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then Introduced and read a paper on 

 "Outdoor Rose Culture." 



A cordial vote of thanks was ten- 

 dered Mr. Wirth for his eminently 

 practical, truthful address, which was 

 full of wise suggestions. 



The selection of the meeting place 

 for 1908 was then considered and Chi- 

 cago was chosen. 



Election of officers resulted as fol- 

 lows: Robert Simpson re-elected for 

 president; Philip Breitnieyer, vice- 

 president; Benj. Hammond, secretary; 

 H. O. May, treasurer; P.Welch, E. G. 

 Hill and August Poehlmann, executive 

 board. 



The exhibition was excellent. The 

 roses were superb in quality, Richmond 

 especially so. 



Secretary Wilson of the Department 

 of Agriculture opened the exhibition 

 at six o'clock with a most eloquent 

 address expressing his deep apprecia- 

 tion of the work of the florists and 

 rose growers and extending the good 

 wishes of his department. 



Many exhibits came in late and judg- 

 ing was delayed. 



The judges were Chas. McCauley, 

 Geo. C. Shaffer, G. C. Watson. 



The awards of the Florists Club of 

 Washington were as follows: 



Hyacinths, three pans. 10 bulbs of one 

 variety in each, F. H. Kramer; single pan, 

 10 bulbs of one variety, l.st and 2d, F. H. 

 Kramer. Lily of the valley, six pots. S. 

 C. Briggs. Fern grown in a dwelling at 

 least four months previous to exhibition, 

 Nellie Baxter. 1st and 2d. Hybrid geran- 

 ium, S. C. Briggs. 



100 blooms carnations one variety, with 

 foliage, H. Weber & Sons Co. 23 blooms 

 dark pink, 1st, P. B. H. Widener; 2d, H. 

 Weber & Sons Co.; 3d, S. C. Briggs. Crim- 

 son, 1st, P. B. H. Widener; 2d, Wash- 

 ington Florist Co. Light pink, 1st, H. 

 Weber & Sons Co.; 2d. S. C. Briggs. Scar- 

 let. 1st, P. B. H. Widener; 2d, Guttman & 

 Weber. A^Tiite, 1st. H. Weber & Sons Co.; 

 2d. P. B. H. Widener. White variegated, 

 1st, P. B. H. Widener; 2d, H. Weber & 

 Sons Co. Six or more blooms seedling shown 

 for first time, 1st, H. Weber & Sons Co.; 

 2d, W. A. Manda, Pansies. 48 blooms, S. 

 C. Briggs. Violets, double, other than 

 Lady Hume Campbell, Theo. Dietrich; 

 Princess of Wales. 1st. D. Bisset; 2d, F. 

 G. Mense. Any other single variety, Theo. 

 Dietricli. Orchids, Lager & Hurrell. 



Awards by American Rose Society: 



Dirtsion A. Twent.v-five blooms. Bride, 

 Stephen Mortenson, 1st; Bridesmaid, I,. 

 B. Coddingtou, 1st; G. E. Campbell 2nd; 

 Mrs. Pierpont Morgan and Mrs. Oliver 

 Ames, J. N. May, 1st; Golden Gate and 

 Ivory, F. H. Kramer. 1st; Mrs. Abel Chate- 

 nay and Uncle John, Kobt. Simpson, 1st; 

 Liberty, Edw. Towill, 1st. also 1st with 

 Joseph Hill on any other disseminated va- 

 riety; Killarncy, W. H. Elliott, 1st; Rich- 

 mond, S. Mortenson, 1st; G. E. Campbell. 

 2ud. 



Division B. Twelve blooms. Liberty, 

 E. Towill, 1st; any other named dissem 

 Inated variety, Washington Florists Co. 

 with Cardinal, 1st; Bride, Bridesmaid, 

 Golden Gate, Ivory, Richmond, F. H. 

 Kramer, 2d. 



In Division C. open to private garden- 

 ers and amateurs, S. C. Briggs was the 

 only winner in five classes. 



The Lord & Burnham Co trophv was 

 won for the second time by George" Burt- 

 on; the Dorrance trophy went to Robt. 

 Simpson, as did al.so the Traendly & 

 Schenck cup for 50 blooms Mrs. Abel 

 Chatenay, the Dingee-Couard Co. and E. 

 G. Hill Co. prizes for 50 blooms Killamey 

 and Richmond respectively, the F. R. 



Newbold cup for Killamey and the L. M. 

 Noe special for Uncle John. 



The G. H. Cooke cup for 100 blooms, 

 Richmond and J. H. Taylor cup tor 50 

 blooms Wellesley went to W. H. Elliott. 



The H. F. Michell Co. cup tor 50 Rich- 

 mond, to Jos. Towill. 



The Elliott prize to A. Farenwald, 

 Pennock-Meehan Co. cup for 50 Brides- 

 maids, to L. B. Coddingtou; Hammond 

 piizfc for 25 Ivory, to F. H. Kramer, who 

 also took the Burpee cup for 50 blooms 

 Golden Gate. 



The May cup for American seedling not 

 yet introduced, went to E. G. Hill Co., for 

 Rhea Reid; the Coddingtou prize for 25 

 Brides to S. Mortenson; the Briggs prize 

 for 6 blooms of new rose never exhibited, 

 to W. S. Clark. 



