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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 30, 1905. 



aemiuuted previous to 1903, lirsl, John X. Mii.v, 

 Gen. MucArtliur. 



Special prize offered by .lolm is, N'ucent, Jr., 

 for twenty-live bl<Hiuis of nnv jiiiik rose not dis- 

 heminuted previous to IDU.'J, lirst, John Itrelt- 

 iiieyer's Sons, L;i Detroit. 



Special prize offered l).v .Mcxiuidcr Montgom- 

 ery for twenty-live blooms any Americ;in seed- 

 Jluit Introduced in or since I'.tOl, John Urelt- 

 lueyer's Sons, 1m Deiroit. 



Special prize offercil by .Siehrcrht & Sons for 

 fltty blooms of Killarncy, Mr. I'ilziialrick. 



Sp*'cial prize olTered by Jolin .\. .May for dis- 

 play of blooms, t'ol. Charles I'fafl'. 



lixccutive coinmillee's prizes: I'ifly bl<K>nis 

 of American lleanty, lirst. Waljan liose ion- 

 servatories; second, HriarrlilT (ireenhnnses. 

 Fifty bkH)m8 of any other variety, lirst, .\. 

 Farenwald, Liberty; seeond. \V. 11. i:illott. Lib 

 erty. Six blooin»i <if any varii'iy iiilrodmed iji 

 r.Hil or subseipiently. lirsl. .lolin .N. .May, (Jen. 

 .Mai'.\rthur. 'I'wenly-live bliKHns uf any rosi' of 

 American orlKin not yet in coninierce. Wabaii 

 Itose fcmservattiries. Wellesley. 



.Special prize <ifrered by i:. A. Clark fur 

 nveiity live blooms liybrid periielual. for pri- 

 vate pardeners, Col. Charles I'f.ilT. 



rweiity live hybrid pei|ictiial I■.lse^; in i«its. 

 M II. \VaiEh, a silver ciiji 



I'uelve hybrid i)eriK>tnal mvi's in puts, \\'. W. 

 Kd^ar. 



Six plants, any one variety, in nol larmier 

 tlian s ineli jiols, F. It. I'iers.m. llabv Itaiii- 

 Ider. 



Specimen plant, lirst. W. W . l".ili;.ir. Mine. 

 iCuKene \'.r(lier; seconil. M II Walsli. rranin. 



Spei'imen climber, lirst. .\I II. Walsh, Ladv 

 Gay. 



nisjil.iv of Itanil.liT ami ilinihinK ri'ses ju 

 p.>Is. .M. II. Walsli. 



I'eter Cre«e prize fm- best va'^c of ISridi' and 

 Itridesmaid. Wabaii Itus.' CiusiTv.itiirirs. a ;;olil 

 medal. 



I'ii'rsoii ."^eftiin silver cnii I'.'i- va-f nf lifty as 

 .sorted ruses. Ilie \V;ibaii li.ps.' ( ■..iisirvatcries. 



Clip ..ffere.I l.v A. 11 ll(\ss \ (... f,.r best 

 plant. W. \V. F(it;ar. 



SiK'cial prize i.lTend by AVel.li l!i-.,s. f..i- h.'^l 

 vase of ruses in liir hall. Waban l!ii>e Ion 

 .servalories. 



Ijiiril .V Itnriiliani tnipliv. Waban l!..si- C<.ri- 

 MTvatorie--. 



Business Session. 



Tlic ;iiimi;il l)iisiii('s>i scssimi df ihc 

 American Rose Society was lioM in tiie 

 dircetiirs' roDtn at llorticiiltural Hnll, 

 Hoston. on Friday. March 1'4, witli a 

 ;roo(] attendance, I'resiileiit Alexaixlei- 

 .Monttrimiery in tiie cliair. The jiresideiit 

 lead Ills addrws as follinvs: 



President's Address. 



We liavo met aoain In take note of 

 oiir jiro;fress .iiid do lioiuaoe to oiir 

 i|iieen and, aitliou^ii we liave hardly 

 made tiie jirojjross tliat the ]{osc So- 

 ciety is entith'd to, eoiisiderin}; the vast 

 amount of capital inve.stod in tlie Imsi- 

 iiess and the nnmlKT of able men who 

 make the cultivation of tlie rose tlieir 

 life work, yet 1 think thtit we jiie bc- 

 yiiiiiinn to se<' lijiht ahead. There have 

 Ix'Pti snfTjjcsted various reasons to ac- 

 eoiint for the slow progress whicli this 

 siiejcty has made. It lias been i-harged 

 anaiiist il-» that vvi' are not national in 

 that we have tailed ici cover the )iriiiii 

 pal citii'S (if the ediintiy, but, with pa 

 t"iiin-e on the p.art of mir iiitics. and 

 with the cociperal inn of tlinse td v\lioiii 

 this s(i( ietv' h;if.' a riolit to Impk for its 

 -iippurt. we will yet visit tliem all. Tlie 

 <>\\ pi(in'><^rs v\ho have diiio- sn much to 

 iiiirsc thin snricly almio ;iii' entitled tn 

 'Mif gratiliidc fur wnik dinif. and wlicii 

 ill' tinn- eciiiidS fill- the li'ci^r Sui-iit\ \" 

