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flOKTICULTUBE 



:\Iay K'l. 1920 



THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



An executive committee meeting of 

 the American Rose Society was held 

 at the City Club, New York City, April 

 22, 1920. 



It was voted that the Society should 

 publish an annual report to its mem- 

 bers, giving the proceedings of the 

 society for the year, with a list of its 

 members, and other information cover- 

 ing the affiliation of local Rose 

 Societies, rules governing amateur ex- 

 hibitions, and the purposes tor which 

 the society's medals would be 

 awarded. 



It was voted that the Secretary be 

 authorized to inform the English and 

 French Rose Societies that the ex- 

 ecutive committee of the American 

 Rose Society have approved with- 

 holding registration of American varie- 

 ties until assured that the same name 

 has not been registered abroad. 



The president appointed the follow- 

 ing honorary vice-presidents for the 

 year 1920 and 1921; E. G. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Indiana; John Cook, Baltimore, 

 Maryland ; Captain George C. Thomas, 

 Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, and 

 Charles E. F. Gersdorff, Rosslyn, Vir- 

 ginia. 



It was voted that a new scale be 

 adopted for judging displays of cut 

 roses as follows: artistic arrangement 

 — 40, quality of bloom — 40, variety — 

 20. 



It was voted that the American Rose 

 Society's Gold Medal be sent to the 

 Portland Rose Society, to be awarded 

 at their June meeting in compliance 

 with the rules of the American Rose 

 Society. 



It was voted that the president be 

 requested to send a letter of condol- 

 ence to Benjamin Hammond on the 

 death of Mrs. Hammond. 



Dr. A. C. Beal, chairman of the Rose 

 Test Garden Committee, made a re- 

 port of various pilgrimages to be held 

 during the spring of 1920. These are 

 announced as follows: Washington, 

 D. C., June 3; Hartfprd, Conn., June 

 24; Ithaca, New York, June 24; Port- 

 land, Oregon, June 25, and Minne- 

 apolis, Minnesota, July 3. 



It was voted that the society should 

 hold a general meeting at Washing- 

 ton at the time of the Garden Ex- 

 hibition. It was voted that the presi- 

 dent should present the Hubbard Gold 

 Medal to E. G. Hill, at the June meet- 

 ing in Washington, D. C. 



The Secretary reported the total ex- 

 penses on the society in connection 

 with maintaining a booth in the Inter- 

 national Flower Show, March 15 to 

 March 21, 1920, to be $151.25, and that 

 420 members availed themselves of 



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free entrance to the show, at an ex- 

 pense to the society of $168.00. 



The Secretary made the following 

 membership report of the society on 

 April 21: Regular members, 1,520; 

 life members, 68; affiliated members, 

 430; honorary members, 10; total. 

 2,028. 



Signed, 

 E. A. White, Sec'y. 



The new carnation which Hermann 

 Schwarz of Central Park, L. I., ex- 

 hibited at the International Flower 

 Show, and which received a silver 

 medal, has been named Siren. 



It is understood that Frederick H. 

 Ring, now located at Sanborn, N. Y., 

 is planning to move to Detroit and 

 engage in growing flowers on a much 

 larger scale. 



