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AMERICAN feOSE x 

 9g SOCIETY MEETS 



Sixteenth annual meeting of the American Rose Society held at Boston, 

 March 18. Society's exhibition overshadowed hy the New York show, 

 which draws off all but four large exh ibitors. Committee appointed to con- 

 sider uniform grading of cut roses offered for sale. 



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LTHOUGH it was expected 

 that the New York show, 

 held on the same days as 

 that of the American Rose 

 Society at Boston, would 

 affect the display of roses 

 in some measure, it was 

 not thought that the num- 

 ber of exhibitors of cut 

 roses would shrink to four. 

 But such was the case. Without the 

 participation of the Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories, Natick, Mass.; A. N. Pier- 

 son, Inc., Cromwell, Conn.; S. J. Renter 

 & Son, Inc., Westerly, R. I., and the 

 Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa., 

 there woiild have been no display of 

 cut roses at all. 



The quality of the 

 roses was unusually 

 high, however. The 

 Killarney Queen roses 

 were remarkable. The 

 new rose, Mrs. Moor- 

 field Storey, showed 

 up well. Strange to 

 say, there were no 

 entries at all for 

 American Beauties, 

 although the retailers 

 used numbers of 

 them in their baskets, 

 etc. Prince E. C. 

 d'Arenberg and Mrs. 

 Charles Russell 

 showed up remark- 

 ably well. Ophelia, 

 however, seemed to 

 take the eyes of the 

 multitude over all 

 other varieties. 



In addition to the 

 entries for prizes, M. 

 H, Walsh staged a 

 carload of specimen 

 ramblers in tubs in 

 all the best varieties 

 he has raised. Pierce 

 Bros, showed a climb- 

 ing sport of Killar- 

 ney. 



Business Meeting. 



The business meet- 

 ing of the American 

 Rose Society was 

 called to order after 

 a dinner at the Park- 

 er House, March 18, 

 where the society met 

 by invitation of the 

 Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society. 

 About sixty were 

 present. After the 



OFFICERS ELECTED. 



President. 

 Samuel S. Pennock, Philadelphia. 



Vice-president. 

 Louis J. Beuter, Westerly, R. I. 



Secretary. 



Benjamin Hammond, Beacon, 



N. Y, 



Treasurer. 

 Harry O. May, Summit, N. J. 



1916 Meeting Place. 

 Philadelphia. 



Samuel S. Pennock. 



(President-elect of the American Rose Society.) 



excellent menu had been disposed of, 

 Patrick Welch welcomed the visitors 

 on behalf of the horticultural interests 

 of Boston. He then introduced the 

 mayor of Boston, J. M. Curley, who. 

 received a warm welcome. J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar spoke a welcome on behalf 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety. W. F. Gude said he had never 

 seen a higher quality of plants and 

 cut flowers at any show in America 

 than at the present Boston show. 



The president's address was followed 

 by »;ne secretary's report. Treasurer 

 Harry O. May then presented his re- 

 port, the reading of which in detail was 

 omitted. The receipts for the year 

 were" $1,875.89, the 

 disbursements 

 $667.60, and cash in 

 bank $1,208.29. The 

 investment account 

 showed: Westchester 

 & Bronx Title & 

 Mortgage Guaranty 

 Co., three mortgage 

 certificates, $3,000; 

 Summit Trust Co., 

 guaranty fund, $150, 

 Mrs. Gertrude M. 

 Hubbard medal 

 fund, $250. The 

 treasurer stated that 

 in his ten years of 

 service at no time 

 has so large a cash 

 balance been in the 

 treasury as there is 

 now. 



Alexander C u m - 

 mings, of Hartford, 

 spokie on the rose 

 gardens there and at 

 Washington. At the 

 latter place there are 

 over 307 varieties. 

 There are 107 hy- 

 brid teas alone at 

 Cornell. This spring 

 475 varieties will be 

 planted at Washing- 

 ton. F. L. Mulford, 

 of Washington, said 

 he had secured the 

 gift of a number of 

 sjffecies of roses from 

 Arnold Arboretum 

 since he had come 

 to Boston. The 

 Brookland Rose So- 

 ciety, of Washing- 

 ton, had joined the 

 American Rose So- 

 ciety lately. Pro- 

 fessor A. C. Beal 



