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Rose Society and their friends, to visit Portland 
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of bringing in new members. 
Regarding affiliation with local horticultural 
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made: no reduced rate of membership .would be 
accepted in 1921 from affiliated members, but 
local societies are urged to join in a group, and in 
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Professor Corbett brought up the subject of the 
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An invitation from the Massachusetts Horti- 
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