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communicate with Mr. W. F. Christman, 200 West 58th Street, 
Minneapolis, Minn. This is the twentieth annual exhibition of 
the Society and will be at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds 
midway between the twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. 
Western and Eastern Peony interests will combine to make this 
a truely epochal gathering and all local associations of flower 
growers, florists, garden clubs, nurserymen, and landscape 
architects are taking part. Canada also joins. The affiliation 
of the National Society and the Northwestern Peony and Iris 
Society on this occasion insures a great display of blooms—“a 
million ” is the quantity being spoken of. The American Peony 
Society has adopted a rule fixing a charge for its bulletins for 
those outside of the membership. Particularly for the sym¬ 
posiums there is a steady demand. These symposiums of a 
garden flower of which there are great numbers of varieties 
unquestionably help buyers to select more intelligently and also 
have an important influence on the dealers’ offerings. The 
American Peony Society is cooperating in the East in the June 
show of the Horticultural Society of New York where its silver 
medal is offered as an additional prize in the premier amateur 
class. 
A District Peony Exhibition will be held in Ontario during 
the month. Further information may be had from Mr. W. O. 
Mendell, Elora, Ontario. The Canadian Horticultural Council 
offers an award of merit for the best new introduction of 
Gladiolus at the Ontario Gladiolus Exhibition which will be 
held in August. Phis is the first award of merit offered by the 
council. Trial collections have been planted at the Ontario 
Agricultural College under the direction of Prof. McLennan; 
twenty-five bulbs of a variety. 
The National Horticultural Society, organized for “the 
increase and diffusion of horticultural knowledge and the stim¬ 
ulation of a general interest in horticulture.” came into existence 
July 1st, 1922, with temporary headquarters at Henning, Minn. 
It published a journal in the beginning, and very comprehensive 
and wide reaching plans have developed, working into establish¬ 
ing branch associations in various parts of the country. The 
officers include President C. Z. Nelson, Galesburg, Ilk; Secretary 
Hamilton Traub, Henning, Minn. There are regional vice- 
presidents representing thirteen districts, including Canada 
and the Phillipine Islands. Honorary fellowship has been 
conferred on Prof. H. L. Bailey, Mons. A. Dessert, Mrs. Sarah 
A. Pleas, Mr. Leonard Barron, Mr. W. R. Dykes, Mr. Luther 
Burbank, Mr. A. E. Kunderd, Mr. William Robinson. 
The National Horticultural Congress is to meet in 
Amsterdam, Holland, September 17th to 23rd, the occasion of 
the Netherlands Horticultural and Botanical Society’s fiftieth 
anniversary. There will also be a horticultural Exhibition 
whereat Dahlias will be especially featured. A full programme 
has been arranged with delegates from many European coun¬ 
tries, including England. This will give the American tourist a 
splendid opportunity to get in touch with several of the Euro¬ 
pean Horticultural Societies. Further particulars may be had 
from Dr. M. U. Sirks, Bergweg 62, Wageningen, Holland. 
The American Rose Society announces that the Rose pil¬ 
grimage for this year will cover the region of Boston, Mass., some 
time this month. A joint meeting with this society and the 
American Carnation Society will meet in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan¬ 
uary 30th and 31st, 1924. Unforeseen difficulties seem to con¬ 
stantly arise with regard to the distribution of the new Van Fleet 
Hybrid Roses now held by the Department of Agriculture, and 
further delay, at all events until next year, is announced. The 
society continues to increase in membership, now having nearly 
two thousand on the roll. Three new Roses registered are 
Sensation (Hoosier Beauty x Premier), J. H. Hill Co.; Honey¬ 
moon (Ophelia x Sunburst), Woodland Park Floral Company; 
Bride’s Blush (Sport of Columbia), Albert F. Ambling Co. 
The National Sweet-Pea Society joins forces with the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Horticultural Hall, 
Boston, Mass., June 23rd and 24th, for the occasion of its 
fifteenth annual exhibition and convention. Here will be an 
opportunity for the amateur to get acquainted with the sea¬ 
son’s novelties in garden strains. 
WHAT ARE THE BEST ROSES? 
HE Seattle Rose Society has taken a vote of its member¬ 
ship as to the ten best garden Roses named in order of pref¬ 
erence. 111 replies were received, 137 different varieties were 
named. The result up to the fiftieth choice is as follows: 
I. 
General McArthur 
22. 
Irish Fireflame 
( Mrs. John Laing 
2. 
Mme. Edouard Herriot 
23. 
La France 
J Grass An Teplitz 
3- 
Duchess of Wellington 
24. 