 ^l;ii-t nil its |iereorinat iiitis I tliiiik I d" 

 iMit ( rr ill sayiiiu th;it it will li:i\e tie 

 loaitv rnrip.r;it inn nf tl|n~c wlin liavi 



-I I b\ it tints t:if. I)i-taii.c will loil 



diiiiini'-li their iiilerist in the llnwer nl 



llnWrlS llnr till- sn-iit\ Wllic-h --t;ilMls I'nf 

 its ad\ ;i lleeniellt. 



The rns'' h:is tmt l;leked I'nr Mitlin^i 

 ri-ls .-inv innr,. than the r;irii;il inti. Inil 

 it has iniss<'d tli.-it iiirriitive tn brin^ 

 in-r men Innitlicf that llie e;iiiiatinn 

 uii n li;i\e h:id. ii;iinely. ~naiethin;_' imu. 

 Tie slinus li;i\e had but little \;iiiet\. 

 I 'l;iel ie;i lly the s:illle tew \.-irieties wcfe 



t'ol I lieniniiin yrn] afti'i- year, .-i litlh' 

 larger ni sinallei a-, we happ: iird in 



carry them in our minds, or whether 

 they happeiietl to be our own or the 

 other fellows' llowers, but evidence is 

 not wanting tTlat this will all be changed 

 in the near future and we expect to 

 again hear the cry go forth as it did 

 in 'til, but this liiiu', thank (iod, it is 

 not llic soldier but the enthusiastic 

 rosarian Avho raises the cry, "On to 

 Ki(diniond. ' ' 



'I'he America II lose grower has at last 

 awakened to tlu' fact that if a race of 

 roses adapted to his needs i.s to be forth- 

 coming, it must bo done by himself. 

 Jle has ])aid in the- ])ast thousands of 

 dollars for Juiropeaii varieties that 

 were seldom suited to his rcMjuirements. 

 notwithstanding that they might be all 

 that the raiser claimed for them when 

 growing under their own conditions. 

 This apjilies in large measure to roses 

 for ouhloor eullivatioii. as well as to 

 those grown under glass', and 1 am in- 

 ilined to think tiiat th(> former is the 

 larger lield for the hybridist, and with 

 a reasonable amount of encouragement, 

 I preiliet that the near fiuure will see 

 eiinimendabh' prngress made in a truly 

 .\ineriean type of roses adapted to the 

 iliniatic conditions found here. 



It should be the duty of this society 

 to encourage in every way jmss'lble the 

 rose hybridist, as in la roc measure the 

 future of the ]{ose ^Society will depend 

 on him for the stimulating interest cre- 

 ated by having something new. The 

 commercial man ought to be alive to the 

 fact that if the rose is to hold the jdace 

 of honor and profit he must have some- 

 thing to keep the buying public from 

 bicomiiig tired of seeing only the few 

 familiar old varieties, however meritori- 

 ous they may be. 



A jnoceeding that I think would be 

 of esfiecial benefit to the introducer and 

 buyer of new roses would be for this 

 society to ajjpoint local committees at 

 the large centers, after the method of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society, to whom 

 flowers eoxdd be sent to lie judgeil, ac 

 cording to the s<iile of the American 

 Rose Society. For convenience this cmild 

 be done at the various fall shows, and 

 being .iudged by the ofiicial scale 

 would Ix' of \.alue to all. The same 

 committees could visit the new claim 

 :ints in their lioim^ (|uarters .-ind rejiori 

 on their winter ipialities. These judges 

 could be appointed by the executive coin- 

 miftee ;ind tin- idiairineii of these com 

 mittees or as many of thetn .as were 

 lecpiired eonhl be the jiidoes .-it tlii' an 

 niial show. 



Now a W(ud aboilt the show itsell'. 

 The seheilule needs to be .piacf ica ||y re- 



vM-itteii .and adapted to tin' p.articnl.ar 

 section of the country to which the show 

 is to no the fnllnwiiin ye;ir. .\ |ileliini- 

 liaiy s'c-||e<lnli- slmllld be Sciil nut ill the 

 i'.lll, ntheiwise the ninWels n t' pnt rnSe~ 



are largely eliininati'cl, ;iiid it will be in 

 evidence at the I'.ostnii sho\\ that this 

 i-an be inadi- both an interesting ancl 

 educational -eitinii nt' niir -^liows. If 



pnssible, a llMelJlin ol' the executive enlll- 

 lllfttee vhnllM be held dlirillg lllf coti 

 \enlinn nt' the Sneiet\ ii\' .\ tnefie,-| n 

 l-'lnlists. otllerwisr i| u i || !„■ ;|lmo>t im- 

 possible In gel a majority of them lo- 

 ^.eller l;iler in the se;ivon. as they are. 

 and slniiild be, nii'ii Iroin wide apart 

 sictiiptis nt' till- eniintiy and find it difli 

 i-nll tn |(;i\e their business lalef on. 



