February 23, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



179 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The American Rose Society will hold 

 its annual exhibition and annual meet- 

 ing at the Grand Central Palace, New 

 York City, March 14th to 21st. The 

 plan had been to go to St. Louis for 

 the proposed show in April, biit the 

 conditions of the weather and coal and 

 the upset in routine business make it 

 impracticable to hold it there. These 

 flower shows help to make not only 

 the suburban but the city home pleas- 

 ant and cheerful. Flowers convey in 

 their presence the spirit of cheer and 

 the spirit of consolation, and no flower 

 exceeds the rose in this respect. 



The American Rose Society wants 

 to do everything that it can to make 

 the exhibition a success. During the 

 last two years there has been a large 

 increase in the amateur membership. 

 The first rose show for the develop- 

 ment of popular interest in the rose 

 was held in New York City. The in- 

 crease in amateur membership was 

 due largely to the ability of the So- 

 ciety to issue the illustrated Annual, 

 edited by J. Horace McFarland. This 

 Annual was something that could be 

 sent to all parts of the country and it 

 carried with it fine pictures and good 

 instructions. 



The original lay-out of the Rose So- 

 ciety was to have an exhibition each 

 year, during the period of Lent and 

 also encourage public flower shows in 

 the rose season — June. It has been 

 planned to have this year, in Eliza- 

 beth Park, Hartford, Conn., a show of 

 great beauty. The Park Department 

 of that city started a Rose Garden that 

 caused much interest, and gained 

 fame. They also started a test garden 

 to try out the suitable roses for out- 

 side culture. This year, preparations 

 have been made to have a special 

 public rose week in June, and the 

 American Rose Society will make 

 every effort to bring its members to 

 Hartford for this occasion. In the 

 meantime, we want every member that 

 we can reach to boom the coming ex- 

 hibition. 



Benjamin Hammond, Pres. 

 Beacon, N. Y. 



^llen L. Jenkins of Shrewsbury 

 was the speaker at the meeting of 

 the Worcester County Horticultural 

 Society on February 14. His subject 

 was "Growing and Exhibiting Flow- 

 ers." 



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 State Federation of Horticultural So- 

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