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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 17. 1910. 



the great National Flower Show to be 

 held in Boston in 1911." 



Treasurer's Report. 



Treasurer Harry O. Ma/ reported the 



financial transactions of the past year, 



the totals being as follows: 



Receipts $4,524.32 



Disbursements 3,902.13 



Balance I 622.19 



Permanent Fund $8,050.00 



Hubbard Medal Fund... 250.00 



Boston Next. 



F. E. Pierson, who is chairman of the 

 National Flower Show committee of the 

 S. A. F., told of the preparation being 

 made for a great exhibitiop at Boston a 

 year hence and extended to the Rose So- 

 ciety an invitation to do as the Carnation 

 Society has voted to do, hold the 1911 

 meeting and exhibition at Boston in 

 March. The invitation was accepted 

 unanimously. 



Paptrs. 



The following were the formal papers 

 prepared for the convention: 



"Roses, the Brightest of Flowers," by Adolph 

 Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa. 



"North Pacific Coast Roses," by W. S. Slbson, 

 Portland, Ore. 



"Ideals of Horticulture," by James Wood, 

 president of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York. 



"The Rose and Its History," by George V. 

 Nash, secretary of the Horticultural Society of 

 New York. 



The Banquet. 



The annual banquet of the New York 

 Florists' Club was set for Thursday eve- 

 ning, March 17, for the purpose of se- 

 curing the attendance of the Eose Society 

 visitors. Leading retailers undertook the 

 decoration of the table at the Fifth Ave- 

 nue restaurant. An elaborate menu had 



been prepared. The committee selected 

 Patrick O'Mara as toastmaster, and ar- 

 ranged the following program of talks 

 mixed in with music to follow the re- 

 past: 



"Ojr Guests," President A. L. Miller. 



"Floriculture from the Standpoint of the 

 Experimental Station," Prof. John Craig. 



"Horticulture as an Educative Force," by 

 George V. Nash. 



"Our Night," W. A. Manda. 



"National Horticulture," F. R. Pierson. 



"The American Rose Society," August F. 

 Poehlmann. 



"The Ladies," Richard Connel. 



THE BRIGHTEST OF FLOWERS. 



[A paper by Adolpli Farenwald, of Roslyn, 

 I'a., re:id at the annual convention of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society, in New York city, March 

 10, 1010.] 



When I received word to write a paper 

 on this subject, I felt that it was sent 

 to the wrong man. I am a rose grower, 

 not a poet, so 1 tried to wriggle out of 

 it; but the powers that be wanted me 

 to stick to the gun, and as I am an 

 enthusiastic member of this society, and 

 a lover of roses as well as a grower, I 

 consented. 



I shall now do my best to honor the 

 queen of flowers. If 1 fall short, you 

 must remember that I am only a rose 

 grower, not a poet. Of course, there are 

 other flowers in the race, such as orchids, 

 carnations and violets, and a host of 

 others also run. They are all beautiful; 

 they all fill their places, but what one 

 has sufficient popularity to fill the place 

 of queen? With its exquisite form, its 

 graceful carriage, its thousands of dif- 

 ferent hues, coupled with the grandest 

 foliage imaginable, we see in the rose 

 the embodiment of all that is beautiful 

 in the kingdom of flowers. For ages the 

 poets have sung their praise of its 

 charms. The composer has put to music 



A. Farenwald. 



what stirred his soul when face to face 

 with its matchless beauty. Innumerable 

 times the painter ha& tried to copy its 

 wonderful forms and colors. 



Suitable For All Occasions. 



Our queen is the symbol of our fondest 

 affections, as well as of our deepest 

 sympathy. Her mission is varied, fitting 

 all occasions and all lives. Her bright 

 coloring and delicate perfume are silent 

 messengers of comfort and cheer to the 

 sick in body and soul. She also brings 

 to the memory of most of us thoughts 

 of the long ago, the days of love and 

 .roses. No human being can resist the 

 charms of our queen, no matter how lowly 

 his station or how crude his ideas of 

 beauty. 



Truly, fellow members, no nobler pro- 

 fession exists than ours, as rose growers, 

 whose everlasting patience and skill tries 

 to improve on Mother Nature. To think 

 that we send every day to thousands and 

 thousands of homes these messages of 

 love and cheer! No, we need not be 

 afraid of any other flower taking the 

 place of our beloved queen, as long as we 

 keep on producing and improving in the 

 future as we have done in the past, to 

 which fact the present exhibition testifies. 

 All growers of roses are rose lovers. 

 Whether they produce the flowers for 

 commercial purposes or simply for pleas- 

 ure, the aim is one — perfection. A few 

 weeks ago I said publicly in Philadelphia 

 that the carnation was pushing hard for 

 first place. Of course, we know the car- 

 nation has its charms, but the rose is 

 its superior and always will be. It is 

 simply the fact that its producers, as a 

 class, are putting forth their best efforts. 

 But, if all rose growers should strive as 

 hard, what marvelous results might be 

 obtained I 



FuIfilUos; the Society's Motto. 



The Eose Society has a motto: "A 

 bush for every garden, a rose for every 

 home." Our aim, as implied in that 

 motto, is to educate the masses of our 

 people to the point of appreciating the 

 value of ,the rose as a means of culture, 

 so that in the future men will discuss 

 with each other the merits of their sev- 

 eral rose gardens, and compare notes on 

 the different varieties. In the spring- 

 time, before leaving in the morning for 

 their places of business in the dark and 

 dusty cities, they will take a run into 

 their gardens and receive an inspiration 

 from the bedewed beauties, such as will 

 enable them to wrestle more effectively 

 with the problems of the day. Further- 

 more, they will enjoy talking to their 

 neighbors and friends on these beauties 

 of nature, instead of simply filling each 

 other's minds, as they do now, with ex- 

 changes of opinion on the various sports 

 of the day, stocks and bonds, etc. That 

 education no other flower can bring, as 

 no creation of nature has attained, as I 

 said before, such beauty, and won such 

 universal love as "our queen, when once 

 thoroughly understood by the great ama- 

 teur public. 



' ' The Eose, the Brightest of the Flow- 

 ers. " When I started on this subject, 

 I felt that I could not do it proper 

 justice. But I caught the inspiration as 

 I thought upon it, as everyone most be 

 inspired when once thoroughly aroused 

 to the charms of the queen of flowers. 

 I have tried to convey some of my inner- 

 most thoughts on our glorious queen, and 

 doing it has brought back to my memory 

 dreams of. long, long ago. I hope that 



