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HORTICULTURE 



March 13, 1909 



AMERIC AN ROSE SOCIETY 



Program of 10th Annual Meeting and Spring Exhibition 

 To be Held at Iroquois Hotel, Buffalo, N,Y,, March 17, 18>nd 19, 1909 



The Annual Meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society will open at 7:45 p. 

 m. sharp on Wednesday, 17th, and 

 continue on Thursday, 18th, at 2:30 

 p. m., or as may be adjourned. 



The transaction of business will be 

 in the following order: 



Calling to order by President 

 August Poehlmann.— Address by 

 the President. — Reading minutes of 

 previous session. — Secretary's report. 

 — • Treasurer's report. — Reports of 

 Committees.^Selection of place for 

 next year's meeting. — Miscellaneous 

 business. — Election of officers. — Ap- 

 pointment of committees. — Adjourn- 

 ment. 



A question box will be opened at the 

 secretary's desk. 



Under the order of essays and dis- 

 cussions, addresses will be made as 

 follows : 



First Session. 



A Paper by Mr. Walter W. Coles, 

 Kokomo, Ind. "Advantages and Dis- 

 advantages of a Wholesale Florist in 

 a Country Town." 



A Paper by Mr. J. F. Huss, Hart- 

 ford, Conn. "The Rose Garden." 



Second Session. 



A Paper or address, upon "The Val- 

 ue of Soils for Special Work," by 

 Prof. F. C. Corbett, Horticulturist of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry, Dept. 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



A Paper, by Mr. George D. Leedle, 

 Springfield, Ohio. "Roses as Popular 

 Home Flowers and how they are 

 grown." 



Thursday evening — 8 p. m. An il- 

 lustrated lecture by Leonard Barron 

 of New York City. 



THE EXHIBITION. 

 Judges for 1909. 

 Adam Graham . . Cleveland, Ohio 

 Peter Bisset . . Washington, D. C. 

 Paul M. Pierson . . Scarboro, N. Y. 

 Lawrence Cotter . Jamestown, N. Y. 

 George Asmus . . . Chicago, 111. 



Rules and Regulations. 



1. All exhibits for competition 

 must be in position by one o'clock, 

 p. ra., Wednesday, March 17th, and are 

 not to be removed until after the close 

 of the exhibition. 



2. An entrance fee of $3.00 is re- 

 quired for all non-members. Any per- 

 son paying dues is entitled to make 

 entry without further fee. 



3. All judging shall be by the scale 

 of points given below. No certificate 

 or first premium shall be awarded to 

 any exhibit scaling less than 85 

 points; no second premium to any 

 exhibit scaling less than 75 points; 

 and no third or special premium to 



any exhibit scaling less than 65 points. 



4. In all cases where money prizes 

 are offered, plate of equal value may 

 be taken at the option of the winner. 



5. All exhibitors winning premiums 

 must keep their respective exhibits in 

 good, fresh condition until the closing 

 of the exhibition. 



6. Any article manifestly unfit to 

 show may be excluded by the manage- 

 ment and the judges shall withhold 

 any premium when the entries are un- 

 worthy of awards. The management 

 may at any time order the removal of 

 an exhibit which is in bad condition. 

 All cut roses (excepting Killarney) in 

 the competitive classes must be from 

 a siiigle growth of the current season. 



7. All plants and flowers for com- 



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petition (except imported plants 

 shown for the first time in this coun- 

 try) must have been grown by the 

 exhibitor tor the last three months 

 preceding the exhibition unless other- 

 wise specified. 



S. The pots or tubs of exhibition 

 plants must be clean; dirty pots or 

 tubs shall be sufficient cause tor the 

 judges to disqualify an exhibit. 



9. Class cards will be furnished by 

 the management. None other may be 

 used. The class card shall be in- 

 closed in an envelope having on the 

 outside nothing but the number of the 

 exhibitor's entry. The envelope must 

 be sealed before placing it with the 

 exhibit, and must not be opened until 

 after the judges have passed on the 

 exhibit. Any violation of this rule will 

 disqualify an exhibit. 



10. Each variety exhibited for com- 

 petition shall be properly and plainly 

 labeled with its name, in such a man- 

 ner that it can be easily seen. Label 

 cards, which will be furnished by the 

 management, shall contain nothing 

 but the name of the variety (or, if un- 

 named, a reference number). The 

 writing or printing must be legible. 



and any improperly named variety will 

 disqualify the exhibit. 



11. When it is desired that exhibits 

 be staged by the management, notice 

 should be sent in advance, by mail, 

 and a full list of articles, number of 

 packages, number of entries, and no- 

 tice of when and how they will be 

 shipped should be given. A copy of 

 the letter should be placed inside the 

 package at the top, and such exhibit 

 plainly marked with the section and 

 class in which entered, in addition to 

 the variety label. 



NOTE: — For information concern- 

 ing Exhibition Hall, address J. Row- 

 land Cloudsley, Secretary of Florists' 

 Club, 584 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Scale of Points. 



All exhibits will be judged by points 

 in accordance with the following of- 

 ficial scales: — 



Novelties for 

 Competitive Certificates, 

 Poiuts of Value. Classes. Etc. 



Size 15 10 



Color 20 20 



Stem 20 15 



Form 15 15 



Substance 15 10 ■ 



Foliage 15 15 



Fragrance (for 



novelties onl.v).. — 5 



Distinctiveness ... — 10 



100 100 



All exhibitors not members shall 

 pay an entrance fee of $3.00 before 

 placing anything on exhibition. 



Schedule of Prizes. 



American Rose Society's medals and 

 certificates for novelties. 



Gold medal for the best new rose 

 not yet disseminated, whether of do- 

 mestic or foreign origin. Exhibits to 

 be judged by the official scale of the 

 American Rose Society, and no gold 

 medal to be awarded to any rose scor- 

 ing less than 95 points. 



Silver medal is offered at the same 

 time and under the same conditions 

 for a novelty scoring not less than 85 

 points. 



A Certificate of Merit is awarded to 

 all novelties scoring 80 points, but 

 neither medal or certificate will be Is- 

 sued until the variety is named and 12 

 blooms shown. 



It is further ordered that the com- 

 plete scores of all the entries in the 

 competition be filed with the Secre- 

 tary of the American Rose Society be- 

 fore the award of any medal is con- 

 firmed. No duplicate medal will be 

 awarded. It is understood that though 

 the award of the gold or silver medal 

 or certificate may be made to the 

 same variety from one exhibitor ex- 

 hibited in different centers, only one 

 medal will be delivered to the exhibi- 

 tor. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society reserves to it- 

 self the right of selection of the 

 judges who shall pass upon the ex- 