In i-niieliisioii I woiilil ask one and all 

 to stay and take jpail in this meeting, 

 ;iimI if tliev eiiii ipd'ef anything fnr the 



U I ppf this sni-ielV. it is t|:|.if ilntv to 



do so. To the young men 1 would ex- 

 tend a pressing invitation to take part 

 in these proceedings and if with their 

 young and progressive ideas they can 

 show us wherein a part of the machin- 

 ery of this society has worn out or 

 becoino obsoleti', I jiroinise them that to 

 the best of my ability I will assist 

 them to have it re|daced bv more mod- 

 ern works. Progi'ess should be the hail- 

 ing sign of this society, for the only 

 place the American rosarian can afl'ord 

 to sit is in the very prow of the ves- 

 sel, even at the risk of an oceas-ional 

 wave splashing over him. 



The secretary's report was read by W. 

 J. Stewart and was as follows: 



Secretary's Report. 



1 have the honor to make the follow- 

 ing report as secretary since the resigna- 

 tion of Mr. Barron last fall. 



The number of members on the list 

 when it came to my hands was 191. of 

 whom thirty-six were life members, ami 

 .inij annual members. The majority of 

 the latter h.ad paid no assessments for 

 two years or more. liill,'^ w(>re sent to 

 all and the returns have been (piitc sat- 

 isfactory, everything considered, as the 

 treasurer's rejiort will show. fn the 

 meantime live new life members and six- 

 teen annual have Iwen adde<l. 



Silver medals won two years ago. at 

 the Anandale Rose Show liy Crumwold 

 Hardens and at fyenox-. ^lass., by Oiraud 

 Foster, have; been striak otf ,ind sent 

 to their owners. Through an error in 

 the schedule, a silver laip w,is awarded 

 at Poughkeepsie the same year, instea<i 

 of ii medal, to !•'. Heeremans. of L<miox. 

 I'. R. Xewbold. who was jiresident of the 

 .\nierican Rose Society at that time, has 

 generously provided the (Mip and it has 

 been forwarded, suitably engraved, to 

 Mr. TIeeremans. 



The sentiment all over the eountry 

 towards this society is e\trem»dy (-oiilial 

 so far as T have been able to learn, 

 ami the outlook is most encouraging for 

 the organization and the objects for 

 whiih it stands. 



The treasurer's re|)ort in the unavoid- 

 able absence of .John X. .May was read 

 liv the secretary. It showed a balance in 

 the treasury of $70U.'>'> as coinpareil with 

 ■tliri.ll! a year previous. 



^r. 71. \Valsli. who was introduced as 

 the wizard of Cape Cod, then read a 

 paper for which TT. ,'\. Siebrecht moved 

 a vote of thanks. Mr. .'siebrecht stated 

 that he hoped the result of this )iajier 

 .Mild its dis<'Ussion would he to bring 

 the society to the stamlard for which 

 it was organizeil. Tie advdc.ited the ap 

 |i(nntmenl of a luiblishing eoininittee to 

 get up a Rose Soi'iety bulletin at inter- 

 vals ,ind disseminate it^efiil information 

 atnl thus do a gre;iter ami broader work 

 than is bi'iiig aeeotnplislied. The motion 

 was unanimously ailnpted. 



In the di^eiissinii on Mr. Wnlsli '^ 

 paper, .lames \\'lii-ilei saip| In- tlioiighl 

 .\nieiicaii growers wi-n- ^low in t.iking 

 hold of hybridi/ing. the siir.-si way to 

 populari/.e the vn-f. We must r.aisr 

 kinds ad.apfeil Ynv ppui- elim.-iie ,an'l im 

 port less kinds of ilonbtfnl \alin- from 

 I'airope. b'ldieit Simpson s.-|j,| peoyile 

 iieedecl e.bie,-it ion. I'l-ople persisted in 

 biiving cheap, trashy lintih roses \e;ii- 

 after vear and bei iPiin ilis.-i'ii ra;:i''i. 



.\. FareiiwaM s,-iip| thp- s,„ict\- hp-i-.N 

 more spirit. l,ei it t'oli.i\\ ihe h-a^l .pf 

 the' carn.ation no'ii. wlm pokp- their noses 

 ill at e\cry sIkph. 'flii. exhibii ifpii was 

 mueh better lli:in I'lii holelphia. but In- 



