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A report on investigations into Rose diseases by Dr. L. M. Massey of 
Cornell University, on behalf of the American Rose Society, was pub- 
lished. 
Business at Memorial Day was highly satisfactory throughout the 
whole of the East, in California and the Pacific Northwest; in the Cen- 
'tral West rain interfered with sales. 
An illustration appears in the English Gardeners’ Chronicle for May 
5th of a hybrid between a Savoy Cabbage and a Brussels Sprout, show- 
ing Sprouts on the stem and the head of a Cabbage at the apex. 
On June 8, 1917, initial action was taken for the extension of the 
corporate existence of the Florists’ Hail Association, for another 30 
THE FLOWER SHOW, THROUGH ARTISTIC EYES : By Denni, 
A Cartoon from the “Boston Traveler” 
years under the terms of the laws of New Jersey. A new set of by- 
laws drawn by J. A. Valentine of Denver, Col., improved and puts in 
legal form the by-law's used for the past 30 years. 
The Wholesale Cut Flower and Allied Trade Association of Greater 
New York agreed to close on Sundays after June 30, 1917. 
On June 5th Western Maryland was struck by a severe hailstorm 
wliich did serious • damage to greenhouses, also causing floods. It was 
the worst in the Cumberland Valley for 33 years. Henry Bester & Sons 
had damage done to the extent of $25,000. 
The coal situation w'as under investigation by the Government in 
June and July. 
An Iris exhibition was held by the New Haven (Conn.) Horticul- 
tural Society on June 15th and 16th. 
June 14th was celebrated as Flag Day. 
Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, was finally sold for a sum of about 
$550,000 in June. 
Women became more noticeably a factor in the florists’ business 
during the year, owing to changes brought about by the war. 
