Hmencan IRose Society 
The American Rose Society reports that the Rose Test Garden 
at Arlington Farm, Va., under the care of the Department of Agri- 
culture of the United States of America has been partly laid out and 
already planted with three hundred and nine varieties of roses, twelve 
of each variety being used. 
The Rose Garden is to be surrounded by a trellis six feet high 
for the training of climbing roses, provided at appropriate points with 
eight-foot posts and cross pieces over the adjoining walk for the more 
vigorous climbers and shorter posts for the pillar roses. At the most 
commanding point on its main walk a low mound will be raised, and 
en this a rose-covered shelter is planned from which can be seen the 
garden as well as the Capitol and the old Lee Mansion at Arlington. 
Everything possible will be done to have a beautiful as well as test 
garden. Mr. F. L. Mulford has been appointed by the Government 
the landscape gardener in charge. 
The Mrs. Gertrude M. Hubbard gold medal has been awarded 
by the American Rose Society to Mr. M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, 
Mass., for the Rose Excelsa, 1914, for the best rose of American 
origin introduced during the period of the last five years. 
Among the new roses abroad, the Candeur Lyonnaise claims at- 
tention as a decided improvement on the Iran Kark Druschki. It has 
great vigor and hardiness, dark green foliage and few thorns; the 
flowers are of unusual size, color a pure white, sometimes tinted with 
light sulphur yellow; it is very double in form. 
Salvias 
MRS. ALBERT B. BOARDMAN, Garden Club of Southampton 
The salvias, which were quite new to me, have now been faith- 
fully tried out and have shown their powers. This has been a cold, 
damp spring; even now, on July 6th, cold enough for fires every day 
and often a furnace — this English spring may make a difference with 
these plants. 
Pratensis appeared first and was fair; a misty mass of pale bluish 
lavender flowers blooming about two weeks, ending about July 1st. 
Nemorosa Virgata next, this was the plant I had so much trouble 
to get which is said to be the glory of English gardens. I imported 
seeds and twelve plants from Barr, of London, and think with proper 
climate it would be very valuable. It is purple-blue in long narrow 
spikes, very floriferous and will bloom quite a while; mine is in full 
bloom now and has been handsome for ten days. 
Sclarea, white and lavender. This salvia blooms at about the 
