June 12, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



779 



DEDICATION OF THE NATIONAL ROSE TEST 



GARDEN 



With appropriate speeches and un- 

 mindful of adverse weather conditions 

 tlie members of the American Rose So- 

 ciety last week officially brought into 

 being the National Rose Garden at Ar- 

 lington, Va. The presentation exer- 

 cises took place in the rooms of the 

 American Institute of Banking, it hav- 

 ing been found impossible to hold the 

 meeting at the garden as originally 

 planned. 



The out of town members arrived 

 in Washington early in the morning 

 and were met at the Union Station 

 by a delegation of Washingtonians 

 who conducted them to the hall. At 

 a preliminary meeting the work of 

 the day was mapped out and after a 

 luncheon the trip to Arlington was 

 made in automobiles. Here they were 

 taken in charge by Prof. F. L. Mulford, 

 and despite the pouring rain nearly an 

 hour was spent walking around the 

 beds and examining the roses. Re- 

 turning to the hall, a brief welcome 

 was given liy 'William F. Gude. W. R. 

 Pierson outlined the work of the soci- 

 ety with respect to the experimental 

 gardens and thanked the members for 

 the support given him as president, 

 and Hon. Louis Brownlow. niemljer of 

 the Board of District L'ommissioners 

 delivered the official welcome of the 

 City of Washington, stating that the 

 Commissioners ever stood ready to 

 lend a helping hand in endeavors to 

 make more and finer gardens. Robert 

 Pyle presided at the exercises. 



In presenting the roses to the govern- 

 ment, President Pierson said "We lie- 

 lieve that the rose is a home builder, 

 that it tends to the upbuilding of moral 

 character, to the enlightenment of 

 mankind, and we hope that the work 

 of the society will tend to better man- 

 kind." 



The roses were accepted by Dr. Wil- 

 liam A. Taylor, Chief of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, representing the 

 Secretary of Agriculture who was un- 

 able to be present at the exercises. He 

 spoke of the stabilizing influences ex- 

 erted by flowers on farmers and de- 

 clared that the roses will have a 

 good effect in keeping the tillers 

 of the soil anchored to their farms. 

 Heretofore, the Department of Agri- 

 culture has devoted its entire efforts 

 to matters of food and raiment but 

 had some time since become aware of 

 the fact that something further was 

 required and it is devoting a part of 

 these efforts to flowers. 



Prof. MnHord explained the features 

 that the Department is trying to ae- 

 velop and described is detail the ar- 

 rangement of the beds. The entrance 

 is to be covered with a light frame- 

 work which will be covered with 

 roses.and other embelishments are in 

 mind. Prof. Mulford appealed to the 

 members to provide additional roses. 

 Common as well as rare varieties are 

 desired. 



Prof. Iv. C. Corbett told of the de- 

 velopment of the experimental farm 

 under his supervision, from a "mule 

 graveyard" of civil war times, to its 



present stage of development. Dr. 

 David Fairchild. told of the depart- 

 ment's activities abroad and described 

 a number of new roses to be imported 

 from northern and western China for 

 planting in the garden" at Arlington. 

 He spoke particularly of the Chinese 

 Rose Xanthina, a perfectly hardy light 

 yellow rose, which has been subjected 

 to a temperature of 20 degrees below 

 zero without being harmed at all, 

 while our hardiest roses would be cut 

 to the ground. Another very early yel- 

 low rose, perhaps the earliest of roses, 

 which has been submitted here is the 

 Rosa Hugonis. a representative of 

 western China. "These two roses." 

 he said, "have fired my imagination 

 more than anything else that I have 

 had anything to do with. It seems to 

 me that when we get the Chinese roses 

 of the different varieties, extremely 

 hardy, very floriferous. perfectly 

 adapted to our climate, we are going 

 to open up a new ei'a in the rose 

 1 ulture of the world" Secretary Ben- 

 .janiin Hammond urged the coopera- 

 tion of all in making the rose garden 

 the greatest in the world. In his 

 opinion the rose garden will eventual- 

 ly serve to draw people from all parts 

 of the country to Washington to view 

 the handsome roses. 



Others who spoke were Dr. A. Pat- 

 ten, Dr. Walter Van Fleet. George 

 Field, and Peter Bisset. The dedica- 

 tory address was made by William F. 

 Gude who spoke of the good effect of 

 flowers upon the betterment of man- 

 kin<l. In conclusion he said, "Let us 

 dedicate this garden today, the garden 

 of the American Rose Society, to the 

 greatest good, for the greatest num- 

 ber, a garden whose inspiration shall 

 be such that the motto 'a rose for 

 every home, a bush for every garden' 

 shall become a fact indeed." 



