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and Mr. Pierson w as unanimously chosen. 

 For treasurer Harry O. May was unan- 

 imously chosen. For secretary W. J. 

 Stewart withdrew his name. G. C. Wat- 

 son and Benjamin Hammond were nom- 

 inated. The last gentleman was chosen 

 after Mr. Watson had withdrawn in his 

 favor. j\I. H. Walsli resigned from tho 

 executive committco, owing to inability 

 to attend the meetings. J. J. Ciirran, 

 Peter Bissot and W. A. Manda were 

 elected directors. 



The question of the selection of the 

 next meeting place was opened by A. 

 Parenwald, who spoke in favor of Chi- 

 cago. Winf ried Rolker suggested Eoches- 

 ter. Harry O. May thought the question 

 should be left to the executive commit- 

 tee. Benjamin Dorrance said there was 

 a standing offer from the American In- 

 stitute, New York, to hold their show 

 there at any time. Geo. C. Simpson 

 thought Kansas City would be a good 

 eity to meet in. It was decided to leave 

 the matter in the hands of the executive 

 committee. 



A short discussion arose over the is- 

 suance of certificates of the society to 

 American raised roses and the possibility 

 •of protecting any floral novelties by 

 patents. 



Thanks were tendered to the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston for 

 their entertainment, and the local daily 

 press for liberal notices of the exhibi- 

 tion. 



The Banquet. 



The banquet tendered through the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club by the 



many musicians is sometimes a hot house, 

 and as I have been chosen as chairman 

 this evening I will not quail on toast." 



Alexander Montgomery, the first 

 speaker, received an ovation. He said 

 tlie grand audience and the crowds flock- 

 ing to the exhibition attested that the 

 rose is still queen of flowers. Robert 

 Simpson received an enthusiastic wel- 

 come. He said he was really more a 

 man of work than of speech. He con- 

 sidered the exhibition in the several 

 halls the best ever gotten up in America. 



W. P. Rich welcomed all present in 

 the name of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society. Miss Pettigrew, daugh- 

 ter of J. A. Pettigrew, favored the audi- 

 ence with a solo which was vigorously 

 encored. F. R. Pierson said he came so 

 often to Boston that he felt he really 

 belonged there. Boston has set a great 

 pace this time. There was no other city 

 where so much all around good stock 

 could be seen under one roof. 



W. C, Barry wished he could impress 

 on all present the importance and dig- 

 nity of the American Rose Society. If 

 it is not at the top, it certainly belongs 

 there. An exhibition superior to the one 

 seen could only be had by a supreme 

 effort. 



Peter Fisher was called upon to speak 

 for the sister Carnation Society. Colonel 

 Castle spoke for the city of Boston. 



Fred Sander, St, Albans, England, as 

 one of the foreign visitors, said if such 

 a show of roses could be given in Lon- 

 don at this season it would create a 

 sensation. He had seen all the leading 

 shows in Europe for ten years past and 

 the Boston show was one of the grandest 



M. H. Walsh's Group of Ramblers Staged at Boston. 



horticultural interests of Boston to the 

 American Rose Society took place at the 

 Hotel Brunswick on Saturday evening. 

 The tables were decorated under the 

 supervision of Patrick Welch and Ed- 

 \vard Hatch, roses, of course, being lav- 

 ishly used. After the reception, about 

 200 sat down. James Wheeler intro- 

 duced as toastmaster Prof. L. C. Elson, 

 of the New England Conservatory of 

 Music, He said in opening "that a 

 musical conservatory where there are 



he had visited. He spoke of the fine 

 culture of Miltonia vexillaria near Bos- 

 ton and hoped we would soon be able to 

 grow Odontoglossum Alexandrse, the 

 queen of orchids, by the hundreds of 

 thousands as tiicy do in Europe. 



Other speakers were P. J. Lynch, G. 

 C. Watson, Benj. Dorrance, A. Faren- 

 wald and Geo. Buxton. 



Some of the Visitors. 



Among the visitors were: F. R, Pier- 



son, J, T. Scott, Tarrytown, N. Y.; Ben- 

 jamin Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. 

