may be interested the advantages 

 offered by the position of gardener. 



A communication was received from 

 President L. P. Jensen, of St. Louis, 

 regretting his inability to attend the 

 meeting and the conference, owing to 

 the new development work which he has 

 just undertaken in connection with his 

 position, and containing a number of 

 recommendations which were acted 

 upon by the executive board. President 

 Jensen wrote that he would be glad to 

 receive from officers and members of 

 the association suggestions concerning 

 its welfare and that of the profession 

 which it represents. 



March 17 W. N. Craig appeared be- 

 fore the Garden Club of America at its 

 annual meeting at the Colony Club, New 

 York city, and addressed a large au- 

 dience of its members on "The Profes- 

 sional Gardener from His Viewpoint." 

 Mr. Craig ably presented the cause of 

 the professional gardener and, judging 

 by the hearty reception his remarks re- 

 ceived, his views met with the endorse- 

 ment of those who listened to him. Mr. 

 Craig also spoke of the iniquities of 

 Quarantine No. 37 in a way which met 

 with general approval, the Garden Club 

 of America unanimously passing a reso- 

 lution as opposed to the measure. 



