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The Florists' Review 



Mauih 



1"J17, 



PRESIDENT PENNOCK'S ADDRESS. 



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A vc.-ir ;il;i> w i' wcir lioliliiii; (Jiii- an- 

 nual slidw aihl ini'ctiiiL; ii?' a part ot' tlic 

 Xaticiiial I'liiwc! Show. 'I'lic Anicrican 

 Juisc Suci.'ty cdiit riliiit C'l lai'^t'ly in inak 

 IMLC tills slidW such a w iiiiilcrt'ul siirccss, 

 as it was t lii'iuii^li the riuiilii nril cH'iirts 

 of (lur ollicrfs aiiil lucMilitTs that tliorc 

 ■was stau'.'il OIK ot" till' iifcati'st rxliihi 

 tioiis 111' rosi'S ('\ (T hchl in this country, 

 Unt'ort iiiiatcly, how cn cr. tlic K'usc Soci 

 cty was not iliicctly luiiclll oil linaiicially 

 liy these ctlorts. 



]n \ icw ot wliat the K'osc Society liaM 

 a('c(Mii|ilisluM|, it was <leciilei|, at'tei' cai'e 

 i'lil consideration, to liohl in I'liiholel 

 jihia, .M:iit1i, 1!M7, a show ol' our own, 

 coin|ioseil entirely ol' roses, not only to 

 further our interests, luit also as an 



success. It has never liei'ii my |ileasui'C 

 to lie associated with any ,urou[) of 

 men who threw tlieif he.arts and soul^ 

 into an undertakiiij;- with more \im aiu™ 

 enei-^y t liau you lia\ c. 



Alay this show lie the ins|iii;i1 ion and 

 I'orerunner ot' iiuiny successl'ul shows in 

 the I'lituri'. 



A June Festival Proposed. 



This is primarily a show that aii[ioals 

 moie to the commercial man than to the 

 ani;iteur, yet there ;ire many points that 

 interest and deal directly with the aiiia- 

 leiir the inse i^ardens, the cut roses, 

 ;;iiiwn commeridally, I know, liut many 

 of them splendid "garden roses, as well 

 .MS many other, to them, interesting fea- 

 tures. The society hasine- demonstrated 

 that an ;innual spiiiii; show of its own 

 can Ik' held on a l.arj^i' scale, the (juestioii 

 arises in mv mind wliv it would not he 



Prof. Edward A. 'White. ' 



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educ.'it ional I'e.atuie .-ind an uplit't to the 

 society. 111 placiiiL; it in the piomineiit 

 ]iositi<ui it so richly deserve- anion^ the 

 inijioi-t.-nit societies of our countrv. 



llveryone \isitin^ out present show 

 at the i'irst h'e;_'imeiit aiinoiy cannot 

 help l.ut realize how widi and how faith 

 j'uUv those in chaiLTe h.ave worked to 

 lii'iiiu' alioiit the splendid re-~nlts in inak- 

 iuLr this exhiliitioii the vv oiidei I'lil sac 

 ces-- it IS, ;i show w I can .all well he 

 pror.d of- a hand ot men who worked 



ailil I'lllled toLletiier with loit ol Iijecl 



ill \ iew , sai ciss: and I want totaki' the 

 ojiport unity. a~ your president, I'oi the 

 sotMety to th.ank not only the olhcers 

 and ( iiairinen, hut e\er\ ineinlH'r who so 

 I'aithl'iillv woiked 1" make this -how a 



possilde to liohl in .liiiie a iialioii.al out- 

 door I'osi' I'estival .anniially. conductin;.; 

 it on ;i lari^e sc.ah-, hi i iil;! n;;' exhildts 

 t'roin all leadiiie amateur rosaiians with- 

 in a radius ot' overnight trips or less, 

 thus eatherin;^ to^iether amateurs and 

 tlicdr roses t'rom all over tin' country, 

 an event that would hi- looked forward 

 to and sought lor hy ^;roups of rose 

 lovers, in exerv citv, whether >m;ill or 

 l;ire-e. 



