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The Florists^ Review 



March .*!0, 1910. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Officers Reelected. 



Tlio Aiiieric'iii ]\oso Sociftv, wliidi 

 licM its scv(^iitooiitIi aniniMl iiu't'tiii>; :it 

 CoaviMitiou liall, i'liiladclphiii, at S ]>. iii. 

 March L'7, lias iiiailc such oxcellciit 

 jtroyit'ss tliis year that oniccis wcmc 

 iiiianiiiiously jci'h'cteil. as follows: 



I'lt'siilciit — .Saiiuit'l y. I'eiiiiock, of 

 J'liiladcjphia. 



\iif president — T>oiiis J. ]?eiiter, "Wes- 

 terly, j;. J. 



Seiretarv — Bciij. ITammoinl, Beacon, 

 X. V. 



Treasurer — Ilarrv 0. Mav, Sumniit, 

 X. .1. 



KxcM-utivo committee — Admiral Aaron 

 Ward, of lioslyn, ]j. ]., to fill a vacancy; 

 li'olnM-t I'yle, of West (iroxc. ]'a.. to 

 succeed hinisidf: K. Allan reiice, 

 Waltliani, Mass.. to succeeil .loim Jl. 

 ] Mm Jo|<. 



.Tndyt's — Philip Brcitmovor, Detroit; 

 Alexander B. Scott, Sharon Hill, J'a.; 

 <;eor-e ('. Thomas, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 



Standard Grades. 



Tli(^ sj'irit of the niectinfi came into 

 acti\ ity wlien Ilarry O. ]\Iay ])rosented 

 the re]iort of the coinmitteo on stand- 

 ardizin^r the j.>-radinjj of cut roses. T1h> 

 rojiort proposed the following c)llicial 

 standard: 



AMKKicAN ]!i:.\rrii:s. 



Nmihc of CriKlc Long th Stem 



.spcci.-ils ;;(; judips and over 



',"'icii ., ;;() inches and over 



'■.^'•■••1^ '.M inclips and ovor 



•^"- 1 is inches and over 



A"- - I- inches and over 



OTIIKI; liosKS. 



Nam" (if Cin.lc I.onfith Stem 



TAiia -iii-.iMl- no ini'hcs and over 



^.l"'i'il^ '-'» inches and over 



'•J^'r'if^ Is inches !in<1 over 



^/>. ] 1 J inclies aiul over 



^>o. U In inches and under 



The aim of the coinmitteo is not only 

 to create a uniform standard but to 

 onahle telefirapliic and mail orders to 

 be briefly {riven and intelli;^ently filled. 



The report brou^'ht out a lively dis- 

 cussion and an earnest ])rotost. AV. H. 

 I'lliott said there already is a standard 

 in {joneral use in Boston that differs 

 from the proposed standard. It is based 

 on the Stearns Lumber Co. scale and 

 anyone can have one for the askinpf by 

 addressing: that company, (n^orge Bur- 

 ton thought that extra special Idealities 

 of 4S-inch stem or over should be recoff- 

 Jiizeil. W. F. Cude opposed the stand- 

 ard as proposed. 



The matter finally ■u-as referred l>ack 

 to the committee for further considera- 

 tion. 



Routine Business. 



]iis Avork in editiii;: tli(> liose Annual for 

 the society was hi^^hly ]>r:iisei|. 



It was decided to hold a meetinjj .Iuik^ 

 2~) to visit the rose test i:ard(>ns at 

 <;ornell Universitv and at Svracus(>, 



X. y. 



Tlie date and jdace for the next an 

 iiual me(>tin<j were left to tlu^ executixi 

 <i)inmittee. 



Samuel S. Pennock. 



(President Auiciican Ho-e Society.) 



A gold modal and letter of api>recia- 

 tion was voted to Henry A. J)reer, Inc., 

 for its wonderful rose <rarileiis in Coii- 

 \eiition hall. 



(ieor{:(> C. Thonuis ])reseiite<l an out- 

 line of a ])lan ])erfected by Dr. iiobert 

 Iluev and himself for uniformity in 

 .iudfjinj.; outdoor rost>s. Points to Vie 

 jiiven to color, fragrance, form, shape, 

 size, (juantity of l)loom, stem and last- 

 iiif; (|ua]ities. W;illace K. J'ierson 

 thought the jdaii in its jiresent form 

 was not feasible. It was referred b;ick 

 to the committee. 



SECRETARY HAMMOND S REPORT. 



I 'I he foUowins i< the reiinrt (.f ."^t'cn'tiiry 

 liiii.jainin llMiiinjond of the .\niirii;in Itosc Sn 

 ci.ty, read at tiic incetiiiv: licM in cdiiiu'ctinn 

 Willi till' Natiiiiiiil I'loui'r Sliow at riiiladilpliia, 

 Mar.li L'.'i to April i;. I'.lH;.] 



This is the se\eiiteeiith annual meet- 

 iii<; of tlie American Rose Society. 

 Twelxc years lia\e jiasscil since this 

 societ\- held an annual mcetiiiy in 

 I'hil;id(dphia, and the de\(dopinent id' 

 the society during those twcl\(> ye;irs 

 is e\ ideiiced by the wonderful exhibi- 

 tion at Con\'ention hall. Simc our last 

 visit to this cit\' the society has met 

 four times at lifiston. once e;ich at 

 Washington, ('liicago, Jiuffalo and I)e 

 troit, and three times at Xew >'oik. 



Our membership \aries from year to 

 year. Last year, I'.tl-'. we had the 

 jileasure to receive aiKdher life niein- 

 lier, namely. If. Wit terstaett er. The 

 life membership lees help us to build 

 our peini.-inent fund, wliicli now i-ea<-ln's 

 the sum ot' .*."!, L'oii, The .•miiual iiu'iii 

 lieis who lia\e paid for the vear at this 



date number 179, of which forty-seven 

 are associate members. 



The Testing Gardens. 



The test rose gardens, which began 

 at Hartford, Conn., now consist of a 

 garden at Washington, D. C, one at 

 Cornell T'ni\ersity, Ithaca, X. Y., and 

 one at Minneapolis, Minn. These are 

 watched over by special committer's 

 ajipointed by the society and certainly 

 have awakened much interest. The 

 bushes to be tested are being furnished 

 gratis by rose growers. Two lots were 

 sent from Europe, one l)y Kallen & 

 Lunnemanii, of Boskoop, Holland, em- 

 bracing BiS jdants in twenty-nine va- 

 rieties. These were sent to the Cornell 

 rose g;irdeii at Ithaca. Hugh Dickson, 

 Ltd., of Bidfast, Ircdand, sent ten each 

 of four \ arieties. These are for compe- 

 tition in the test gardens and were di- 

 \ ided. one half going to Hartford. 

 Conn., the other half to tiie Washing- 

 ton gardens. The details of the results 

 at the rose gardens is jirc'sented in the 

 K'ose Annual, as well as the awards 

 made. 



.Municipal rose gardt'iis are being ad- 

 \ocated in l^ngland. A letter from 

 I'^ngland, under date of .lanuary -'.'>, 

 came to nu', saying, in ])art: ''You 

 are far more jirogressive in Americ-a 

 ;is regards municip;il rose gardens than 

 \\«' ;n(' o\er here, and I shall be grati- 

 fied if you will send me details of any 

 jiuldic rose gardens estaldisheii in 

 America. ■■ This writer is an amateur 

 and holds the (dia inpionshi|i both for 

 exiiiliition roses and decoiati\('s of all 

 l^ngl.and. ()ui amateur soci(>ti(>s .are 



