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HORTICULTURE 



March 19, 1910 



AMERIC AN ROSE SOCIETY 



Annual Meeting and Exhibition 



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The Annual Meeting and Exhibition 

 of the American Rose Society, at the 

 American Museum ot Natural History, 

 New York city, drew together a very 

 large and representative attendance of 

 rose growers and others from far and 

 near. The opening session of the So- 

 ciety was to have been held on Wed- 

 nesdav evening, 16th, but the program 

 was liot adhered to, and the meeting 

 was postponed until Thursday fore- 

 noon. There was much to occupy the 

 time of the members, however, in ex- 

 changing mutual greetings and in- 

 specting the exhibition which, while 

 not so extensive as had been expected, 

 was made up of goods of the highest 

 qualitv. The judges were busy all the 

 afternoon and we append the prize 

 awards so far as decided upon up to 

 time of this report. 



PRIZES AWARDED. 

 Division A. 



Breitmeyer prize for best display of 

 hardy roses in bloom, won by H. C. 

 Steinhoff. Mr. Steinhoff also won the 

 Welch Bros.' prize for collection of 

 hybrid perpetuals, first on six climbing 

 roses, six ruses not climbing, twelve 

 Baby Ramblers, specimen in pot or 

 tub, "specimen Crimson Rambler, speci- 

 men Dorothy Perliins, and, second J. 

 N. Mav prize for collection of teas and 

 hybrid" teas. Julius Roehrs Company 

 won first for Lady Gay specimen, Hi- 

 awatha specimen, and second for six 

 climbing roses and Dorothy Perkins 

 specimen. 



Division B, Open to All. 



A. T. Boddington prize tor 25 Am- 

 erican Beauty blooms. Brant Hentz 

 Co., first; Gude Bros., second. A. H. 

 Langjahr prize for Bride; Poehlmann 

 Bros., first; L. B. Coddington, second. 

 L. B. Coddington prize for My Mary- 

 land, J. W. Young, first; A. Behre, 

 second. W. F. Sheridan prize for Kil- 

 larney, J. W. Young, first; W. G. Badg- 

 ley. second. W. G. Badgley prize for 

 Richmond, A. Farenwald, first; Ed. 

 Towell, second. Robert Simpson prize 

 for largest and best collection of teas 

 and hybrid teas, Gude Bros., first. 

 First prize winners in the general 

 classes in this division were H. Hentz, 

 Jr., for Bridesmaid; Robert Scott & 

 Son, for Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 

 Wm. Grogor, for Mrs. Jardine; Robert 

 Simpson, tor Mme. Abel Chatenay; 

 U. S. Cut Flower Co., for Ivory; Benj. 

 Dorrance, for Sunrise; Gude Bros., for 

 Wellesley, F. R. Pierson Co., for White 

 Killarney; Robert Simpson, for En- 

 chanter. 



In Division B, open to private gar- 

 deners and amateurs only, there was 

 neither competition nor interest. Wil- 

 liam Hastings was first on Brides- 

 maid and Richmond. 



Divisions D and E— hybrid perpet- 

 uals, were entirely ignored by the ex- 

 hibitors. 



Division F, Specials. 



The Dorrance challenge trophy for 

 largest and best collection of cut roses 

 was won by Benj. Dorrance. The 

 Poehlmann Bros.* prizes for fifty White 

 Killarney were won by F. R. Pierson 

 Co., first, and Waban Rose Conserva- 



tories second. The H. E. Froment 

 prize for fifty Richmond, won by A. 

 Farenwald. There were thirteen en- 

 tries for the Moore, Hentz & Nash 

 $50.00 cup for six roses, and the El- 

 mira Cut Flower Company was the 

 lucky winner. The A. J. Guttman 

 special was won by W. G. Badgley. 

 Horticultural Society of New York 

 Prizes. 



The R. & J. Farquhar silver cup for 

 twenty cyclamen plants was won by 

 James Stuart. Mr. Stuart also won 

 first on specimen cyclamen and Mrs. 

 H. Seigel, second. Six plants of rho- 

 dodendrons, first, Samuel Untermeyef, 

 gardener W. H. Waite. Six Schizan- 

 thus, Samuel Untermeyer. 



The orchid display in this section 

 was very fine. For best display Lager 

 & Hurrell were first; second, Julius 

 Roehrs Co. Cattleya Trianae speci- 

 men, W. A. Manda, first; Julius Roehrs 

 Co., second. Cattleya Schroderal, ditto, 

 ditto. Display of Cypripediums, Lager 

 & Hurrell. Dendrobium nobile speci- 

 men, W. A. Manda. first; Lager & 

 Hurrell, second. Cattleya specimen, 

 Clement Moore, first; Lager & Hur- 

 rell, second. Dendrobium Wardianum 

 specimen, W. A. Manda, first; Julius 

 Roehrs, second. In the palms and 

 other foliage plant displays, F. R. 

