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THOMAS ROLAND - NAHANT, MASS, 



important matter and well worth your 

 serious consideration, as the "An- 

 nual" will be of more vital importance 

 to the Society each year. 



In conclusion I want to add a word 

 of praise for Mr. Hammond, who has 

 labored long and faithfuly as secre- 

 tary of the Rose Society— his has been 

 a labor of love and not remuneration — 

 and 1 think we cannot feel too kindly 

 towards him, realizing as we do that 

 to him — more than to any other one 

 man — is due the standing of the 

 American Rose Society today. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 

 The year has seen a large advance 

 in the popular interest in the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society. "There is no suc- 

 cess like success." The first rose 

 show held under the auspices of the 

 American Rose Society was in New 

 York City in 1899 and was backed by 

 a goodly number of patronesses. The 

 ladies took hold to make the exhibition 

 a success; from that time to this there 

 has not been a season when we have 

 not had a fine rose show, and at this 

 eighteenth successive annual meeting 

 we can report a .great increase of as- 

 sociate members — that is, persons not 

 engaged as florists or nurserj'men. 

 Our total membership is 1,092. as fol- 

 lows: 55 life members, 138 active 

 members and 899 associate members, 

 these coming from the states of Wash- 

 ington. Oregon, California, New 

 Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama. 

 Georgia. Florida, South Carolina, North 

 Carolina. Virginia, Washington, D. C. 

 Maryland, Delaware. Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey, New York. Connecticut. 

 Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, 

 Vermont, Massachusetts, Ohio. In- 

 diana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin. 

 Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, 

 .\rkansas. Tennessee, Kentucky, West 

 Virginia, Nebraska. Colorado, Okla- 

 homa, Utah, North Dakota, South Da- 

 kota, Montana, Idaho, and in Canada, 

 Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario. Mani- 

 toba and British Columbia: also Lon- 

 don, England, Denmark, Cuba, San Do- 

 mingo and Mexico. This large increase 

 within the year past is to be attributed 

 mainly to the service rendered by J. 

 Horace McFarland. who gave the So- 

 ciety the benefit of his publishing com- 

 pany in the printing and make up of 

 the Annual for 1916. a book of decided 

 merit. The funds at the disposal of 

 the American Rose Society had never 

 permitted us to embark in the issuing 



ot such an excellent book. Mr. Mc- 

 K'arland. in 1915, offered to do it and if 

 there was a loss on the actual cost, he 

 would stand one-half the deficit with 

 the Society. There was no deficit on 

 the outcome so far. 



The present year solicitation slips 

 were sent out by various seed houses 

 and nurserymen and florists in their 

 catalogues, and these returns are 

 mainly responsible for the marked in- 

 crease of amateur members. 



The record gives us one addition to 

 the life membership list — Mrs. Eliza- 

 beth C. T. Miller. The life member- 

 ship fund now is .$:',. 200. 00, and this is 

 a most important fund to have grow. 

 A society tor permanence needs a sub- 

 stantial basis. Last year we expressed 

 the hope to see our membership grow 

 and this hope is materializing. 



During the past year two of our life 

 members have died — Mr. \Vm. C. 

 Barry of Rochester, N. Y.. who was the 

 second president of the Society, and 

 Mr. S. J. Reuter of Westerly. R. I.: 

 both men ot character and standing. 



The executive committee has had 

 fourteen separate meetings during the 

 past year, the details of which have 

 been published in the trade and other- 

 papers for general information. 



An effort was made to have special 

 investigations of the diseases ot roses 

 made, and an arrangement was made 

 with Dr. Lewis M. Massey of the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, Cornell I'niversity. 

 Ithaca, N. Y., to take up the work. 



A new rose test garden has been es- 

 tablished for the Pacific Northwest at 

 Portland. Ore. Application was re- 

 ceived for Bellingham. State of Wash- 

 ington, and from the Texas Agricul- 

 tural College, but we were not able to 

 provide for more than one this year. 



Several new roses were offered for 

 registration and are recorded in the 

 Annual just i)ublished. In the regis- 

 tration of roses there has not been any 

 formal rule of description hitherto. To 

 bring about a full and clear descrip- 

 tion for a registration, the executive 

 committee appointed a committee to 

 present such form for adoption in fu- 

 ture use. The demand for medals of 

 this society for prizes at summer 

 shows has been granted to afiiliated 

 societies. 



The interest in local June rose 

 shows is becoming more general. 



The Society visited oHicially the 

 Washington test .garden, and the Cor- 

 nell test garden at Ithaca. N. Y. 



At Newport, R. I., a special effort is 

 lieing made to have an excellent out- 

 door display on July 4th next. The 

 American Rose Society tries to encour- 

 age these local shows. 



At Barrytown-on-the-Hudson, the 

 usual rose show was held. This local 

 show has been for many years past 

 an event well attended by local people 

 and a society medal was presented. 

 The present exhibition is the first time 

 in five years when the American Rose 

 Society has held a show entirely alone. 

 The people of Philadelphia have shown 

 much interest and the guarantors of 

 an insurance for expenses and prizes 

 number seventy-one. 



The growth and development of the 

 Society has reached a point where the 

 future seems assured, and the detail 

 work is steadily increasing to such an 

 extent that your secretary, who has 

 filled the position to the best of his 

 ability since 1905. is obliged to decline 

 re-election to the office, and I may 

 truthfully say that the work done by 

 all officers and others concerned has 

 brought the American Rose Society to 

 its present position, and may Its motto. 

 "A Rose for Every Home and a Bush 

 for Every Garden," become a fixed 

 fact in this countr.N' of ours. 



TREASURER MAY'S REPORT. 



For year ending March 16th. 1917, 

 Receipts. 



llalanci- uii liand Marcli I'L', Ifllii. . . . Jl.(H7.'.c 



1 Hie.s 1,198.01 



I'reiiiiums for exhltiitions l.C^LW 



r.ife .Meintiership .oO.fNt 



Iieposit for Armory returned lOO.Od 



Guarantee funil 2,825.00 



Ko.se Kesearcli fund 670.00 



Interest on mortgage eertilifates. . l.W.flO 



Interest on pernjanent fund 16.2-' 



Interest on rnrrent haJance 24.S1 



J7.0!l7.!>t; 

 Disbursements. 



rrintiii.i;. stationery, etc $ r>44.8t" 



Medals, enj^raving. etc 'J2.iHi 



rreniiums for exhibitions l.ltiU.Oo 



I... M. Massey Rose Research work (JGO.:^" 

 Sundry expenses of Secretary, post- 

 age, etc 210.-I.'; 



K.xhibition expenses 2,525.00 



Deposit in permanent fund 50.<MI 



$5 24.'! '**'* 

 I'.ahiii.c oil hanil l^S.'itJO 



J7.0'.I7.:h; 

 Investment. 



Westchester >^- Bronx Title and 

 Mortgage (juarant.y Co. 

 Three mortgage certificates... $:',,OiHi.oii 



.^tinnnit Trust Company 



Permanent Fund 250.0O 



ITnlihard .Medal Fniid 2.T0.(Ki 



