3. To organize exhibitions of roses at such times and places 
and under such conditions as to rules, regulations, prizes, medals, 
certificates, etc., as may seem best adapted from time to time to 
stimulate interest in and the increased cultivation of roses, in 
gardens, parks and green houses. 
4. To promote the organization and affiliation of local rose so- 
cieties in the United States and Canada. 
5. To establish fraternal relations for mutual benefit with national 
rose societies in all parts of the world. 
6. To foster the establishment and maintenance of rose test- 
gardens and of municipal rose-gardens in America, for the purpose of 
acquainting the people of the land with the best varieties of roses and 
their various uses. 
7. To issue such publications as will serve to best promote the 
growth and improvement of the rose. 
8. To stimulate and conduct rose hybridization and other re- 
search work upon rose improvement, and in regard to insects and 
other diseases inimical to the rose. 
Members and Dues 
There are three classes of members, known as Life, Honorary and 
Annual members. The payment of $50 entitles one to Life member- 
ship, and the payment of $2 entitles one to Annual membership with 
all privileges of the Society, including all publications and free ad- 
mission to all exhibitions. Any person whom the Society shall deem 
worthy of the honor may at any annual meeting be elected an Hon- 
orary member. 
Rose Test-Gardens 
A number of important rose test-gardens have been established 
in different parts of the United States, and the work of these gardens 
is being supervised and fostered by the American Rose Society. Gar- 
dens have already been established at Washington, D. C. ; Hartford, 
Conn.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Ithaca, N. Y.; Portland, Oregon; and at 
College Station, Texas. In the test-gardens various species and 
varieties are grown, and careful records are taken to determine the 
adaptation to soil and climate, the hardiness and vigor, and the pro- 
lificacy of blooms in various sections of the United States. Members 
of the Society and all rose-lovers have free access to these gardens 
and may there enjoy the wonderful display of blooms and learn much 
regarding the adaptation of species and varieties for their peculiar 
conditions. 
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