January 24, 19''0 



HO RTICULTUKE 



67 



ROSE COLUMBIA WINS. 



Given the Gertrude M. Hubbard Medal 

 By American Rose Society 



The Executive Committee of the 

 American Rose Society at a recent 

 meeting in New Yorl? City voted to 

 award to tlie liybrid tea rose Columbia, 

 registered in 1917 by E. G. Hill of 

 Richmond, Indiana, the Gertrude M. 

 Hubbard gold metal for the best rose 

 of American origin Introduced during 

 the last Ave years. 



This reward was made possible by 

 the generosity of Mrs. Gertrude M. 

 Hubbard of Twin Oaks, Washington, 

 D. C, and has been awarded but once 

 when, in 1914, it was given to M. H. 

 Walsh of Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 

 for the introduction of the climbing 

 rose Excelsa. 



The honor which goes to Mr. Hill is 

 distinctive. It is the highest honor 

 which the American Rose Society can 

 confer on a hybridizer, and it is a 

 recognition, not only of a variety of 

 merit but of the valued work of a 

 pioneer in rose breeding — one who has 

 devoted a half century of real service 

 in the advancement of the rose, 

 through breeding a type admirably 

 suited for American conditions. 



E. A. White, Secy. 



A very good description of Columbia 

 is to be found in one of Charles H 

 Totty's catalogues. It reads as fol- 

 lows: 



"This variety sends up quickly nu- 

 merous stiff stems which are of good 

 length without pinching, and naturally 

 throws long, stiff smooth stems. It 

 is a free easy grower with beautiful 

 foliage, the leaves spaced just right to 

 please a cut-flower grower and to form 

 a fine setting for the bloom. "A Rose 

 without a thorn, almost!" Thornlesa 

 for 10 to 12 inches below the flower, 

 as well as very few thorns on the 

 lower stem. Color true pink about the 

 shade of a perfect Shawyer, deepen- 

 ing as it opens to glowing pink; a pe- 

 culiarity of the variety is that the 

 shades all become more intense until 

 the full maturity of the flower is 

 reached." 



RHODE ISLAND HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



The seventy-fifth annual meeting 

 will be held in the Lecture Room, 

 Public Library, Providence, R. I. on 

 January 21. At this meeting Mr. K. E. 



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 Blight mark of blu« In throat. 



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Gillett, of Southwlck, Mass. will lec- 

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 in propagating native plants, such as 

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