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HORTICULTURE. 



April 4, 1908 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



THE CHICAGO MEETING CONTINUED. 



\V. A. Manda's talk on outdoor roses 

 at the Wednesday evening session 

 was very interesting. He called atten- 

 tion to the fact that there are on 

 record in Paris the names of 11,010 

 varieties and species of roses and m 

 a private collection in that city some 

 SOOO varieties. He recommended the 

 laying out of rose gardens on more 

 or less formal style with beds from five 

 to six feet wide and of varying length 

 and planting the roses in rows leaving 

 room between the plants for cultiva- 

 tion. He said it was a good plan to put 

 the H. P. sorts in the centre row and 

 the H. T.'s, which are not so tall grow- 

 ing, on the outside and the beds would 

 then look well all through the season. 

 Standards and ramblers placed at in- 

 tervals lend variety, the latter bein^ 

 adapted for pillars and arches up to 

 20 ft. in height. For hedges he 

 recommended Rugosa as most useful. 

 For a protective hedge nothing equals 

 the Wichuraiana hybrids. He declared 

 that people do not prune roses as 

 severely as they should. Old wood 

 should not be allowed to remain. In 

 the discussion which followed, Wallace 

 R. Pierson said it was his intention 

 to plant five hundred white and pink 

 Maman Cochet roses for summer cut 

 flowers, as an experiment. 



J. F. Sullivan's paper on Roses tor 

 Decorative Purposes, delivered on 

 Thursday morning was, as briefly 

 noted in our previous notes, very 

 favorably commented upon. Philip 

 Breitmeyer commended it warmly 

 and called attention to the increasing 

 call by flower buyers for the old- 

 fashioned small varieties such as 

 Bon Silene and Safrano. He spoKe 

 reminiscently of Boston's priority in 

 the growing of these pioneer varieties 

 years ago and submitted that, from the 

 evidences in the present exhibition, 

 Boston was "still in the ring." W. 

 J. Stewart followed Mr. Breitmeyer in 

 appreciation of Mr. Sullivan's effort. 

 He believed that the rapid recent de- 

 velopment in varieties of large size 

 had now left room for the existence 

 of buds of the Bon Silene type as a 

 separate class, adapted to special uses 

 and with a remunerative commercial 

 value in the flower market. He said 

 that Boston could not aspire to com- 

 pete with Chicago in its vast ranges 

 of rose growing houses, or its un- 

 limited market for the productions 

 of same but, as in the case with all 

 New England agricultural and manu- 

 facturing industries Boston's position 

 as the producer of the highest type of 

 flowers would be maintained, quality 

 rather than quantity being a proposi- 

 tion forced upon the New Englander 

 by natural conditions and restrictions 

 from which he could not escape. 



Following W. H. Elliott's very prac- 

 tical paper on the size of commercial 

 greenhouses, A. Farenwald remarked 

 that in his opinion success in rose 



forcing was not dependent upon the 

 size of the house but the ability of the 

 man operating it. He spoke of the 

 great dangers of wind pressure in the 

 case of vast roof surface and thought 

 that the only question to consider in 

 comparing large and small houses was 

 that of economy. Mr. Elliott in reply 

 maintained that wide and lofty houses 

 may be heated with a proportionately 

 lesser amount of pipes than small 

 houses. Thorough construction would 

 solve the wind-pressure problem and 

 it might yet be a question as to 

 whether houses might not be con- 

 structed large enough to ensure all 

 the pure air needed without any pro- 

 vision for ventilation other than to 

 prevent over-heating in the day time. 



On Friday morning, March 27th, 

 President Simpson read an invitation 

 from the Horticultural Society of New 

 York, to hold a June Rose Show, in 

 connection with that body, in Bronx 

 Pari-, New York City. This matter 

 had been brought up before the 

 Executive Committee by Ex-President 

 Frederick R. Newbold last November. 

 Upon motion of Mr. Valentine it was 

 voted that The American Rose Society 

 accept the invitation and join with the 

 New York society in its June Show, 

 and that the Secretary extend the 

 thanks of the Society for the invita- 

 tion, which is without expense to the 

 American Rose Society for accommo- 

 dation or service. 



The paper by George B. Maynadier, 

 of the Bureau of Soils, Department of 

 Agriculture, on the subject of Soil — 

 the constituent parts, the effect of 

 water, etc., was closely followed. John 

 Thorpe related some experiences 

 where La France grew at Nyack, N. 

