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HORTICULTURE 



April i, 1920 



ROSE SOCIETY FLOURISHING 



Report of Treasurer Harry L. May 

 Submitted at the Annual Meeting. 



It was expected that the Gertrude 

 M. Hubbard gold medal would be pre- 

 sented to Mr. E. G. Hill, originator of 

 the Rose Coliunbia, at the recent 

 meeting of the American Rose Society 

 at New York City, but as Mr. Hill 

 could not personally be present, it was 

 decided to postpone the presentation 

 to a later date, probably some time in 

 June. At this meeting the report of 

 the treasurer, Harry L. May. was 

 given and was as follows: 

 Receipts. 



Cash on hand $2,137.58 



Received from secretary .... 4.519.07 

 Interest on mortgage certifi- 

 cates 150.00 



Interest on permanent funds 30.04 

 Interest on general account. . 3.59 



$6,840.28 

 Disbursements 



Rose annual and printing $2,757.84 



General expenses • 834.21 



Deposited in permanent funds 450.00 

 To Balance 2,798.23 



$6,840.28 

 Permanent Fund. 

 Westchester & Bronx Title & 



Mortgage Guarantee Co. 



Three mortgage certificates$3.000.0 ) 

 Summit Trust Co. 



Permanent fund 950.00 



Hubbard Jlemorial Pimd for 

 Medal 250.00 



The executive nominated for hon- 

 orary membership in the society. Dr. 

 W. Van Fleet and John Cook. These 

 men were elected by a unanimous 

 standing vote. 



The time and place of the next an- 

 nual meeting was referred to the ex- 

 ecutive committee with power. 



The following officers were unani- 

 mously elected: President, Robert 

 Pyle, West Grove. Pa.: vice-president. 

 F. L. Atkins, Rutherford. N. J.; secre- 

 tary, E. A. White, Ithaca, N. Y.: 

 treasurer, Harry L. May, Summit. 

 N. J.; executive committee for three 

 years, S. S. Pennock, Philadelphia, Pa,, 

 J. A. Currey, Portland, Ore., Thomas 

 Roland, Nahant, Mass. 



E. A. White, Sec. 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



The following rose has been accepted 

 by the rose registration committee of 

 the American Rose Society, and un- 

 less objections are received in the 

 Secretary's office within three weeks of 

 this publication the registration will 

 become permanent. 



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Farquhar's Giant Salmon 2.00 



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166W. 23Pd St.. NEWYOMK 



Name. Red Columbia. 



Class. Hybrid Tea. 



Parentage. Sport of Columbia. 



Description. General characteris- 

 tics of this variety are identical with 

 Columbia except the color is a bril- 

 liant scarlet, and the petalage is not so 

 full as Columbia. The color is similar 

 to Hoosier Beauty. 



Originator. Jos. H. Hill Co. 



E. A. White, Sec. 



NEWS NOTES. 



Bloomfield. N. J. .Jacob Hauck. the 

 Montgomery St. florist, sustained a 

 loss of about $5,000 last Saturday. 

 The boiler room adjoining his green- 

 houses was flooded, which put out the 

 nres and ruined his stock of Easter 

 lilies. 



Clinton, Mass. Sawyer, the Florist, 

 has moved his store to the Cannon 

 Block, 190 High street. 



