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ty for 1918. The following action was 

 taken; 



■'Resolved, that in cases where there 

 are not less than five annual members 

 of the American Rose Society includ- 

 ed in the membership of a local or- 

 ganization, the secretary may supply 

 a set of one silver and two bronze 

 medals for use at a rose show, pro- 

 vided that the judging at the show i5 

 conducted according to the rules of 

 the American Rose Society, and pro- 

 vided also that twenty dollars ($211) is 

 paid in advance for such medals and 

 for their engraving." 



Mr. J. Horace McFarland presented 

 a financial statement regarding the 

 cost of the 191S Annual. Taking into 

 consideration, the advanced cost of all 

 material, together with the increased 

 number of pages, the cost of the 1918 

 Annual compared very favorably with 

 the cost of the previous editions. The 

 committee voted to accept the l)ill of 

 the ,J. Horace McFarland Company fo'' 

 the 1918 Annual and the treasurer was 

 instructed to pay part of the account 

 immediately, the remainder to be paid 

 after the receipts for advertising have 

 been received. The members of the 

 committee expressed their apprecia- 

 tion of the splendid work Mr. McFar- 

 land has done for the Society, both in 

 editing the .-Vnnual and in advancing 

 the scope of the work of the society, 

 especially with amateur members. It 

 was the general feeling that Mr. Mc- 

 Farland has been most liberal in do- 

 nating his time for the work and it 

 was voted that he be elected editor 

 of the .\nnual for the next three years 



Arrangements with the .7. Horace 

 McFarland Company, for publishing 

 the 1919 American Rose .\nnual were 

 discussed, but in view of the absence 

 of important members of the executive 

 committee, it was decided to postpone 

 definite action until the next meeting 

 of the committee. 



Mr. ,T. Horace McFarland suggested 

 that the Society should in the immedi- 

 ate future, prepare a rose catalogue 

 which should include all roses in com- 

 merce and that the Society should also 

 send to its members, a manual of rose 

 cultivation. 



The following exchange of member- 

 ship was voted: "That the American 

 Rose Society extend to International 

 Harden Club, honorary meml)erships 

 for the president, vice-president and 

 editor in exchange for honorary mem- 

 borshiijs in the International Garden 

 Club for the president and secretary 

 of the .American Rose Societv r.nd for 



the editor of the .American Rose 

 Annual." 



It was suggested that there should 

 be a definite campaign to get members 

 for the American Rose Society, partic- 

 ularly among the nurserymen and 

 Horists and Mr. J. Horace McFarland 

 was requested to present at the con- 

 vention of the American Association 

 of Nurserymen at Chicago, June 26-27, 

 a paper on "A greater interest by the 

 nurserymen and florists in the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society and the work that 

 they are doing. 



The secretary stated that at the 

 present date there are 1.256 paid mem- 

 berships and 56 life memberships, and 

 the treasurer reported a balance on 

 hand of .$1,800. E. A. White, Secy. 

 National Rose Test Garden. 



On account of the advanced condi- 

 tion of the roses, the time for holding 

 the meeting of the American Rose So- 

 ciety and the opening of the Washing- 

 ton Rose Garden at Arlington has 

 been changed from June 3d to May 

 27th. All visitors are requested to 

 meet at the office of Gude Brothers, 

 1214 F street. N. W., Washington, D. 

 C. at 11 a. m., and to meet in the 

 garden not later than 10 a. m. for the 

 opening and inspection of the National 

 Rose Test Garden, in charge of the 

 Department of Agriculture, at the Ar- 

 lington Farms, directly across the Po- 

 tomac. It is proposed that all visitors 

 arrange to lunch together, probably at 

 the New Ebbitt House, not later than 

 2 p. m., earlier if possible. 



Robert Pyle, Chairman. 

 Washington Rose Garden Committee. 



WORCESTER SPRING FLOWER 

 SHOW 



The May exhibit of the Worcester 

 (Mass.) County Horticultural Society, 

 held on May 16 was an exceptionally 

 fine display and many well deserved 

 awards were made. S. J. Goddard of 

 Framingham sent a splendid collec- 

 tion of carnations for which a silver 

 medal was awarded and the flowers 

 were afterwards sold for the benefit 

 of the Red Cross. Another notable ex- 

 hibitor was C. Henry Hutchins of 

 Shrewsbury whose display of flowers 

 and plants was recognized by a 

 special award of $25. Harry I. Ran- 

 dall made a rich showing of floral 

 baskets and table decorations and H. 

 F. A. I.ange also showed excellent 

 floral decorative work. "Iristhorpe" 

 in Shrewsbury was represented by a 

 fine display and A. H. Knight of the 

 same town had a special collection of 



carnations. 1st prize for table decora- 

 tion was won by Mrs. P. G. Forbes. 

 J. H. Perry received a certificate of 

 merit for a seedling lilac. 



DOUBLE UP. 



it must be apparent to all florists, 

 whether retailers or growers that in 

 these times of uncertainty and lack of 

 desire to do the usual purchasing of 

 flowers, a special effort must be made 

 by the merchant to keep his merchan- 

 dise constantly before the eyes of the 

 public. Splendid results have been 

 gained by the National Publicity Com- 

 mittee in the advertising that has been 

 done during the past few months, and 

 which has no doubt been of tremen- 

 dous help to the selling of flowers. In 

 order that our committee can carry 

 on this work as planned, we must 

 realize that .the cost runs up into dol- 

 lars, and someone must contribute to 

 this end. 



I am moved to write this letter and 

 to call the attention of subscribers, 

 and especially the attention of those 

 who have made small appropriations, 

 to the end that they will subscribe 

 more liberally. It is important that 

 we, as business men support the com- 

 mittee who give their time and money 

 for the benefit of all the trade. I know 

 that when careful thought is given, 

 many of us will see the advisability 

 of increasing our National Publicity 

 Fund contribution. St. Valentine's 

 Day, and Mothers' Day sales which 

 in most localities were double the 

 amount of previous years, prove con- 

 clusively that advertising is essential 

 to the life of trade. 



I, for one. appreciate the opportu- 

 nity afforded the florist in being able 

 to get someone who has given thought 

 and has brought results that have 

 been beyond expectation, and I hope 

 that all who read this letter will go 

 over their pledge and immediately in- 

 crease it. PniLrp Breitmeyf.h. 



Detroit, Mich. 



A TROPICAL PICTURE 



We publish, as a cover illustration 

 this week, one more of the impressive 

 views of tropical exuberance in the 

 Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg. Java, 

 collected by R. M. Ward of New York 

 in his recent Asiatic tour. Mr. Ward 

 may be seen in the picture and the 

 presence of a human figure in such a 

 scene serves to greatly enhance one's 

 realization of the comparative stature 

 of the lofty trees that line the road. 



