STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 213 



EVENING SESSION • 



Third Day, January 17th. 



E. H. Cuzner was appointed librarian for 1884; $10 voted him 

 for services since the death of Mr. Bowen to date, and $15 for book 

 case and repairs in the library room. 



Mr. Messmer then read the following paper on roses, the author 

 not being present. 



EOSES IN THE NORTHWEST. 



By Samuel Barter, op Markesan, Wisconsin. 



[ This paper was read at the Green Bay meeting: of the Wisconsin Horticul- 

 tural Society, in December, and is reproduced here by courtesy of the Secretary, 

 Prof. William Trelease, and by permission of the author.] 



That roses can be successfully grown in every part of the North- 

 western States is fully demonstrated by the experience of all who 

 have been earnestly engaged in their cultivation. 



Much has been written on the subject of roses, but most of the 

 •articles that I have seen published apply to their cultivation in 

 the Eastern States, mainly to the state of New York. 



I wish to discuss the subject from a northwestern standpoint, 

 and what information. I ma}^ be able to impart is given as the re- 

 sult of my own individual experience and observation. 



Now that the summer and winter protection of the rose bush is 

 no longer an experiment in this region, the wonder is, that so few 

 of our homes are decorated and enlivened by the presence of this 

 beautiful flower in their surroundings. Said a lady, when speak- 



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