August 10, 1907 



nORTiCULTURE 



167 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Chicago and the West for 1908. 



A meeting of the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the American Rose Society was 

 held Wednesday, July 24th, pursuant 

 to notice, at Hotel Martinique, New 

 York. All members, including the 

 members elect, were notified and a gen- 

 eral response to the call followed. 

 The main business before the meeting 

 were three particular things. A final 

 decision was made as to the character 

 of the certificates to be awarded for 

 novelties in addition to the gold and 

 silver medals now offered; specimens 

 of certificates were presented and one 

 was decided upon, which will be worth 

 having and preserving, also a certif- 

 icate for life membership. There is a 

 life membership fund now invested, 

 amounting to $2700. 



Mr. Breitmeyer suggested that a 

 committee be appointed to solicit lite 

 memberships, because the Rose So- 

 ciety, to do the work which it can do 

 in creating a popular sentiment for 

 the rose and in interesting the plant- 

 ing anl growiii,g of the same, needs 

 permanent endowment of sulBcieni 

 amount to enable it to be an organiza- 

 tion of vital and permanent force, and 

 with this end in view. President 

 Simpson, upon motion, appointed the 

 following members to take up this mat- 

 ter of soliciting life members: Philip 

 Breitmeyer, vice-pres. elect, of Detroit, 

 Mich.; August Poehlmann, Morton 

 Grove, 111.; Patrick Welch, Boston, 

 Mass.; P. J. Lynch, West Grove, Pa., 

 and Adolph Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa. 



Some Splendid Prizes. 



Mr. Hill reported on behalf of the 

 E. G. Hill Co., that they would offer a 

 sum of $50.00 in a prize of prizes, as 

 the committee may designate for the 

 Chicago Show next spring. Mr. Hill 

 suggested, in view of the splendid 

 offers of Philip Breitmeyer and A. T. 

 Boddington, that they ought to bring 

 out a fine lot of exhibits and suggested 

 that an effort be made to secure an 

 exhibition in pots, of all the novelties, 

 European and others. 



President Simpson advised that the 

 attention of all rose growers, and es- 

 pecially private gardeners, be directed 

 to the offer made by Mr. Breitmeyer 

 and Mr. Boddington, the former offer- 

 ing $200.00 and the latter $100.00, as 

 first and second prizes for best exhibit 

 of outdoor foses in pots, in bloom, ex- 

 hibits to consist of 150 plants, not 

 more than five plants of one variety, 

 correctly labelled, and to include all 

 classes of roses suitable for outdoor 

 planting. 



The officers of the American Rose 

 Society are verj' much gratified at 

 being able to offer such splendid pre- 

 miums and hope that a goodly number 

 of growers may enter the list as com- 

 petitors and that as a result we may 

 have the finest display of outdoor 

 roses i:i Chicago next March, that has 

 ever been made before that Society. 

 They also suggest that the Rambler 

 roses be well represented in this ex- 

 hibit, also the Teas and Hybrid Teas 

 and Noisettes as well as the larger 

 Hybrid Perpetuals. 

 Some Encouraging Communications. 



Mr. Hill also reported that he was 

 one of a committee at the annual meet- 

 ing to attend the American Nursery- 

 men's convention, which he did, and 



presented as best he could, the claims 

 of the American Rose Society to the 

 nurserymen assembled and of this 

 meeting he said- "I was very cordially 

 received and was given a good hearing. 

 I do not know what the result may be 

 but hope some good may come from 

 the effort. It occurs to me that no one 

 thing will so direct attention to our 

 society or will excite greater interest 

 in the exhibition, than to give full 

 prominence to seedling roses and 

 special encouragement to the origina- 

 tors." 



A letter was received from Mr. 

 Schupp. secretary of the Chicago Flor- 

 ists Club, stating that he was directed 

 by vote, to say that the Chicago Flor- 

 ists' Cltib desired to co-operate witli 

 the American Rose Society to the full- 

 est extent, to make the coming ex- 

 hibition a success. 



Mi. Curran of Salem, Va., said: "I 

 am heartily glad to hear that the 

 Chicago Florists' Club is taking an in- 

 terest in the society's welfare and 

 know that if we can once get a good 

 hold on the people out there, that the 

 success of the American Rose Society 

 is certain. I would like to suggest 

 that the Rose Society make an eft'ort 

 to disseminate among its members, in 

 pamphlet form, accurate illustrations 

 concerning fertilizers, insecticides, 

 fungicides and soil chemistry, which 

 in my estimation, would create much 

 interest among the present members 

 and have a tendency to attract the 

 younger generation of growers. We 

 want lo give the members of our 

 society something more in the bill of 

 fare than a good time at conventions 

 and shows; offer them the greatest 

 help in the knowledge which they 

 ought to have and which is not to be 

 attained in the every day grind of 

 greenhouse work. The co-operdtion of 

 employers of labor in the rose-growing 

 business is absolutely necessary to the 

 advancement of their help towards ob- 

 taining a scientific knowledge of proper 

 conditions governing the management 

 and controlling of greenhouse work." 



