

HORTICULTURE 



March 23. 1918 



Alexander McConnell 



611 Fifth Avenue, Corricr of 49th Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



Correspondents in the United States, Canada and Europe 

 Cable Addresf : ALEXCONNELL 



operation with the American Rose So- 

 ciety. The scope of the work is too 

 broad to be financed by private indi- 

 viduals and it should be a part of Gov- 

 ernmental Research. 



In the year before us two import- 



E. A. White 

 Secretary AmeHcan Rose Society. 



ant meetin.cs are scheduled. The first 

 will be in Hartford. Conn., during the 

 last of June, at a date yet to be defin- 

 itely decided upon. This event should 

 be an important one in the history of 

 the Society, for Hartford was a 



pioneer in rose test sarden work and 

 tlie results of the added years of ex- 

 perience should bring much of value 

 to every rosarian. There should bo 

 a large attendance. 



An invitation has been accepted by 

 the Executive Committee for the So- 

 ciety to hold its fall meeting with the 

 I'ittsburgh Florists' and Gardeners' 

 .\ssociation in connection with tlieir 

 tlower show. The Society has not 

 been to Pittsburgh for a number of 

 years and this should bring a large 

 number of members together. Pitts- 

 burgh is noted for its hospitality. 



The last year has been one of prog- 

 ress, but it is hoped that the coming 

 year may witness even better things 

 for the American Rose Society. Tlie 

 Society aims to be of service to its 

 members in every way possible and 

 I mi' of the greatest aims at the present 

 time should be to so strengthen and 

 cheer our American people in the 

 period of National stress, that we 

 sliall all be inspired to greater deter- 

 mination to win the war. Can any- 

 thing make us more physically fit than 

 working among our roses? Can any- 

 thing be more inspiring than the 

 beauty and freshness of a rose? We 

 have been told by our Government to 

 "work hard, pray hard, play hard. 

 We have a victory to win." Victory 

 will never come to a work-worn na- 

 tion; success will not come to the 

 physically worn-out man. There must 

 be periods of recreation and let us 

 keep ourselves physically fit among 

 the natural pleasures and beauties 

 God has intended for us. 



Reports of progress in the various 

 Rose Test Gardens were made by Mr. 

 Robert Pyle for the Washington, D. 



C. garden, and the I'ortland, Oregon 

 garden. Dr. A. C. Real for the Cor- 

 nell garden at Ithaca, N. Y. and W. 

 R. Pierson for tlie Hartford, Conn., 

 garden. Detailed reports of the work 

 of these gardens will be printed in 

 The American Rose Annual, which Is 



Hahhy O. Mat 

 Treasurer American Rose Society. 



soon to be issued. Mr. J. Horace Mc- 

 Farland of Harrisburg. made a strong 

 plea for co-ordination in the Annual 

 report of the test gardens, and the 

 opinion was expressed that the chair- 

 man of each garden should constitute 

 the personnel of the Central Rose Test 

 Garden Committee. It was moved and 



