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NATIONAL GABDENEBS MEET. 



At St. Louis. 



At the annual convention of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners, held 

 at St. Louis, Mo., September 14 to 16, 

 the following officers were elected: 



President — W. N. Craig,. Brookline, 

 Mass. 



Vice-president — George H. Pring, St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



Secretary — M. C. Ebel, New York. 



Treasurer — Peter Duff, Orange, N. J. 



Trustees — W. H. Waite, Arthur Smith 

 and D. L. Mackintosh, all of New Jer- 

 sey. 



Delegates-at-large — L. P. Jensen and 

 Ernest Strehle, St. Louis. 



The meetings were held on the sec- 

 ond floor in the Marquette hotel. The 

 room was artistically decorated with 

 plants provided by the park depart- 

 ment. 



Large Local Attendance. 



The attendance from out of town was 

 not so large as had been expected, but 

 the attendance of local members at the 

 meetings was large during the three 

 days' sessions and greatly helped to 

 make the meetings interesting for the 

 out-of-town members who attended. 

 The attractive program planned by the 

 local committee was carried out to the 

 letter. The local committee was com- 

 posed of G. H. Pring, E. Strehle, H. C. 

 Irish, L. Baumann, Hugo Schafif and 

 John Moritz. 



The meeting of trustees and direc- 

 tors was held at 10 a. m., September 

 14, and the convention was opened at 

 2 p. m. by an address of welcome by 

 Dr. George T. Moore, of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden, who, after a few well 

 pointed remarks, welcoming the mem- 

 bers to the city, said that he had been 

 instructed by the mayor to turn over 

 th^ keys of the city to the convention. 

 Secretary Martin C. Ebel responded to 

 the address of welcome. 



Dues Are Increased. 



President L. P. Jensen then read his 

 address, which was followed by reports 

 from the secretary and treasurer. The 

 association voted in favor of increasing 

 the annual dues from $3 to $5 and the 

 life membership fee from $25 to $50. 



Lengthy discussions, in connection 

 with committee reports, then took place 

 on the following questions: Service 

 bureau, publicity fund. Quarantine No. 

 37, school gardens, the problem of in- 

 teresting young men in the gardening 

 profession and cooperation with the 

 Federal Vocational Board. 



To New York in 1921. 



The selection of the next meeting 

 place followed. P. W. Popp, of Ma- 

 maroneck, N. Y., in a splendid talk, 

 invited the association to hold its 1921 

 meeting in New York city. Since no 

 other invitations were presented, New 

 York was selected. 



At 8 p. m., Tuesday, a reception to 

 the president was held in the large din- 

 ing hall; it was largely attended. Dur- 



ing the evening an illustrated lecture 

 was given by Montague Free, of the 

 Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, on "Rock 

 Gardens," followed by a reception 

 held by the St. Louis Association of 

 Gardeners. 



Wednesday the morning session 

 opened at 9 a. m. with an address by 

 Frederick W. Pape, park commissioner 

 of St. Louis; it was responded to by 

 Secretary M. C. Ebel. 



Stimulating Discussions. 



The remainder of the morning's ses- 

 sion, after next year's officers had been 

 nominated, was devoted to discussion 

 of the examination for and classifica- 

 tion of gardeners and the inducements 

 for young men to take up the garden- 

 ing profession ; August Koch, J. Baxter, 

 Montague Free and George Pring were 

 among those who ^made valuable re- 

 marks. ^<^ 



Mr. Pring entered his new pond lily, 

 which he has named Mrs. Edward 

 Whitaker, for the association's gold 

 medal, which was awarded to him, on 

 the report of a committee. 



In the afternoon session, beginning 

 at 2 o'clock, the following interesting 



subjects were discussed: "The Threat- 

 ened Food Crisis; How Can the Gar- 

 deners and their Association Assist in 

 Relieving It?"; "Will Farmerettes 

 Solve the Problem of Help Shortage on 

 Country Estates?" and "The Sign- 

 board Nuisance Defacing Our High- 

 ways; How Can It Be Combated Effec- 

 tively t" 



Tlie Shaw Banquet. 



The members were then invited to 

 attend the banquet given annually to 

 florists, gardeners and nurserymen in 

 accordance with the will of Henry 

 Shaw. This took place in the floral 

 display house in the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden. Covers were laid for 100 and 

 the menu was excellent. At the con- 

 clusion of the banquet, Dr. Herman von 

 Schrenk, president of the City Garden 

 Club, gave an illustrated lecture on 

 "The Trees of the Pacific Coast," after 

 which all were invited over to Tower 

 Grove park to view the illuminated 

 aquatics. 



Thursday, the third and last day of 

 the convention, the meeting opened at 

 9 a. m. As only one nomination had 

 been made for each office, the secretary 



W. N. Craig. 



( Elected Piesidcnt of National Association of Onrdeners.) 



