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HORTICULTURE 



March 31, 1906 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



Meeting and Exhibition at Boston an Unprecedented Success, 



Spring Show<"of Massachusetts Horticultural Society a Scene of Splendor. 



Largest Attendence on Record. 



Officers Elected. 



PRESIDENT— Robert Simpson, Clifton, N. J.; VICE-PRESIDENT— F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. J.; TREASU RER — Harry 



O. May, Summit, N. J.; SECRETARY — Benj. Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE— W. A. Manda, So. Orange, N. J. (1 year); J. J. Curran, Elmira, N. Y. (3 years); 



Peter Bisset, Washington, D. C. (3 years). 



The combined exhibitions of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 and the American Rose Society made 

 a flower show acknowledged by all 

 visitors to be superior to any ever put 

 up on this continent. The rose show 

 in itself was never equalled at this 

 season of the year in this or any other 

 country, either in quality or extent. 

 Its size was a surprise even to those 

 who have worked indefatigably to this 

 end, and the lecture hall, which it had 

 been feared might prove too large, was 

 overcrowded when the entries had all 

 been staged. Much more room could 

 have been used to great advantage, 

 and could have been secured had the 

 exhibitors given any advance notice of 

 their intentions. Although urged to 

 do so, many waited until they arrived 

 with their exhibits before making any 

 entry. If the rose society were to stay 

 one more year at Boston they could 

 probably use the entire Horticultural 

 building advantageously. 



The surprise of the rose show was 

 the American Beauty, Chatenay, Mac- 

 Arthur and Richmond exhibits. If the 

 latter should keep on developing its 

 possibilities as it Has during the past 

 year, the American Beauty will have 

 to face a very dangerous rival. There 

 were eight entries in the class for fifty 

 Beauties for the executive committee 

 prizes, and four of fifty each for the 

 AlacMulkin cup, and the judges only 

 made their decision on the former af- 

 ter they had called in assistance and 

 added a New York and a Boston re- 

 tail florist. There were six entries in 

 the class for twenty-five American 

 Beauties, and thus, with the addilion of 

 the smaller classes, it will be seen 

 that there were nearly one thousand 

 Beauties alone. 



Among the competitors were Faren- 

 wald, Bartram, Burton, Heacock and 

 Floral Exchange from Pennsylvania; 

 Briarcliff irom New York; Brant from 



Robert Simpson. 



President-elect American Rose Society. 



