Januabt 11, 1912. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



21 



turn have the same varieties planted in 

 their gardens. 



Your able secretary, Mr. Hammond, 

 in a recent letter stated: "While in 

 Indianapolis I saw many beautiful 

 homes and no slums. ' ' How could there 

 be slums with Hill's, Dorner's, Vesey's, 

 Coles' and many others in close prox- 

 imity to the Hoosier capital, who are 

 putting forth a tremendous lot of en- 

 ergy in producing all that is beautiful 

 for a community where there is plenty 

 of room and gardens are plentiful? 



An Era of Small Boses. 



An era of small roses is at hand. The 

 large varieties fill a big place admir- 

 ably, but let the rosarians become more 

 interested in the smaller types, such as 

 Bon Silene. There is much need for 

 them in corsage work, in baskets and 

 for debutante bouquets, where the 

 small rose has a greater charm than 

 the larger kinds. A forcing rose bear- 

 ing its flowers in clusters, for winter 

 use, would be a wonderful addition to 

 look forward to. 



"When our section of the land has 

 reached the advancement of rose grow- 

 ing noticeable in France, Germany and 

 England, when the love of them in the 

 gardens is as great, and when the rose 

 may be seen growing in all vantage 

 spots and given the same enlightened 

 attention, we shall have accomplished 

 a wonderful and lasting work. America 

 is a big country, with varying condi- 

 tions, but there is only a small portion 

 that is not adaptable for some variety. 



Encouragement of Outdoor Culture. 



The large commercial firms, with their 

 millions of feet of glass, having beau- 

 tiful stores in the larger cities as an 

 outlet, are a stage upon which the rose 

 plays the leading role. Exquisite bas- 



J. A. Valentine. 



(President American Carnation Society.) 



Benjamin Hammond. 



(Secretary American Rose Society.) 



kets arranged with airy laces, bridal 

 bouquets in elegant array and artistic 

 decorations all show the possibilities of 

 the indoor flowers, and such work may 

 be seen by anyone at any time, but 

 beautiful arches, groups and conven- 

 tional outdoor designs are not so com- 

 mon a feature, nor is it nearly as prob- 

 able for a beautifully trained bush to 

 find itself amid the thousands and in 

 the slums of the larger cities. It de- 

 volves greatly upon the rose exhibi- 

 tions, therefore, to show the public 

 what may be done in gardening effects 

 and in helping to beautify outdoor sur- 

 roundings. 



The advancement of the rose from 

 season to season and year to year is 

 not so discernible, but a retrospection 

 of twenty years shows what has been 

 accomplished and suggests vividly what 

 earnest endeavor may do. 



The scope of the American Eose So- 

 ciety is a broad and useful one, as it 

 permits not only the production of 

 roses, but goes further in endeavoring 

 to teach, through exhibition and exam- 

 ple, a love of them. 



Uxbrldge, Mass. — The proprietors of 

 the High Street Greenhouses, who 

 started business in 1908 with one hpuse, 

 20x70, have built up a good trade and 

 have found it necessary to add some 

 glass each season. The first addition 

 was 20x85, and last summer the third 

 house, 18x85, was erected. Those con- 

 nected with the enterprise are Mrs. 

 Frank Goldthwaite, Miss Annie Gold- 

 thwaite and Benjamin Dresser. 



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