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HORTICULTURE 



April 1, 1911 



J.A.BUOL0NG 



82-84-86 E. Randolph St., Chicago 



Here we will have greatly increased facilities 

 for handling our large stock of cut flowers 



OUR STOCK IS A-l AND IT IS QUALITY NOT PRICES 



THAT TALKS 



We have a heavy supply of Roses — Brides, 'Maids, Richmonds, White 

 Killarney, Pink Killarney, Maryland, Jardine, American Beauties, Marshall 

 Field, etc. Easter Lilies, Callas, Valley, Carnations, Sweet Peas, Mignonette, 

 Tulips, Daffodils, Jonquils— in fact all kinds of cut flowers - and in green we have 

 Smilax, Asparagus in strings and bunches, Sprengeri, Adiantum Ferns, etc. 



HJF>P»I_"V FOI 



MEETINGS OF J'HE SOCIETIES 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. sentatives, accredited to the general evidence tlian we are. Tlie trade pa- 



Tlie meeting of the National So- horticultural or floral assemblies ot iJers certainly do everything they can 



€iety called t^r Monday, 'March 27, othe'" nations are received with favor. to boom the society, but somehow our 



was simnlv formal and very brief and ft counts among its members men with membership does not enlarge as it 



Friday March 31st, was reserved for national reputations, as growers of the should. Our annual meetings, hither- 



*i.„ ,iJt„iioH nvr^,^ooriinp« addrpsspq fluest and most cherished ot the to, have been held in choice places— 



tpLits etc This dale being subs': flower kingdom, the Rose, the flower Boston the center of culture, always 



. "t^ the timp nf niir ofiine to which has the highest place in poetry gives us a flne welcome, and the show 



pre s we hoM o^er uiiti? next week's and sentiment among all the blossoms which is here today is one that all the 



iiiip'the advance copies ot papers, of the earth. This is no mean force, people may enjoy. But. for one. I 



Sr wWch we have leceived and iu this appreciation by all civilized man- would like to see the Aaierican Rose 



o^"' Z\t\ Complete account of the Kind of this flower, second to none. Society extend its popularity, so that 



p^ceeding' '.in'^^ppeaTIn these col- The Rose, in variety is uncounted for it may become a living reality. ''A 



yroceeuiiig. vv multituue, yet always known as the Rose for every Home, and a Bush for 



"™ ' • one great flower of universal admira- Every Garden." 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. tion, and this society aims to increase This spring meeting is a combina- 



The meetings of the American Rose its popularity. tion effort which it will remain t^o be 



Society which was the first of the affil- The medals ot the society are com- seen whether it be not better o hold, 



iated societies to convene on this occa- Paratively inexpensive, but sought for and to have a combination exhibition 



sUn on Monday.'weie wen attended. ff highly prized. The secretary would rather than one solely ot a class. We 



PresdentM^ H.Elliott was in the chair I'ke to make a suggestion or two, one want to have all the support possible 



and the program was carried out in of which is tliat hereafter our med- as an organization. Our program, 



good shape. His opening address was als be provided with a suitable case. which you all have makes plain the 



attentively listened to and its recom- Hitherto this has not been done. An- scope of our work, 



mendations well discussed and finally other matter is this, the increasing The Rev. Dr. S S. Sulliger, of Van- 



~j je(j need of some way to get into touch coiiver. Washington, who presents in 



The reading of Secretary Ham- with an amateur membership. Here a paper of much interest his account 



mond-« renort followed '^e are lacking. The subject has been of a visit to the National Rose Socie- 



■ touched upon, and its importance rec- ty of England, is not able to be pres- 



Secretary's Report. o,gnized, that is a quarterly issue of '"nt, owing to family affliction. 



This exhibition makes the 12th an- a journal to go into the hand, espec- We ask a large general attendance 



nual rose show for the American Rose ially of amateur or home gardeners— to all our meetings. 



Society, and when a society has lived something that is exclusively devoted The report was accepted. 



and prospered twelve years in succes- to the society and its membership. Un- The report of Treasurer Harry O. 



3ion, there are certainly elements of til this is done, one aim of the socie- May followed, as below: 



interests in its make-up of general ty, I fear, will not be reached. We Treasurer's Report. 



service, or it would not thrive. The ought to count our membership by Ueceipts $7.7ti."i.n<> 



society has gradually accumulated an thousands, but we do not. nisimisements ^■-""■01 



invested fund of over $3,000; it owes The past year we have not had as Halance $487.99 



no man anything which it cannot pay. many meetings as usual in committee There are 61 life memberships, $3000 



Its annual report is looked for and or otherwise. It seems to me as though is invested in three mortgage securities, 



jought for far and wide. Its repre- the Rose Society should he more in Treasurer's report was accepted. 



