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HOBTICULTUBE 



April 12, 1913 



THE MEETINGS AND LECTURES. 



"The King's Florist" who was book- 

 ed for half a dozen lectures on Floral 

 Art, did not show up. A telegram re- 

 ceived by the secretary stated that 

 sickness in his family prevented his 

 leaving London. The "Opening Exer- 

 cises" and addresses of welcome 

 scheduled for the first evening were 

 largely of the wireless character. On 

 Sunday evening E. H. Wilson, of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, was right on his 

 job at the hour announced and gave 

 a very interesting lecture on China 

 and Chinese Plants, much handicap- 

 ped, however, by an unsuitable slide 

 machine and other inconveniences as 

 well as the uproar of music and ap- 

 plause in the exhibition hall adjoin- 

 ing. 



The meeting of the S. A. F. set for 

 Monday forenoon failed to materialize. 

 On Monday evening J. Horace McFar- 

 land. of Harrisburg, gave his stereop- 

 ticon lecture on the Arnold Arboretum 

 under exasperating difficulties with 

 the slide operator, but it was greatly 

 enjoyed by the audience who were 

 close enough to hear. 



On Tuesday afternoon Robert Pyle, 

 of West Grove. Pa., gave a lecture on 

 Roses and Decorative Plants and on 

 Tuesday evening J. K. M. L. Farquhar 

 held the stage with a fine lecture on 

 Japan and Japanese Flora, and had 

 the largest audience thus far. In our 

 next issue we shall have the story of 

 the rest of the proceedings for the 

 balance of the week. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The American Rose Society held its 

 meeting according to schedule, in the 

 lecture room of the Grand Central 

 Palace on Tuesday, April 9. President 

 Farenwald read a cheery address. 

 Reports were made by Secretary 

 Hammond and Treasurer May. The 

 election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, Wallace R. Pier- 

 son; vice-president, Robert Pyle; sec- 

 retary, Benj. Hammond; treasurer, 

 Harry O. May; executive committee 

 members, J. H. Dunlop and S. S. Pen- 

 nock. Several protests on the judge's 

 decisions in the exhibition were heard 

 and the judges were unanimously sus- 

 tained. Alex. Gumming of Hartford, 

 Conn., read an interesting paper on 

 Roses and Rose Gardens. Robert 

 Pyle presented a communication from 

 Prof. B. T. Galloway, advocating the 

 establishment of a rose garden in 

 Washington and expressing confidence 

 in the possibility of practical co-oper- 

 ation and support for the project by 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Several members spoke approvingly 

 and the appointment of a committee 

 to work in conjunction with Prof. Gal- 

 loway and the S. A. F. was approved. 

 Eber Holmes read an instructive 

 paper, which we hope to publish in 

 our columns at a later date. 



President's Address. 



A little over a year ago we met in 

 Detroit, under raw, chilly conditions. 

 Although the weather was so much 

 against us, the American Rose Society 

 can look back to it with pride only. 

 The exhibition was never surpassed in 

 quality and quantity. Our members 



showed a loyalty and enthusiasm 

 which was highly commendable, to 

 come at such an unfavorable time of 

 the year, and in severe winter weath- 

 er. It was a great pity that this splen- 

 did show was not better patronized by 

 the public. 



Our membership is slowly increas- 

 ing, but not at the rate it should be tor 

 such a worthy cause, the advance of 

 the Queen of Flowers, the main stay 

 of the business, the bread and butter 

 of most everybody. Why are so many 

 standing pat, when we need them so 

 badly? Do they think we have reached 

 the high water mark of popularity? I 

 hardly think so. There is lots of room 

 for expansion. So we need you, Mr. 

 Stand Pat. See the hustle and bustle 

 everywhere in our business today, bet- 

 ter to unite, to come together, to help 

 one another; that is the spirit of the 

 times. Anybody who shuts his eyes 

 to these conditions and refuses his 

 help is not worth his salt. That's my 

 candid opinion. 



Regarding our amateur membership 

 agitation, I want to express myself as 

 against that movement, for various 

 reasons. We are a body of commer- 

 cial men. specialists. We are not in 

 it for pleasure, though most of us de- 

 rive pleasure from attending to the 

 Queen of Flowers, but pleasure does 

 not pay our coal bills, and others, so 

 with us the financial side of the ques- 

 tion is the primary issue. All this does 

 not interest the amateur, and the his- 

 tory of our Society will back me up 

 in what I say. The most of you will 

 remember our early struggles with 

 this amateur problem. It was useless 

 to attract the amateur to a body of 

 professional men. It was a waste of 

 effort in every way; it brought our 

 Society down to its knees; only the 

 untiring, loyal work of our commercial 

 members saved it from utter collapse. 

 Let us take a leaf from this past his- 

 tory, and give it up. Let our efforts 

 be directed to the making of a strong 

 commercial Society, so that we are not 

 swayed first one way and then the 

 other, vainly trying to accomplish 

 something we are not able to do, as 

 has so long ago been proved. The 

 public is gradually being educated to 

 the value of roses in home decorations 

 and the most enthusiastic amateurs 

 will finally start their own societies, 

 with a sprinkling of professional men 

 among them, like the horticultural so- 

 cieties are doing today. Those are the 

 true amateur societies which will grow 

 and prosper, but in my estimation, no 

 commercial body of men can interest 

 the amateur. 



Affiliation is the watchword of today. 

 Some little while ago. the present pres- 

 ident of the S. A. F. and O. H., Mr. 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar, said to me, "How 

 can the Rose Society and S. A. F. come 

 into closer touch with each other?" 1 

 confess. I don't know that we could 

 get closer. We are an offspring of the 

 S. A. F., doing the work which the 

 S. A. F. is not able to do. specialize in 

 a certain line, the grov.in^ of roses for 

 cut flowers. I do not think we have a 

 member who is not a member of the 

 S. A. F. as well. To give up any of 

 our privileges would mean to give up 



our Society, which would be a detri- 

 ment to the business. I am sure the 

 American Rose Society would always 

 willingly work in conjunction with the 

 National S. A. F. This vital question 

 of afliliation I have outlined in another 

 article in the "Florists' Exchange" a 

 week ago, urging the merging of the 

 florists' clubs' membership into a na- 

 tional society, to increase its member- 

 ship and its usefulness. But let our 

 Rose Society keep up its own good 

 work, nation wide, as we have been 

 doing, creating and stimulating a love 

 for the Queen of Flowers. 



Secretary's Report. 

 The American Rose Society during 

 the past year has tried an experiment 

 for the purpose of gaining a wider 

 membership among admirers and 

 growers of roses than heretofore en- 

 joyed. This was done by the publica- 

 tion of a "Rose Journal" which has 

 been distributed in a limited way, and 

 sent to societies of one sort or other 

 all over the country. Much favorable 

 comment has resulted, but very few 

 new members of any class have been 

 secured thereby. On the other hand, 

 according to observations made, the 

 publications of the country of the 

 higher class have been given more 

 than ordinary attention to rose cul- 

 ture. When the American Rose So- 



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