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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



June 6, 1U07. 



witness for the protestant, that the cut- 

 tings in question are put in sand in 

 preparation for shipment, but that they 

 have never in fact been in soil. The 

 provisions of paragraph 252 are not ab- 

 solutely clear, but the omission of con- 

 gress to specifically mention cuttings or 

 plants of the hybrid rose persuasively 

 indicates, I think, that a broad inter- 

 pretation of said paragraph was in- 

 tended. I concur in the conclusions and 

 reasoning of the board, whose decision 

 is hereby sustained." 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Eose Society held a meeting at the 

 Hotel Martinique, New York, May 28, 

 Mr. Bissett, president of the Washing- 

 ton Florists' Club, being present. In 

 accordance with the authority given the 

 executive committee at the Washington 

 convention, the following resolutions 

 were offered and carried: 



Resolved, that hereafter any exhibit compet- 

 ing for the society's medals or certificate shall 

 consist of twelve blooms. 



Resolved, that a certificate of merit be 

 avi-arded to any novelty covering eighty or more 

 points, in accordance with the recommendation 

 made at the annual meeting in Washington in 

 March, 1907, and that this certificate be, and 

 is hereby, added to the list of medals now 

 offered by the American Rose Society for nov- 

 elties, but the certificate Is not to be delivered 

 until the variety is named. 



Resolved, that a certificate of merit be 

 awarded to the varieties, Queen Beatrice scor- 

 ing eighty-three points, Rhea Reid scoring 

 eighty points, and the variety exhibited by 

 Myers & Santman, Wyndmoor, Pa., scoring 

 eighty-one points. 



Resolved, that the climbing roses Paradise, 

 La Fimma, Delight and Juanita, exhibited by 

 M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, Mass., be awarded 

 a certificate of merit as recommended by the 

 judges of the Washington exhibition, March, 

 1907. 



E. G. Hill, of Eichmond, Ind., advised 

 that he would attend the nurserymen's 

 convention and if opportunity offered, 

 bring before that body the advisability 

 of the support by nurserymen of the 

 Eose Society, especially in the interest 

 of hardy outdoor roses.. On this point 

 Philip Breitmeyer, vice-president-elect of 

 the society, advocated that some recog- 

 nition should be offered to induce ex- 

 hibitions of outdoor roses, saying: "I 

 offered a prize when at the meeting in 

 Washington, for an exhibition of out- 

 door roses in bloom, say 100 or 150 

 plants in a group. This should be limited 

 to outdoor roses but not limited to va- 

 rieties. I have suggested this idea to 

 several men who are largely interested 

 in this class of stock and, in order to 

 bring this to a head, I will offer $200 

 for a first prize and Mr. Boddington 

 will offer $100 as a second prize to be 

 awarded for such an exhibition in any 

 form that is desired." 



This liberal offer provoked much in- 

 terest, calling forth the belief that so 

 large a prize would stimulate efforts 

 which had never been made before in 

 this direction. Mr. Farenwald said: "I 

 have never seen a good show of hybrid 

 roses in pots at any of our exhibitions, 

 but I admire the pluck of Mr. Breit- 

 meyer in leading off as he has done in 

 this direction and Mr. Breitmeyer de- 

 serves thanks for his liberal offer." The 

 committee accepted the prizes of Messrs. 

 Breitmeyer and Boddington with thanks. 



The matter of increasing the mem- 

 bership of the Eose Society was brought 

 forward and a further suggestion of 

 Mr. Breitmeyer waa favorably received. 

 In speaking of the coming show at Chi- 

 cago he said that he believes our field 

 in the west is large and that the grow- 

 ers as a rule are in sympathy for mutual 

 benefit. 



Life memberships are greatly to be 

 desired, so that thereby a permanent 

 fund may be acquired. A suggestion 

 was made following the recommendation 

 of President Simpson in his annual ad- 

 dress that a list of names of such men 

 as may be eligible be distributed for 

 life membership. Mr. Breitmeyer said 

 he would be glad to be one of the 

 executive committee to secure life mem- 

 bers or to increase the membership to 

 where it is desirable to have it. 



The life members who have been added 

 this spring and who paid $50 each to the 

 treasurer, Harry O. May, are Eobert 

 Simpson, W. H. Elliott, Alex. J. Gutt- 

 man, A. E. Asmus and Charles Hender- 

 son. 



A resolution was passed directing the 

 secretary to prepare a bulletin of the 

 proceedings of the last annual meeting 

 and exhibition and secure specimens of 

 suitable certificates of merit and certi- 

 ficates of life membership. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



ROSENFIELiyS PEONY FIELDS. 



The accompanying illustrations serve 

 to give an idea of the popularity of the 

 peony in the west. The pictures were 



soil is rich and peonies do splendidly io 

 it. He has a list of 640 varieties, in- 

 cluding many" of western origin. He 

 says that Mme. Crousse is the most 

 beautiful of all pure white peonies. 



Mr. Bosenfield says this is the first 

 year in twenty that his peonies failed to 

 give some flowers for Memorial day. The 

 officinalis variety will bloom in June for 

 the first time here. They usually come 

 out May 10 or 15. The weather is still 

 quite cold for this time and the bulk of 

 the peonies will not bloom until about 

 June 15 to 25, or nearly three weeka 

 late. Spring trade was unusually good 

 with him. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Thrip*. 



In answer to J. F. A.'s communica- 

 tion on remedy for thrips, which I read 

 in the Review of May 23, I would say: 

 Give the rose house a thorough cleaning^ 

 of all dead leaves and decayed matter. 

 Then take a peck of slaked lime and sift 

 it through a fine sieve and mix with two 

 pounds of sulphur; then sift both 

 through the sieve again. Then dust the 



Peonies for Cut Blooms at J. F. Rosenfield's. 



made last June, at the peony farm of 

 J. F. Bosenfield, West Point, Neb. The 

 two larger illustrations are views in op- 

 posite directions, showing a panorama 

 of the grounds devoted to peonies and 

 serving to give an idea of their extent. 

 The other picture shows a section de- 

 voted to growing cut flowers. These 

 plants are set in rows five feet apart 

 and are three feet apart in the rows. 

 The plants had been set for two years 

 at the time the picture was taken. Mr. 

 Bosenfield says that by the time they 

 are four years old they will have become 

 so large that they will practically fill 

 the space, leaving only a narrow walk 

 between the rows. The picture serves to 

 show how his fields of peonies are pro- 

 tected by evergreen windbreaks. The 



roses heavily through a bellows twice a 

 week; if badly infected, repeat for two 

 or three weeks, spraying alternate days. 

 I have found this a sure method of kill- 

 ing thrips. E. F. Quinn. 



White Fly Destroyer. 



We note the letter of F. A. Waite, 

 on page 11 of the Review, and would 

 like to say that we have had an exten- 

 sive trade and sold many carloads of 

 White Fly Destroyer to the orange 

 growers in Florida, but have done no 

 great amount of experimenting and 

 never have recommended it as a green- 

 house insecticide. However, during the 

 last six months the greenhouses at Fair- 

 mount park, Philadelphia, have been 