Mr. May stated that this suggestion 

 was along the line which was offered 

 at the annual meeting, that the Rose 

 Society ought to have a quarterly pub- 

 lication. 



Getting Ready for Chicago. 



The schedule of prizes for next year 

 was gone over and it was decided to 

 adopt the schedule used at the Wash- 

 ington show. Tne list of special prizes 

 has already been started with a con- 

 siderable amount. It was propo.sed to 

 call a meeting of the Rose Society to 

 be held during the S. A. F. convention 

 at Philadelphia next month. 



The committee voted to direct the 

 secretary to prepare and publish a 

 report of the society and to circulate 

 the same to all members. Mr. Faren- 

 wald moved that the secretary be 

 directed to express to the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, the thanks of the ex- 

 ecutive committee for their promise to 

 co-operate and that east and west, 

 north and south do their best to make 

 the show flist-class next spring and, 

 in the mean time, every effort should 

 be made to secure as many annual and 

 life members as possible. 



Mr. Hill reported that he understood 

 that Alex. Montgomery, Alex. Scott. 

 Peter Reinberg, Peter Bisset, Poehl- 

 mann Bros., Myers & Samtman, F. H. 

 Kramer and the E. G. Hill Co., will 



all have new roses to exhibit, and 

 stated that the appearance of so many 

 new varieties will, if properly adver- 

 tised, add interest enough lo bring out 

 a big attendance at Chicago. 



President Simpson said that he 

 would leave for Europe on the last of 

 the month and would not be present at 

 Philadelphia; that he expected, while 

 away, to visit some of the best estab- 

 lishments in England, Scotland and 

 Ireland, and hoped to bring back with 

 him some matters which would be of 

 importance to all interested in the 

 rose. 

 BENJAMIN HAMMOND, Secretary. 



Special Meeting at S. A. F. Conven- 

 tion. 



It is desirable that a meeting of the 

 members of the American Rose Society 

 and all who are interested in the rose 

 and particularly such as are specially 

 interested in the 1908 meeting in Chi- 

 cago, be arranged for during the S. A. 

 F. week in Philadelphia. 



The eastern growers will there have 

 an opportunity of meeting many of 

 the western growers, and can perfect 

 arrangements for the convention and 

 exhibition much more readily than can 

 be done by correspondence. I would 

 strongly urge upon the rose growers 

 who may be in Philadelphia, the im- 

 portance of arranging to attend this 

 meeting and lending their influence 

 and assistance, moral and material to 

 make the 1908 meeting by far the best 

 in the history of the American Rose 

 Society. 



Our Secretary, Mr. Hammond, will 

 be in attendance at the S. A. F. Con- 

 vention and will arrange for the time 

 and place of the rose meeting, and an- 

 nounce the same in due course. I re- 

 gret that I will not be able to be pres- 

 ent, but Vice-president elect. Mr. 

 Breitmeyer. will be present and will 

 preside over the meeting. 



ROBERT SIMPSON. 



Pres. A. R. S. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 

 Carnations Registered. 



By W. N. Rudd, Mt Greenwood, 

 111. -Defiance." Color bright (so-call- 

 ed) scarlet, size easily grown two and 

 three quarter inches, stem long and 

 stiff, habit upright with no superflu- 

 ous grass, breaking quickly and strong 

 when topped; growth strong and cleaa 

 with no tendency to disease; foliage 

 medium wide with heavy bloom and 

 good blue color. Origin, cross between 

 Estelle on a seedling, having Argyle, 

 Mrs. McBurney and Macec blood, cross 

 made 1902. An early, free and con- 

 tinuous bloomer believed to be a 

 fii-st class commercial scarlet. 



"Sincerity." Color deep Daybreak 

 shade, hot sun deepens instead of fad- 

 ing color; size 'easily three inches; 

 stem like that of Enchantress long 

 and reasonably stiff; habit fairly up- 

 right with little superfluous grass, 

 LTOwth strong and clean: foliage me- 

 (•i'lm wide, blue green with medium 

 bloom. Origin cross of 1904, two seed- 

 lings running back through many gen- 

 erations to Daybreak and Wm. Scott. 

 An early, free and continuous bloomer 

 which by reason of its color and good 

 shipping qualities should take a place 

 as a standard commercial sort; can 

 be grown to exhibition standard. 



ALBERT M. HERR. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



