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March 26, 1908. 



Twenty-five Killamey, Poehlmann Bros, 

 Co. 



Two hundred Valley, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first ; H. N. Bruns, Chicago, second. 



One hundred American Beauty, Bas- 

 sett & Washburn. 



New forcing rose never before exhib- 

 ited for competition, Myers & Samtman 

 on Wyndmoor. 



The judges awarded a cultural prize to 

 W. H. Elliott for his exhibit of 100 Kil- 

 larney. 



A special for the best arranged vase 

 of Kichmond was awarded to Kobert 

 Simpson. 



Special mention was made of George 

 Eeinberg for five vases of roses showing 

 high culture, the color being especially 

 good. 



Special mention was made of .W. A. 

 Manda for an exhibit of the Cherokee 

 rose and for seedling carnation No. 20. 



Special mention was made of J. A. 

 Budlong, Chicago, for a collection of car- 

 nations. 



Special mention was made of Bassett 

 & Washburn for Carnation Orland P. 

 Bassett, of which the judges said, "Ex- 

 ceptionally good stem, size, color and 

 form; also remarkable fragrance." 



E. G. Hill Co. was given special men- 

 tion for Carnation Afterglow, of which 

 the judges said, "Very large size, length 

 of stem, form and color very fine." 



William H. Elliott, Alexander Mont- 

 gomery, Jr., and F. R. Pierson judged 

 the new roses. They scored Wyndmoor, 

 exhibited by Myers & Samtman, 84 

 points. Mrs. Jardine was scored 73. Of 

 the Roehrs exhibit, Newport Beauty, the 

 judges said: "A beautiful hybrid Wi- 

 churainia, not distinct enough to entitle 

 it to a special award." 



Coles, W. W., Kokomo, Ind. 

 Craig, W. P., Philadelphia. 

 Crowe, Peter, Utlca, N. Y. 

 Donohue, P. J., Natlck, MaW. 

 Dudley, C. P., Parkersburg, W. Va. 

 Dunlop, J. H., Toronto. 

 Dyslnger, George, Ionia, Micb. 

 Elliott, W. H.. Brighton, Mass. 

 E^Tans, J. E., Richmond, Ind. 

 Faneourt, E. J., Philadelphia. 

 Fareuwald, Adolph, Uoslyn, Pa. 

 Fitzgerald, A., Detroit, Mich. 

 Hallock, E. v.. Queens, N. Y. 

 Hammer, Charles, Memphis, Tenn. 

 Hammond, Benjamin, Fishklll, N. Y. 

 Hanson, Fred, Pekln, 111. 

 Hey, A. T., SprlngHeld, 111. 

 Hill, E. G., Richmond, Ind. 

 Huston, Alfred P., Boston. 

 Karlns, J. J., Philadelphia. 

 Kaating, W. F., Buffalo. 

 Koenlg, Otto G., St. Louis. 

 Manda, W. A., South Orange, N. J. 

 Mann, E. H., Richmond, Ind. 

 Maynadler, G. B., Washington, D. C. 

 Maynard, C. H., Detroit. 

 Meinbardt, Fred H., St. Louis. 

 Miller, Robert, Salt Lake City. 

 Miller, Theodore, St. Louis. 

 Montgomery, Alex., Jr., Natick, Mass. 

 Myers, F. P., Philadelphia. 

 Parks, Mllford, Cleveland, O. 

 Pierson, F. R., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Pierson, Wallace R., Cromwell, Conn. 

 PoUwortb, C. C, Milwaukee. 

 Roehrs, Julius, Jr., Rutherford, N. J. 

 Samtman, Martin, Wyndmoor, Pa. 

 Simpson. Robt., Clifton, N. J. 

 Skidelsky. S. S., Philadelphia. 

 Stewart, W. J., Boston. 

 SulliTan, J. F., Detroit. 

 Temple, J. T., Davenport, la. 

 Traendly, F. H., New York. 

 Cpton, Clarence, Philadelphia. 

 Valentine, J. A., Denver. 

 Vanderplog, G. A., Erie, Pa. 

 Welch, Patrick, Boston. 

 Wirth, Theodore, Minneapolis. 

 Young, John, New York. 

 Young, John Welsh, Philadelphia. 



ROSES IN COLORADO. 



