THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
197 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 
WILLIAM N. CRAIG, President, 
Brookline, Mass. 
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS 
M. C. EBEL, Secretary, 
Madison, N. J. 
aillllllllllllllllllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIUIII!l![[!l[lll!IIIU:>lllinil[!n^ 
THE GARDENERS' ESSAY CONTEST. 
The gardeners' essay contest, which closed in February and for 
which Ex-President Everitt offered $100 in gold, has been decided 
by the judges, Messrs. Jenkins, Smith, Downs, Stuart and Dick, 
as follows: 
Class I. — Prize $35 — Subject, "Horticulture as a Profession from 
the Standpoint of a Gardener," awarded to "Spero meliora," John 
Johnson, Southampton, N. Y. 
Class III. — Prize $20 — Subject, "Preparation of Ground for, and 
General Treatment of. Hardy Herbaceous Perennials," awarded to 
"Filius terrae." H. E. Dorner, Northampton, Mass. 
Class IV. — Prize $20 — Subject, "A Year's Vegetable Supply," 
awarded to "Ian," John S. Doig. Southborough, .Mass. 
In Class II — Prize $25 — Subject, "The Proper Grouping and 
Culture of Trees, Shrubs, Perennials and Annual Bedding Plants 
in the Ornamentation of Private Grounds," no award was made 
by the judges as the papers submitted were not of sufficient high 
merit to warrant an award. 
THE ASSISTANT GARDENERS' ESSAY CONTEST. 
The essay contest for President Craig's prizes of $25, $15 and 
•$10 for the three best papers on any horticultural subject sub- 
mitted by assistant gardeners is now under way. 
The contest will close on November 1, and the judges' decision 
will be rendered at the next convention of the association, which 
will be held in December. The papers are limited to twenty-five 
hundred words and must be signed with a nom de plume and for- 
warded to William H. Waite, chairman of the Committee on 
Essays and Horticultural Instruction, Box 290, Madison, N. J. 
The contestant, too, must send his full name and address enclosed 
in an envelope with his nom de plume written plainly on the 
•outside of the envelope to the secretarv, M. C. Ebel, Madison, 
N. J. 
.\s considerable time has been allotted to prepare the essays it 
is hoped that the number of contestants will be many. 
A FIELD DAY FOR THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. 
The suggestion has been made that the National Association 
hold a field day during the middle of June at a convenient point 
half way between New York and Boston so that members may 
leave New York and Boston in the morning and be able to return 
to these cities in the evening of the same day. The idea is an 
•excellent one and the secretary's office would like to hear from 
other members on the subject with any suggestions they may 
have to advance on it. 
EXECUTIVE MEETING. 
It having been impossible to gather a quorum of the trustees 
and the directors at either the National Flower Show or the New 
York Spring Flower Show, the regular executive meeting was 
postponed to a later date when it will be more convenient for 
the members of the board to come together. 
THE YOUNG MAN'S OPPORTUNITY. 
It is not an uncommon complaint among some of the young 
men engaged in the gardening profession that the opportunity 
does not present itself in their vocation that presents itself to 
young men in many other professions for advancement, and that 
it is due in a large measure to obstacles placed in their way by 
older men engaged in gardening. Against this the writer has 
always argued that you cannot keep a good man down irrespective 
of what his age may be. That this argument is a logical one 
has been demonstrated several times lately by young gardeners. 
Among the instances in mind may be mentioned that of Henry 
Gibson, whose essay was read before the National Association of 
Gardeners in December last on "The Opportunities of the Young 
Gardener in This Country," and later discussed at meetings of 
local horticultural societies throughout the country. This has 
brought to him commendatory notice where he was heretofore 
unknown. Mr. Gibson is still a very young man who, about two 
years ago, stepped from an assistant's position to that of a head 
gardener and in a very short time brought his ability to such 
attention that he secured a position of superintendent on an 
estate where he now has ample opportunity to further demon- 
strate his capabilities in the various phases of gardening. 
The winner of the first prize in the recent gardeners' essay con- 
test on the subject of "Horticulture as a Profession from the 
Standpoint of a Gardener," is also still a young man who about 
two years ago advanced from the position of foreman to that of 
head gardener. 
John Dunn, who carried off the first honors for the group of 
ornamental foliage plants at the National Flower Show in Phila- 
delphia, daring to compete with old timers with long records as 
successful exhibitors, is another one of our young men who re- 
centlv advanced from a foreman's position to that of head gar- 
dener. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The following members have joined the association since last 
month: Donald F. Shepherd, Duluth, Minn.; Arnold Gattiker, 
Frederick Michell, Paterson, N. J.; Peter Back, Oscar Jelling, 
Thomas Wooff, Robert W. Nelson, and Gustaf E. Anderson, of 
Lake Forest, 111.; Arthur J. Duffin, Northampton, Mass.; Frank 
Humphreys, Glen Head, N. Y.; John S. Doig, Southboro, Mass.; 
T. McNamara, Pittsburgh, Pa.; William Thompson, Jr., Sewick- 
ley, Pa.; William Thompson, Sr., Sewickley, Pa.; Thomas Tyler, 
Pittsburgh, Pa.; Henry Prideau, Mt. Kisco, N. Y.; John W. Gi'llen, 
Riverdale-on-Hudson, N. Y.; Henry Krull, Baychester, N. Y.; 
Charles Hokanson, New York, N. Y.; Luther N. G. Webb, Ded- 
ham, Mass.; James Whiting, Amherst, Mass.; Lewis Barnet, 
Lenox, Mass.; Herman C. Schmeistre, Dalton, Mass.; George F. 
Stewart, Medford, Mass.; Alexander Lister, Wenham, Mass.; 
William R. Thornhill, Readville, Mass.; Harry Cole, North Easton, 
Mass.; Robert N. Finnie, Dedham, Mass.; David S. Stark, Pomfret 
Centre, Conn.; Percival C. Veinot. Lyndonville, Vt.; Frank 
Stoebel, Lyndonville, Vt. 
AMONG THE GARDENERS 
William Gardener, of Brookline, Mass.. has been appointed head 
gardener to J. P. Lyman, Brook Knoll, Ashbv, Mass. 
Samuel Kevan, for many years gardener at the National 
Soldiers' Home, Virginia, lias accepted a similar position with the 
Berry School, Mt. Berry, Ga. 
Charles McAuley is now head gardener on the estate of Henry 
Hornblower, Plymouth, Mass. 
E. Stuart Smith, of Spring Valley, N. Y.. has accepted a posi- 
tion as gardener with Mr. R. C. Pye, Nyack, N. Y. 
James Barnet, formerly of the "Aldermere" estate, Roekport, 
Me., has accepted a position with William MacGillivray, of New- 
port, R. I. 
Maurice Gray, formerly of Sayville. L. I., is now head gardener 
to John I. Waterbury, of Morristown, N. J. 
Harry Moore, formerly of Pomfret Centre, Conn., is now located 
with F. Coles, South Natick, Mass. 
Arthur Smith has resigned as superintendent of "Sheerlund," 
the estate of George D. Hoist, Reading. Pa., to assume a similar 
position on the estate of F. E. Drury, of Willoughby, Ohio. Mr. 
Smith will enter on his new duties after May 1. 
John Downing, for the past twelve years superintendent to 
Dr. D. H. McAIpin, Morris Plains, X. J., has resigned his position 
to accept a position at "Sheerlund," Reading, Pa., succeeding 
Arthur Smith. 
197 