\\'e have with us .■im.ateur niemhers 

 who are eiit hn-ia-t ii-, willing;' and wadl 

 aide to undertake the c.airvinu' on of ,an 

 annual I'estiv.al of thi-^ diar.acter. I 

 should he ;^lad indeed to liiive a discUS- 

 .sioii on this siih.ietd at this ineetiiiL;- .and 

 some ilelinite steps taken toward estah- 



lisliini; sueh an annual afl'air. I am sure 

 wo liave many amateurs, sonic right here 

 ill riiiladelpliia, Avlio -would be willing 

 to tiirow tlieir efforts into a movement 

 of this nature. Tliis, witii our spring 

 show, should increase our membership 

 as nothing else will or could, so I hope 

 everyone, particularly you commercial 

 men, will give this your earnest su]i]iort, 

 making for the advancement of tlic rose, 

 ))oth from a garden and a commercial 

 standpoint. "A rose for every home; 

 a busli for every garden." 



The Membership. 



Tlie membership of the society has 

 materially increased in both the active 

 and associate classes. In addition to a 

 healthy growth in the active member- 

 ship, there has resulted an increase in 

 associate membership to at least twenty 

 times tlie number recorded one year ago, 

 and this increase is continuing, I am 

 glatl to say. Last fall the society made a 

 jiroposition to several rose catalogue 

 men, some taking advantage of it, some 

 turning it down. The tirms who went 

 into this partnership arrangement I am 

 sure are avoII paid for the effort. I know 

 the society feels the jiro{iosition has 

 heen a splendid help and is more than 

 grateful to tliese linns for their hearty 

 co()peration. To those who are not 

 familiar with this agreement a word of 

 exjilanation is in order. The dues were 

 ]iayable to tlie firm soliciting the mem- 

 bership, they retaining lialf the amount. 

 Tliis as a business jiroposition, on the 

 surface, looks like jioor business, but 

 from the viewpoint of future member- 

 sliiji I helie\e it one of the best moves 

 ever made by tlie society — a member 

 once, a member always. 



Wiiile on this memliership Inisiness, 

 I slunild like to recommend a read.iusting 

 of tiie membership dues, not only the 

 active but the associate and afliliated 

 as well. 



instead of }ia\'ing two classes as we 

 now have, acti\e and associate member- 

 ships, 1 would suggest we merge tlicm 

 ami liave only the active membership. 

 This would give the associate member, 

 who at present is not eligible to vote or 

 take part in any iiroceedings, all the 

 rights of memliership. Also, instead of 

 active members paying $',] annually and 

 associates $1, that the dues for all be $2. 



Our alliliated members at present are 

 jiaying 'J.l cents. This I think, with all 

 we are doing ;it jiresent and all we are 

 jilanning for tiio future for these mem- 

 liers, should be $1, they receiving the 

 Annual and any otlier literature which 

 may l)e issued; also, admissions to any 

 shows: tlie Annuals to be shipped in 

 liulk to the atliliated society and not dis- 

 tributed indi\iduallv bv the Kose So- 

 ciety. 



1 hope these recommenclations on meni- 

 ln'rship dues will meet with your ap- 

 ]iroval and that same will be brought up 

 for discussion at tliis meeting. 



The Annual. 



The fa\orahle reception accorded to 

 the l'.»l() Rose Annual is the best com- 

 ment on the success of this attempt. The 

 editor of the Annual, J. Horace McFar- 

 land, found ready and cheerful coopera- 

 tion amoiig the members of the society 

 who could atVord jirojier help. It is be- 

 lieved that the articles jiresented in the 

 linC) Annual on jiossildlities in rose 

 hrecding, on the rose sjiecies available 

 from Ciiina and elsewhere, on America's 



