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lIlililK uvll I.. I li. iul:..!.uiiii \V.'ll.»li'> , 

 Tliuiiias Itiihiiiil for liMnI «i>iiilcil irn'oi. 

 hoiiM' pliinlH: Mr. iniii.r A. Itrork for 

 Parnln tiill|m; " Consi-rvatorlcs 



for rose Mrs M' oy. 



nrnnu> mwlnlii: I -i i>"lnnnky for or- 

 chills; Tlioiunii F. Oolvln for tiible docom- 

 tlon. 



First cliiss rcrllfli-nli's of inorll : Wil- 

 liam Sim. Hweox pnis; Wclil Onrdcn. Cym 

 Milium rowcllsll: H. Iliii'tmcr, new Aii- 

 tlrrhlmims: Kdwnrd Wlnklor. pnrnnllon 

 MoriiliiB (Jlow; LItllcnold & Wymiin. car- 

 nallnii Tlioo. 



ri-rilflcnlos of lionoraMp montlon: D. R. 

 Crale. spnsonnlilp pliinto: JiickBon T. Dnw- 

 »on. Iiylirld niiilpii: Wnllor niiniiewpll. Tor- 

 hcrls Wllsonni-: ItrprkUoMiisnn Compiiny, 

 ryolnmcns. niid Mrs. T. D. HalUcld. aspiirn- 

 RiiH plumosus unnus. 



For thp liost tabic dccorntlon laid for 

 oIb'iI covers, first and second prUes were 

 awarded In Hip fnllnwlnc order: Tliurs- 

 dav, Ednard MarMulkln, Mrs. Duncan Fln- 

 Inyson: Friday. Mrs. S J. Coram. Kdward 

 MarMulkln : Saturday, Wax Brotbcrs, Mrs. 

 Coram. 



Five retail florists entereil In thp mantel 

 dmomtlon classes on Saturday: 1st, n 

 silver uiednl was awarded to Penn the 

 Florist, his material belnc Mrs. Taft roses; 

 2nd, a hronie medal to Sidney iroffmau 

 for a mantel richly massed with Bougnln- 

 vlllpa. The ollipr entries were Hoston Cut 

 Flower Co. with Mrs. Aaron Ward rose 

 decoration; Henry Coniley with KlUarney 

 and naliy Rambler roses and Adlantum 

 Farleyense: nonchton-Oorney Co., itpnistas, 

 corn flowers, snillax and A. Farleyense. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 

 AWARDS. 



Vases of 50 Blooms. Special Prizes. 



Hadley, Monteomery Co. cup, Wnban 

 Rose Conservatorlee. 



Prince d'Arenberg, Renter prize. A. N. 

 Plerson. Inc. 



American Beauty. A. N. Plerson prize. 

 Wab.in Rose Conservatories. 



Klllarney Quppu, Itudlong Rose Co. prize, 

 A. N. PK^rson. Inc. 



Sunburst. Poehluiann Bros, prize, S. J. 

 Renter & Son. 



Mrs. Sbawvpr. A. H. Hews & Co. prizes. 

 1st. S. .T. Reuter & Son ; 2nd, A. N. Pler- 

 son. Inc. 



ITndlsseminated pink variety, Boston 

 Plate & Window Glass Co. prize. Jos. Hea- 

 cock. 



Vases of 50 Blooms. Regular Prizes. 



Killnrniy. Nt. .Tos. Ili-arock; lind, Walinn 

 Rose Conservatories. 



White Klllarney. 1st. A. N. Plerson; 2nd, 

 Jos, Ileacock. 



Mrs. Aaron Ward. 1st. \. N. Plerson. 

 Inc.; '.'nd. S. J. Reuter tc Son. 



Mrs. Taft. S J. Rputer & Son. 



Vases of 25 Blooms. Special Prizes. 



Mixed. Gardeners' & Florists' Club 

 prize. W. C. Rust. 



Any variety. Geo. Burton pri7.e. Thomas 

 Roland. 



Klllarney Brilliant. Mlchell KOld medal. 

 Jos. Heacock. 



Floral Arrangement. Special Prizes. 



Basket arranced for pffect. Thomas Ro- 

 land prize. Penn the Florist. 



Basket Ceclle Brunner. E. Allan Pelrcc 

 prize. H. R. Comley. 



Sweepstakes. 1st. Toronto Horticultural 

 Society's pilt medal. M. H. Walsh; 2nd, 

 bronze medal. Thomas Roland. 



Mantel. Massai-buselts Horticultural So- 

 ciety's silver and bronze medals, l.st. Penn 

 the Florist; 2nd, Sidney HiilTman. 



Plants. 



200 ft. display for efl-tct. M. H. Walsh. 



Specimen Pink Uamblir. Branian. Dow 

 & Co. prizes, l.^t. M. H. Walsh with Mlnne- 

 liaha: 2nd. M H. Walsh with Lady Gay. 



Specimen Hiawatha, M. H. Walsh. 



Collection nil classes, arranged for effect, 

 W. W. Edgar Co. 



Specimen Rambler. Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society silver medal. M. H. Walsli. 



Tlio niinuul ineetlnff of this society 

 loolt place at llio Parker IIouho, Ikis- 

 ton. on Friday afti'rnoon. March litUi. 

 at tho conolu.slon of a luncheon Klven 

 to the visltiDR membeni by Uie horti- 

 cultural intereHts of BoKton. 



I'rpH. Wallace R. Plerson opened the 

 meeliiiK by rcudInK his annual address 

 to the society. It was a very optimis- 

 tic and carefully prepared paper. We 

 hope to present It In full or In part In 

 a later Issue. Secretary Henjainln 

 Hammond followed with his report on 

 the year's work of the society which 

 we publish In full In this Issue. 