Meyers & Samtman, Philadelphia, 

 and John Cook, Baltimore, showed 

 promising pink seedling roses. F. H. 

 Kramer, Washington, had handsome 

 groups of Baby Rambler and Queen 

 Beatrice. F. R. Pierson Co. made a 

 magnificent showing of carnation Win- 

 sor. 



All the carnations kept poorly, pos- 

 sibly on account of the sudden warm 

 wave. 



The Simpson Cup for Rambler roses 

 in pots was won by M. H. Walsh, who 

 also took the cup for General Display 

 of Roses in pots and prize for Speci- 

 men Climber in pot. 



Welch Bros, prize for Vase of Roses 

 most artisticaly arranged went to Robt. 

 Simpson. 



The session on Wednesday after- 

 noon was one of the best ever in the 

 history of the society. The paper read 

 by E. G. Hill on "The Hybridization of 

 Roses, the Ideals and the Means used 

 to work up to them," was followed by a 

 long and interesting discussion. 



M. H. Walsh's paper on "Climbing 

 and Trailing Roses in the Hardy Rose 

 Garden" drew out an equally instruc- 

 tive debate. A full report will appear 

 in next week's issue. 



A vote was passed recommending to 

 the executive committee that certifi- 

 cates may be awarded to new varieties 

 scoring as high as 80 points. 



On Thursday afternoon President 

 Roosevelt received the Rose Society 

 visitors at the White House and the 

 members generally took advantage of 

 the opportunity to grasp the hand of 

 the president. 



The visitors were entertained at a 

 banquet in the Arlington Hotel on 

 Thursday evening. 



BANQUET TO S. A. F. EXECUTIVE 

 BOARD AT PHILADELPHIA. 



The officers and directors of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists met in Phil- 

 adelphia on March 11th and 12th and 

 mapped out a program for the August 

 convention. Much important work was 

 accomplished and a new stride forward 

 for the old society is a sure result. 

 Horticultural Hall was selected for the 

 exhibition and the Broad Street Thea- 

 tre for the meeting. The convention 

 will last five days instead of four as 

 usual. David Rust was selected as 

 superintendent of exhibition. A full 

 report of the proceedings will be given 

 out in due course by the secretary, Mr. 

 Hauswirth. Mr. Stewart showed him- 



self an Ideal presiding officer and put 

 business through in good shape. 



Incidental to the Executive meeting 

 was a banquet tendered to them by the 

 Florist's Club of Philadelphia at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall on Tuesday evening. 

 Samuel S. Pennock, president of the 

 club, presided, and was ably assisted 

 by Robert Craig as toast master. Will- 

 iam J. Stewart responded for the na- 

 tional society in his usual happy style, 

 and made the members present put 

 their thinking caps on. John West- 

 cott, the vice-president, had a welcome 

 word and the glad hand. Without Mr. 

 Westcott, Philadelphia would not be 

 Philadelphia. Among the other speak- 

 ers were Secretary Phil. J. Hauswirth, 

 Frank H. Traendly, Peter Crowe, W. F. 

 Kasting, J. C. Vaughan, E. V. Hallock, 

 W. K. Harris, Theodore Wirth, Colonel 

 Castle and others. The hits of the 

 evening were the speeches of Stewart, 

 Castle and Farquhar. The latter was 

 l)articularly forceful and electrified the 

 members with the width, breadth and 

 depth of his views in prophesying the 

 future of our national society. Edward 

 J. Dooner, P. J. Lynch, A. M. Camp- 

 bell and Thos. Hogan contributed to 

 the tuneful and sentimental end of the 

 program with much acceptance. 



G. C. W. 



PITTSBURGH AND ALLEGHENY 



FLORISTS' AND GARDENERS' 



CLUB. 



The club meeting on March 5 was 

 not as well attended as usual on ac- 

 count of the furious blizzard which 

 kept many away to look after their 

 glass. However the members present 

 decided it was more interesting and 

 home-like than some of our larger 

 meetings. Mr. Falconer reported that 

 there was too great a rush of business 

 and prosperity in the east and Easter 

 was too close at hand for him to se- 

 cure one of the large eastern growers 

 to address the club, as was intended. 

 He did his best, however, and with his 

 running fire of comment and notes on 

 the various exhibits as they came up, 

 the eastern expert was not much 

 missed. 



A. R. Peacock, Thos. Jenkinson gar- 

 dener, showed a choice begonia Lor- 

 raine which at blooming time had been 

 cut back and was now again a mass of 

 bloom; also fine primulas from the 

 Sutton strain of seed; Western Peni- 

 tentiary, W. James gardener, showed 

 cinerarias; Pittsburgh Florists' Ex- 

 change, J. Bader. Blind Bros., S. J. 

 Wolfe and G. M. Laughlin, H. S. Price 

 gardener, had fine collections; Phipps 

 Conservatories, two specimen Harrisii 

 lilies, one between five and six feet 

 high, tulips, Dutch Roman hyacinths. 

 Maxfield & Dimond, Warren, R. I., 

 had a box of their artificial calyxes 

 on exhibition. They seem to be a sure 

 preventive of split carnations. 



The April meeting has for its sub- 

 .iect "Roses and Bulbous Plants and 

 Flowers." 



H. P. JOSLIN, Secretary. 



