The Horists' Review 



Apbil 6, 1916. 



other feature worthy of even more com- 

 mendation was the absence of intoxi- 

 cants at the delightful and enjoyable 

 banquet^ held in beautiful Horticultural 

 hall. In these respects Philadelphia 

 has set a shining example for other 

 cities. W. N. Craig. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



["How to Grow Roses," by Robert Pyle. 

 Published by the Conard & Jones Co., West 

 Grove, Pa. Twelfth edition, revised and en- 

 larged. Contains 121 pages, with many Illus- 

 trations, fifteen of which are full-page col- 

 ored plates. Bound In cloth. Price, $1.] 



"How to Grow Eoses, " in this case, 

 means how to grow them outdoors. The 

 book is not written expressly for com- 

 mercial growers, for the author states 

 at the beginning: "It is the amateur's 

 rose garden, especially, that we have 



WORK OF THE ROSE SOCIETY. 



The President's Address. 



In opening the meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society at Philadelphia last 

 week, President Pennock spoke in part 

 as follows: 



For some years the society has 

 worked mostly along commercial lines 

 and as such it has appealed to the 

 commercial man more than to the ama- 

 teur. The rose industry of this coun- 

 try is a large one and must not be lost 

 sight of and at the same time the ama- 

 teur is another phase that cannot be 

 lost sight of, as he is becoming more 

 and more of a factor each year. Not 

 only is his work a benefit and an in- 

 spiration to the commercial man, but 

 it also is popularizing the rose as 

 no other means can or will. The ama- 

 teur, I feel, is the one we must look 

 mostly to in increasing our member- 

 ship and bringfing the society to a 

 standard and more on a level with the 

 National Rose Society of England, 

 which has a membership of over 6,000, 

 and is a flourishing society. I want to 

 make a strong appeal for the amateur, 

 believing a large amateur membership 

 is the only way we can bring the so- 

 ciety to that state of efllciency which 

 every member, whether active or asso- 

 ciate, wishes it to attain. 



A month ago I had a visit from Dr. 

 Robert Huey about this same amateur 

 business and, by the way. Dr. Huey 

 ceased being a member of this society 

 on account of its offering the amateur 

 so little, but I am glad to say he is 

 again with us. He brought with him 

 a letter from W. E. Davis^ a rose en- 

 thusiast of New Haven, with a strong 



had in mind when writing the follow- 

 ing pages." Still, any member of the 

 trade who has neglected the subject of 

 outdoor rose growing, and - wants en- 

 lightenment on it, may find that this 

 little book is an excellent "first 

 reader." Why should not a treatise 

 for amateurs, written by a commercial 

 expert, be suitable for the commercial 

 beginner? In this instance the ele- 

 mentary facts are presented in a clear 

 and attractive style, a style that is ac- 

 ceptable to both amateur and pro- 

 fessional. The illustrations, both plain 

 and colored, are good. In all its de- 

 tails the little work- is so excellent a 

 sample of book-making that one is not 

 surprised to find at the end the im- 

 print of the McFarland press. For sale 

 by The Review at the publishers' price. 



appeal for the amateur in our society, 

 asking that this matter be taken up 

 in a vigorous manner at our annu^U 

 meeting. 



We have with us today a number of 

 members whom we shall be glad to 

 hear from later, members who are au- 

 thorities on roses. I think that, with 

 the assistance and the material we 

 have among our members, we can map 

 out a campaign that will give such 

 value to every member that we will 

 have no trouble in securing new mem- 

 bers. Let us hope that this time next 

 year we will have a membership of 

 more than 1,000. 



Sources of New Members. 



Along the lines of publicity we are 

 doing all the society at this time can 

 do financially, and I believe that we 

 are getting splendid results for the 

 money we are spending. An increased 

 membership and a better treasury bal- 

 ance will enable us to offer our mem- 

 bers more in the way of literature and 

 general rose information, giving them 

 such value that they will feel an in- 

 crease in the associate membership dues 

 during the next few years thoroughly 

 justified. Let every member, whether 

 active or associate, strive to help our 

 publicity campaign, to increase the 

 membership and give us a society worth 

 while. 



I note with pleasure that we are hav- 

 ing more societies affiliating with us 

 each year. I believe it is only a mat- 

 ter of time when a great many of these 

 affiliated members will not feel satisfied 

 to be simply affiliated members but will 

 want to be something more, either as- 

 sociate or active members. Should not 

 the secretary of each affiliated society 

 have a voice in the Rose Society the 

 same as an active member f I make 

 this as a recommendation. These affili- 

 ated members will mean new friends 

 who will join with the old in making 



this society a tower of strength, and 

 make it truly national in scope and 

 character as well as in name. 



We believe our friends, the cata- 

 logue men, could be instrumental in 

 bringing in new members in large num- 

 bers by making mention of the Rose 

 Society in ' their catalogues, setting 

 forth its aims and purposes — points 

 that would appeal to the amateur. 



This Year's Rose Annual 



This year's Rose Annual, which has 

 been so ably edited by J. Horace Mc- 

 Farland, is not only a credit to the 

 society but also a treatise on roses in- 

 valuable to every member, whether 

 commercial or amateur rosarian, and 

 will, we are sure, make for new mem- 

 bers wherever it goes and add new 

 life to our society. 



In circulating the Rose Annual, it 

 will only go with a membership, either 

 life, active, associate or affiliated. We 

 consider the Rose Annual too valuable 

 a book to be sold just as an edition, 

 and it should be well worth the price 

 of membership in the society. In the 

 annual each year the aim will be to 

 give to our members literature that 

 will be an inspiration and a real help 

 to them, articles from the pens of rec- 

 ognized authorities, making it a book 

 to be treasured and kept as a rose au- 

 thority. 



PossibUltieB of Test Gardens. 



The American Rose Society in estab- 

 lishing test gardens in various parts of 

 the United States is working out a 

 feature that will become a most valu- 

 able and far-reaching asset to rose 

 growing. These test gardens are now 

 established at Washington, at Hartford, 

 at Cornell University and at Minneapo- 

 lis. 



A committee has been appointed to 

 look after and take charge of each 

 garden. The plan is to have at least 

 five plants of a kind in the case of 

 teas; two of a kind in the case of 

 climbers; every known variety that can 

 be obtained, not only from this coun- 

 try but also from foreign parts. Ac- 

 curate records are to be kept as to how 

 they flourish, the climatic conditions, 

 the amount of bloom and whatever 

 statistics as to temperature, soil, etc., 

 may be deemed necessary by the com- 

 mittees in charge. 



Anyone con^mplating the growing 

 of a certain variety, for instancCj in 

 the same climate as Washington, might 

 refer to the appropriate test garden 

 reports and see how that variety has 

 done, whether it was hardy, whether it 

 was able to stand the hot summer, and 

 so on. These records, as summarized 

 each year in the annual, will become 

 invaluable. 



These teat gardens as they will be 

 established from time to time in the 

 various cities of the United States and 

 Canada will make one of the many in- 

 teresting features fostered by the Rose 

 Society. 



Batter Jttdglni; anil Registration. ' 



The official scale of points for judg- 

 ing outdoor roses, as adopted by the 

 Rose Society some years ago, has been 

 thought by some of our rose enthusi- 

 asts to be insufficient and not covering 

 the ground completely. Dr. Huey, Jesse 

 A. Currey and Geo. C. Thomas, Jr., 

 have had some correspondence on this 

 subject and have made up a scale of 

 points which they consider makes a 

 better scale to judge by. 



