November 29, 1913 



HOBTICULTURB 



737 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Kules Governing tbe Society's Jurisdic- 

 tion of Rose Test Gardens, Adopted 

 and Passed at Executive Meeting 

 Held in New Yorli City, 

 Nov. 10, 1913. 



The following rules of the American 

 Rose Society shall be adhered to by 

 any experiment station or park sys-^ 

 tem accepting the authorization of the 

 American Rose Society in its test 

 garden for Roses. 



Tliere shall be submitted for trial not 

 less tlian live plants of each variety of the 

 bedding type, and not less than two plants 

 of the clim-bing and pillar types. 



Records shall be kept of each variety, 

 stating name and number of variety, 

 classiflcation, parentage, age of plants, and 

 whether worked on stock or on its own 

 roots. Two-year-old plants are most 

 desirable for planting. 



Test varieties shall remain in the garden 

 for at least two growing seasons, where 

 they can be judged the second season if 

 necessary. The after disposal of the plants 

 to be optional between the exhibitors and 

 the authorities. 



Exhibits will be inspected by the judges 

 appointed by the American Rose Society 

 at designated limes, and awards will be 

 offlcially given according to merit. The 

 authorities will take due percautiou to pro- 

 tect exhibits from vandalism and dissemi- 

 nation, and give the garden every cultural 

 attention possible. 



Each variety shall be lajjeled by number 

 until judged, when a painted label stat- 

 ing name or number of variety, the intro- 

 ducer, and the award, will be posted per- 

 manently. 



Dissemination of Information. 



All printed information relating to these 

 Rose Test (hardens shall be subject to ap- 

 proval of the American Rose Society. 



Whenever possible the fullest Information 

 relating to these gardens shall be given to 

 the public, the American Rose Society re- 

 serving the right to use any information 

 regarding these gardens, and to copy any 

 reports regarding the same to use in its 

 publications, and for use in other publica- 

 tions. 



The permanent Rose Garden Committee 

 of the American Rose Society shall In 

 every way possible co-operate in the secur- 

 ing of plants and laying out of such gar- 

 dens and assist with advice where desired, 

 in the cultivation and care of these gardens. 



American Rose Society Awards. 



Medals and Certificates for new Roses: 



A new Rose shall be considered one 

 which has not been disseminated tor a 

 period longer than three years. 



A gold medal is offered for the best new 

 Rose of American origin and introduction, 

 scoring not less than 90 points. 



A silver medal is offered for the best 

 new Rose of American origin and introduc- 

 tion, scoring not less than 85 points. 



A gold medal is offered for the best new 

 Rose of foreign origin and introduction, 

 scoring not less than 90 points. 



A silver medal is offered for the best 

 new Rose of foreign origin and Introduc- 

 tion, scoring not less than S5 points. 



A gold medal is offered for the best new 

 Rose of foreign origin and American in- 

 troduction, scoring not less than 90 points^ 



A silver medal is offered for the best 

 new Rose of foreign origin and American 

 introduction, scoring not less than 8.5 

 points. 



Any medal or certificate awarded for a 

 disseminated variety shall be the property 

 of the introducer of the variety. 



Certificates of merit will be awarded to 

 all new Roses scoring not less than 80 

 points. . 



No variety shall receive more than one 

 award. All exhibits will be Judged by the 

 official scale of the American Rose Society. 



The official scale of points for judging 

 outdoor Roses is as follows: 



Florlferousncss, 20; Vigor. 20; Color, 15; 

 Size, 15; Form, 10; Subtance, 10; Fra- 

 grance, 10. 



It Is further ordered that the complete 

 scores of all the entries in the competition 



be filed with the Secretary of the Society 

 before the award of any medal or certificate 

 lie confirmed. . 



The Executive Committee of the Society 

 reserves to itself the right of selection of 

 the Judges who shall pass upon the exhibits 

 in the competition for these medals. 



The Executive Committee of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society reserves to Itself the right 

 to amend these rules as circumstances may 

 deem necessary. 



BESr.tsmr H.\MM0NDr Sec. 



Beacon, N. Y. 



AMERICAN SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



A meeting ot the Board of Directors 

 of the American Sweet Pea Society 

 was held at the offices of Peter Hen- 

 derson & Co., New York, on Tuesday, 

 Nov. 18th, the vice-president, A. M. 