 Y,; S, F. Struck, Henry Hurrell, Harry 

 O. May, Summit, N. J, ; A. Herrington, 

 W. Duckham, C. H. Totty, Madison, N. 

 J.; H. A. Siebrecht, Geo. Baldwin, New 

 Rochelle, N. Y.; W. C. Barry, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. ; M, J. Pope, Naugatuck, 

 Conn. ; John Ash, Pomf ret, Conn. ; Law- 

 rence Cotter, Danville, Pa.; A. N. Pier- 

 son, Cromwell, Conn.; S. J. Reuter, Wes- 

 terly, R. I.; Wm. G. Badgley, Chatham, 

 N. J.; Thomas Knight, Rutherford, N. 

 J.; O. P. Beckley, Harrisburg, Pa.; C. 

 S. McNair, J. Sweeney, T. McCarthy, 

 Wm. Appleton, W. E. Chappell, Provi' 

 dence, R. T. ; F. C. Green, Warwick, R. 

 I.; Wm. Tricker, Geo. C. Watson, Geo, 

 Burton, S. S. Pennock, George Bartram, 

 A. Farenwald, Robert Kift, Philadel- 

 phia; Fred Sander, T. Mellstrom, * St. 

 Albans, England; F. Lautenschlager, 

 Chicago; J. F. Huss, Hartford, Conn.; 

 Benjamin Dorrance, Dorranceton, Pa.; 

 Peter Bisset, F. H. Kramer, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. ; W. A. Manda, South Orange, 

 N, J.; John H. Taylor, Bay Side, N. 

 Y.; P. J. Lynch, West Grove, Pa.; J. J. 

 Curran, Elmira, N, Y, ; Joseph Hea- 

 cock, Wyncote, Pa.; John Marshall, 

 Newport, R. I,; A. Schultheis, Flatbush, 

 L, I,; C. W. Weathered, W. Rolker, H. 

 Dailledouze, A. J. Guttman, A. H. Lang- 

 jahr, A. T. Boddington, Wm. Neil Camp- 

 bell, W. H. Armitage, Alex. Wallace, 

 H. S. DeForest, New York; H. C. Stein- 

 hoff. West Hoboken, N. J.; Robert Simp- 

 son, Clifton, N. J. 



Convention Jottings. 



The new president of the Rose Society 

 is cool headed, practical, an ideal man 

 for the position. It entails much hard 

 work, worry and responsibility, as is 

 well known, but no member of the so- 

 ciety will make a worthier successor to 

 Alex. Montgomery. 



The Minneapolis belle. Miss Kate 

 Moulton, arrived in very good condition 

 and many liked it. Queen Beatrice, 

 from F. H. Kramer, was also on hand. 



Roland's prize group of pot roses on 

 the stage consisted of a number of 

 plants each of Crimson Rambler, Phila- 

 delphia Rambler, Lady Gay, Farquhar, 

 Dorothy Perkins and Magna Charta. All 

 were beautifully grown and well mer- 

 ited the silver cup received. 



Zero weather and deep snow seemed 

 strange for the rose meeting; for the 

 carnation meeting it would have been 

 more seasonable. Temperatures 6 degrees 

 below zero were recorded within twenty- 

 five miles of Boston on March 25. ' 



We hope that Chicago will invite the 

 Rose Society for the next convention. 

 Too bad the western growers could not 

 have seen the Boston show. In many 

 respects it would have been a surprise 

 to them. We had one Chicago gentle- 

 man present. He said the rose plants 

 would create a sensation in his city. 

 We hope it will be Chicago 1907, and we 

 feel sure it can be made a memorable 

 show. 



The new secretary, Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, will put persistence, energy and 

 enthusiasm into his position, the vice- 

 president is well known as a hustler and 

 with the same treasurer we think the 

 new board a strong one, and likely to 

 render a good account of itself. 



Walsh's ramblers were as usual a 

 great feature of the exhibition; it was 

 a big task to ship so many big plants 

 such a distance in the severe weather we 



