are so received a rebate of fifty cents each is returned; if fifty or more, 
there is a return of seventy-five cents each; if one hundred or more, 
there is a return of $i each. All members vote at all meetings, receive 
the publications of the Society and are provided with Membership 
cards entitling them to admission to all exhibitions in charge of the 
Society. 
The American Rose Society holds annually one or more exhibi- 
tions. These usually consist of an exhibition held in connection 
with some large show, and of one or more outdoor exhibits held at 
one of the Society's Test Gardens or at some other large Rose Garden. 
The American Rose Annual is mailed in March to all members: 
it cannot be bought in book stores, but members may purchase extra 
copies at $2 apiece. The member's Handbook is issued in April of 
each year. Information for or about the publications should be 
mailed to J. Horace McFarland, Editor, Harrisburg, Pa. All member- 
ship inquiries and payments should be addressed to John C. Wister, 
Secretary, 607 Finance Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Of very great help to the amateur grower is the work of the 
Committee of Consulting and Advising Rosarians. One can see at a 
glance what authority the names represent: 
THE COMMITTEE ON GENERAL ROSE QUESTIONS 
Dr. W. Van Fleet, Dept. of Agriculture, Dk. E. M. Mills, 823 Summer Ave., Syracuse, 
Washington, D. C. ^ _ N. Y. ^ 
S. S. Pennock,i6o8 Ludlow St., Philadelphia,Pa. E. G. Hill, Richmond, Indiana. 
Robert Pyle, West Grove, Pa. W. C. Egan, Highland Park, Illinois. 
J. Horace McFarland, Box 687,Harrisburg, Pa. Theodore Wirth, Superintendent of Parks, 
A. W. Greeley, 969 High St., Williamsport, Pa. Minneapolis, Minn. 
John Cook, 318 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. John Dunsar, Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y. 
George H. Peterson, Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Jesse A. Currey, 194 N. 13th Street, 
Alex Gumming, Jr., Cromwell, Conn. Portland, Oregon. 
Prof. E. A. White, Cornell University, Ithaca, Fred H. Howard, Howard & Smith, 
N. Y. Los Angeles, Gal. 
THE COMMITTEE ON ROSE DISEASES 
Dr. L. M. Massey, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
THE COMMITTEE ON ROSE INSECTS 
Prof. C. R. Crosby, Cornell University, C.A. Weigel, Dept. of Agriculture, 
Ithaca, N. Y. _ Washington, D. C. 
Prof. Y. G. Sanders, Dept. of Agriculture of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa. 
As a part of the American Rose program at the Boston Rose 
Show in early April, lectures were given every afternoon, the attend- 
ance averaging about 200. 
April 6th, Mr. Robert Pyle gave an illustrated talk on gardens in 
Europe and America, showing pictures of the American Rose Society 
Test Gardens in Hartford, Minneapolis, and Portland, and many 
beautiful pictures of the Bagatelle Gardens in Paris and the Roseraie 
de I'Hay, just outside of Paris. 
April 7th, Mr. McFarland spoke on The Rose in America with 
many beautiful lantern slides both of private and public gardens in 
the United States. 
April 8 th, Mr. Totty told of his trip to Europe last summer and 
of his visits to the various Rose Gardens there, comparing conditions 
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