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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
When responses have been received, send the names, addresses, 
etc., of the live prospects to the secretary for a follow-up letter, 
application blank, etc., and he will work on them from then on, 
and if he gets their application you will be given full credit. 
Now, if every member will just try out this plan, or a better 
one, the results will be astonishing, and we will have an Associa- 
tion of greater strength and usefulness. It is going to take per- 
sonal work, and it remains to be seen whether we are going to 
go ahead, stand still or go back. 
Commencing with the June number, we will have a roll of 
honor in tliis section, showing the names of members who have 
lined up new members, etc.. and tlie number of each. Here's 
hoping that this list will be so long that tlie editor will grumble 
about tlie space taken. R. W. C. 
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. 
Daniel II. Ellis, superintendent at Saginaw, ilich., who, with 
the exception of the last one. has been one of the convention 
regulars, sends in an interesting letter regarding his work. A 
reorganization of the city government of Saginaw has resulted 
in the appointment of a Commissioner of Parks, a ilr. Wm. F. 
Jahnke. but Mr. Ellis is still retained as superintendent, which 
was a very wise course in view of his long and creditable record 
in that position. 
]\Ir. Ellis is on the trail of new members, and is canvassing all 
the eligible prospects in other cities of his State of whom he 
knows. This is fine business, and we hope his system will be 
used 1)V others. 
L. yi. De Saussure of Jlempliis, remembered as Illustrious Cur 
of the Ancient and Effervescent Order of Yellow Dogs, writes a 
breezy letter, and states that he is making his summer plans fit 
into the convention trip at St. Louis in September, and has se- 
cured a special dispensation irom the Supreme ilongrel to confer 
the degree work again at St. Louis. 
A press notice intimates that our vice-president, Clarence L. 
Brock, now superintendent at Houston, Tex., is to be Commis- 
sioner of Police under the new city administration. If this hap- 
pens we know that tliere will be one park system in the coinitry 
which will be adequately policed by the regular police force, 
something most cities have difricultv in having done. 
J. H. Pdackwood. secretary of the Winnipeg Park Board, has 
reinstated himself in the Association, ami all will be glad to see 
his name in Ihe roster again. He has -been threatening for many 
years to attend a convention, but has failed to materialize so 
far, but this j'ear we believe he is going to yield to the lure of 
St. Louis. 
Clias. E. Putnam, engineer for the Boston Park Department, 
has sent in for some application blanks, which is good news for 
Boston has been conspicuous bv its absence from recent conven- 
tions, in spite of the fact that we have a bunch of members in 
that city. Perhaps the little roast we lianded oiit on that line 
recently has borne fruit. Well, anyway, here's hoping that Bos- 
ton packs the next convention and maybe she has designs on the 
1918 session which will mark the twentieth anniversary of the 
organization in Boston in 1008. 
Arthur V. Parker, for several years superintendent at Worce- 
ster, JIass., has resigned under date of April 1, and has taken 
up professional work at Hackeusack, X. .T. He is succeeded at 
Worcester by Harold J. Kealc, another of our members, wlio has 
for some years Ijeen City Forester and mIio will now be Super- 
intendent of Parks and Forester. 
•T. J. Levison, our former secretary, for years forester of Pros- 
pect Park in Brooklyn, and nmre recently City Forester of XeAv 
York, announces his retirement from public service, and has en- 
gaged in business for himself as consulting landscape forester 
and arboriculturist, with offices at Sea Cliff, X. Y. In this re- 
spect he is following in the footsteps of Prost of Chicago, and 
thus two of our most eminent foresters of metropolitan cities 
have abandoned public work for private practice, which would 
indicate that public work is not lucrative enough or else private 
practice is exceptionally attractive. Mr. Levison has a national 
reputation in his profession, and is deserving of success, which 
we all hope will be his lot. 
