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National Association of Gardeners 
I Thomas W. Head, President, Lake Forest, III. James Stuart, Treasurer, Mamaroneck, N. Y. | 
I Theo. Wirth, Vice-President, Minneapolis, Minn. Martin C. Ebel, Secretary, Madison, N. J. j 
I Trustees for IQ17 | 
I William Kleiiilieinz, Ogontz, Pa.; John F. Huss, Hartford, Conn.; Peter Duff, Orange, N. J.; William Turner, Oceanic, N. J.; | 
i William H. Duckham, Madison, N. J. i 
I Directors | 
I (To serve until 1918)— William H. Waite, Rumson, N. J.; Edward Kirk, Bar Harbor, Me.; John F. Johnson, Glen Cove, N. Y.; Carl N. | 
I Fohn, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Thomas Proctor, Lenox, Mass.; Joseph Tansey, Tuxedo Park, N. Y.; Robert Weeks, Cleveland, Ohio. I 
I (To serve until 1919) — John W. Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Thomas W. Logan, Jenkintown, Pa.; Robert Cameron, Cambridge, Mass.; i 
I John Canning, Ardsley, N. Y. ; A. Bauer, Deal Beach, N. J.; David Fraser, Pittsburgh, Pa.; George W. Hess, Washington, D. C. : (To i 
I serve until 1920)— William N. Craig, Brookline, Mass.; L. P. Jensen, St. Louis, Mo.; William Hertrick, San Gabriel, Cal.; William Gray, | 
I Newport, R. L; Arthur Smith, West End, N. J.; P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck, N. Y.; Albin Martini, Lake Geneva, Wis. j 
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CONVENTION PLANS. 
The local iirraiigemeiu rumiaitti'i'. fur the 1917 ouuventiou, 
which will be held in Chicago. 111., December 4-5-G, aunounce.s 
the appointment of tlie following sub-committees :- 
rK()(;i!AJI COMMITTEE: Messrs. Ilartland, McNaughton, 
Smith. liollinger, Howard, Morton, Ebel. 
BAXtjl'ET COMMITTEE: Messrs. J. C. Vaughan, P. Foley. 
Roy, Ilendei'son. 
FIXAXCE COMMITTEE: Messrs. J. C. Vaughan. P. Foley, 
Roy. 
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE: Messrs. P. Foley. L. Vaughan, 
Roy, Fisher, Reardon, Smith, Boulter, Francis, Barker. Sikes, 
Uegnan, Crojip. Rose. 
The arrangement committee has held several meetings and ex- 
pects to be prepared to announce a full program of the convention 
in the October number of the Chkonicle. 
• Tlie Sherman House has been selected as the headquarters for 
tlie convention. Special rates have been obtained of $1..50 and $2 
per day for the members attending the convention. Meeting rooms 
will be provided bj' the hotel for the business sessions. 
(.'onunittees have been appointed by the Lake Forest, 111., and 
I^ake Geneva, Wis., gardeners to entertain the visiting garileners at 
these places, both of which places will prove most interesting points 
of interest as .some of the foremost country estates of the west are 
located there. 
Armour and Company have extended an invitation to the mem- 
bers of the National Association of ("iardeners to visit the Ar- 
mour plant as part of the entertainment, which is to include a 
lunclieon and general inspection. 
President Head reports that Chicago horticultural interests are 
fully aroused to the coming convention of the gardeners and that 
nothing will be left undone to make it the most interesting and 
entertaining convention in the history of the organization. 
Pa. ; E. W. Edward.s. Pittsfield, Mass. ; Andrew Galla, Ardsley, 
X. Y. ; Frank JI. Ryan, South Bend, Ind. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The following new members have been added to our roll during 
the past month : Felix Celmar, West Jleutor. Ohio : .Joseph 
Sharp.s. Ipswich, Mass. : Clarence Doten, So. Sudbury. Mass. : 
William Gallagher, Newport, R. I. : Thomas Sturgis, Sewickley, 
GARDENERS' NOTES. 
