March 18, 1909. 



The Weekly Eorists' Review. 



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THE AMERICAN 



ROSE SOCIETY 



The Buffalo G>nvention. 



The tenth annual exhibition of the 

 American Eose Society is the social 

 event at Buffalo this -week. The Eose 

 Society always has been fortunate in its 

 places of meeting, but never has had 

 finer quarters than those of this year. 

 The Iroquois hotel is not only the finest 

 in Buffalo, but one of the best in the 

 country, and is frequented by the class 

 of people it pays florists to reach and 

 interest. The Iroquois is the scene of 

 the leading social affairs at Buffalo, and 

 the rose exhibition is attracting a large 

 attendance from the best people in the 

 city. The exhibition hall is a beautiful 

 place of itself, and this year the roses 

 are not the whole thing, as they were at 

 Chicago last year, and the show has va- 

 riety among its other attractions. The 

 rose exhibition is held in connection with 

 the annual spring show of the Buffalo 

 Florists' Club, including blooming plants 

 as well as cut flowers. 



The exhibition was staged Wednesday 

 afternoon, March 17, and everything was 

 in readiness at 5 p. m., the hour set for 

 the admission of the public. There is 

 not a superabundance of stock, the en- 

 tries not being as numerous as last year, 

 when the society met in a great rose- 

 growing center, but whatever was lack- 

 ing in numbers was made up for by the 

 uniformly high quality of all the exhibits, 

 making the show a success in the eyes 

 of the trade and decidedly so to the pub- 

 lic. Secretary Hammond said: "We 

 have a fine show; while not the largest, 

 it is complete, and all stock is in su- 

 perb shape." Pot roses were missing 

 again this year. 



The most striking feature of the show 

 is a handsomely decorated table of White 

 Killamey roses and ferns placed against 

 a mirror. Bassett & Washburn had a 

 fine vase of O. P. Bassett and Joseph 

 Heacock showed Dorothy Gordon carna- 

 tion. 



The Awards. 



The judges were Peter Bisset, Wash- 

 ington, D. C; Lawrence Cotter, James- 

 town, N. Y., and George Asmus, Chicago. 

 The awards were as follows: 



Fifty American Beauties, Brant-Hentz 

 Flower Co., Utica, N. Y., first; Myers 

 & Samtman, Wyndmoor, Pa., second. 



Fifty Killarney, A. Farenwald, Eos- 

 lyn. Pa,, first; Bassett & Washburn, Chi- 

 cago, second. 



Fifty Eichmond, E. TowiU, Eoslyn, 

 Pa., first; no second. 



Twenty-five Beauties, Bassett & Wash- 

 bum first, E. TowiU second. 



Twenty-five Bride, Poehlmann Bros 

 Co., Chicago, first; Pittsburg Eose & 

 Carnation Co., Bakerstown, Pa., second. 



Twenty-five Maid, Peter Crowe, Utica, 

 N. Y., first; Pittsburg Eose & Carna- 

 tion Co., second. 



Twenty-five Cardinal, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first, no second. 



Twenty-five Rhea Reid, W. H. Elliott, 

 Brighton, Mass., first; Peter Crowe sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty-five My Maryland, Robert 



Simpson, Clifton, N. J., first; A. N. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., second. 



Twenty-five Mrs. Jardine, Eobert 

 Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, Pa., first; E. 

 TowiU second. 



Twenty-five Mrs. Potter Palmer, Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co. first, no second. 



Twenty-five Perle, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first, no second. 



Twenty-five Mme. Chatenay, Eobert 

 Simpson first, Poehlmann Bros. Co. sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty-five Ivory, United States Cut 



August Poehlmann. 



(President American Rose Society.) 



Flower Co., Elmira, N. Y., first; no 

 second. 



Twenty-five Wellesley, one entry, dis- 

 quaUfied. 



Twenty-five Killarney, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first, Peter Crowe second. 



Twenty-five Eichmond, E. TowiU first,^ 

 W. H. ElUott second. 



Best and largest collection of teas and 

 hybrid teas, six or more varieties, Gude 



Bros. Co., Washington, D. C, first; no 

 second. 



One hundred Eichmond, A. Farenwald 

 first. 



Best arranged vase or receptacle, to 

 contain not to exceed one dozen roses. 

 Beauties barred, W. H. Grever, Buffalo, 

 first; E. A. Slattery, Buffalo, second. 



Best twenty-five Killarney, white or 

 pink, Waban Rose Conservatories, Na- 

 tick, Mass., first, on White KiUarney. 



Thirty-six My Maryland, Eobert Simp- 

 son first. 



Twenty-five My Maryland, Eobert 

 Simpson first. 



Fifty Killamey, the MicheU trophy, 

 A. Farenwald first. 



Twenty-five Beauties, the Pulverized 

 Manure Co. trophy, E. TowiU first. 



Special prize of Lakeview Eose Gar- 

 dens, Eobert Simpson first. 



Sweepstakes for best coUeetion, Pitts- 

 burg Eose & Carnation Co. 



The judges scored White KiUarney 87 

 points, and it was easUy the central 

 point of interest in the show. AU the 

 growers who have the pink variety wiU 

 plant it for next season, as weU as many 

 others who look upon it as the best thing 

 that has come out in years. 



The judges also passed upon South 

 Orange Beauty, shown by W. A. Manda, 

 good for pot culture or outdoor use, but 

 not for cutting. , , 



Charles Sandiford, Buffalo, was given 

 honorable mention for his table of cycla- 



mens. 



The Business Session. 



The annual business session of the so- 

 ciety was caUed to order at 8 o'clock 

 Wednesday evening, March 17, by Presi- 

 dent August F. Poehlmann. While the 

 adjective large hardly would apply to 

 the attendance, the audience certainly 

 was interested, for there is in this coun- 

 try no more earnest body of floricultural 

 workers than that composed of the regu- 

 lars of the American Eose Society, and 

 this year's attendance is about as it has 

 been in previous years. President Poehl- 

 mann, after brief introductory remarks, 

 presented his annual address, which was 

 as follows: 



Presideot's Address. 



"FoUowing custom, it devolves upon 

 me to address you at this, our tenth an- 

 nual convention. 



' ' Through the courtesy and cordial in- 

 vitation extended to this society by the 

 Buffalo Florists' Club, represented by 

 their able leader, WilUam Kasting, and 

 associates, we find ourselves here to- 

 night. What these men have accom- 

 pUshed to make us feel welcome, no one 

 can fail to see. Buffalo, lying, as it does, 

 almost midway between the large rose- 

 growing centers of the east, west, north 

 and south, is ideally situated for our 

 convention and exhibition. 



"It is only eight months ago that the 

 Buffalo Florists' Club, in conjunction 

 with the Niagara florists, participated 

 in entertaining the S. A. F. most roy- 

 ally, ample proof that we are indeed 

 in the hands of friends, who appreciate 

 our coming, and whom we in turn can but 

 thank most heartUy for their brotherly, 

 generous, hospitable spirit. 



"Here, then, are past friendships re- 

 newed, new friendships formed and 

 opinions exchanged — aU of which serve 

 to make us enjoy this old world, and en- 

 rich US in the knowledge of the beau- 

 tiful. 



"From these gatherings, inspirations 

 are given to something more lofty — 



