THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



E. G. Hill is sometimes called "the grand old man of Rose cul- 

 ture," and so he is. His Columbia, Mme. Butterfly, and Premier 

 are wonderful inside, and some of his Roses, particularly Colum- 

 bia, have escaped to the garden. His brilliant son, Joseph H. 

 Hill, gives us just now Sensation, which provides us with a sensa- 

 tion in its rich depth of crimson-scarlet, matched in no other Rose. 



In Europe as well as in America the standard hardy climber at 

 this moment is either American Pillar or Dr. W. Van Fleet, and 

 the gifted hybridist of that name, whose death almost a year ago 

 we yet deeply regret, has provided us with Alida Lovett, Silver 

 Moon, Bess Lovett, and other splendid and substantial garden 

 Roses, either treated as climbers or as standards. 



I am glad to show a few of Dr. Van Fleet's productions not yet 

 named. A notable hybrid between R. Moyesii and R. Wichuraiana 

 is "W. M. 5," and a no less notable new Rose is "W. S. i8," in 

 which the blood of R. Soulieana has been used. The lovely R. 

 Hugonis is combined with many Roses to great advantage. A new 

 race of Roses is in evidence in "W. C. 237," not yet named, which 

 is presumed to be on the way toward Dr. Van Fleet's ideal of a 

 "dooryard Rose," good anywhere and good to look at even when 

 out of flower. The one Rose of this series which is now approach- 

 ing commercial relationship has been named Mary Wallace, in com- 

 pliment to the daughter of the Secretary of Agriculture. Of 

 this I am glad in conclusion to show you a picture as evidence of 

 the way in which it will make a very lovely low hedge, while at 

 the same time being available as an individual garden plant or as a 

 beautiful climber. 



The Rose is in America, and it will gain in America as we who 

 love it join ourselves in and through the American Rose Society 

 toward more knowledge and better culture. 



The lecture was abundantly illustrated by a magnificent lot of 

 colored stereopticon slides. 