.T. H. Francis has resigned his position with Louis F. Swift, 
(if Lake Forest, 111., to accept a position of superintendent on the 
A. B. Dick Estate of the same place. 
William Vert, late of •'Ca.stlegould," Port Washington, L. I., 
but more recently of "The Elms." Glen Cove, N. Y.. will, on Oc- 
tober 1, assume charge of the Henry .J. Topping Estate, Round's 
Hill, Greenwich, Conn. 
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Frank Barnard recently resigned his position as gardener on 
Senator Churchill's estate, Amherst, Mass., to take charge of the 
-McCallum Estate, Northampton, Mass. 
* * * 
Edwin Forsey, for some years foreman of the D. Willis .James 
Estate, Madison, N. .J., has secured the position of gardener on the 
new estate of R. Garlick. Y'oungstown. Ohio. 
* * * 
.T. Buckingham 'resigned his position early in Augu.st as super- 
intendent to Mrs. Irene Du Pont. Wilmington. Del., to sail for 
England to report for military duty there. 
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.James Warr, formerly of the C. S. Eaton Estate, Marblehead, 
Mass., has accepted a position as superintendent on the estate of 
II. T. Hayward. Franklin, i\Iass. 
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Charles Brown and Mai'k Twinney of the greenhouse department 
of Mellody Farm, Lake Forest, 111., luive joined the Canadian 
forces and left for Toronto on the 20th of the uKmth. 
Attention is directed to the action taken by the Executive Board 
of the X^ational Association of Gardeners to carry all members 
of the association who have or are enlisting for the war, in good 
standing during the period of the war. The .secretary of the associ- 
ation is anxious to obtain the names of all members at the front. 
LOCAL SOCIETY NOTES 
SEWICKLEY HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
The second annual picnic was scheduled 
to take place on Wednesday, August 22, on 
Mrs. Wm. Thaw's beautiful estate. Sewick- 
ley Heights, and promised to be the event 
of the season. There was a large attendance 
and competition in the various sports bid 
fair to be keen and e.xciting. The initial 
event (a quoit match) was well under way 
when a terrific storm put a "damper" on all 
enjoyment and turned the event into a 
"Dutch Picnic," as someone colloquially re- 
marked. It must have been especially dis- 
appointing to Mr. Jones, superintendent to 
Jlrs. Thaw, and those members who worked 
hard to have everything in readiness. The 
sports events were played ofl' on the fol- 
lowing Saturday, but unsettled weather was 
responsible tor a small attendance and com- 
petition was by no means keen. Tlianks are 
due to the many donors of prizes, all of 
which were worth keener competition. 
The second annual Fall Show will be held 
on September 28 and 29. This early date 
was selected for the purpose of stimulating 
competition in vegetable growing not only 
among professional gardeners but those who 
cultivated vacant lots and war gardens, and 
school children. Ribbons and medals are the 
only awards and the proceeds of the show 
will be turned over to the 'l\it and Comfort'' 
League. Sewickley Valley Auxiliary of the 
American Red Cross. 
JOHN CARMAN, Secretary. 
Botanical Garden, Bronx Park. The exhibi- 
tion is open free to the public on Saturday 
from 2 to .5 and on Sunday from 10 to 5. 
Schedules are now ready for distribution 
and may be had by addressing the secretary, 
George V. X^ash, New York Botanical Gar- 
den. Bron.x Park, New York City. 
GEORGE V. NASH, Secretary. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 
NEW YORK. 
This society will hold a Dahlia Exhiliition 
on Saturday and Sunday, .September 22 and 
2:i. in the Museum building. New Y'ork 
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ST. LOUIS ASSOCIATION OF 
GARDENERS. 
The regular meeting of the St. Louis 
Association of Gardeners was held at the 
Missouri Botanical Garden, Sunday morning, 
September 2. A short business session was 
held in the lecture room of the administra- 
tion building. President .Jensen occupying 
the chair with forty members present. 
After the meeting the garden and green- 
bouses, etc., were tlioroughly inspected, 
Alexander Liude and G. H. Pring. of the 
garden staff, acting as guides. 
G. H. PRING. 
