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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
having betni ('oiinocted with some of the leading retail 
florists in the eonntry for the last ten years. 
Treasurer, H. 0. Hainan. 
Mr. Hainan liought out the Aurora Floral (^ai. siweral 
years ago and while it was something new to him at the 
time, he now runs one of the leading retail stores in 
Aurora. 
Trustees, F. U. Sehaefer, A. Uarlson, J. A. Young, and 
(one year) Chas. MeCauley. 
Mr. Sehaefer formerly ran a retail store in Aurora in 
connection with his greenhouse, known as the Aurora 
Ureenhouse Co., and which he sold to Cahill & Rotji 
aliouf one year ago. He is now operating a wholesale 
greenhouse, growing a general line of plants and cut 
tlowers. "His sjieeialty is cyclamen. 
Mr. CaHson jmrchased one of the plants of the Aurora 
Creenhouse several years ago and now grows a general 
line of plants and cut flowers. 
Mr. Young is well known throughout the country, hav¬ 
ing been in the horticultural business for the last twenty- 
two years, making a specialty of perennials, peonies, iris, 
shrubs and landscape gardening. He wi^is secretary of 
the Illinois Nurserymen’s Association for seven years 
and now holds the office of vice president. 
Mr. McCauley, of Geneva, needs no introduction as he 
is one of the largest growers in this section of the coun¬ 
try, being active in anything for the promotion of the 
florist business. He is also treasurer of the Chicago 
Flower Growers’ Association. 
The club, at the present time is in its infancy, hut at 
each meeting has taken in new" meirthers and expects in 
time to be one of the ^xiding clubs in this section of the 
country. , 
ANNUAL CONVFNTION OF THF NATIONAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION OF GARDFNEUS 
The National Association of Gardeners held their an¬ 
nual convention September 9-11, 1924, at New i)ort, H. I. 
Over two hundred were ])resent, showing tlu' growing 
importance and size of this worthy association. 
The following officers were elected: James' Stuart, 
president; Mr. La Moude, vice president; Mr. Fl)el and 
Mr. Free were re-elected secretary and treasurer re¬ 
spectively.' Detroit was chosen to have the honor of the 
1925 convention. , 
Besides the handling nf business, many of the very 
fine estates of that section were visited and thoroughly 
enjoyed. 
The follow ing are President Bcdfert P. Brydon’s and 
Secretary M. C. Fbel’s addresses respectively: 
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 
Robert P. Brydon 
Members and Friends of the National 
Association of Gardeners: 
It is with great pleasure that we are meeting in annual conven¬ 
tion in the historic city of Newport. Your city was the unani¬ 
mous choice of the conference held in Cleveland at the time of 
the National Flower Show' for our 1924 meeting. That is the 
reason why we are here today. 
We are meeting in one of the oldest cities in our country, a 
city rich in tradition, and wealthy in garden lore. It has Ijeen 
a city of homes and gardens from the beginning of gardening in 
this country. It is the home of the New'port branch, the first 
in the association, the formation of which has accomplished more 
for the association than anything that has been done in years. 
It is the parent of many branches and we hope of many more. 
So you can readily see, my friends, why a better place could not 
be had for our 1924 meeting. 
This year w^e have added two branches, making a total of 
eleven. This number should be much larger. Certainly there 
are localities w here a branch could ^be formed and w'here there 
are members who are willing to take this initiative in this 
w'ork. The'5?”.pre the backbone of our association and ways and 
means should be found to increase them. The result should be 
a closer co-operation with our national headquarters, and a 
broader and greater interest in your own localities thus bring¬ 
ing in many more active and sustaining members. 
Co-operation with the Massachusetts Agricultural College in 
the training of young gardeners has not been a success. We 
might pause and ask the reason. Is our profession such that 
it does not interest the young man? Are there conditions which 
confront the gardeners that the yoA^' man will not tolerate? 
Ours is a noble profession and ways and means should and 
must be found to interest them. Today mor& than ever we need 
the young man and if gardening is not suitable for him, we as 
an association must strive to improve the conditions within so 
that in the future there will be no question*' as to the supply 
available. 
There has been a large increase in sustaining membership this 
year, but there are many more, who would gladly join if they 
w ere approached. With a large co-operating sustaining member¬ 
ship there in a wonderful opportunity for the association to do 
better and greater wmrk. Add to the members at every, oppor¬ 
tunity and we will quickly see a greater and quickened interest 
on the part of estate owners. 
There should be a closer bond between the National Association 
of Gardeners and the Garden Clubs. Name if you can two or¬ 
ganizations who have more in common than they.. Name tv/o 
organizations who should be working harder for the' elimination 
of bill boards, preservation of wild flowers, of our birds rnd 
many other things in which they are mutually interested. There 
is a wonderful field for good in this direction and every effort 
should be made to further this thought. 
Do our brothers across the sea know that in Ahnerica v/e have 
a National Association of Gardeners? Some' means should be 
taken to tell them where our headquarters are, and what we are 
doing. Wonderful good might come to this. ** 
Are we getting sufficient publicity to bring our orgaflization 
to the attention of the people who should know more about us? 
Last spring we had some of the right kind in one of our leading 
financial journals. This is good and we should have more of it! 
I wmuld recommend that a reasonable sum b'3 qet aside for tint 
purpose this coming year. I believe it will brlaag results. The 
treasurer’s report this year will show our treasury in a, very 
floir. ishing condition byt-please bear in mind that iiyhile w'e'have 
money no expense should be iucured except that which is neces¬ 
sary to carry on the work of. the association. There are many 
wmys we can spend unoney to good advantage but until we have 
a good surplus our^ expenditures shou.>d be reasonable.- 
Our quarantine laws are assuming j more serious aspect. This, 
is worthy of considerable tliought. We well know the results 
of some of our home grown bulbs, and have we any reason to 
believe that our success w'tli b." any better with others? Before 
this quarantine goes into effect v/e should be sure we are going 
to get good bulbs at a price within the reach of all. 
Our local gardeners’ conferences have been a success. More 
should be held particularly in those localities where our mem¬ 
bers found it inconvenient to attend our convention. These small 
informal gatherings sometimes bring out ideas and thoughts we 
would not get otherwise. Let’s have more of them. 
I believe we should have a larger membership in the S. A. F. 
We are doing a kindred work each in its own way and a closer 
relationship will do much to eliminate some of the misunder¬ 
standings past and present. 
Our association through its branches should take an active 
part in all local horticultural activities, whether it be school gar¬ 
dening, flower shows, or anything which will advance the in¬ 
terest in horticulture. Many as individuals are taking part in 
local affairs, but as au association we must be more active. 
It might not be amiss to call your attention to the work of 
our secretary. Hard conscientious work is bringing results, and 
any improvement ai*d advancement in our association is due 
largely to his untiring energy. 
A word about the Chronicle. I believe that a wider publication 
on local horticultural news would do well. Local news is local 
