378 



HORTICULTURE, 



March 23, 1907 



kets for a song, thereby depreciating 

 the value of flowers and really getting 

 the best flower buyers disgusted with 

 the trade. As long as they were 

 standiiig on the street corners it was 

 not so bad, but since they have opened 

 stores, a different aspect has been 

 put on the matter. A resolution was 

 passed that none of the retailers will 

 patronize, henceforth, those growers 

 selling to such channels. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The Worcester County Horticul- 

 tural Society held its 65th annual re- 

 union and bantiuet on the evening of 

 .March 13. President O. B. Hadwen 

 was presented with a copper plaque 

 from the members of the society, the 

 presentation speech being made by 

 •Chas. W. Wood. 



I An organization to be known as the 

 Grand- Rapids Florists' and Market 

 Gardeners' Club has been formed at 

 Grand Rapids, Mich., with officers as 

 follows: Pres., Henry Smith; vice- 

 pres., Eugene Davis; secy., Edward 

 Preyling; treas., N. B. Stover. Meet- 

 ings will be held the first and third 

 Monday evenings of each month. 



The florists of Springfield, 111., met 

 at the store of A. C. Brown on March 

 7 to organize a club, in order that suit- 

 able preparations for the meeting of 

 the State Florists' Association in that 

 city, in February, 1908, might be made. 

 Oflicers were chosen as follows: Pres- 

 ident, A. C. Brown; vice-president, 6. 

 M. Brinkerhoff; secretary, G. W. Jack; 

 treasurer, George Van Horn. A. C. 

 Brown, A. T. Hay and George Van 

 Horn were appointed a committee to 

 draft by-law,=, etc. 



DURING RECESS. 



On Friday evening, March 15, the 

 proceedings connected with the visit 

 of the American Rose Society to 

 Washington were brought to a close 

 with a bowling contest, participated 

 in by the representatives of Philadel- 

 phia, Baltimore and Washington, the 

 trophy being a handsome silver cup, 

 donated by the Baltimore Club. Wash- 

 ington won out, as the following scores 

 will show. The ceremony of filling 

 the cup followed, accompanied by a 

 sumptuous feed and "speechifying." 

 by eminent visitors, regardless of the 

 midnight hour: 



WASHINGTON. 



12 3 



Cooke 16T 161 IS.'i 



Sh.iffei- 161 158 188 



Simmoiids 157 168 151 



Mc-Lennon 150 155 194 



Ernest lii! 201 166 



757 843 851 

 Total~2454. 



BALTIMORE. 



12 3 



McKic-hmoud 144 157 173 



L«lir 172 183 137 



Boone 136 166 154 



Moss 115 12-') 201 



Seybold 178 169 lG;i 



745 800 828 

 •total— 2373. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



12 3 



Graham 169 147 155 



Dodds 147 161 176 



Shock 144 131 159 



Klf t 138 155 133 



Connor 159 204 174 



757 798 797 

 Total— 2352. 



Two more games are to be played. 

 one at Philadelphia and one at Balti- 

 more to decide the permanent owner- 

 ship of the trophy. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



THE BANQUET AT WASHINGTON. 



After the labors of the exhibition 

 and business sessions it was a de- 

 lightful experience to the member.s 

 of the American Rose Society when, on 

 Thursday evening, they were ushered 

 into the lavishly decorated banquet 

 hall of the Arlington hotel, the music 

 of an orchestra adding to the Im- 

 pressiveness of the scene as the part.v 

 of over one hundred and fifty ladies 

 and gentlemen, members of the 

 Florists' Club of Washington and their 

 guests, took their places at the 

 flower-laden tables. 



After the banquet had been served 

 President Bisset extended a cordial 

 welcome and congratulated the Rose 

 Society upon the increasing love for 

 the rose and the growing interest 

 manifested in its cultivation. He then 

 introduced J. R. Freeman as toast- 

 master, who made a very happy ad- 

 dress and called upon Hon. Simon 

 Wolf to respond for "Our Country." 

 At the mention of President Roose- 

 velt all arose and cheered. Mr. Wolf 

 spoke of the glorious privilege ac- 

 corded every race and every nation- 

 ality to come and find a home in a free 

 country, a heritage of which we 

 should be proud and transmit with 

 all its blessings to generations yet un- 

 born. All that is grand in sentiment 

 and great in execution is within our 

 reach and the "square deal" is our 

 inalienable birthright. 



President Simpson responded for 

 the American Rose Society, which he 

 said was much more than a trade 

 association, its motto being "A bush 

 in every garden, a rose in every 

 home" and which stands for educa- 

 tion in the beautiful. 