 Pierson Co., and Julius Roehrs Co., 

 were the main contributors. Messrs. 

 Roehrs won first on group of bay 

 trees, silver medal tor display of cro- 

 tons, and silver medal for display of 

 stove and greenhouse plants all being 

 superb examples of good culture. F. 

 R. Pierson Co. were first on Nephrolep- 

 is Bosfoniensis, N. elegantissima, N. 

 Scotti, N. Piersoni, and for the largest 

 and best specimen Nephrolepis. 



Among the exhibits not for compe- 

 tition we mention the following: John 

 Lewis Childs, Calla Elliotiana. Julius 

 Roehrs Co., group of new Croton F. 

 Sander. H. C. Steinhoff, group of For- 

 mosa lilies. A. N. Pierson Company, 

 Adiantnm Farleyense, lily of the val- 

 ley, roses White Killarney, Pink Kil- 

 larney and My Maryland. Thos De 

 Voy's Sons, new violet, Marie Elise, 

 sport of Marie Louise. Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co., carnations Mrs. C. W. Ward, 

 Alma Ward and seedling 405. 



THE OPENING SESSION. 



The opening session on Thursday 

 was called to order by President 

 Poehlmann, who proceeded to read his 

 annual address. Then followed the re- 

 port of Secretary Hammond, as fol- 

 lows: 

 Secretary Hammond's Report, 1910. 



The records of the year show that 

 the American Rose Society blooms and 

 grows in strength and influence. The 

 idea "A Rose for every Home, a Bush 

 for every Garden." takes hold. During 

 the past twelve months there has come 

 to hand more inquiry for information 

 than ever before, and the weakest point 

 in the organization is the lack ot a 

 quarterly publication absolutely its 

 own, that may be sent to every mem- 

 ber and to kindred societies. In my 

 opinion, until this is done the mem- 

 bership will continue restricted. 



The interest and fame of the Rose 

 Society surely is increased by the judi- 

 cious use of its medals. These afford 

 much pleasure and are not bestowed 

 loosely. They carry with them esteem, 

 and when given for good work in home 

 gardens, in the communities where lo- 

 cal interest is taken, stir up a lot of 

 earnestness in rose planting. The an- 

 nual bulletin was issued for 1909, be- 

 ing sent to every member and filed up 

 in many libraiies and is called for by 

 horticultural societies. 



The last year, our life membership 

 fund has passed the $3,000 mark. We 

 hope to see it get to $30,000, and take 

 much pleasure in enrolling more in the 

 life membership, as this insures per- 

 manency. The income has been above 

 its regular outgo, but that is not say- 

 ing much, because the prizes offered 

 regularly each year run up to quite 

 a sum and a year ago a number of 

 gentlemen made up this amount sepa- 

 rate from other support. 



The exhibition in the city of Buffalo 

 was so well attended by visitors, who 

 after the first day came in such num- 

 bers that four gentlemen from the 

 police force assisted in piloting the 

 crowd, which comprised people who 

 were greatly pleased with the show and 

 several joined as associate members. 



This year we meet in the most con- 

 gested city on the continent, in which 

 there is no room for home gardens, 

 but whose taste and appreciation for 

 things beautiful and lovely is so great 

 that it is the best flower market we 

 have. Therefore under the sheltering 

 wings ot the Horticultural Society of 

 New York, we make a spread without 

 money and without price, of choice and 

 lovely roses tor whosoever will, to ad- 

 mire and to profit by. The florists and 

 the gardeners who thus show their 

 products deserve well of all who are 

 thus entertained. 



Our thanks are due to the trustees 

 and others connected with this hall 

 for many gracious attentions. The so- 

 ciety owes much especially to ex-Presi- 

 dent Simpson, Messrs. H. O. May, F. 

 R. Pierson and the executive commit- 

 tee for detail work in doing the many 

 things required for such an exhibition. 



The State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana have filed a request for the 

 annual exhibition to go to Indianapolis 

 in 1912, the year following the great 

 National Flower Show is to be held in 

 I he city of Boston. 



Treasurer's Report. 



Treasurer H. O. May presented his 

 annual report, of which the following 

 is a summary: 



Annual report of the Treasurer of 

 the American Rose Society: 



Receipts $4 52-1.32 



Disbursements 3,902.13 



Balance $622.19 



I'ermanent Fund $3,050. 



IIuMiard Medal Fund 250. 



HARRY O. MAY, Treasurer. 



The rest ot the proceedings ot the 

 Society and account of the banquet 

 given by the New York Florists' Club 

 will appear in our issue of next week. 



