JONI 12, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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red, the parentage of which was Wiehu- 

 raiana crossed with Moyesii, 



Desire a Show Garden. 



In the evening the executive commit- 

 tee and the Arlington rose test garden 

 committee held a session at the Ebbitt 

 House. Plans for the following day 

 were perfected, and consideration was 

 given to increasing the efficiency of the 

 rose garden. The opinion was expressed 

 that there should be established in 

 Washington an exhibition rose garden 

 where there should be a display of those 

 varieties best suited for the section. 

 The rose test garden is fulfilling its pur- 

 pose by a demonstration of what varie- 

 ties will do in the particular soil and 

 climate, but from the nature of its pur- 

 pose it can never be made to appeal to 

 the eye because of its beauty. Indi- 

 vidual plants of a variety will do this, 

 but there must be vacant spaces where 

 varieties die out. A committee, com- 

 posed of J. Horace McFarland, Fred- 

 erick Law Olmsted, Representative 

 James K. Mann and S. S. Pennock, was 

 appointed to confer with the proper 

 officials of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in formulating 

 plans and in locating such an exhibition 

 garden. A committee was also ap- 

 pointed to consider the best methods for 

 disseminating the varieties of roses 

 bred by Dr. Van Fleet. 



At the Arlington Oarden. 



At 9:30 a. m., June 3, the following 

 judges visited the Arlington rose test 

 garden to note the comparative value 

 of varieties of climbers, bush and cut 

 roses: A. Gumming, Cromwell, Conn.; 

 B. H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pa.; G. S. Kid- 

 well, Washington, D. C; Dr. E. M. 

 Mills, Syracuse, N. Y.; S. C. Hubbard, 

 Ithaca, N. Y.; George E. Anderson and 

 Charles E. Gersdorff, Washington, D. C. 

 At 11 o'clock a large number of mem- 

 bers of the Hose Society visited the gar- 

 den and spent the remainder of the 

 morning noting the various varieties. 

 A committee from the executive com- 

 mittee and from the Arlington rose test 

 garden committee remained to welcome 

 and to explain the work to seventy-five 

 soldiers from the reconstructive depart- 

 ment of the Walter Eeed general hos- 

 pital, who visited the garden in the 

 afternoon. Professor David Lumsden, 

 who surpervises the work of the section 

 devoted to agricultural training, was in 

 charge of the party. The other mem- 

 bers of the party returned to the Ebbitt 

 House for luncheon. In the absence of 

 President Hammond, Dr. E. M. Mills 

 presided as toastmaster. Z. D. Blacki- 

 stone, president of the Washington Flo- 

 rists' Club, cordially welcomed the 

 members of the society to Washington, 

 and Secretary ll. A. White responded by 

 expressing the appreciation of the mem- 

 bers for the many courtesies extended 

 to them. Professor L. C. Corbett told 

 of the work which is being done in the 

 garden and of the need of a show gar- 

 den. He was followed by E. G. Hill, of 

 Bichmond, Ind., who spoke of the intro- 

 duction of roses suited for commercial 

 culture, and Thomas N. Cook, of Water- 

 town, Mass., spoke of rose culture from 

 the viewpoint of an amateur. 



Following the luncheon, automobiles 

 carried the party through the beautiful 

 Bock Creek paVk to the home of Mrs. 

 Charles G. Bell. Here the party spent 

 a delightful afternoon among the roses. 



, ROBERT PYLE. 



pRESTIGE was added to the American Rose Society when it elected Robert Pyle 

 ■*■ president, as well as an honor conferred upon him. For Mr. Pyle has long 

 stood high in t^e floricultural world, not just as the president of the Conard & 

 Jones Co., but as a man who thoroughly knows roses. He knowB a good deal else, 

 too, but you can be sure he knows roses. Eight years ago he knew enough about 

 them to be selected as judge of the international exhibition at the Bagatelle Rose 

 Gardens, Paris, being the only American who served as judge there.' Since then 

 Mr. Pyle has increased in knowledge and also in reputation, having become a lec- 

 turer of note. Mr. F'yle is a thorough Pennsylvanian; he was born, March 7, 1877, 

 at London Groye, Pa.; he graduated from Swarthmore College, in 1897; married 

 Hannah Warner jCadbury, of Germantown, and has spent all his business life with 

 Conard & Jones Co., of West Grove, Pa. 



herbaceous perennials and the many 

 natural beauties of Twin Oaks. 



At Captain Thomas's Estate. 



At 9:30, June 4, the executive com- 

 mittee of the American Rose Society 

 met at the beautiful estate of Captain 

 George C. Thomas, Jr., at Chestnut Hill. 

 The morning was spent with a session 

 of the executive committee. At the an- 

 nual meeting of the society Captain 

 Thomas was elected president, but he 

 found it impossible to serve during the 

 coming year. Robert Pyle, of West 

 Grove, Pa., was therefore elected to 

 serve as president for the year begin- 

 ning July 1, 1919. Important changes 

 in the constitution and by-laws were 

 considered. 



Captain and Mrs. Thomas entertained 

 the officers, executive committee and 

 friends with a delightful luncheon. 

 After the coffee Dr. E. M. Mills, in his 

 wonderfully pleasing manner, presented 

 the retiring president, Bonjamin Ham- 

 mond, with a beautiful, leather-bound 



copy of Captain Thomas's "Outdoor 

 Rose Culture," as a token of apprecia- 

 tion from the officers and executive com- 

 mittee for his fourteen years of valu- 

 able service to the society, twelve years 

 as secretary and two years as president. 

 Mr. Hammond responded expressing the 

 pleasure which the token of esteem 

 gave him and spoke of how highly he 

 should value the book because of the 

 associations it would recall to him, and 

 the fact that it was presented to him in 

 the beautiful rose garden of the author. 

 Following the presentation Captain 

 Thomas christened his seedling No. 720, 

 a beautiful, rich red, single climber, 

 "Dr. Huey," in honor of Dr. Robert 

 Huey, because of the fact that it was 

 through Dr. Huey that he first b^?came 

 interested in roses and rose breeding. 



Meeting Under the Trees. 



By 2 'clock about 150 rose lovers 

 had gathered in the garden. The heat 

 was intense, but it was with difficulty 

 that the guests were lured from the liv- 



