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H O RTI CULT U RE 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



March 21, 1908 



Art Institutk— Ri>?;k Exnir.nioN Hai.i. 



The Chicago men certainly have 

 acted in the spirit which has matle 

 their city the Iraperial City of the 

 West. The beautiful Blackstone Hall 

 In the Art Institute is to welcome the 

 treasures of the best rose cultivators 

 of the nation. 



The exhibition will be opened on 

 Wednesday, March 25th at 5 P. M. The 

 first session of the annual meeting will 

 be called at 7.30 P. M. sharp, the 

 second session at 2.30 P. M. of the 

 26th, and a third meeting will follow. 

 The headquarters of the Society will 

 be at the Stratford Hotel opposite the 

 Art Institute on Jackson Boulevard. 



President Simpson will open the 

 meeting with an address. Papers or 

 addresses will be offered by .1. A. Val- 

 entine of Denver, on "Roses in Colo- 

 rado;" W. A. Manda of South Orange, 

 N. J., on "Rose Gardens;" George A. 

 Maynadier of the Depaitment of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C, on 

 "Soils;" Robert Craig of Philadelphia, 

 on "Roses in Pots for Easter;" W. H. 

 Elliott of Brighton, Mass., on "The 

 Proper Size of Greenhouses for Com- 

 mercial Purposes;" J. F. Sullivan of 

 Detroit, "Roses tor Decorative Pur- 

 poses." 



During the meetings the Secretary 

 will lay before the Convention the 

 matter of the Rose Journal as a quar- 

 terly missive; one third of the mem- 

 bers required to start the work for a 

 year have enrolled. 



Special Prizes. 

 The large list of Specials betokens a 

 most creditable interest in the coming 

 Rose Show. August F. Poehlmann, 

 Morton Grove, 111., is manager, George 

 Asmus, 879 West Madison St., Chicago. 

 111., is assistant manager, and will be 

 in charge of exhibits in Art Institute, 



Michigan Ave. and Adams Street, 

 Chicago, 111., March 25, 26, 27. 



Send an application for entry to T. 

 E Waters, secretary of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, 21 E. Randolph 

 street, or file with Benjamin 

 Hammond, secretary of the American 

 Rose Society. A supplementary list is 

 ready for all interested persons. It is 

 urgently desired that all intending ex- 

 hibitors will let the committee know 



George Asmus 

 Exhibition Manager. 



early what they will send. Last year 

 at Washington exhibitors delayed 

 doing this until the very last day in 

 the afternoon, and the result was that 

 the beautiful show which ensued, was 

 really not known until it was on the 

 ground, and this rush made it hard 

 work to handle. 



Division F. — Special Prizes for Cut 



Blooms, Etc. 



F. 145. Fifty Blooms Americau Beauty 

 Rose. American Rose Society's prizes, $50, 

 $25. 



F. 146. Display ot cut Roses, all varie- 

 ties. Challenge prize, valued at $250, of- 

 fered by Ben.iamin Dorrauce; the winner to 

 hold the prize a year and on relinquishing 

 it to the society for another competition at 

 the end of that period to receive a silver 

 shield suitably engraved as a permanent 

 record of his having held the prize. The 

 names of the winners will be engraved 

 consecutively on the prize. 



F. 147. Outdoor Roses in bloom — in pots 

 or tubs. $200 cash for first prize, by Philip 

 Breitmeyer of Detroit; $100 cash for sec- 

 ond prize, b.v Arthur T. Boddington, of 

 New York City. Exhibits to consist of 150 

 plants, not more than five plants of one 

 variety; each to be correctly labeled. All 

 types and classes suitable for out-of-door 

 planting may be included. 



F. 148. Vase of one hundred Rlchmonds. 

 $50 in gold, offered by E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind. 



F. 149. Fifty Blooms of any Rose of 

 American origin now in commerce. Silver 

 cup, value $23, offered by Alexander Mont- 

 gomery, Xaticii, Mass. 



F. 1.50. For the largest and most varied 

 collection of Cut Roses of all classes, one 

 or more blooms in a vase, the variety to 

 count 65 points. Silver cup or .$25 in gold, 

 offered bv W. A. Manda, South Orange, 

 N. J. 



F. 151. Twenty-flve Blooms of La De- 

 troit. Prize of $25 offered by John Brelt- 

 meyer's Sons, Detroit, Mich. 



F. 152. The Vase of Roses showing the 

 most artistic arrangement in the exhibition. 

 $25 offered bv Welch Bros., Boston. 



F. 1.33. For the most beautiful exhibit 

 in the hall, a prize of $20 in gold is offered 

 by Miss M. I. Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hud- 

 son, N. Y. Each lady visiting the exhibi- 

 tion the lirst day to cast a vote on leaving 

 the hall and the exhibit receiving the larg- 

 est number of votes to receive the prize. 



F. 1.54. One hundred Blooms of Killar- 

 npv. $50 offered by Robert Simpson, Clif- 

 ton, N. J. 



P. 155. Fifty Blooms of Liberty. $25 



offered bv Adolph Farenwald, Hillside, Pa. 



F. 156. Fifty Blooms of Killaruey. $25 



offered by Dingee & Conard Co., West 



Grove, Pa. 



F. 157. Fifty Blooms of Bridesmaid. 



