ALOUSX 27, 1S)14. 



The Florists' Revitv: 



11 



Exhibits of Robert Craig G>., Philadelphia, and F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown, N. "V., at ths Boston Cjavint on as week 



ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS. 



The summer meeting of the National 

 Association of Gardeners, held at Paul 

 Revere hall, Boston, August 19, was one 

 of the most successful ever held by the 

 organization. William J. Kennedy, 

 president of the Boston Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, in welcoming the gath- 

 t'ring to Boston, referred to the impor- 

 tance of strong organization to protect 

 the interests of the profession and 

 ><tated that he believed the National 

 Association of Gardeners, if properly 

 ''upported by the gardeners, can mate- 

 rially aid the profession and increase 

 the opportunities for those engaged 

 in it. 



President Wni. H. Waite, of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners, re- 

 sponded to Mr. Kennedy's address of 

 welcome. He then introduced Daniel 

 MatRorie, of San Francisco, who pre- 

 sented an invitation from the Panama- 

 l^acific Exposition and the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Society to the National 

 Association of Gardeners to convene at 

 •"^ft" Francisco during the exposition 

 next year. The association voted to 

 :'<<t'pt the invitation and hold its sum- 

 "icr meeting in San Francisco in 191"). 



''resident Theodore Wirth, of the 

 ^. A. F., and a director of the 

 •^"tional Association of Gardeners, 

 -pok,. of the opportunities which 

 •"''■ presenting themselves in the 

 ^^•'vt for the ambitious and efficient 

 Uiudoiier. Mr. Wirth expressed it as 

 '"^ oitinion that while still in the de- 

 ^''I'pment stage, the private estates in 

 'ill west are beginning to compare fa- 

 ^"lulily with those of the east. He said 

 ^^I'Mi'm people are becoming interested 



in country estates in their own terri- 

 tory and the capable gardener will be 

 more in demand there than he has been 

 heretofore. 



Wm. F. Gude, of Washington, made 

 an appeal for the William K. Smith 

 ' memorial and in response it was voted 

 that the N. A. G. open a subscription 

 list to enable members and others who 

 might desire to contribute to this fund 

 to do so. 



Prof. Edward A. White, of Cornell 

 Tiuiversity, si)oke of the opportunities 

 that are now offered to young men in 

 different colleges to secure a training 

 in horticulture and floriculture and gave 

 a brief outline of the work the New 

 York College of Agriculture is now en- 

 gaged in. 



John Young, secretary of the S. A. 

 F., read a paper on ' ' What the S. A. 

 F. Should Do for the Private Garden- 

 er," written by Arthur E. Thatcher, of 

 Bar Harbor, Me., who was to deliver 

 it before the meeting, but was suddenly 

 called away from the convention. A 

 general discussion followed. 



Arthur Smith, of Keading, Pa., con- 

 tributed an interesting paper on "The 

 Profession of Gardening," relating the 

 history of the profession and discus 

 sing in detail the ups ami downs that 

 are encountered within the profession. 

 The paper, which was read by Secre- 

 tary Ebel, was acknowledged to be a 

 strong document on the many jdiases 

 that enter into the profession of gar- 

 dening. A hearty vote of thanks was 

 tendered Mr. Smith for his able pajter. 



On a motion by W. N. Craig, Presi 

 dent Waite appointed Mr. Craig and 

 Duncan Finlayson. of Brookline, ^[ass.. 

 and M. C Ebel. of Madison. N. ,T., a 



committee to draft a resolution convey- 

 ing to the brother horticulturists abroad 

 the sympathy of the members of the 

 association in the terrible calamity that 

 surrounds the European horticulturists 

 at the present time. 



Following a general discussion of va- 

 rious problems with which gardeners are 

 confronted from time to time, in which 

 a number present participated, the 

 meeting adjourned. 



At the meeting of the executive board, 

 held in the forenoon, it was voted to 

 invite all florists' clubs having private 

 gardeners enrolled in their membership 

 to join in the cooperative movement 

 of the N. A. (}. to arouse a greater pub- 

 lic interest in horticulture. The coop- 

 erative committee reported twenty-two 

 organizations enrolled in the movement 

 to date, which include two from Cali- 

 fornia, one from Texas and one from 

 Louisiana. It was also voted to hold 

 the next annual convention in Phila- 

 delphia during the first week in Decem 

 ber, to which exhibits of novelties and 

 rare plants will be invited in competi- 

 tion for the association's certificate of 

 merit. 



ENTOMOLOGIST'S REPORT. 



IThi' followiiiK is the report of I'rof. W. K. 

 Hritlon, entomologist for the S. A. F., pr»-- 

 wented at the Boston coiivcntloii AuKUsl 111. 

 I!tl4.1 



As entomologist for your society, I 



fully expected to receive from plant 



growers all over the country inquiries 



and specimens relating to insect trou- 



i)les. Such iiKiuiries during the last 



year have been given due attention, 



l>ut tltey have been few outside of niy 



own state of Connecticut. 



[Continued on pace 32.1 