Mrs. A. R. Waddell 
f Cecile Brunner 
4- 
Hoosier Beauty 
2T 
Juliet 
43. < Mme. Alfred Carriere 
5- 
Lady Hillingdon 
26. 
Constance 
( Wm. F. Dreer 
6. 
Ophelia 
27. 
Ulrich Brunner 
/Red Letter Day 
7- 
Golden Emblem 
28. 
Geo. Dickson 
„ ) Rayon d’Or 
8 . 
Mme. Melanie Soupert 
29. 
Mrs. Wemyss Quin 
4T T Lady Alice Stanley 
tl- 
Mme. C. Testout 
30. 
Old Gold 
(.Mrs. Chas. Lutaud 
IO. 
Frau Karl Druschki 
3«- 
Dr. W. Van Fleet 
45. Mrs. F. W. Vanderbilt 
11. 
Los Angeles 
32. 
Prince de Bulgarie 
46. Mrs. Dunlop Best 
12. 
Lady Pirrie 
33. 
The Lyon Rose 
47. Avoca Mrs. Alfred Tait 
13- 
Joseph Hill 
34- 
Wm. R. Smith 
48. K. A. Victoria 
14. 
Sunburst 
35- 
Mme. Butterfly 
f Madam Cochet 
15- 
Mme. Abel Chatenay 
36. 
Mme. Ravary 
49. -1 Grace Molyneaux 
16. 
Irish Elegance 
37- 
Mrs. Herbert Stevens 
( National Emblem 
17- 
Mrs. Aaron Ward 
38. 
Rose Marie 
/Heinrich Munch 
18. 
Kitchener of Khartoum 
j Dorothy Page Roberts 
J Marquise de Sinety 
19. 
Hugh Dickson 
39-' 
j Betty 
5 (Gainsborough 
20. 
Winnie Davis 
40. 
Richmond 
LMy Maryland 
21. 
Columbia 
41. 
Cheerful Isobel 
THE OPET^ C 0 LUM: K, 
Readers' Interchange of Experience and Comment 
What the Arnold Arboretum Means to American Gardeners 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
HAT TheGarden MAGAZiNE’sappreciation of the work of this great 
American institution should be expressed in its April number in a 
manner both practical and generous is most fitting. It harmonizes 
with your own ideals, since each month The Garden Magazine sets 
before the great American public wealth unstinted of information on 
gardens, garden material, and garden-lore. 
The jubilee of an institution, founded largely to assemble and culti¬ 
vate the hardy, woody plants from all parts of the world and to test 
their value for American gardens, is an event in which all garden-lovers 
of this country may rejoice. Some are by no means satisfied with 
the rate of progress America has made in garden development, but fifty 
years ago the outdoor garden—the real American garden—was scarcely 
known. Who shall estimate the influence the Arnold Arboretum has 
had in the development of these gardens? By precept and example the 
Arnold Arboretum has taught the American people the real value of 
American trees and shrubs as plants for permanent embellishment of 
their gardens. This is no mean achievement in itself. 
As to the introduction of exotic plants, from its inception the 
Arnold Arboretum has been a pioneer. No hardy, woody plant 
escapes attention and if of merit it is quickly placed within reach 
of the garden-lovers of America. As a testing garden, demonstrating 
the hardiness and garden value of such plants, the Arnold Arboretum 
has no peer in the world. In the colder parts of this country there is 
not an outdoor garden, great or small, but owes some of its finest 
treasures to the labors of this institution. As you rightly say there is 
not a garden in America that has not benefited from the founding of 
the Arnold Arboretum. As proof of this let any one check the list you 
refer to against the woody plants growing in his or her own garden. 
That the high cost of living should adversely affect an institution like 
the Arnold Arboretum should occasion no surprise, though it be of 
genuine concern to all garden-lovers. The cost of maintenance in 
consequence has increased enormously, and unless a corresponding in¬ 
crease in the income is forthcoming it will not be possible to continue 
the institution’s endeavors on its present scale. Instead of extending 
its sphere of usefulness it will be necessary to curtail many activities. 
There are many hardy plants worthy of American gardens yet to be 
won from the wilds, and it will be a real loss to American horticulture if 
the Arnold Arboretum is forced to relinquish, among other things, its 
exploration work. 
In aiding the endowment of the Arnold Arboretum, garden-lovers 
of America are really insuring the gardens of America. If, then, the 
example you have so worthily set be followed by others who love their 
gardens, the funds necessary for the Arnold Arboretum to continue its 
work and researches will be assured to the advancement of knowledge 
and to the embellishment of American gardens.—E. H. Wilson, Ass’t. 
Director of the Arnold Arboretum. 