 Kirby in the chair. Secretary Bunyard 

 announced that the management of 

 the International Flower Show had 



Medai, of the American Sweet Pea 

 Society. 



donated $250 for prizes to be awarded 

 in the sweet pea section of the show 

 to be held in the Grand Central Pal- 

 ace, New York, March 21st to 28th. 

 George V. Nash, secretary of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society ot New York was 

 present and reported that the council 

 of his society invited the American 

 Sweet Pea Society to hold its annual 

 meeting and exhibition at the museum 

 in the Botanical Gardens, Bronx Park, 

 June 27th and 28th, and offered $200 

 in premiums. Considerable discussion 

 ensued, the result being that the di- 

 rectors were unanimous in their belief 

 that Bronx Park was too far away 

 from the center of New York City to 

 suit the convenience of exhibitors and 

 to insure a good attendance on the 

 part of the public. The dates appeared 

 to meet the approval of the board, but 

 it was thought that, if it were possi- 

 ble, the American Museum of Natural 

 History, 77th street and Columbus 

 avenue, would be a much more con- 

 venient and desirable building in 

 which to hold the exhibition. A reso- 

 lution was passed to this effect, and 

 Secretary Bunyard was instructed to 

 forward a copy of same to the Horti- 

 cultural Society, and was authorized 



to attend the meeting of the council of 

 that society in December when, it 

 was understood, the matter would 

 come up for consideration. 



The secretary presented a statement 

 covering the financial affairs of the 

 society, which showed them to be in 

 good shape. The preliminary sched- 

 ule of premiums for exhibits at the 

 June exhibition was drafted, and 

 changes were made in the conditions 

 covering some of the usual classes. 



The secretary was instructed to ap- 

 proach the various seed houses in- 

 terested in the advancement of the 

 sweet pea, with the purpose of form- 

 ing a prize fund which would amount 

 to $500 or more. Mr. Kirby for Peter 

 Henderson & Co., Mr. Burpee, for W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co., and Mr. Bunyard 

 for the house of Arthur T. Boddington, 

 each subscribed $50 toward this fund. 

 Lester L. Morse, for C. C. Morse & 

 Co., of California also subscribed $25. 

 Much enthusiasm was manifest at the 

 meeting, and from the arrangements 

 made and prospects as reported, the 

 exhibition in 1914 should outrival all 

 previous exhibitions of this society. 

 Harby a. Bunyabd, Sec. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 



AMERICA. 



Work of Committees. 



Submitted by Elmer D. Smith & Co., 

 Adrian, Mich., at Philadelphia, Nov. 

 8, Smith's Ideal, white, Jap. Inc., Com. 

 scale, 86 points; at Chicago, Nov. 8, 

 Pink Pompon (No name or number). 

 Com. scale 86 points; Yellow Pompon 

 No. 21-9-12, Com. scale 85 points. At 

 Cincinnati, Nov. 15, Nerissa, Pink, Jap. 

 Inc., Com. scale, 90 points; Ex. scale, 

 93 points; Odessa, yellow, Inc. Jap., 

 Com. scale, 91 points; Ex. scale, 88 

 points. 



Submitted by E. G. Hill & Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., at Chicago, Nov. 8, Chief- 

 tain, pink. Inc., Com. scale, 88 points. 



Submitted by Wm. P. Longland, 

 gard. to C. L. Hutchinson, Lake Gen- 

 eva, Wis., at Lake Geneva chrysanthe- 

 mum show, Nov. 11, Marie Poole, Ane- 

 mone, Salmon Pink, Yellow Cushion, 

 Com. scale, 90 points. 



Submitted by G. A. Lotze, Glen Bur- 

 nie, Md., at Philadelphia, Nov. 15, Ed- 

 win Seidewitz, Pink, Jap. Inc., Com. 

 scale, 87 points. 



Frederick Lagerstam, Belle Haven, 

 Greenwich, Conn., registers the follow- 

 ing: Mary Ellen, a sport of Dr. 

 Enguehard. The growth, habit, form 

 and height the same as the parent; 

 color a light terra cotta with a blush 

 of pink. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



CLUB AND SOCIETY NOTES. 



The St. Louis Retail Florists' Asso- 

 ciation held a meeting November 17, 

 at Beers Hotel, with quite a good at- 

 tendance. 



At the meeting of the Minnesota 

 State Florists' Association on Nov. 

 21st, C. W. Johnson, secretary of the 

 Chrysanthemum Society of America, 

 gave a lecture on chrysanthemums. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club held 

 its first meeting since last summer at 



