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HORTICULTURE 



June 14, 1919 



Mills, in his wonderfully pleasing 

 manner, presented the retiring presi- 

 dent. Benjamin Hammond, with a 

 beautifully leather-bound copy of 

 Captain Thomas' "Outdoor Rose Cul- 

 ture" as a token of appreciation from 

 the officers and Executive Committee 

 for his fourteen years of valuable serv- 

 ice to the society, twelve years as sec- 

 retary and two years as president. Mr. 

 Hammond responded, expressing the 

 pleasure which the expression of es- 

 teem gave him and spoke of how 

 highly he should value the book be- 

 cause of the associations it would re- 

 call to him, and the fact that it was 

 presented to him in the beautiful rose 

 garden of the author. Following the 

 presentation Captain Thomas chris- 

 tened his seedling No. 720, a beautiful 

 rich red, single climber, "Dr. Huey," 

 in honor of Dr. Robert Huey, because 

 of the fact that it was through Dr. 

 Huey that he first became interested 

 in roses and rose breeding. 



By 2 o'clock about one hundred and 

 fifty rose lovers had gathered in the 

 garden. The heat was intense, but it 

 was with difficulty that guests were 

 lured from the living beauties to the 

 shade of the trees where President 

 Hammond introduced Captain Thomas 

 who spoke a few words of welcome. 

 He expressed the pleasure it gave him 

 to share his roses with others and he 

 hoped the guests would make the gar- 

 den theirs for the afternoon. Mr. J. 

 Horace McFarland discussed "Ameri- 

 can Roses," emphasizing the value of 

 the work Dr. Van Fleet and Captain 

 Thomas are doing in introducing 

 types of roses suited for all American 

 conditions. He was followed by the 

 "Silver-tongued orator from Indiana," 

 the rosarian who is universally known 

 and loved, Mr. E. G. Hill. He also 

 paid a tribute to Dr. Van Fleet's, Cap- 

 tain Thomas' and John Cook's work in 

 rose breeding, stating that the infu- 

 sion of the hardy "blood" of the rugo- 

 sas and Wichurainas with the teas 

 and hybrid teas was sure to develop 

 new varieties suited for outdoor grow- 

 ing in the middle-west. Mr. Robert 

 Pyle, the newly elected president, 

 closed the somewhat formal program 

 of the afternoon emphasizing the value 

 of the work the society is doing in 

 reaching a large number of rose lov- 

 ers and in carrying to them informa- 

 tion which is of value in rose grow- 

 ing. The remainder of the afternoon 

 was spent among the roses. Among 

 the seedlings a single white was ac- 

 curately described by Captain Thomas 

 as a "bush hardy Cherokee." The 

 flowers were pure white and nearly 

 four inches across. 



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