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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
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National Association of Gardeners 
James Stuart^ Treasurer, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 
Martin C. Ebel, Secretary, Madison, N. J. 
N. J.; William Turner, Oceanic, N. J.; 
Thomas W. Head, President, Lake Forest. 111. 
Theo. Wirth, Vice-President, Minneapolis, Minn. 
Trustees for icti/ 
William Klcinlieinz, Ogontz, Pa.; John F. Huss, Hartford, Conn.; Peter Duff, Orange, 
William H. Duckham, Madison, N. J. 
Directors 
(To serve until 191S)— William H. Waite, Rumson, N. J.; Edward Kirk, Bar Harbor, Me.; John F. Johnson, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Carl N. 
Fohn, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Thomas Proctor, Lenox, Mass.; Joseph Tansey, Tuxedo Park, N. Y. ; Robert Weeks, Cleveland, Ohio. 
(To serve until 1919)— John W. Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Thomas W. Logan, Jenkintown, Pa.; Robert Cameron, Cambridge, Mass.; 
John Canning, Ardsley, N. Y. ; A. Bauer, Deal Beach, N. J.; David Eraser, Pittsburgh, Pa.; George W. Hess, Washington, D. C; (To 
serve until 1920)— William N. Craig, Brookline, Mass.; L. P. Jensen, St. Louis, Mo.; William Hertrick, San Gabriel, Cal.; William Gray, 
Newport, R. I.; Arthur Smith, West End, N. J.; P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Albin Martini, Lake Geneva, Wis. 
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ADVOCATING A RELIEF FUND 
What becomes of aged gardeners who have not been able to 
save enough or invest enough to keep tliem when they have to 
retire? Gardeners never retire, it may be said, or at least only 
those that have been fortunate in the positions they have held. 
Some must assuredly fall by the way. Sickness is not foreign 
to the professional gardener, despite the fact that gardening is a 
health}' occupation. Statistics of the live assurance companies 
prove that farmers, lawyers, clergymen and gardeners are among 
the longest lived men. Jlany gardeners suffer badly from rheu- 
matism probably brought on from working in tropical plant 
houses and having to face Arctic temperatures immediately after. 
Gardeners are not immune from human ailments. To assist needy 
cases should there not be a relief fund begun in connection with 
the National Gardener.?' Association, or should it be a separate 
organization? None of us know what our future may be, what 
the future may bring. It would ease the mind of many an earnest 
man to know there was some fund from which he could obtain 
support or help in time of need. What of the j'oung orphans of 
gardeners? Are there none? There are, and some ready money 
would be an untold blessing to many a joung widow. In Great 
Britain there is a Gardeners' Benevolent Institution subscribed to 
by the gardeners themselves, and the patrons of gardening. The 
annual pensions paid are in addition to the Government State 
pension that those over 70 may apply for. Tlie Gardeners' Benev- 
olent Institution collects by subscription the svuu of at least 
.$20,000 (£4,000). There is also the Royal Gardeners' Orphan 
Fund to which the nursery, seed and florists trade subscribe, as 
well as owners of gardens and gardeners themselves. Thirdly, 
there is the- United Horticultural Benefit and Provident Society. 
with ample invested funds, which is purely a self-help organiza- 
tion, every member being eligible for sick-pay during illness. 
The dues are less than $15 annually, and in case of sickness the 
member receives $1.50 per week on the higher scale and $3 per 
week on the lower scale. Before the war these amounts repre- 
sented from one-half to two-thirds of the ordinary' weekly 
(money) wage of the majority of working gardeners. In addi- 
tion, this society has a Distress Fund from which voluntary re- 
lief grants can be and are made at the discretion of the executive 
committee. It appears to "The Onlooker" that sooner or later we 
in America must initiate certain financial relief schemes, not in 
the nature of a charity, but as a deferred annuity, or pension, or 
help, to those above mentioned. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The folldwiug new members have been added to our ranks during 
the past month : Charles Valentine, Hackensack, N. .T. ; Anton 
Lindahl, Kirkwood. Mo. ; Oliver Sears, Hingham, Mass. ; Theodore 
J. Carlson, West JIanchester, Mass. ; John J. Wood, Manchester, 
Mass.; M. II. Horvalh, Cleveland, Oluo ; Itobert Whan, New 
Rochelle, N. Y. ; Louis M. Lenington, Wyoming, N. Y. ; Cuno 
Wenk, Rosljn, X. Y. ; Fred Klingler, Lawrence, N. Y. ; .Toe Skal- 
berg, Chicago, 111. ; .Tames Bray, San .Jose. Cal. ; Frank Kary, 
Chicago, 111. : Harris L. Lohnes. AVoreester, Mass. ; J. Thoreton, 
Springfield Centre, N. Y. 
AMONG THE GARDENERS 
.Tames Bell has secured the position of superintendent on the 
Howanl Brokaw Estate, East Norwich, Long Island. 
Henry Gibson has resigned his position as superintendent on the 
W. Ij. Austin Estate, Rosemont. Pa., to accept a similar position 
on the estate of Meredith Hare, Pidgon, Hill. Huntington, Long 
Island. 
Thomas Hambleton has secured the position of head gardener 
on the W. W. Fuller Estate, Haymount, Briarclifl' Manor, N. Y. 
John Tliomson is now in charge of the estate of Mrs. Robert 
L. Stevens, Beruardsville, N. J. 
Samuel B. Fislier lias resigned his position as superintendent 
to C. A. Grisconi. Haverford, Pa., to accept a similar position on 
the estate of Countess Santa Eulalia, Ogontz. Pa. 
S. G. Ingram has accepted a position as gardener on the estate 
of Geo. r. Baker, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., over which Mrs. James 
MacMachan supervises. 
W. H. Robertson, formerly gardener to H. H. Jenkins, Norwich, 
Conn., has secured the position of superintendent to J. A. Burden, 
\Vestbury, Long Island. 
Charles Dumper lias secured the pcisili(ui of gardener to H. H. 
Jenkins, Norwich, Conn. 
Samuel Grigg has resigned his position as gardener to A. H. 
Scribner Estate, Mt. Kisco, N. Y., to take charge of the estate of 
ilrs. Itoswell Miller, Miirorook, N. Y. 
Charles Scott has obtained the position of gardener on the 
Moses Taylor Estate, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
George Wilson, formerly superintendent of the Taylor Estate, 
Jericho, N. Y., has resigned to accept the position of superintend- 
ent on the estate of Mrs. E. Blair, Lake Forest, 111. 
Fred Faulkner has succeeded George Wilson as superintendent 
of the Tavlor Estate, Jericho, N. Y. 
William Reid has been appointed head gardener on the estate 
to .J. MacDonald, Trenton Junction, N. J. 
W. H. Stirling, who has represented several of the New York 
seed firms as traveler, has joined the staff of Burnett Brothers 
and will represent that firm on the road. Mr. Stirling served his 
apprenticeship with Dickson & Company, Edinburgh, Scotland, 
and later represented this well known firm on the road for many 
vears. 