George Champion, superintendent at Winnipeg, and one of 
the "wheel horses" of the Association in days gone by, is taking 
liis committee assignment seriously, and as the Canadian repre- 
sentative on the Committee on National, State and Provincial 
Parks he is on the trail of ten superintendents of provincial 
parks for membersliiji in the Association, to whom he has sent 
personal letters, and whose names he has sent in to the secretary 
for "follow up" correspondence. This is the kind of work that 
coiuits, and we hope tliat many members will adojit the Champion 
plan. 
Leon D. Tilton, who has for some time been connected with 
the Division of Landscape Gardening of the University of Illi- 
nois, has secured tlie appointment of Superintendent of Parks at 
St. Joseph, JIo. 
He is planning to take out a nieiiilievshi]i in the Association 
and to attend the St. Louis convention. 
A liulletin will be issued shortly and sent to all members cov- 
ering the subjects of "Municipal Golf." as compiled by J. W. 
Duncan of Spokane, and "Water Charges," compiled by W. R. 
Reader of Calgarv. 
A taste of the benefit we are to receive from affiliation with 
the American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature. 
was evidenced by the pamphlet, "Oflicial Code of Stanilardized 
Plant Xames." which has been sent to all our members. This 
committee is doing a great work, and it is to the credit of our 
Association tliat we are represented on the committee by such 
al>le men as Messrs. Merkel, Dunbar and Wirth. 
('has. M, Liirina:, "Father of the Minneapolis System." who lives 
at ^Minneapolis part of the time and acts as superintendent of the 
sre;it Iliintincton Park at Riverside, Cal., at other times, was 
recently honored by the Universit.v of Minnesota by being pre- 
sented with one of their much prized "Certificates of Distinction," 
awarded to men who have been of signal .service to the common- 
\xe:ilth. Mr. Loring has been a leading spirit in ornamental hor- 
ticulture for nearly fifty years and still continues to give liberally 
of his energy and means in the promotion of civic beautification. 
He was honored by our association many years ago by being se- 
lected as an honorarv member. 
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, M.\NAGEMENT, CIRCULA- 
TION, ETC., required by the Act of Congress of Aueusi 24, 1912, of 
I'.ARDENERs' Chronicle of America, published monthly at New York, N. Y., 
for April 1, 1917. 
State of New Jersey ? 
County of Morris J * 
Before me. a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, 
personally appeared Geo. A. Burniston, who having been duly sworn ac- 
cording to law, deposes and says that he is the business manager of the 
Gardeners' Ciironici-e of America, and that the following is, to the best 
of his krowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management 
(and if a daily paper, ihe circulation), etc.. of the aforesaid publication 
for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 
1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the 
reverse nf this form, to wit: 
1. That ;he names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, 
and business manager are: 
Name of — Post office address — 
Publisher. The Chronicle Press, Inc., 286 Fifth .\ve.. New York, N. Y. 
Fditor. M. C. Ebel, Madi«on, N. T. 
Managing Editor, M. C. Ebel, Madison, N. J. 
Ptusiness Mnnager, Geo. .A. Burniston, Madison, N. J. 
2. That the owners are: fOive names and addresses of individual owners, 
or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stock- 
holders owning or Iiolding 1 per cent, or more of the total amount of stock.) 
The Chronicle Press, Inc., 286 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. 
M. C. Ebel, Madison. N. T. 
Geo. A. Burniston. Madison. N. ,T. 
M. E. Burniston and .7. A. Burniston, both of Jersey City, N. J. 
3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security holders 
owning or holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mort- 
gages, or other securities are: (If there are none, so state) There are no 
bondholdeis, mortgagees or other security holders. 
4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, 
stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stock- 
holders rnd security holders as they appear upon the hooks of the company, 
but also, in cases where the stockholders or security holder appears upon 
the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, 
the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, 
is given: also th.'t the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing 
affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions 
under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the 
books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity 
other than that of a bona fide owner: and this affiant has no reason to 
believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest 
direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so 
stated by him. 
Geo. A. Burniston, Business Manager. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April. 1917, 
[seal] F. I. Morrow. 
(My commission expires .-Xugust 5lh. 1920.) 