 Y.. with much vigor — and other varie- 

 ties at Madison, N. J., illustrating by 

 his experiences the force of the sug- 

 gestions of Mr. Maynadier. 



The vital question of the growth of 

 the Society was taken up by Secretary 

 Hammond and laid before the meet- 

 ing in detail — the step taken to pro- 

 duce a publication as a means of ex- 

 tending the influence of the Society 

 interesting the membership at large — • 

 the prospectus sent out and the re- 

 sponses in return shown. All present 

 took much interest and some part in 

 the discussion. Frank R. Pierson, said 

 he was heartily in favor of the project, 

 but suggested that, in lieu of any ad- 

 vertising support, the needed backing 

 be done by direct subscription to the 

 fund. In response to Mr. Pierson's 

 suggestion, a number of gentlemen 

 present started a subscription list with 

 a substantia! sum and the meeting en- 

 dorsed the project, leaving it in the 

 hands of the Executive Committee and 

 Secretary. 



The paper received from Mr. Alex- 

 ander Dickson, of Newtownards, Ire- 

 land, was then read. Upon motion of 

 Mr. Farenwald it was ordered that the 

 Secretary be directed to convey to Mr. 

 Dicltson the thanks of the Society. 



Mr. Robert Craig's paper was pre- 

 sented by W. P. Craig and a vote of 

 thanks given as it was a pertinent sub- 

 ject of much interest. 



The question of the desirability of 



incorporating the American Rose 

 Society under a State law was raised 

 and referred to the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



In adition to the list of prizes won 

 at the exhibition as given in last 

 week's issue there should be men- 

 tioned F. R. Newbold's special for 25 

 blooms of Uncle John, which was won 

 1)y Poehlmann Bros., the John Davis 

 prize for 100 Mrs. Marshall Field, 

 awarded to Peter Reinberg, and the 

 specials offered by Peter Reinberg 

 tor the men who did the actual grow- 

 ing of the exhibits considered, which 

 were awarded to the growers for W. 

 H. Elliott, Poehlmann Bros., and A. 

 Farenwald, first, second and third re- 

 spectively. The sweepstake silver 

 medal offered by the Horticultural So- 

 ciety of Chicago for the best vase of 

 roses among the prize winners was 

 won by W. H. Elliott's vase of Killar- 

 ney. Miss M. I. Hammond's special for 

 the most beautiful exhibit in the hall 

 was decided by vote of the ladies visit- 

 ing the exhibition to belong to the 

 group of rose plants shown by 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. 



Wyndmoor is said to be a cross be- 

 tween American Beauty and Safrano. 

 It pleased everybody by its fresh, 

 bright appearance at the exhibition 

 after its journey of nearly a thousand 

 miles. The flower is handsomely mod- 

 elled, rich pink in color, and the fo- 

 liage is similar to Beauty. 



Victory, Aristocrat, Afterglow, 

 Winsor and W hite Perfection were on 

 deck and well-represented the progress 

 in carnation culture up to date. 



Most favorable comment was made 

 on the splendid keeping qualities of 

 Cardinal in the exhibition. Messrs. 

 Poehlmann Bros, regard this hand- 

 some, fragrant crimson rose as a com- 

 mercial winner. 



Chicago treated the visitors to a 

 great assortment of weather, all of 

 which was borne without murmur un- 

 til the blustering rain storm of Friday, 

 which at times put an embargo on out- 

 door locomotion. 



Newport Fairy, although passed 

 over by the judges with merely a com- 

 mendatory mention, attracted much 

 attention and was greatly admired. 

 It is said that the similarity of its 

 flowers to those of La Fiamma was 

 the cause of its side-tracking, but the 

 glossiness of its foliage, its floriferous- 

 ness and graceful habit gave it a high 

 place in the estimation of all. 



Mme. Chatenay showed up in grand 

 form, but it looks as though Mrs. Pot- 

 ter Palmer might in time place it 

 where Bridesmaid placed the Cath- 

 arine Mermet — in seclusion. 



THE BANQUET. 

 The banquet at the Union Restaurant 

 on Thursday evening was enjoyed as 

 all such affairs are, by both visitors 

 and hosts. A touch of sadness was 

 added by the sudden calling away 

 from the table of genial Phil. Foley 

 who was to have officiated as toast- 

 master, owing to the death of his 

 brother's child. W. N. Rudd was 

 called upon in the emergency to fill 