[A paper by J. A. Valentine, of Denver, 

 Colo., read before the American Rose Society 

 at its annual meeting in Chicago, March 25 to 

 27, 1906.] 



The state of Colorado, situated a lit- 

 tle to the west of the geographical center 

 of the United States, is about 375 miles 

 long from east to west, about 275 miles 



A Glimpse of the National Rose Show, Chicago, March 25-27. 



Visitors. 



Among the visitors at the rose show 



have been: 



Altick, H. M., Dayton, O. 

 Ammann, J. F., Edwardsville, 111. 

 Badgley. W. G., Chatham, N. Y. 

 Baur, Alfred, Erie, Pa. 

 Bertermann, Irving, Indianapolis. 

 Breitmeyer, Phil, Detroit. 

 Carmody, J. D., EvansviUe, Ind. 

 Clarke. W. A., Pittsburg, Pa. 

 Coddlngton, L. B., Murray Hill, N. J. 



wide, and has a total population of 

 about 650,000. Denver, the principal 

 city and capital of Colorado, with a 

 population of about 200,000, is situated 

 a little to the east and north of the 

 center of the state. In traveling from 

 Chicago to Denver, your journey would 

 be a little longer than from Chicago to 

 New York. 



In going west from here by rail, you 



reach the Missouri river at Omaha in 

 about 500 miles. From there for more 

 than 500 miles you cross an immense 

 plain, with an average rise of about 

 seven feet to the mile, so that by the 

 time you reach Denver you will be a mile 

 above sea level. 



You will have traversed the state 

 of Nebraska from east to west, and a 

 large part of this state is now fertile and 

 productive farms, although within the 

 memory of some of those here today it 

 was , a portion of the Great American 

 Desert, and considered sterile and un- 

 productive. My own personal knowledge 

 of this region only, extends back about 

 twenty-five years, but I can well remem- 

 ber when the meridian of 100 degrees 

 was spoken of as a. dead line, beyond 

 which it was absolutely impossible to 

 conduct any farming enterprise without 

 irrigation. Today the situation is so 

 far changed that a great .many people 

 are contending that profitable farming 

 without irrigation is possible, even as far 

 west as Denver, and more than that, 

 they are showing a good many sub- 

 stantial results to justify the faith with- 

 in them. 



Surface and Climate of Colorado. 



The eastern half of Colorado is part 

 of the immense plain already mentioned, 

 and the western half is mountainous. 

 The main range of the Rockies lies di- 

 rectly west of Denver, with the crest of 

 the range only about fifty miles away, 

 with numerous peaks reaching an ele- 

 vation of 14,000 feet, and the gaps or 

 passes ranging from 10,000 to 12,000 

 feet. Westward from here the whole 

 state is mountainous, with many fertile 

 valleys between the ranges, some of 

 them narrow and some of them wide; 

 but from the eastern to the western 

 boundary of the state the whole region is 

 arid, with a very light rainfall, which 

 averages about fourteen inches per an- 

 num in the vicinity of Denver; and farm- 

 ing by ordinary methods is not possible 

 without irrigation. Evaporation is at 

 all times very rapid, and dews almost 

 unknown. 



Recently a great many experiments; 

 have been conducted under what is: 

 known as the "Campbell System," 

 which, briefly, means intensive cultiva- 

 tion and a retention of the moisture 

 in the soil by continually keeping the 

 surface in a pulverized condition, and 

 thereby preventing evaporation. It ia 

 too early to speak with entire confidence 

 as to results, though success has been 

 achieved in many cases, and the striking 

 results obtained may well carry a lesson 

 for florists whose carnations are suf- 

 fering from drought in the field. 



The whole state is blessed with abun- 

 dant sunshine, both in summer and in 

 winter, and, except in the mountainous 

 portions, the winter climate is mild, with 

 but little snow. There is a wide daily 

 range of temperature, nights being cool 

 in summer and cold in winter. There 

 is also a great difference between the 

 temperature in the sun and in the shade, 

 largely due to the absence of moisture in 

 the atmosphere. Naturally, in a climate 

 so widely different from the climate of 

 the eastern states, problems arise peculiar 

 to this locality. 



Soil and Water. 



In any arid region the vegetation is 

 scanty, and this same condition has ex- 

 isted back during the countless years 

 in which the surface soil was being 

 formed. Consequently, the soil contains 

 very little fiber and very little decayed 



