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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBBB 7, 1920 



John C. Wister, of Germantown, Pa., 

 was elected to complete the unexpired 

 term of Secretary White. 



E. A. White, Sec'y. 



AMEBICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Meeting at Bronx Park. 



The meeting of the American Eose 

 Society September 29 at the Mansion, 

 in Bronx park, New York, was called 

 to order at 1 p. m. by President Pyle. 

 There was an attendance of about fifty 

 members. President Pyle introduced 

 Dr. H. A. Gleason, assistant director, 

 who cordially welcomed the members to 

 the gardens. President Pyle empha- 

 sized particularly the value of the 

 botanical gardens to the individual and 

 said that he felt sure everyone present 

 would derive much good from the in- 

 spection of the various sections of plant 

 material. 



S. S. Pennock reported the presenta- 

 tion of the Hubbard memorial medal 

 for Columbia to E. G. Hill, of Rich- 

 mondy Ind., at the annual convention 

 of the Society of American Florists at 

 Cleveland, August 18. 



Highway Planting. 



J. Horace McFarland gave an inter- 

 esting talk on the planting of state 

 highways and particularly on the value 

 of the hardiest species of roses for this 

 type of work. Secretary White re- 

 ported the project now under way for 

 rose plantings along the state road be- 

 tween Auburn and Skaneateles, N. Y., 

 which is being developed through the 

 interest of Charles G. Adams, of Au- 

 burn. A rose society has been or- 

 ganized in Skaneateles, which in co- 

 operation with the Auburn Eose So- 

 ciety proposes to make on the state 

 highway between these two towns a 

 typical roadside rose planting. The 

 residents of the towns are being en- 

 couraged to plant roses in their gar- 

 dens, as are also the residents of the 

 more rural sections. 



Benjamin Hammond spoke of the 

 value of woman's work in connection 

 ■,vith all organizations and emphasized 

 particularly the value which he thought 

 would result from having a woman rep- 

 resentative on the executive board of 

 the American Eose Society. 



Charles H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., 

 made the principal address of the after- 

 noon, taking as his topic, "Some Euro- 

 pean Observations Eegarding Eoses in 

 1920." 



Preceding and following the after- 

 noon session, there was a tour of inspec- 

 tion of the grounds and buildings, in- 

 cluding the rose garden, dahlia garden, 

 herbaceous gardens, etc., guided by 



Prof. Geo. B. Nash, Dr. W. W. Murrill 

 and Kenneth Boynton. 



Business Session. 



In the business meeting of the so- 

 ciety the proposed changes in the con- 

 stitution and by-laws, as mailed - all 

 members with the 1920 American Eose 

 Annual, were approved and adopted 

 with minor changes. In the discussion 

 of the various articles the opinion was 

 expressed that the fee for life member- 

 ship should be $75 and that section 3 of 

 article V of the by-laws, referring to 

 the money received for life membership 

 fees being invested in a permanent fund 

 and only the interest accruing being 

 available for the work of the society, 

 should be canceled. Because of the 

 clause prohibiting changes of the con- 

 stitution and by-laws without previous 

 notice to the members, such changes 

 were not possible until a later annual 

 meeting. 



In the sessions of the executive com- 

 mittee which preceded and followed the 

 meeting of the society the resignation 

 of E. A. White as secretary was con- 

 sidered and accepted. The reasons for 

 Secretary White's resignation were 

 that the rapid growth of the member- 

 ship of the society and the increasing 

 duties of the secretary's office made it 

 impossible for him to give the time 

 necessary, without seriously interfering 

 with his duties as head of the depart- 

 ment of floriculture at the New York 

 State College of Agriculture. His resig- 

 nation has been in the hands of the 

 executive committee for some time. 



PAINESVILLE BOSES. 



To - every member of the trade the 

 name of Painesville, 0., is more than 

 a post ofSce address. It stands as a 

 locality famous for its nursery stock. 

 And particularly is it famous for its 

 shrubs, hardy plaiits and roses. So it is 

 not surprising that a particularly admir- 

 able trellis of roses such as that shown 

 in the accompanying illustration sJiould 

 turn out to be grown in the noted Ohio 

 town. 



The trellis is covered with the Excelsa 

 rose and a good many people who saw 

 it on the grounds of Thomas J. Mur- 

 phy's home said it was as fine as they 

 had seen. To the right is another trellis, 

 built this year, on which is American 

 Pillar, Hiawatha, American Beauty and 

 Dorothy Perkins, both white and pink 

 varieties. In the foreground, adding to 

 the beauty of the planting, are shrub- 

 bery, perennials and annuals, which 

 maintain an excellent appearance 

 throughout the season. 



One should not overlook, either, an 

 important part of the picture. That is 

 Mrs. Thomas J. Murphy, who uses the 

 trellis as a background for herself. 



Mr. Murphy is well known all about 

 Painesville, which his pen keeps on the 

 map in these columns. He grows per- 

 ennials and shrubbery, and is gradually 

 increasing his stocks. 



Columbia, Mo. — The Columbia Floral 

 Co. and Professor Horace Major, of the 

 University of Missouri, were in charge 

 of the fall flower show, held September 

 23 in the Knights of Columbus hall. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — The recent erec- 

 tions of greenhouses by Weeber & Eace 

 include one 36x200 for the Minneapolis 

 Floral Co. at Hopkins, Minn.; one 31x 

 153 for W. E. Tricker, St. Paul; one 

 16x72 for E. H. Mazey and one 28x100 

 for the Sunnyside Greenhouses, in this 

 city, as well as wrecking ten houses and 

 rebuilding two 26x150 and a potting 

 shed, 20x126, for the Lakewood Ceme- 

 tery Association. 



Much Admired Trellis of Excelsa Rose at Painesville, O. 



