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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



JANUABY 11, 1912. 



Also, we must all do our best to 

 advance the growing of outdoor roses, 

 in whichever way we can do it best, 

 for that is where our amateur members 

 will come from later. We must, above 

 all, interest the nurseryman to grow 

 the outdoor roses best suited to his 

 locality and to make exhibits in the 

 June shows. There are no better object 

 lessons for the public than these. 



Introduction of New Boses. 



New roses are coming in abundance 

 from everywhere. This is a splendid 

 showing, which I am sure is largely 

 due to the influence of the Eose Socie- 

 ty's efforts and its exhibitions. We 

 must continuously advance. Of course, 

 that makes it so much harder for any 

 new rose to qualify, but when a winner 

 it will amply repay all losses to the 

 hybridizer or to the distributor. We 

 should encourage the hybridizer in his 

 efforts. I would suggest here that the 

 distributor test his new roses a little 

 more carefully before sending them 



society needs some sacrifice in time and 

 money on the part of every loyal mem- 

 ber. Every good cause has only ad- 

 vanced in such a way, and who will say 

 that our aims are less deserving? So, 

 fellow members, if any of you who are 

 facing me came with a grouch on, for- 

 get it. Look around, reflect; there are 

 others. Bear your sacrifices with a 

 cheerful smile; it will make it easier 

 to you and more pleasant to the rest. 

 The cheerful giver is the most beloved. 

 When you return home, go to your 

 neighbor in our profession, smack your 

 chest, and tell him you went to Detroit 

 in zero weather, running chances of 

 trouble at home, but thought it would 

 be good for you and your business. Tell 

 him you saw and heard a lot and gave 

 something in return. Make him feel 

 that he has missed something, and 

 that he will not be behind another 

 year. Then you will have fulfilled your 

 mission to the American Eose Society. 

 You are a loyal and a royal good 

 fellow! 



Frank H. Tra<'.ndly. 



(Vlce-presldent-elect American Rose Society.) 



out, by giving some plants to other firms 

 in different localities to be grown. This 

 test may be a little more costly, but 

 will be a great deal more profitable to 

 both parties, the distributor and the 

 grower who buys them. I also strongly 

 advise florists' clubs everywhere tc 

 use their influence with their respective 

 state legislatures to establish experi- 

 ment stations at their state colleges to 

 test plants and fertilizers, so that in 

 both respects we would not be groping 

 so much in the dark as we mostly do 

 now. 



In conclusion I would say that the 

 strengthening and upbuilding of our 



BOSES IN THE MIDDLE WEST. 



[A paper by Irwin Bertermann, oC Indianapolis, 

 Ind., read before the American Rose Society, in 

 convention at Detroit, January 10 to 12, 1912.] 



The practical theory of the produc- 

 tion of roses is so often ably taken care 

 of that it may be well here to draw at- 

 tention to the standard of "A rose for 

 every home and a bush for every gar- 

 den," also the relationship between 

 those who are so nobly laboring with 

 the production of nature's wares and 

 those who are benefiting mankind and 

 themselves in using roses in their door- 

 yards and adorning the homes of the 

 middle west. 



From the time the wild brier of In- 

 diana graced the log cabin of the set- 

 tler until the limestone mansion became 

 arched with Tausendschon, Dorothy 

 Perkins and other ramblers, has the rose 

 held the highest place in the hearts of 

 the people, for, as Jim Eiley says so 

 fittingly: 



"The world is full of roses and tlie roses full 



of dew, 

 The dew is full of heavenly bliss that drips for 



me and you." 



His home in Lockerbie street is made 

 more attractive by an old rose of the 

 climbing variety, which has been there 

 for years and which is watched over 

 carefully. 



Unfortunately, many of the better 

 kinds of roses do not withstand our 

 climate as they do on either coast or in 

 the south, but when additional care and 

 attention are given, the results are most 

 gratifying. Those varieties which flour- 

 ish are well known, and thousands of 

 any new introduction which promises 

 to withstand the climate are easily dis- 

 posed of. 



Two of the Society's Aims. 



It is not my purpose to treat lightly 

 a subject of such commercial impor- 

 tance, and the highest compliment 

 which might be paid your organization 

 is the recognition of the greatness and 

 goodness made manifest through your 

 work in the heightening and purifying 

 of American citizenship. Articles No. 

 1 and 2 in "The Aim of the American 

 Eose Society" are not the least impor- 

 tant in the production of either com- 

 mercial or new varieties. 



Article 1 reads: "To increase the 

 general interest in the cultivation and 

 to improve the standard of . excellence 

 of the rose for all the people." 



Article 2 : "To foster, stimulate and 

 increase the production in every possi- 

 ble way of improved varieties of the 

 rose, suitable to our American climate 

 and requirements." 



New Hoses Gladly Welcomed. 



The people are always awaiting new 

 roses and the space is wonderfully close 

 between the distant public and him who 

 daily watches over his houses of roses 

 for their ultimate consumption. Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward, Mrs. Taft, Lady Hilling- 

 don and even Sunburst, through the 

 press, have already won their way 

 with the rose buyers. The good quali- 

 ties of each are well known by regu- 

 lar patrons. Mrs. Ward keeps well; 

 Mrs. Taft is an unusual pink, most suc- 

 cessful for table decorating, and Lady 

 Hillingdon, with its coppery shades, is 

 most suitable for the corsage. A full 

 sized cut of Sunburst in an Indianapolis 

 paper this fall brought hundreds to see 

 it and many still inquire at that store 

 for the new rose seen in the picture. 



Flower Shows as Educators. 



Spring flower shows argue well for 

 roses and those who produce them. None 

 of us have forgotten the wonderful 

 display of indoor and outdoor varieties 

 at the national exhibition. The stim- 

 ulus given the flower buyers in the 

 vicinity of Boston was undoubtedly a 

 lasting one. Chicago has undertaken 

 an exhibition of this kind, as have 

 several other cities, and the opportunity 

 for educational work is great. The 

 spring shows should do more for the 

 rose than the autumn ones do for the 

 chrysanthemum, as they come at a 

 time when the flower buyers may view 

 elegant displays of forced roses and in 



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