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The National Societies 
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American Peony Society 
The fourteenth annual exhibition was held in conjunction with the 
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and the Flower Show Association ot 
the Main Line at Philadelphia, June 13th and 14th in Horticultural Hall. 
The season was late, and the show had been put back over a week. 
There were numerous entries and competition was close. 
The officers for 1917-18 were elected as follows: President, Jas. 
Boyd, Haverford, Pa.; vice-president, A. H. Fewkes, Newton Hills, 
Mass.; secretary, Prof. A. P. Saunders, Clinton, N. Y. ; treasurer, J. H. 
Humphreys, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 
Cleveland was selected as the meeting place for 1918. 
The chief prize winners were Jas. Boyd, who swept the boards in 
both amateur and professional sections; Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing, 
Pa., who ran as the principal second, others being C. B. Newbold, Jen- 
kinstown. Pa., Arthur H. Scott, Oakleigh, Philadelphia, Herbert K. 
Taylor, Jr., Ogontz, Pa., Elmer K. Schultz, Jenkinstown, Pa., A. P. 
Saunders, Mrs. Arthur H. Bailey, Harrisburg, Pa., Mrs. J. Leslie Davis, 
Haverford, Pa., and Capt. J. Franklin McFadden, Rosemount, Pa. 
Henry F. Michell, and H. A. Dreer, Inc., also had displays. 
Blooms of the yellow La Lorraine were shown by Bertrand H. Farr. 
Among other varieties that commanded attention were La C 3 ^gne, prob- 
ably the largest white in' the show; LTndispensable, an enormous cream; 
Walter Paxon, an exquisite rose-pink; Jubilee, white; Couronne d’Or, 
white; Mme. Geissler, pink; Eugene Verdier, cream; I’Eclatante, red; 
Berlioz, red; Felix Crousse, Gen. McMahon and the Due de Wellington. 
American Rose Society 
The most important event of the society’s year was the holding of 
a large exhibition solely of Roses at Philadelphia, March 20 to 24. This 
event entailed a very large amount of preparatory work, both by the 
local committees and by the executive committee of the society. The 
exhibition, besides being historical, was one of the most beautiful as to 
its arrangement, and one of the best as to quality, of any show ever 
held. Unfortunately it was not a financial success. The annual meeting 
was held at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, March 21, President S. S. 
Pennock presiding. A new scale of points for judging outdoor Roses 
was recommended. The dues were made ^2 for all members. - An invita- 
tion to hold an outdoor Rose show in Hartford, Conn., in 1918 was 
accepted, the dates to be June 18 to 20. The directorate was increased 
from six to nine members. A new Rose Test Garden had been estab- 
lished at Portland, Ore. Several new Roses were offered for registration 
during the year. An official visit was paid to the Washington Test 
Garden, and to the Cornell Test Garden. 
During the year many new members had been added, largely owing 
to the publication of the most excellent Rose Annual. 
S. S. Pennock retired as president after two years of very notable 
achievement, and Secretary Benjamin Hammond was elected to the 
office of president after having been secretary a number of years. The 
total membership was 1092. The life membership fund stood at $2300. 
