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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 
THE 
GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 
President, Vice-President, Treasurer, 
W. N. CRAIG, THEO. WIRTH, JAMES STUART, 
Brookline, Mass. Minneapolis, Minn. Mamaroneck. N. Y. 
Secretary, MARTIN C. EBEL, Madison, N. J. 
TRUSTEES FOR 1916. 
Peter Duff, Orange N. J.; William H. Duckham, Madison, N. J.; William 
Turner, Bernardsville, N. J.; William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa.; John F. 
Huss, Hartford, Conn. 
DIRECTORS. 
To serve until 1917 — Wm, Hertrick, San Gabriel, Cal.; Robert Angus, 
Tarrytown, N. Y. ; Robert Bottomley, New Canaan, Conn.; Alex. Fraser, 
Newport, R. I.; Arthur Smith, Reading, Pa.; Thomas W. Head, Lake 
Forest, 111.; L. P. Jensen, St. Louis, Mo. 
To serve until 1918 — William H. Waite, Rumson, N. J.; William J. 
Kennedy, Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Edward Kirk, Bar Harbor, Me.; John W. 
Johnston, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Carl N. Fohn, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Peter 
Johnson, Dallas, Tex.; Thomas Proctor, Lenox, Mass. 
To serve until 1919 — John W. Everitt, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Thomas W. 
Logan, Jenkintown, Pa., Robert Cameron, Cambridge, Mass.; James Mac- 
Machan, Tuxedo Park, N. Y. ; A. Bauer, Deal Beach. N. J.; David Fraser, 
Pittsburgh. Pa.; George W. Hess, Washington, D. C. 
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 
President, Secretary-Treasurer, 
EMIL T. MISCHE, ROLAND W. COTTER1LL, 
Portland, Ore. Seattle, Wash. 
Vice-Presidents, 
J. W. THOMPSON, ALEX. STUART, L. P. JENSEN, 
Seattle, Wash. Ottawa, Ont. St. Louis, Mo. 
JOHN F. WALSH, E. P. GRIFFIN, EUG. V. GOEBEL, 
New York, N. V. East St. Louis, 111. Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Vol. XX. 
April, 1916. 
No. 4. 
NEW YORK OUT-DOOR FLOWER SHOW. 
AA/'HILE so worthy a project as a summer outdoor 
flower show for New York is entitled to the 
co-operation of all horticultural interests, we fear, how- 
ever, that the short notice given for "preparedness" to 
participate in the outdoor flower show of. the Interna- 
tional Garden Club to be held on its grounds in 
Pelham Manor during the first days of June, will not 
obtain the support that it would have had from main- 
sources if it had been announced in ample time to give 
opportunity to prepare in a proper way. Coming so 
closely upon the two large indoor shows of Philadelphia 
and New York, which have taken up much time for both 
private and commercial growers in the east, from whom 
the principal support for the contemplated show must 
come, and in the face of a very late growing season that 
will bring many plants in bloom several weeks later than 
usual, the great success which would come to an outdoor 
flower show were these conditions eliminated, cannot be 
counted on. 
However, as the step has been taken, we urge upon all 
interests that can aid to make this first important out- 
door flower show, given under the auspices of so promi- 
nent and influential an organization as the International 
Garden Club, a success, to do their share to that end 
and thereby encourage the undertaking of an outdoor 
show a year hence that will not alone be a credit to the 
organization that stands sponsor therefor, but also to 
the great city of New York, which should have an annual 
outdoor floral display comparing favorably with those 
annually held in some of the important European cities. 
THE LATE JAMES MACMACHAN. 
TAMES MacMACHAN, for seventeen years superin- 
tendent for George F. Baker, Esq., at Tuxedo Park, 
N. Y., passed away suddenly on Tuesday morning, April 
11. in the fifty-second year of his life. 
Mr. MacMachan was born in Dundee, Scotland, but at 
an early age moved to Blairgowrie, and while still very 
young began serving his apprenticeship at Halliburton 
House. In the years following, or until he came to this 
country, he pursued his labors and studied gardening in 
the following well-known old country estates, Balbernie, 
the residence of A. J. Balfour, Esq. ; Lucy House, the 
residence of Lady Dalrymple ; Brodie Castle, residence of 
the Duke of Hamilton, and Stormont Castle, the resi- 
dence in Ireland of Lady Allen. On arriving in this 
country, Mr. MacMachan took charge of the estate of 
George F. Baker, Esq., which, in a few years, he trans- 
formed from what was little more than a series of rocky 
hills and swampy hollows into what has, for many years, 
been conceded to be one of the most beautiful and inter- 
esting spots in this section. Mr. MacMachan was pas- 
sionately devoted to his profession, every inch of him 
having been a gardener, and everything that the ground 
produced appealed to him. He loved the trees and flow- 
ers and they seemed to have loved him, as they thrived 
so well in the places he allotted for them. He was a 
companionable man, full of optimism, and though modest 
was a conspicuous figure in gardening circles for many 
years. 
Mr. MacMachan always took a leading part in all the 
work in connection with the Tuxedo Horticultural So- 
ciety, having held several offices, including that of presi- 
dent. He was also a member of the National Associa- 
tion of Gardeners and held the office of a director for 
several years. The funeral, which took place on Friday 
afternoon from St. Mary's Church, Tuxedo, was largely 
attended by men prominent in the trade in New York 
and elsewhere, and every gardener in this section and 
many other friends. There were a great many flowers. 
Mr. MacMachan is survived by his widow and two 
daughters, the eldest of whom is a student in the New 
York State College for Teachers. He had many friends 
here and elsewhere, and the sincerest sympathy of all 
goes out to those who are most sadly stricken. 
"Mac," as we used to familiarly address him, is gone, 
and it seems hard to think he had to go while not much 
past the prime of life. Though he has departed from 
among our midst, yet long will he continue to live in our 
memories. 
