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advancement and novelty rests in the pre- 
sentation. One attractive feature of the ex- 
hibition was a very large display of plants by 
the City Park Department which indicates an 
increased coordination of the various horti- 
cultural interests of the community. 
Ihe Tea Garden, under the auspices of the 
American Red Cross, served its purpose as in 
other years, and drew a proportionate benefit 
from the visitors. 
Philadelphia Rose Festival 
' I 'HE Annual Convention and Exhibition 
-*■ of the American Rose Society was held in 
Philadelphia March 20th to 22nd. At the 
business meeting, held in the Bellevue-Strat- 
ford, on Wednesday, March 21st, Mr. S. S. 
Pennock presiding, the usual routine of busi- 
ness was transacted. As officers for the follow- 
ing year to serve from July 1st next: President, 
Benjamin Hammond, who formerly served 
the Society so efficiently as Secretary; Vice- 
President, William L. Rock. Honorary Vice- 
Presidents: Rev. E. M. Mills, D.D., W. K. 
McKendrick, J. Horace McFarland, Dr. 
Robert Huey; Treasurer, Harry O. May. 
I he newly elected Secretary is E. A. White, 
Professor of Horticulture of Cornell Uni- 
versity. 
Interim reports of various committees^ were 
submitted on Rose nomenclature and on 
Management of the Various Test Gardens that 
have been opened in different parts of the 
country. The work of the Rose Society is 
broadening out rapidly, and the increase in 
membership is in a degree due to the 
splendid work done by the preparation under 
the auspices of the Society of the Rose 
Annual, of which the 1917 edition has been 
issued. 
The Rose Exhibition was a great artistic 
triumph. 1 he floor of the Armory was com- 
pletely filled with Rose displays chiefly by 
local growers and florists. The decorative 
use of the flower was abundantly illustrated. 
Dreer’s contributed a distinctly educational 
note in an exhibit which comprised a green- 
house set in beds of Roses and filled with Roses. 
Every plant was in flower, and there were 
hundreds of them, and everything was 
properly labeled with its name printed 
in large type. Ihe famous Californian 
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strongly impregnated with Pemettiana blood, 
and the future will have to tell its merits. 
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by other organizations wherever they hold 
exhibitions was the presence of a staff of ex- 
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mation to the exhibitors to explain the exhibits 
and in other ways do all in their power to 
make the horticultural display what it is al- 
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