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THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 
THE 
GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 
OF AMERICA. 
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 
.President, 
W. N. CRAIG, 
Hrookline, Mass. 
Vice-President, 
THEO. WIRTH, 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
Treasurer, 
JAMES STUART, 
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, Bernardsvillc, N. J. ; William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa. ; John F. 
FIu$S, Hartford, Conn. 
DIRECTORS. 
T.o serve until 1917 — Wm. Hertrick, San Gabriel, Cal. ; Robert Angus, 
Taprytown, N. Y. ; Robert Bottomley, New Canaan, Conn. ; Alex. Fraser, 
Newport, R. L; Arthur Smith, Reading, Pa.; Thomas W. Head, Lake 
Forest, 111. ; L. P. Tensen, 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.J 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.; John Canning, 
Ardsley, N. Y.; A. Bauer, Deal Beach, N. J.; David Fraser, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 
Getfrge W. Hess, Washington, D. C. 
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 
Secretary Treasurer, 
ROLAND W. COTTER1LL, 
Seattle, Wash. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 
President, 
EM1L T. MISCHE, 
Portland, Ore. 
Vice-Presiden ts, 
ALEX. STUART, L. P. JENSEN. 
Ottawa, Ont. St. Louis, Mo. 
E. P. GRIFFIN, EUG. V. GOEBEL 
East St. Louis, III. Grand Rapids, Mich 
J. W. THOMPSON, 
Seattle, Wash. 
JOHN F. WALSH, 
New York, N. V. 
Vol. XX. 
September, 1916. 
No. 9 
INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 
HP HE date of the next International Flower Show, to 
*■ be held at the Grand Central Palace, New York, 
was mentioned in the first preliminary schedule as 
March 16 to 23. 
This is an error. The correct dates of the coming 
exhibition are March 15 to 22. 
John Young, Secretary.. . 
A 
A PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEST 
PRIZE of ten dollars is offered for the best photo- 
graph of the largest and best colored Blue Spruce 
(Kosteri). The only rules of the contest are that all 
photographs submitted must be accompanied by authentic 
data as to the height, circumference of branches, etc. 
Contestants may send as many photographs as they de- 
sire but all will become the property of the Gardeners' 
Chronicle. A competent judge will decide the contest, 
which will close on December 31, 1916. Photographs 
and all particulars should be forwarded to Editor, Gar- 
deners' Chronicle, Madison. X. [. 
GEORGE W. HESS HONORED. 
A r the recent convention of the Society of American 
Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists George 
W. I less, superintendent of the United States Botanic 
Garden, was elected a member of the Board of Directors. 
In placing Air. Hess' name in nomination, Benjamin 
Hammond said in part: "In making up our board we 
should remember William R. Smith who was for so 
many years the honored superintendent of the Botanic 
Gardens of the United States at Washington, I ). C No 
man, I think I am safe in saying, ever had the power to 
do more for the Society of American Florists, or as 
GEORGE \V. HESS. 
much, as William R. Smith did. He is dead and gone, 
but so eminent were his services and so generally were 
they recognized that there has been started a movement 
lor a permanent monument in memorial of him at the 
Nation's capital. It is fitting that the man who took his 
place should also hold office in this society even as 
William R. Smith did for so many years, where he can 
reflect honor on this organization ; and I therefore take 
pleasure in placing in nomination for director the man 
who is now at the head of the United States Botanic 
Garden, Mr. George W. Hess." 
In seconding the nomination Mr. Adolph Gude said in 
part : "George W. Hess, as the head of the United States 
Botanic Garden in Washington comes in contact with 
more eminent lawmakers, more Congressmen and Sena- 
tors and other Government functionaries, than any other 
member of our society, whether he hails from the east or 
from the west.'' 
Mr. Hess is also a director of the National Association 
of Gardeners. 
