July 17, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



47 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Report of the Meeting Held at the 



Minneapolis Municipal Rose 



Garden, June 28. 



This meetiag was first scheduled to 

 take place July 3. but on account ot 

 unusually warm weather and favor- 

 able growing conditions' the meeting 

 had to be called a week earlier, to see 

 the garden at its best. This change 

 unfortunately prevented the expected 

 attendance of President Robert Pyle 

 of the American Rose Society. Horace 

 McFarland and other prominent out- 

 door Rosarians. The society was, 

 however, represented by Messrs. O. Y. 

 J. Olson of St. Paul and Hugh Will 

 and Theodore Wirth of Minneapolis. 

 Max Kaiser. President of the .Minne- 

 sota State Florists' Association, called 

 a field day meeting of the association 

 which was well attended in spite of 

 the unfavorable weather. A heavy 

 rainfall interrupted the meeting which 

 was adjourned to the nearby Park 

 board greenhouses. After an hour 

 session under cover, the visitors re- 

 turned to the garden and inspected 

 the 200 varieties. 



One of the novelties which attractei 

 attention was the W. R. Grootendorst. 

 introduced by A. N. Pierson of Crom- 

 well, Conn. The plants were received 

 this spring and were in a very prom- 

 ising condition. If Grootendorst is as 

 hardy as claimed by Cromwell Gar- 

 dens, it will be a valuable addition to 

 the H. R. collection of the garden. 



Mr. Wirth expressed his disappoint- 

 ment over the limited number of 

 plants received for testing purposes 

 from growers and introducers of new 

 roses. The following growers re- 

 sponded to his request for test plants: 



A. N. Pierson sent: Columbia. Mi- 

 lady. Pilgrim. Premier. Evelyn, Cru- 

 sader, Mrs. J. Cook. 



Charles H. Totty Co., Madison. N. 

 Y.; Madame Butterfly, Frank M. Dun- 

 lop. 



Robert Scott & Son. Sharon Hill, 

 Cornelia. 



All of these plants were in good con- 



dition, but cannot be judged as to 

 their hardiness and other qualific;i- 

 tions to this climate before next year. 



While the garden as a whole was 

 a beautiful sight to behold, it was not 

 in the usual good condition of former 

 years. The severe winter was the 

 cause of the loss of some 375 plants 

 which made many of the beds incom- 

 plete. On June 2G and 27 we had very 

 heavy rainfalls, regular cloud bursts. 

 and all fully developed flowers were 

 completely spoiled. There were, hi;w- 

 ever, an abundance of buds in evi- 

 dence, which under more favorable 

 weather conditions promise a good 

 crop of flowers of practically all the 

 200 varieties during the next two or 

 three weeks. 



Mr. Wirth asks the writer to invite 

 all gi-owers. originators and intro- 

 ducers of new roses to apply for spare 

 in the garden for their novelties. He 

 is willing to give them the space and 

 to pay the market price for the plants. 

 He wants four plants of each variety 

 to be tested. 



The Municipal Rose Garden at Lyn- 

 dale Park is one of the show places of 

 our city and through its influence 

 rose culture has been stimulated all 

 over the Northwest to a most remark- 

 able extent. The Garden is surely 

 worthy of the attention and support 

 of every grower of the country. These 

 Municipal Rose Gardens are the best 

 possible medium for introducing new 

 varieties, why not make use of them? 

 Fkedebick Perl. 



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