THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 
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■ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 
WILLIAM N. CRAIG, President, 
Brookline, Mass. 
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS 
M. C. EBEL, Secretary, 
Madison, N. J. 
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EXECUTIVE MEETING. 
An executive meeting of the trustees and directors of the as- 
sociation will lie held iii New York City during the first week of 
September. This will be an important session. The meeting 
place lor the next convention of the association, which is held 
annually during the first part of December, will be deeided on. 
Other matters of importance to the association will also be 
brought up for consideration, which will include several [dans 
for increasing activity in the association. 
The Board will be glad to receive communications from any 
member containing suggestions for the advancement of the as- 
sociation and on ways and means by which it may help its mem- 
bers individually or collectively. Such communications should be 
addressed to the secretary, M* C. Ebel, Box 290, Madison, N. J., 
before September 1. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
Tin- following new members have been added to our roll din- 
ing the past month: Robert Osborn, Edward R. Ling. YVestford, 
Mass; Ralph Clausen. Charles Brown, Henry C. Whitmarsh, 
Thomas II. Sneddon, Marcel M. Twinney, Walter Sims. William 
Stuttgen, Jonathan A. Maggart, Charles Sampey, Lake Forest. 
111.-, Bertram W. Pringle, Robert E. Jackson, Vincent A. Wrysin- 
ski, Waukegan, 111.; Herbert B. Rapley. Cleveland, Ohio; George 
Hewitt, Grotton, Conn.; William J. Devery, Groton, Conn.; 
Michael W. Reid, Augusta. Ga. ; Charles Turgiss, Montvale, Mass.; 
Robert Jeffray, Derby. X. Y.: Jacob Henry. Jr., Groton, Conn.; 
Ceo. S. Low. Senickley, Pa. 
A JUST GRIEVANCE. 
To tlie Editor Gardeners' Dironicle: 
Sir — Is it possible for the working man to get just ire from his 
employer if he has no union to back him up? What sort of pay 
does tfce man get who has no union? Take gardeners, for in- 
stance. There is a profession which requires intelligence and 
knowledge which take- years to acquire. There are thousands of 
gardeners in America, but they are so scattered that an effective 
union is impossible: so they have to depend on the generosity of 
the employer, and gardening is the worst paid profession in the 
world today. 
For a case in point you don't have to leave New York City. 
The New York Botanical Society is composed of rich Americans, 
and the managers are doctors and professors who are graduates 
of Columbia University. They hold a valuable concession of land 
from the city and get a grant of money each year for its upkeep. 
And they pay their gardeners, the men who grow the plants and 
make the studies of the professors possible, a minimum wage of 
$45 a month, with a possible maximum of $60, which it takes 
years to attain 
Just think of it! Skill paid at the same rate as the porters 
who sweep up the papers from the subway platforms ! 
A GARDENER. 
The grievance set forth in the above communication is a just 
one and one that should be remedied — but how it can be accom- 
plished so long as men are found willing to engage for the miser- 
able wage specified? It. however, seems almost discredible that 
an institution in the standing of the New York Botanical Society 
less than the ordinary street laborer is paid today. It is possible 
that it is all due to an oversight on the part of its managing 
board because the subject of the gardener's compensation has not 
been properly submitted to it? If so, we would suggest that the 
gardeners appeal to the board, for it comprises a class of men 
that can readily see the justice of such an appeal. 
That the profession of gardening taken as a whole is the worst 
paid of all professions, this we will not conceal for our investiga- 
tions have disclosed that the ministry is the worst sufferer in 
this respect and also that a struggling physician or lawyer is less 
fortunate than the average gardener engaged on private places. 
We do agree, however, that the gardeners' compensation in 
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WANTED 
An experienced landscape gardener. Competent to take charge of 
h the laying out of large estates. Exceptional opportunity for the right \ 
\ man. Lewis & Valentine Co., Landscape Contractors, Roslyn, L. I, 
public service is entirely inadequate to the services he is sup- 
posed to render and this we air sure accounts in a large measure 
for the frequent disappointment one meets with to find the 
horticultural features in parks not of the quality they should be. 
AMONG THE GARDENERS 
The mail) friends of Richard Brett, for many years superin- 
tendent of Winclholme Farm, Islip, X. Y\. will regret to learn of 
his death, which occurred at his late home, Orange, N. J., on 
July 23. Mr. Brett was compelled to give up his position more 
than a year ago owing to his ill health. 
A new range of greenhouses is under course of construction on 
the estate of Walter Ilunnewell, Wellesley, Mass., over which 
T. D. Hatfield is superintendent. 
Extensive improvements are under way on the new estate of 
Charles M. Schwab, Loretta, Pa., where James J. Aitchison pre- 
sides as head gardener. More than a half million dollars is being 
expended in the laying out of the gardens. A greenhouse range 
costing approximately $100,000 is also being erected. 
S. J. Ingram has secured the position of gardener at "Chief- 
tains." Portehester. X. Y".. over which W. D. Robertson is super- 
intendent. 
Percy Huxley has secured the position of head gardener to 
Joseph Leiter, Beverley Farms, Mass. 
W. II. Golby has been appointed head gardener to E. A. Clark, 
Jamaica Plains, Mass 
William Wiley has secured the position of head gardener to 
.Mrs. T. G. Plant, Cohasset, Mass. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS. 
(Continued from page 368.) 
Evening: Business Session. 
Paper — "City Planning in Relation to Park Prop- 
perties," by Prof. H. V. Hubbard, Cambridge. 
Discussion led by W. S. Manning, Baltimore; H. W. 
Busch, Detroit ; C. C. Lancy, Rochester. 
Paper — '■Research and Accounting as They Affect 
Park Administration." by a representative of the 
National Municipal League. 
Discussion led by Theodore Wirth, Minneapolis; H. W. 
Merkel, New Y'ork; A. A. Fiske, Racine. 
Third Day, October 12— 
.Morning : Business session : reports of committees : election of 
officers : unfinished business. 
Keereation as arranged by local committee. 
7 o'clock dinner: new president presiding. 
Address — "The Role of National Parks in the Nation's 
Life." by R. H. Marshall, Washington, D. C. 
Address — "Functions and Evolution of Municipal 
Parks." by Jas. B. Shea. Boston. 
Address — "What This Convention Means to Us," by 
New Orleans park official to be selected. 
( losing ceremonies. 
Afternoon 
Evening: 
This is a very ambitious program, with an array of partici- 
pants of eminent character. The local features will be arranged 
by next month when a full and complete program will be issued. 
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WA NTED 
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s closer, able to close a salo when others can not do so. Must be actively 1 
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^ A competent assistant foreman, who thoroughly understands the i 
nursery business and has had experience in this line, accustomed to = 
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I ough, active man who will take an interest in his work. The Elizabeth | 
= Nursery Co,, Elizabeth, N, J. 
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