 Harry O. May presented his report as 

 treasurer, which also appears In this 

 issue. 



Rei)orts were made on the central 

 rose garden at Hartford, the WnahinK- 

 ton rose garden and the test grounds 

 at Ithaca. N. Y. Mr. Mulford's address 

 on the Washington Garden and gar- 

 dening topics In general was a most 

 delightful one. and Prof. Seal's report 

 from Ithaca showed that work is pro- 

 gressing in very satisfaclory manner 

 there. Alex Gumming made an en- 

 couraging report from Hartford. 



An invitation was received from the 

 National Flower Show rommittee to 

 hold the next meeting in connection 

 with the National Flower Show at 

 Philadelphia next year. It was voted 

 to accept same if conditions are fa- 

 vorable. An invitation to participate 

 in their fall show was received from 

 Cleveland. O. This was favorably re- 

 ceived, and the Executive Committee 

 were instructed to carry out details, 

 the president being authorized to ap- 

 point a committee to co-operate with 

 the Cleveland people and to suggest 

 that they constitute one day a Rose 

 Society Day. G. Bate of Cleveland 

 was appointed chairman of this com- 

 mittee, two other members to be ap- 

 pointed later. The election of officers 

 followed. 



S. S. Pennock of Philadelphia was 

 elected president; S. J. Reuter of 

 Westerly. R. I., vice-president; Benja- 

 min Hammond. Beacon. N. Y., secre- 

 tary; Harry O. May, Summit, N. J., 

 treasurer; Robert Simpson, Eber 

 Holmes and Robert Pyle. executive 

 committee; and it was decided that the 

 ex-president hereafter be made a mem- 

 ber ex-olTicio of the executive commit- 

 tee. Afhliation under the rules of the 

 Society of American Florists was for- 

 mally accepted by a unanimous vote. 



Mr. Pennock gave quite an interest- 

 ing talk on the necessity of a more uni- 

 form grading of roses commercially, 

 and a committee consisting of Messrs. 

 Welch. Traendly and Pennock was ap- 

 pointed to consider this matter and 

 report to the Executive Committee at 

 the earliest opportunity. 



Previous to the aforesaid meeting, a 

 very enjoyable luncheon was partaken 

 of. Among the visitors present were 

 Wallace R. Pierson. Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, S. S. Pennock. Harry O. May. 

 Winfried Roelker. W. L. Keller. Dan 

 MacRorie, S. S. Skidelsky. W. F. Gude, 

 Adolphus Gude, Joseph Heacock, C. W. 

 Hoitt. John Clark, Wm. Anderson, F. 

 L. Mulford and A. C. Beal. 



Patrick Welch, chairman of the local 

 committee presided, and early in tlie 

 program surprised the guests by in- 

 troducing Mayor Curley, who had come 



to extend a web' d his Kood 



wishes to the Aimiticuu Rose Sorloty. 

 Ho OHki'd the visitors to coini* ngain 

 this summer and see the development 

 of the Convention Ourdeu. Me ex- 

 pressed 111 Htrong language his friend- 

 ly feeling towards horllculture and his 

 desire to see a taste for flowers and 

 gardens developed among the pi'ople. 

 The Convention Garden will be Inval- 

 uable as an object lesson In years to 

 come. "Naltire at Its best," he said, 

 "Is typllled In the work of the florlcul- 

 tural organizations. " 



Chairman Welch then Introduced J. 

 K. M. L. Karquhar, as representing the 

 .Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 of which he is president. Mr. Farquhar 

 a.sserted that the .Massachusetts Hortl- 

 I'ultural Society would not be living 

 up to Its tradillons If It look an In- 

 terest only in local affairs and develop- 

 ment in its immediate neighborhood. 

 Its aim should be, and is, to exercise 

 a potent influence throughout the en- 

 tire land. 



W. F. Gude spoke in terms of en- 

 thusiasm of the great legacy which the 

 Society of American Florists has In 

 the National charter. He pronounced 

 the exhibition in Boston to bo the llne- 

 est show he had ever seen in any city, 

 and complimented Boston upon the 

 large, whole-souled co-operation which 

 was evidenced in the exhibition and 

 which impressed him greatly. 



Several other speakers participated, 

 but as the time was brief on account 

 of the desire of many of the visitors 

 to take a train for New York, this part 

 of the program was materially short- 

 ened and the business session taken up. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



Ten years ago in this building the 

 present Secretary assumed the duties 

 of his office and during the past ten 

 years there has been a substantial de- 

 velopment in the growth and influ- 

 ence of the American Rose Society be- 

 cause each one has helped. From its 

 first start the aim was to increase the 

 general interest in the cultivation and 

 to improve the standard of excellence 

 of the rose for all the people. Every 

 year, one after another, able men have 

 done all they could to uphold the use- 

 fulness of the society by contributions 

 to its support, in attending its meet- 

 ings, in making its exhibits, and now 

 the membership is spreading far and 

 wide. 



The Universal Favorite. 



The American Rose Society, to be 

 American in fact as well as in name, 

 embraces various sections of country 

 in which the climatic conditions are 

 different, and there is probably no 

 variety of flower that covers so much 

 ground as does the rose. No matter 

 where the rose is. there is no single 

 flower which carries with it more at- 

 traction than the rose in full bloom; 

 no bud has more significance in its 

 choiceness than the rose bud; no flow- 

 er as a gift to sick or well has so much 

 character or feeling attached to it as 

 the rose. It grows on the confines of 

 Mexico on the Rio Grande River: it 

 grows in the Highlands of the Lauren- 

 tian Mountains beyond Lake Superi- 

 or; it thrives in abundance in the 

 warm breezes of the Pacific Ocean; it 