The meeting was adjourned at four 

 o'clock in order to give the members 

 an opportunity of accepting an invita- 

 tion of Mrs. Charles J. Bell to visit 

 "Twin Oaks," the former home of the 

 late Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard, donor of 

 the Hubbard rose medals. The party 

 was received by Mrs. Bell who person- 

 ally conducted the florists, with Peter 

 Bisset and G. E. Anderson, on a tour 

 of the gardens on the estate. Particular 

 interest was manifested with respect 

 to the climbing rose "Mrs. Alexander 

 Graham Bell." a pink seedling pro- 

 duced on the place by Mr. Bisset, and 

 which has never been disseminated. 



Those who participated in the ex- 

 ercises were: President Wallace R. 

 Pierson, Cromwell. Conn.; Secretary 

 Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, N. Y.; 

 William F. and Adolphus Gude, Com- 

 missioner Louis Brownlow, Secretary 

 Thomas Grant, of the Washington 

 Chamber of Commerce, and President 

 George H. Cooke, of the local Florists' 

 Club, all of Washington, D. C: and 

 S. S. Pennock. Charles E. Meehan, 

 E. .1. Fancourt, George C. Watson, 

 George D. Clark, Alfred Burton, and 

 Robert Kift, of Phi la.; Robert Pyle 

 and Antoine Winl/.er, West Grove, 



Pa.; A. Farenwald and Victor Grosh- 

 ens. Roslyn, Pa.; Stephen Morten- 

 son, Southampton, Pa.; Jacob D. 

 Eisele, Riverton, N. J.; Benjamin 

 Hammond. Beacon, X. Y.; Alexan- 

 der Cumming, Jr., Cromwell, Conn.; 

 Alfred E. Robinson, Sheldon A. Robin- 

 son. Luther E. Breck, C. H. B. Brac- 

 kets and E. Allen Peirce, Boston,. 

 Mass.; S. J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I.; 

 Congressman C. C. Carlin, Alexandria, 

 Va.; R. J. Liemer. Hyattsville, Md.; 

 George W. Hess of the U. S. Botanic 

 Gardens. Otto Bauer. Dr. A. Patten, 

 George Field, John Anderson, Hon. A. 

 Leftwich Sinclair, Edwin Gude, Adol- 

 phus Gude, Jr., Edgar Gude and Fred 

 H. Kramer, Washington, D. C, and 

 representing the Department of Agri- 

 culture were Dr. William A. Taylor, 

 Dr. David Fairchild, Professor L. C. 

 Corbett, Dr. Walter Van Fleet, Prof. 

 F. L. Mulford and Peter Bisset. 



PERSONAL. 

 Frank L. Gray, of Post & Gray, New 

 Bedford, spent the week-end in Win- 

 chester, Mass. 



Ed. Roehrs, of Rutherford, N. J., is 

 hobbling around on crutches, due to a 

 severe attack of "Job's comforters." 



Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bayersdorfer 

 arrived at Yokohama, Japan, on 

 Wednesdj.y. June 2, after a very 

 pleasant voyage. 



Henry J. Walsh, lately with The 

 Kingston Gardeners, Kingston, Mass., 

 has accepted a position with Stephen 

 A. Shaw, of Dartmouth. 



S. Suzuki of Yokohama Nursery Co., 

 left New York for the Pan-American 

 Expiisiticri on June 2. He will stay 

 until the close of the Exposition. 



D. M. Beal, Orono; A. I. Schwey, 

 Portland, and O. M. Wilbur, Pembroke, 

 received their degrees in Horticulture 

 at the University of Maine on June 9. 



C. L. Wilkins of Wilton, Me., has- 

 been appointed assistant State horti- 

 culturist to succeed Herman Sweetzer 

 who resigned and left the department 

 early in January. Mr. Wilkins is an 

 ex-1916 University of Maine student. 



Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Covington of 

 Franklin, Ky., have issued cards an- 

 nouncing the engagement of their 

 daughter. Mary, to Walter Eldwin 

 Campbell of New Haven, Conn. The 

 marriage will take place in the 

 Baptist church, Franklin, Tuesday, 

 June 22. Mr. Campbell is secretary of 

 the Elm City Nursery Company of 

 New Haven. 



Gentlemen; We wish to thank you 

 for printing our item and to assure 

 you that we have received a large num- 

 ber of inquiries from your readers. 

 We wish to assure you also that your 

 support has served something more 

 than merely a private interest. 



Yours very truly, 



C. M. Woodruff, Sec'y National Asso. 



of Manufacturers of Medicinal 



Products, Detroit. Mich. 



