THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 
Treasurer, 
JAMES STUART, 
Mamaroneck. N. \. 
President, 
W. N. CRAIG. 
Brookline, Mass. 
Vice-President, 
THEO. VVIRTH. 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
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 ierve 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 T. 
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.; John Canning, 
Ardsley, 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, 
JOHN F. WALSH, 
New York, N. Y. 
HENRY W. BUSCH, 
Detroit, Mich. 
HERMAN W. MERKEL, 
New York, N. Y. 
I 'ice-Presidents, 
ERNST STREHLE, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
ALEX. STUART, 
Ottawa, Canada. 
Secretarv-Treasurer, 
ROLAND W. COTTERILL. 
Seattle, Wash. 
CLARENCE L. BROCK, 
Houston, Texas. 
CHARLES W. DAVIS, 
Memphis, Tenn. 
Vol. XX. 
December, 1916. 
No. 12 
CLEVELAND ANNOUNCES A BIG FLOWER 
SHOW FOR 1917 
A DELEGATION of Clevelanders arrived in Phila- 
■^ delphia on the morning of November 7 for the pur- 
pose of attending the annual meeting' of the Chrysanthe- 
mum Society of America. They circulated during it very 
freely and were glad to meet all C. S. A. members. Re- 
sult : The meeting voted unanimously to hold the Novem- 
ber, 1917, meeting in Cleveland. 
Word now reaches us that meetings have already been 
started to work on plans for this big flower show which 
is one complete year in advance of the dates. During 
the present month various committees will be appointed 
and all the details will be under way according to the 
statement made by H. P. Knoble who is to serve as the 
general chairman of the show. The planning of a pre- 
liminary premium list is now in process and is expected 
to be ready for mailing early in January. 
Ai. A. Vinson who managed the first big flower show 
in November, 1915, lias been engaged to attend to the 
active managing of the coming show. Air. Vinson states: 
"We expect to make this three shows in one. We have 
already secured the Chrysanthemum Society of America 
and have every reason to believe that we will be able to 
announce an official fall meeting and fall show of the 
American Rose Society and also, for the first time in its 
history, an official show and meeting of the American 
Carnation Society. Invitations have been extended to 
both of these prominent organizations and we have every 
reason to believe that they will be secured. The commit- 
tee in charge of planning the premium list will be very 
glad to receive suggestions from both private and com- 
mercial growers that will aid them in any way in making 
the list satisfactory to all and by doing so, be able to 
stage a show that will surpass the event held one year 
ago." 
All those desiring premium lists address AI. A. Vinson, 
manager Cleveland Flower Show, 402 Leader-News 
building, Cleveland. 
WHITE MEDAL AWARD 
'TPIIE trustees of the Alassachusetts Horticultural So- 
A ciety have awarded the George Robert White Aledal 
of Honor for the year 1916 to William Robinson of 
Gravetye Manor, Sussex, England. 
This is the eighth award of this medal made by the 
society in recognition of eminent service in the advance- 
ment of horticulture. Previous awards have been made 
to Prof. C. S. Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum-, Jackson 
T. Dawson, Victor Lemoine, of Nancy, France; Michael 
H. Walsh, the rose specialist of Woods Hole, Mass. , 
Park Commission of the City of Rochester, N. Y. ; Sir 
Harrv T- Veitch, of London, and Ernest H. Wilson. 
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IOBINSONMCMaYI 
V*'i FQR-D 
Tlic George Robert White Medal of Honor Awarded to William 
Robinson, England. 
William Robinson, to whom the medal is now awarded, 
has done much, especially through his writings in horti- 
cultural literature, as an exponent of the natural style of 
flower gardening as opposed to the formal carpet bedding 
and ribbon borders of former years. 
He founded the journals, Garden Illustrated and Flora 
and Syk'a, and is the author of numerous volumes treat- 
ing of many subjects of horticultural interest. 
A iflforrij Christmas 
and 
A Happy £feui Uear 