District Commissioner H. B. F. Mac- 

 farland was the next speaker, his 

 topic being "Washington the City 

 Beautiful." He spoke eloquently of 

 the rose and its romance, of the 

 American Rose Society as a "League 

 of Beauty" and of the plans for the 

 beautiflcation of the National Capital. 

 He urged that senators and represen- 

 tatives should be encouraged in every 

 act of legislation and appropriation 

 which shall tend to the embellishment 

 of the nation's capital city. 



George H. Brown, for half a century 

 connected with the park department 

 of Washington, spoke of park develoL)- 

 ment in the city since the initial work 

 was begun by A. .1. Downing, the re- 

 claiming of waste places and the hope- 

 ful prospects for the future extensio)! 

 and embellishment of the public 

 grounds. 



Prof. P.. T. Galloway spoke for the 

 Department of Agriculture, telling of 

 its policy and work in advancing the 

 agricultural and horticultural welfare 

 of the country and the enormous de- 

 velopment of the trade on many lines 

 within the past twenty years. 



Patrick O'Mara responded for the 

 gardener and his work for the rose. 

 He said that the gardener, with his 

 big heart and clear head, is the Atlas 

 who bears the horticulture of the 

 world on his shoulders. The real 

 gardener, he declared, is not honored 

 enough. There is glory in his title 

 and no happier man treads God's foot- 

 stool than the successful gardener, 

 satisfied with his position. He paid 

 tribute to M. H. Walsh, James Comley, 



W, A. Manda, E. G. Hill and others 

 for their services to the rose and took 

 occasion to make gallant allusion to 

 the presence of the ladies on this oc- 

 casion. , 



W. R. Smith received an ovation 

 ap he arose to respond to the toast 

 of "The Past, Present and Future of 

 Horticulture." Flowers, he said, were 

 made for the service of the soul and 

 the gaidener does the work. He was 

 proud of the title of gardener. 



President Wm. J Stewart responded 

 for "Our Parent Society, the S. A. F. ' 

 The speaKer extended to the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society and the Florists' Club 

 of Washington the congratulations of 

 the parent society on the success of 

 this event. He said that during the 

 preceding days the executive officers 

 of the S. A. F. had been busily en- 

 .gaged in planning for the coming year 

 of the Society's activities and en- 

 deavoring to carry out the maternal 

 instincts of the "parent" society in en- 

 deavoring to bring about closer fra- 

 ternal relations between all members 

 of the great family of horticulturalal 

 bodies, to broaden its scope and en- 

 large its influence and usefulness. He 

 referred to W. R. Smith's appellation 

 of "New Hub of the Universe" 'as 

 given to Washington and expressed 

 gratification that Washington had 

 shown so much wisdom in imitating 

 the example set by Boston — the real 

 "Hub of the Universe" in bringing in 

 the ladies to enjoy the banquet. 



W. F. ,Gude spoke to the toast of 

 "Our Guests." He advocated unity 

 in all things and expressed sincere 

 sentiments of love and friendship for 

 the guests, hoping that the memory 

 of this occasion may last as long as 

 life for all who participated. 



"The Ladies" was the toast as- 

 signed to Robert Craig and that elo- 

 quent speaker did full justice to the 

 inspiring theme, which, he declared to 

 be the most important toast that can 

 be proposed on any occasion, at any 

 time, in any language or in any 

 country. His word picture of the 

 scene in Eden when the first gardener 

 lost his job will not be soon forgotten 

 by those who listened to it. 



E. G. Hill entertained the audience 

 with some amusing stories and sub- 

 mitted that two features of the affair 

 had struck him as remarkable, viz.: 

 Mr. O'Mara's tribute to the ladies 

 and Mr. Craig's knowledge of Scrip- 

 ture. Robert Kift then sung some new- 

 verses recently added to his song "It 

 all goes into sash." W. H. Elliott and 

 Benj. Hammond spoke in praise of the 

 work and the hospitality of the local 

 organization and with votes of thanks 

 and Auld Lang Syne adjournment was 

 reached long past the midnight hQur. 



ADDITIONAL EXHIBITION NOTES. 



The group of rambler roses from M. 

 H. Walsh was, as in Boston last year, 

 the sensational feature of the exhibi- 

 tion. Besides the better known favor- 

 ites originating with Mr. Walsh there 

 were Coquina, Delight, Babette, Le 

 Fiamma, Paradise Excelsa a heavy 

 trussed double pink. Red Riding Hood 

 a dark crimson, and Galaxy a superb 

 rich double pink with long trusses of 

 bloom. 



W. A. Mar da staged a group of nevr 



