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FIELD DAY OF ROSE LOVERS. 



The American Rose Society Meets at 

 Washington. 



.June 2(1 was indeeil an ideal Rose 

 Day in Washington, D. C. About 100 

 members of the American Rose So- 

 ciety registered at the store of Glide 

 Rros. before 10 A. M. Automobiles 

 were waiting to take the party to the 

 Rose Test Gardens. The roses in the 

 garden were at their best, and the 

 party spent two most pleasing hours 

 enjoying the abundance of rose bloom. 

 The climbing varieties were not in full 

 bloom but the Teas, Hybrid Teas, Poly- 

 antha and Rugosas were magnificent. 



On the day previous a committee 

 consisting of Dr. B. T. Galloway, chair- 

 man, L. C. Corbett, P. I>. Mulford, W. 

 Van Fleet and D. N. Shoemaker made 

 a careful survey of the garden. The 

 committee reported that they found 

 the garden in generally good condition. 

 The season has been backward, con- 

 sequently roses are from ten to twelve 

 days late. There is very little mildew. 

 The severe winter injured a good 

 many of the varieties. The committee 

 considered only the varieties now at 

 their best. Of the Pillars, Scheila Wil- 

 son. Paul's Scarlet Climber, and Paul's 

 Carmine Pillar were scored the hi.^h- 

 est. Of the Baby Ramblers the follow- 

 ing were particularly good: Yellow 

 Baby Rambler, Triomphe Orleanais, 

 Mrs. W. H. Cutbush, Gruss an Aachen, 

 Echo, Marie Pavie, Clothilde Pfitzer, 

 Schneekopf. Of the Teas and Hybrid 

 Teas the following were given special 

 mention: Ophelia, White Killamey, 

 Konigan Carola, Lady Alice Stanley, 

 La Tosca. Lady Ursula, I>ady Ashtown, 

 Gustav Grunerwald, Killamey Queen, 

 Gruss an Teplitz, Avoca, Red Radi- 

 ance; and of the Hybrid Perpetuals 

 the committee made special note of 

 Maharajah. Pierre Netting, General 

 Ja<'queminot, J. B. Clark, Mrs. Shar- 

 nian-Crawford, Paul Neyron, Victor 

 Verdier, and Frau Kai'l Druschki. The 

 committee made special note of the 

 following Moss: Luxemburg, Briers, 

 Flora Mclvor. Julia Mannering, Anne 

 de Geiristiin, Bradwardine, Green Gra- 



varian, Rugosa No. 14668 (Van Fleet), 

 Rosa Parfume de la Haie, Amelia Gra- 

 varian and Rugosa prostrata. There 

 are in the garden 403 varieties of roses 

 as follows: 



Hybrid Perpetuals 51 



Hybrid Teas and Teas 154 



Bush RuKosa Hybrids 27 



Climbing Wichuraianas 66 



Baby Ramblers D. Multiflora.. 30 



Climbing Tea Hybrids 14 



Climbing Noisette Hybrids. ... 12 



Climbing MuUIfloras 36 



Climbing Setigeras 5 



Climbing, miscellaneous 8 



403 

 From the garden the party was 

 taken through the Arlington Cemetery, 

 stopping at the new Memorial Stadium 

 and at Lee's Mansion. They then went 

 to Mrs. Bell's beautiful home at Twin 

 Oaks where an hour was spent in the 

 garden and in enjoying the hospitality 

 of Mrs. Bell. Refreshments were 

 served on the broad verandas at Twin 

 Oaks, after which Mrs. Bell showed 

 the visitors through the garden. Re- 

 turning to the house Mr. Gude ad- 

 dressed Mrs. Bell stating that the 

 American Rose Society through its 

 president, Mr. Pyle, wished to express 

 its appreciation of her hospitality. 

 President Pyle then stated that be- 

 cause of Mrs. Bell's repeated hospital- 

 ity and especially because of her in- 

 terest in rose progress as manifested 

 by her gift of the Hubbard Memorial 

 Gold Medal, the Executive Committee 

 had unanimously voted to confer on 

 her an honorary membership. He 

 asked Mrs. Bell to accept this mem- 

 bership as a slight token of the ap- 

 preciation of the American Rose So- 

 ciety. Mrs. Bell graciously accepted 

 and thanked President Pyle for ths 

 honor conferred upon her. 



The party then returned to the Eb- 

 bitt House where luncheon was served. 

 The tables w-ere beautifully decorated 

 with Red Radiance In the somewhat 

 formal after-dinner speaking W. F. 

 Gude presided, and first introduced 

 Professor Corbett. asking him to speak 



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on the development of the Rose Test 

 Garden. Because of trouble with his 

 voice Professor Corbett asked to be 

 excused. 



J. Horace McFarland .was then intro- 

 duced and spoke on "Hugonis and Its 

 Hybrids." After discussing the beauty 

 and hardiness of the typical Hugonis, 

 Mr. McFarland spoke of the wonderful 

 work Dr. Van Fleet has done in pro- 

 ducing hybrids of this species; he 

 also expressed the appreciation of the 

 American Rose Society for the splen- 

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