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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



jANUAny 31, 11)07. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



The executive committee of the A'lU'v- 

 ican Rose Society had a full meeting i>.i 

 Wednesday evening, January 23, at th-,- 

 Hotel Martinique, New York city. Th;! 

 interest manifested in the coming meet 

 ing at Washington, from various parts 

 of the country, was most encouraging. 

 The special prize schedule which we have 

 to offer is greater than ever before and 

 several more will be added to the list, 

 the determination being to make this a 

 very successful exhibit. 



A committee was appointed to wait on 

 President Roosevelt and invite his pres- 

 ence at the show as may suit his con- 

 venience. 



The full schedule of the society will 

 be issued within a very few days. 



Benjamin' Hammond, Sec'y. 



The special prizes include $50 and $25 

 for fifty blooms American Beauty. The 

 Lord & Burnham trophy, valued at $250, 

 will be awarded in conjunction with the 

 first (cash) prize in this class, and will 

 become the property of the competitor 

 winning it twice, consecutively or other- 

 wise. It has now been won once by 

 Waban Rose Conservatories and once by 

 George Burton, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 



For the best display of cut roses, all 

 varieties, the Dorrance challenge cup, 

 value $250, offered by Benj. Dorrance, 

 the winner to hold the cup a year and 

 on relinquishing it to the society for 

 another competition, at the end of that 

 period to receive a silver shield suitably 

 engraved, as a permanent record of his 

 having held the cup. 



For fifty blooms of Golden Gate, a 

 silver cup valued at $50, offered by Geo. 

 H. Cooke, Washington, D. C. 



For fifty blooms Wellesley, a silver 

 cup valued at $50, offered by John H. 

 Taylor, Bayside, L. I. 



For the best exhibit of Rambler roses 

 in pots, a silver cup valued at $50, of- 

 fered by Robert Simpson, Clifton, N. J. 



For fifty Mnie. Chatenay, a silver cup 

 valued at $50, offered by Traendly & 

 Schenck, New York city. 



For fifty Richmond, a silver cup 

 valued at $25, offered by Henry F. 

 Michell Co., ^PhilfuJeVphia. 



For fifty Killarney, $25 in gold, of- 

 fered by Dingee & Conard Co., West 

 Grove, Pa. 



For fifty Liberty, $25, offered by W. 

 H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass. 



For fifty Bridesmaid, a silver cup 

 valued at $25, offered by S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., Philadelphia. 



For the vase of roses showing the 

 most artistic arrangement, $25, offered 

 by Welch Bros., Boston. 



For fifty Richmond, $25 in gold, of- 

 fered by E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, lud. 



For fifty of any variety of American 

 origin not now in 'commerce, a silver 

 cup valued at $25, offered by Alexander 

 Montgomery, Natick, Mass. 



For American seedling not yet intro- 

 duced, a silver cup, valued at $25, of- 

 fered by H. O. May, Summit, N. J. 



For collection of hybrid Wichuraian'i, 

 a silver cup valued at $25, offered by 

 Frank R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. 



For twenty-five Bride, $12, offered by 

 L. F. Coddington, Murray Hill, N. J. 



For six or more of any rose never be- 

 fore exhibited, $10, offered by Mrs. S. C. 

 Briggs, Washington, D. C. 



For foliage rose suitable for villair,> 

 dooryards, $10, offered by Benianiin 

 Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y. 



For display of Ivory, $10, offered by 

 Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y. 



For twenty- five Gen. Mac Arthur, $1.-, 

 offered by Edward Hatch, Boston. 



For the prettiest exhibit, to be decided 

 by three ladies visiting the Washington 

 show, $5 in gold, offered by Miss M. 1. 

 Hammond, Fishkill, N. Y. 



Special prize for 100 American Beauty 

 roses, $100 in gold, offered by A. Gudc 

 & Bro., Washington, D. C, but theii 

 must not be less than five entries for 

 this prize. 



A gold medal is offered for the best 

 rose not yet disseminated, whether of 

 domestic or foreign origin. Exhibits t(^ 

 be judged by the official scale of tin 

 American Rose Society, and no gold 

 medal to be awarded to any rose seoi' 

 ing less than ninety-five points. 



A silver medal is offered under the 

 same conditions for a novelty scorinjr 

 not less than eighty-five points. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Rose Society reserves to it- 

 self the right of selection of the judges 

 who shall pass upon the exhibits in tlio 

 competition for these medals. 



Zanesville, O. — In December A. R. 

 Edwards opened a flower and seed store 

 at 48 North Fourth street. He had an 

 excellent Christmas business and has 

 every prospect for a good spring trade. 



SEEN AT TORONTO. 



The show of carnation blooms at To- 

 ronto was a remarkable one for uniform 

 high quality. The finest of the blooms 

 may not have been any better than the 

 best that have been shown at some pre- 

 vious exhibitions, but I feel safe in say- 

 ing that there were less blooms shown 

 that were below a good average exhibi- 

 tion quality. Any new variety that was 

 not of Enchantress size had no show 

 for any of the medals. Only three cer- 

 tificates were given. It remains to be 

 seen whether these varieties will score as 

 high in the growers' estimation after 

 they are disseminated ; and also whether 

 some of those that were left at the post 

 in this short distance race will not pull 

 up winners in the long race that will 

 follow their dissemination. This has 

 happened many times in the past and 

 those who have followed the exhibitions 

 know better than to try to judge a va- 

 riety 's commercial value wholly by the 

 show it makes on the exhibition table. 

 You can, of course, make up your mind 

 as to whether the color, size, form, calyx, 

 stem and keeping qualities are desirable, 

 but that is as far as you can go. And 

 the wise ones will recognize the fact 

 that there are other very important 

 points to a paying carnation. 



The variety that was there in largest 

 quantity was Winsor. There were vases 

 of it in every part of the hall, besides 

 a large mirror decoration, which was 

 made over the second day. The color 



of this variety is distinct and beautiful, 

 both by day and under artificial light. 



Pink Imperial was there in fine shape ; 

 it is a fine keeper. 



Aristocrat is a large, round bloom and 

 has a fine stem. The color when the 

 bloom is young has a pleasing carmine 

 cast which lights up beautifully by arti- 

 ficial light. It traveled in good shape 

 from Joliet to Toronto. 



Beacon showed up ahead of all other 

 scarlets. The color is orange-scarlet, 

 better than many so-called scarlets we 

 have had. In size and general make- 

 up it reminds one of Enchantress. 



White Enchantress as shown by F. R. 

 Pierson Co. needs no further comments 

 than that it is what the name implies. 



F. Burki showed a fine vase of his 

 namesake, which was a surprise to many 

 who grew it last year. 



Alma Ward made perhaps the biggest 

 show of any one vase. The blooms are 

 of extra large size, with large, broad 

 petals, but hardly full enough. The 

 calyx is fine and stem extra long and 

 strong. A very showy variety. 



Mrs. C. W. Ward is a greatly im- 

 proved Mrs. Lawson; larger bloom and 

 longer stem ; color about the same as 

 Mrs. Lawson. 



No. 20, by Bassett & Washburn, is a 

 fine, large red with a good stem and 

 calyx. The color is bright red border- 

 ing on scarlet. The bloom is of good 

 form and deeply fringed. 



Elsa, as shown by Cottage Gardens, is 

 a beautiful thing. The color is more 

 salmon than in Lawson and lights up 



