March 23, 1918 



HORTICULTURE 



285 



LAST CALL FOR EASTER! 



Those who saw our flow^ering plants and shrubs 

 at the New^ York show need no reminder of the 

 quaHty of the Roehrs products. We can still supply 

 Lilacs, Pink Pearl Rhododendrons, Tausendschoen 

 Roses, Ericas, Hydrangeas and Genistas in desirable 

 sizes. 



They are selling fast. Don't delay. 



Our Orchid Group at the Exhibition captured the 

 big prize of $500 in addition to a gold and a silver 

 medal. Read the report of the aw^ards in this paper. 



Roehrs Quality is What You Want 



Julius Roehrs Company 



RUTHERFORD, N.J. 



The Nineteenth Annual Meeting of 

 the American Rose Society was held 

 in Grand Central Palace, New York, 

 March 15th, 1918, at 3 p. m. 



The following officers were elected 

 tor the ensuing year: President, Benj. 

 Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. ; vice-presi- 

 dent, W. J. Keimel, Elmhurst, III.; 

 secretary, E. A. White, Ithaca, N. Y.; 

 treasurer, Harry O. May, Summit, N. 

 J.; executive committee for three 

 years, Robert Simpson, Clifton, N. J., 

 W. R. Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., John 

 H. Dunlop, Richmond Hill. Ont. 



The reports of the officers follows: 



President Hammond's Report. 

 To the Members of the American Rose 



Society and Others: 



The past twelve months has been a 

 period of most uncommon conditions, 

 that have upset the routine of affair.s 

 generally, and no one has felt this 

 more than commercial flower growers. 

 The American Rose Society has a 

 membership which extends from 

 ocean to ocean, and comes in touch 

 with hundreds of homes and from the 

 interest manifested by our amateur 

 membership it is evident that the rose 

 is a flower which, through all the 

 trouble of the day, holds its own in 

 the hearts of the people. It is a gen- 

 eral service, this bringing together of 

 communities large and small to a 



flower show, because with all the de- 

 mand upon time and purse for war 

 duties and sacrifices that are now 

 paramount, the appreciation and sen- 

 timent in favor of nice things is the 

 difference between barbarism and 

 Americanism. 



The past year, to meet the increased 

 cost of this Society, it was deemed ad- 

 visable to make a change in the rates 

 of membership dues, and thereby 

 changing the original form from ac- 

 tive and amateur members at two dis- 

 tinct rates to one common sum of two 

 dollars instead of the three dollar and 

 one dollar rate. This action was rati- 

 fied at the fall meeting held in the 

 city of Cleveland during the flower 

 show last November, and has been re- 

 ceived with general favor by the ama- 

 teur and commercial membership. 

 This membership represents not com- 

 mercial growers alone, but the senti- 

 ment of people who help to create a 

 demand for roses by their interest and 

 example in beautifying their home 

 yards. 



The incentive which has greatly 

 caused the increased amateur mem- 

 bership is the new .\nnual, a book of 

 record and desertation pertaining to 

 growth and culture of roses, national 

 in scope and admirably illustrated, -- 

 a copy of which goes to each member 

 of the Society. Mr. .1. Horace McFar- 

 land of Harrisburg, Pa., is the editor. 



We have issued the book for two years 

 past, and the edition covering the last 

 year is about ready to be mailed, mak- 

 ing three years of notable record. 



At the last annual meeting the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee was formally in- 

 creased in size, from six members to 

 nine, so as to afford a fitting repre- 

 sentavion of amateur membership. 

 This committee now is able to have 

 representatives from United States 

 and Canada, from ocean to ocean. 



The test gardens which began In 

 Elizabeth Park at Hartford, Conn., 

 have become a most interesting ad- 

 junct to rose growing. These gardens 

 under recognition of the American 

 Rose Society are Hartford, Conn., 

 Washington, D. C, Ithaca, N. Y., 

 Minneapolis, Minn., and Portland, Ore. 

 In each of these the effect of climate 

 on rose bushes is carefully watched 

 to determine the ability of varieties 

 to stand the weather, and note the 

 thrift or otherwise of the rose plants 

 in the section in which the garden Is 

 situated. These rose gardens are prov- 

 ing of great public Interest. Applica- 

 tion has been made from Texas and 

 from Bellingham and Tacoma, Wash., 

 but the Society could not -go too fast 

 in authorizing new gardens, because 

 of the necessity of securing a goodly 

 number of plants for the test and these 

 plants have been furnished by home 

 growers, and contributions have also 

 come from Ireland and Holland, free. 

 An important piece of work has been 

 done in setting forth the correct and 

 plain naming of roses, so as to have 

 and hold a definite plan and system 

 of acknowledged correctness In nomen- 

 clature and advising the selection of 



