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THE AMERICAN 



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The Buffalo Convention. 



Tlio tcntli aimiKil cxhihit'um of tlic 

 American Rose Society is tlie social 

 event at Buflfalo this week. The Kosc; 

 Society always has been fortunate in its 

 places of meetinjj, 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 tiling, 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. Tliero 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 mach^ up for by the 

 uniformly high quality of all tlie exhibits, 

 making the show a success in the eyes 

 of the trade and (iecide<lly 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 sha|.e. " Pot roses were missing 

 again this year. 



Tiic most striking feature of the show 

 IS a handsomely decorated table of White 

 Killarney roses and ferns placed against 

 a mirror. Bassett & Washburn had a 

 <ine vase of O. ]'. Bassett and Joseph 

 Heacoek showed J)orotiiv Gordon carna- 

 tion. 



The Awards. 



The judges were Peter Bisset, Wash- 

 gton D. C; Lawrence Cotter, James- 

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

 Ihe awards were as follows: 



Fifty American Beauties, Brant-Hent/ 

 Flower Co., TJtica. X. Y., ii,,t; Myers 

 & Samtn.an Wyndmoor, Pa., second. 



I'lfty Kiiiarney, A. Farenwald, Ros- 

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

 cago, second. ' 



Fifty Riclunon.l. K. Towill, Roslyn 

 I a., first; no second. ' 



Twenty-five Beauties. Bassett & Wash- 

 burn first. K. Towill second 



Twenty-five Bri.le, Poehlmann Bros 

 ^o., Chicago, first; Pittsburg Rose aJ 

 carnation Co., Bakerstown, p1, seconct 



Twenty-five Maid. Peter Crowe, Utica 

 NY first; Pittsburg Rose & Carna-' 

 tion Co., second. 



Twenty-five Cardinal, Poehlmann Bros 

 Co. first, no second. 



Twenty-fiye Riiea Reid, W. 11. Elliott 

 Bnghton, Mass., first; Peter Crowe sec- 



Twenty-five My Maryland. Robert 



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

 I'icisoii, ('romweli, ('oiin., second. 



Twenty five Mrs. .(ardiue, Robert 

 Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, Pa., first; J-:. 

 Towill second. 



Twenty-five Mrs. Potter Palmer. Poehl- 

 mann Bros. ( o. first, no second. 



Twenty five Perle, Poehlmann Bros. 

 Co. first, no second. 



Twenty-five Mine. Cliatenay. Robert 

 Simpson first, Poehlmann Bros. Co. sec- 

 ond. 



Twenty (i\c I\<.ry. Cnited States Cut 



August Poehlmann. 



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l\lniira. X. Y., first; no 

 one entry, dis- 



Flower ( '( 

 second. 



Twenty five Wellesley 

 qualified. 



Twenty-five Killarney, Poehlmann Bros, 

 ♦^'o. first, Peter (Jrowe secoucl. 



Twentv five Richmond, F. Towill first, 

 W. II. Elliott second. 



Best and largest collection of teas and 

 hybrid teas, six or more varieties. Gude 



Bros. Co., Washington, D. ('., first; no 

 second. 



One hundred Richmond, A. i''aren\vrild 

 first. 



Px-st arranged vase or receptacle, to 

 contain not to exceed one dozen roses 

 Heauties barred, W. il. Grcver, Buffalo' 

 hrst; E. A. Slattery. Buffalo, second ' 



Best twenty-five Killarnev, white or 

 pink, Wabaii Rose Con^n-vatories \a- 

 tick Mass., first, on White Killarney. 



ihirty-sLx My MarylanW, Robert Simp- 

 son first. ' 



Twenty-five .My Maryland. Robert 

 Simpson first. 



Fifty Killarney, tlie Michell trophv, 

 A. Farenwald first. ' 



Twenty-five Beauties, the Pulverized 

 Mfinure Co. trophy, E. Towill first. 



Special prize of Lakeview Rose Gar- 

 dens, Robert Sinip.son first. 



Sweepstakes for best collection, Pitts- 

 burg Rose & Carnation Co. 



The judges scored White Killarney 87 

 poin s, and it was easily the central 

 point of interest in the show. All the 

 grow-ers who have the pink variety will 

 p ant It for next season, as well 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 cvcla- 

 mens. <^.>^i.i 



The Business Session. 



The annual business session of the so- 

 ••iot.y was called to order at S o'clock 

 Wednesday evening, March 17, bv Presi- 

 dent August F. Poehlmann. While the 

 ad.iectiye large hardly would appiv to 

 the attendance, the audience certainlv 

 was interested, for there is in this <oun- 



ry no „,ore earnest body of floricultural 



orkers than that composed of the regn- 



iais of the Americ.-m Rose Societv. and 



his year's attendance is about as' it has 

 been in previous years. President Poehl- 

 ■".•u,n, after brief introductorv remarks, 

 P'osen e.l his annual address, which uas 

 •IS follows: 



President's Address. 



"Following custom, it devolves upon 

 •uo to address you at this, our tenth an- 

 nual convention. 



"Through the courtesy and cordial in- 

 vitation extended to this societv by the 

 .uflah. Ilorists' Club, represented bv 

 their able lea.ler. William Kasting, and 

 a.ssociates we find ourselves here to- 

 niKlit. What these men have accom- 

 plished to make us feel welcome, no one 

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

 ■ilniost midway between the large rose- 

 growing centers of the east, west, north 

 inid south, is ideally situated for our 

 lonventiou and exhibition. 

 .> "J\ is f)nly eight months ago that the 

 P.uffalo Ilorists- Club, in .-on junction 

 uith the Niagara florists, |.art'icipated 

 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 Van but 

 thank most heartily for their brotherlv 

 generous, hospitable spirit. ' ' 



"Here, then, are past friendships re- 

 newed, new friendships formed and 

 opinions exchanged— all of which serve 

 to make us enjoy this old worM, and en- 

 rich us in the knowledge of tlie beau- 

 tiful. 



"From these gatherings, inspirations 

 are given to something more lofty— 



