. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo7. The a mer ica n Fl o r is t. 165 abreast of the times and secure flowers that will bring the best prices, we must needs have some means of acquirine; this knowledge, as well as of dissemi- nating it. .While the popularity of Bride, Brides- maid, Golden Gate and other tea roses of similar character has not diminislied, ?because of the increased number of peo- ple who buy, yet it would seem, to touch the membership of the society and stim- ulate the public interest in our efforts, and with your hearty co-cpera
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo7. The a mer ica n Fl o r is t. 165 abreast of the times and secure flowers that will bring the best prices, we must needs have some means of acquirine; this knowledge, as well as of dissemi- nating it. .While the popularity of Bride, Brides- maid, Golden Gate and other tea roses of similar character has not diminislied, ?because of the increased number of peo- ple who buy, yet it would seem, to touch the membership of the society and stim- ulate the public interest in our efforts, and with your hearty co-cperation we shall have without doubt the best meet- ing and most attractive exhibition ever given by the American Rose Society. As to what we expect to do at the forthcoming exhibition in our city. I am unable to give a list of the number of prizes to be offered, but you may depend. HOUSE OF ROSE '.Vs grown In" the Shcnnaii N KATE MOULTON. iir^iTv I'lKirlfs City. In. lupon this subject briefly, as ex-President Montgomery of this society very aptly stated, that the rose of the future will ?undoubtedly be raised from a mixture of the tea and hybrid, producine a hy- brid tea of the type of Tom Fields and ?Queen Beatrice. Your home roses, Richmond, Liberty, Miss Kate Moulton and others, all roses of the hybrid tea ?class, because of their high and positive •colors, are now much wanted. Then, too, these roses require more skill in grow- ing, which means more attention, result- ing in the very condition spoken of pre- viously, that the grower secures in the ?end, of a greater return for his labor than he could hope to were he to continue to be satisfied with the favor- ites of former years. So much for what the society has tried to do in the past. Now, as to what it may expect to do in the future and in this city. The sub- ject is one that I would not attempt to outline, because it is entirely dependent upon the efforts of the growers what may be accomplished. If the society
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