The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-11
THE NEW YORK ROSE SHOW.
Society Women to Exhibit Rare and
neMmtifuI BInssoms.

annual exhibition of the American Rose
! Society. II will in reality be a show of
| American beauties-fair roses and fair
women combining tremendously.
For the exhibition the spacious ballroom
| of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. will be trans
! formed Into a parterre of roses rivaIing
/ the tabled gardens of Persia. The ball
room will be converted into a formal gar
| den of wondrous beauty. When the WISH
tor enters the room he will see at first
! merely a ''pleached" hedge of cedar trees
! with break in the hedge toward the
! lower end Of the room to form "A gate
me pillars of the ballroom yelled with
I green vines. will be connected with a
| hedge of cedar trees seven feet high
! Within the hedge the beauty of the gar
! den will be displayed. In the centre will
! be a stone well about three feet high
( filled with water and having self-working
| pumps, which will continuously throw
/ jets of water into the air. In the centre
; of the well an exquisite piece of statuary
/ will be placed. COlored electric lights will
, glmmer through the water and tint the
I spray ftrst rose. then green and golden,
I as it lightly touches the marble statue.
About this well four formal flower beds
| in the Italian style will be grouped. They
will be beds of moss filed with Dutch
! bulbs-hyancinths. gaily colOred tulips. daft
! fodils, and one big bed of lilies of the val
/ ley. At the back of the room where the
I stage now stands will be erected twenty
7 Corinthan columns thirty feet high and
/ arched over the top will be a trelis work
I of green. forming a Pergola. Further
back still the room will be made to look
| like a forest. Real forest trees from
! Maine are to be transported for this pur-
pose.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the
| ballroom will be the arcade side, where
! the debutantes If the Rose Show will
make their first formal bow to society.
Here will be exhibited the novelties -
the new roses, those not yet in commerce
And it is whispered that the belle of
them all will be the white Golden Gate
called Ivory This rose is a white sneci-
men from the Golden Gate and, like the
Golden Gate, is a Washington bred rose.
1t will be exhibited by Benjamin Durfee.
of Washington. 1t is declared to be the
white rose par excellence, and is sure to
be well worth seeing. The sensation of
the Rose Show last year. the Liberty.
will have to look well to it's laurels If the
new white Golden Gate is all that it is
claimed to be- Some exquisite specimens
of the Liberty will be on exhibition. They
will come from the celebrated hot houses
of Mrs. William Rockefeller at larry
town, n. Y.
Other debutantes which are to receive
much admiring attention are the Emily
Pemberton. the Mrs. Oliver Ames the
Robert Scot and THE Four Hundred"
The Robert Scot is a pink rose, deli
cate in tint and deliciously fragrant. This
rose and the Emily Pemberton" will
both be exhibited by Alexander Scot, of
Sharon Hill, Pa.
The Mrs. Oliver Ames' owned by
John n. May. of Summit, n. j., is a long
budded, cerise rose of peculiar brilliancy
of tone. 1t is one of the few red roses
which look their best at night. 1t lights
up wonderfully well.
The Mrs. J. p. Morgan the rose
which Mrs. John Jacob Astor will send
to the exhibition, is in colOring much
like the new Mrs. Oliver Ames' Its
satiny, curled petals a distinct cherry
red. anG it is one of those delightful tea
scented roses as well.
The Queen of Edgley,' whose debut
was made last year, is again coming over
from Philadelphia to grace with its deli
cate beauty the second exhibition of the
Rose Society. This is the rose which is
a counterpart of the stately American
Bsauty-only it is pink. Some unusually
tine specimens of the American Beauty
rose will be exhibited by Mrs. Ogden
Milts.
And in connection with thu American
Beauty, new rose. sure to excite inter-
est, is the one called THE -Four Hun
dred." 1t is wonderfully pretty flower
equally as lovely as the American Beauty.
and Is much like il, only darker This
new dark variety of the American Beau
" rose will be sent to the exhibition by
Mr., Common. of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Levi +. Morton. whose hot houses
are famous, will send a magnificent dis
play of her favorite rose. The Bridesmaid |
and Mrs. GerauG Foster. of Lenox. an
other rose lover, will send a vase of her |
most highly priced roses. The Bride
But there are to be other things of in /
terest at the rose show beside the debut |
devoted to exhibits of table decorations |
new ideas for the arranging of flowers for |
weddings, suggestions for artistic we'd |
ding bouquets. and the decoration of man.
tells with roses. Many original and novel |
effects are promised. The Aston gallery !
will be filled with cut blooms. and in the |
Colonial room tea will be served.
The display of violets will form an in |
tcresting exhibit A novelty to be shown |
this year is an actual tree of violets |
EXGuisitely fragrant violets as big as an /
one and one-half inches in diameter will |
be seen growing on a tree.
The American Rose Society has the |
hearty cooperation of many of the most |
prominent society women in New York. |
And these women are not only lending /
their names as patronesses. but are each /
taking an active interest in rose culture
and its development in America. Among
the prizes offered by society women for
Mrs. Henry Clews' prizes-S50 for vases
of white roses on long stems. First $50;
second. $40.
Mrs. Richard Twins prize-For vase Of
moss roses, not less than twenty-five
sprays, SIS. |
Mrs. Burke Roche's prize-For display
of lily Of the valley. $50
Mrs. William Jays prizes-S25 for vase
of Bon Silene roses, not less than fifty |
blooms nor more than 100 bIooms-First
Sl5; second, SO. Many other prizes and |
special premiums will be offered this wear
The American Rose Society since its start
4 little more than a year ago. has accom-
plished much.
Inc object of the society is TO develon
an active interest in rose culture in |
America. \ study has been made OF the
diseases OF roses and the growing of
roses by means of chemical fertilizers
and much valuable information has been
obtained through the work of Leonard
Barron. Secretary of the society, and DIR /
Van Welt, of Little Silver, " J., as to
he origin of American raised roses The
exhibition of the Rose Society this year
S given in aid of the charitable annex
If the LOomis Santarium for Consump-
ives The officers of the society are: ,
President, Benjamin Dorrance of Dor
'anceton, Pa: Vice President J. H. Tay-
or: honorary Vice President. Mrs Rich |
lrd irwin.
Ladies' Special Committee: Mrs. Rich
Ird Irwin, Chairman; Mrs. c. NJ. Oelrichs /
Mrs J. Z. De Forest. Mrs. William Doug
as. Mrs. Storrs Wells, and Miss Callen-
Ter |
Among the patronesses are Mrs. Aston, :
Hrs John Jacob Astor. Mrs. Edmund L.
SaylisS, Mrs Elbridge T. Gerry. Mrs.
hermann Oelrichs. and Mrs. William ;
Douglas Sloane. 5
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