FOURTH NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 
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HO OSIER BEAUTY ROSE 
THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY— ITS 
AIMS AND PURPOSES 
BY S. S. PENNOCK, President 
This Society was organized in New York under auspicious circumstances 
in March, 1899, with the object of increasing pubUc interest in the Queen of 
Flowers. From the by-laws then adopted are presented the purposes of the 
organization. 
1. To increase Ihe general interest in the cultivation and improve the standard of excel- 
lence of the Rose for all the people. 
2. To foster, stimulate and increase the production in every possible wa}- of imjiroved 
varieties of the Rose, suitable to our American climate and requirements. 
3. To organize a system of exhibitions at such times and places as this society nia>', 
from time to time, decide on; to offer prizes of money, of gold, silver, and bronze medals, and 
