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“liav(3 it and tin* inolive |)()\\<*i- aj)[)(‘ai'S to he au¬ 
tomatic within tlic amateur. With ic'speet to rose sliows, 
organized amateur lose gardems, we as y(‘t ar(‘ in tlie 
j»ioneer stage, hut happily in America there aie examph's 
of how things can he and ar<‘ l>eing earrii'd out most sue- 
eessfully. 
With an illustration of President Hoosevelt sitting at 
his desk in admiration for a large hompiet of magnilieent 
Hielimond Hoses, tln‘ sj)eak(‘r i(‘lated the incident when 
last the American Hose Society met in Washington and 
upon adjournment wimt in a body to meet tlu' President 
in the White House, jiresenting him with a houquet of 
roses of American origin. After interrupting his re¬ 
marks to congratulate Mr. Hill, the originator, Mr. Hoose¬ 
velt exjiressed the grivit ieeling of satisfaction which al- 
Hut, gentlemen, a sjihmdid start alri^ady has heen made 
in jiraetieally all these directions, and in this eonneetion 
permit me to call attention to tin* work of the American 
Hose Society. 
This picture (showing the Syracuse New York Hose 
Show) represents a part of the exhihition under the aus¬ 
pices of the Syraeus(‘ Hose Society with a memhership of 
nearly three hundred which is annually holding notable 
shows of this kind, and which has this year become aflili- 
ated with the Aimulean Hose Society—the heginning of a 
movement that is hound to spread. The Newport Harden 
Cduh, of Hhode Island counting among its mendiers those 
of almost unlimited means are knocking at the doors of 
the American Hose Society for afliliation in the same way, 
and we are hoping lU'xt year to hold with tlumi a joint 
Block of 200M0 3 year old roofs of JJneaus and VU toria Bhaharh. P. I). Berry, Wholesale yarserynian. Daylon, 0, 
ways came to him ‘Nvheii we Americans are able to pro¬ 
duce what we need for our own use.” 
Too little incentive and precious little reward indeed, in 
the past, have heen offered to the American hybridizer, 
and this is one of the various points among others that 1 
shall mention, which calls for our corrective attention, if 
we would develop our rose growing industry. Let me 
lecapitulate. We have already shown the need for a 
series of test gardens. There is no question hut that 
there is an enormous field for the development of roses 
particularly for American conditions and therefore that 
we should encouraye hybridizers. 
Furthermore, we need to organize Hose Societies, Gar¬ 
den Clubs, among amateur rose growers, to encourage 
and assist in every way possihh' with organized local ef¬ 
fort along these lines, and last hut by no means least we 
must get going the movement to plant puhtic rose yardens 
for all the people. 
spring outdoor show. A small charge is made for each 
affiliated member in return for which he, or she, receives 
the publications of the American Hose Society and the So¬ 
ciety offers medals for their best displays. We are also 
publishing annually a bulletin which is being constantly 
improved that will contain more and more valuable infor¬ 
mation, with reference to best roses for different localities 
of our country, the results of shows, the prizes awarded, 
and with condensed rej)orts of the Society’s business. 
You will also he interested in the progress already 
made with the test garden movement, which was launch¬ 
ed a year ago last April, at the annual meeting of the 
American Hose Society, and also of the Society of Amer¬ 
ican Florists and Ornamental Horticulturists held in New 
York, and as evidence of what has heen done you will see, 
in these ])ictures, the splendid location provided for us at 
Washington, just across the Potomac Hiver, by the De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, who have charge of the garden 
