The times., 1901-03-11
THE NEW YORK ROSE SHOW.
Society Women to Exhibit Rare and
BeamtifmI nInHsnms.

/ NEW YORK, March 1O-This year be
/ fore the Easter lily. comes the American
rose. Never did the Waldorf-Astoria
show fairer debutantes than it Will ex-
/ hibit on March 70, 20. and p, at the second
annual exhibition of the American Rose
! Society. Il will in reality be a show of
American beauties-fair roses and fair
women combining harmoniousy.
! For the exhibition the spacious ballroom
! of the Waldorf-Astoria will be trans
( formed into 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 yisl-
| tor enters the room he will see at first
merely a ''pl6ached'' hedge of cedar trees
! with break in the hedge toward the
lower end of the room to form a gate
! The pillars of the ballroom. yelled with
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 wei 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
giimmer through the water and tint the
spray hrst rose. then green and golden.
as it lightly touches the marble statue
About this well four formal flower beds
in the Italian style will be grouped. They
viii be beds of moss filed with Dutch
bulbs-hyancinths, gaily coIored tulips daft
I fodils, and one big bed of lilies of the val
. ley At the back of the room where the
stage now stands will be erected twenty
I CoTinthian columns thirty feet high and
l., ~,~f-
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 of 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 Speci-
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 Tarry-
town, y. Y.
Other debutantes which are to receive
much admiring attention are the Emily
-, ~
Robert Scot" and The Four Hundred"
The Robert Scot is a pink rose deli
cate in tint and delciOusly 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' eerise rose Of peculiar brilliancy
Of tone. 1t is one of the few red roses
which look their best at night 1t lights
up wonderfully we'll
The Mrs. J. 2. Morgan. the rose
which Mrs. John Jacob Astor will send
like the new Mrs. Oliver Ames. Its
satiny, curled petals are a distinct cherry
red. and 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
2 counterpart of the stately American
Bsauty-only it is pink. Some unusually
fine specimens of the American Beauty
rose will be exhibited by Mrs. