HE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY was organized m 1899 
' to increase general interest m tke cultivation and to improve 
tke standard of excellence of The Rose for All the 
People.” It kolds several annual national exkikitions, at wkick 
prizes are awarded lor tke kest Roses. 
It encourages local exkikitions, and kas affiliated witk it 
many Rose societies. It supervises five Rose test-gardens—m Hartford, Itkaca, 
Minneapolis, Waskmgton, and Portland. All new Roses of value are registered 
witk it, and its Medals are kigkly prized as an evidence of especial merit. It 
fosters tke kykridization of new Roses for America. Its memkerskip includes 
interested rose growers and amateurs all over America. 
Most of all, it issues only for its members THE AMERICAN ROSE 
ANNUAL, tke autkoritative record of American Rose progress, wkick is needed 
ky every Rose-lover m America. Memkerskip at $3 per annum brings tins 
fine kook and otker publications of tke Society, witk tickets to its exkikitions. 
American Rose Society 
for membership details, see other side 606 Finance Building, Philadelphia, Pa. 
