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ESTABLISHED 1890 
Devoted to the Improvement of Parks, 
Cemeteries, Public and Private Grounds 
Published on the 15th of the Month by 
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RAILROAD GARDENERS 
The second annual convention of the 
American Association of Railroad Gar- 
deners was held at Niagara Falls, N. Y., 
this fall, with an attendance of mem- 
bers and friends greatly in excess 
of that at last year’s meeting. The fol- 
lowing programme was presented : 
“Chief Gardener: His Office and Work,” 
by J. Gipner ; “What Tools Are Essen- 
tial to Maintain a Good Lawn,” by C. 
Hirsch ; “Who Should Cut the Grass, 
Gardener or Section Man, and Why,” 
by J. A. Byrne ; “Comparative Extent 
of the Use of Bedding Plants and 
Shrubbery on Station Grounds,” by E. 
A. Richardson ; “The Lawn Mower ; 
How to Use, Maintain and Transport 
It,” by Patrick Foy ; “Improving a Plat 
Forty by Eighty Feet at End of Passen- 
ger Depot, Track and Platform on One 
Side, Street on Other,” by J. S. Butter- 
field; “Bedding Plants; What to Grow,” 
by H. A. Bode ; “The Labor Question — 
the Gardening Department : How to Or- 
ganize and Operate It,” by C. H. Trit- 
schler ; “The American Association of 
Railroad Gardeners, What It Stands 
For,” by G. B. Moulder. Open discus- 
sion on all topics. 
The officers elected were ; Carl 
Hirsch, president. Lake Shore & Michi- 
gan Southern R. R. ; Geo. B. Moulder, 
Illinois Central R. R., secretary-treas- 
urer ; J. S. Butterfield, chairman, Mis- 
souri Pacific R. R. ; J. Gipner, Michi- 
gan Central R. R. ; J. A. Byrne, Balti- 
more cSc Ohio, executive committee. The 
officers are very anxious to extend the 
membership to all the railroad garden- 
ers. Full particulars may be had on 
application to Secretary Geo. B. Mould- 
er, Illinois Central R. R., Park Row, 
Chicago. 
REPORTS, ETC., RECEIVED 
The nineteenth annual report of 
the Missouri Bontanical Gardan of 
St. Louis, for 1907 contains reports 
of the officers and the director, Wil- 
liam Trelease, and the following 
scientific papers: “The Florida 
Strangling Figs,” by E. A. Bessey; 
Gardeners 
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