THE ANNUAL OF THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 



F there is any one flower which deserves the sole 

 attention of an organization, the rose may claim 

 to be that flower, because it is the possession of 

 all the world and is loved by all the world. 

 ^ The American Rose Annual is the unique publi- 

 cation of the American Rose Society. The fourth 

 issue, that for 1919, is a beautifully printed, cloth- 

 bound volume of 1 84 pages, including about a dozen illus- 

 trations in color and sepia. The contents of this very intere^ing 

 book are entirely original and completely definite. They range 

 from such an essay as that on " Silver Wedding Roses " 

 by the author of " The Garden of a Commuter's Wife," 

 with its delightful literary quality, to the late^ data regarding 

 the successful fight against rose diseases. " Fragrant Roses " 

 is the title of an article by the noted hybridizer. Dr. Van Fleet, 

 who also tells of the progress of his wonderful rose-breeding 

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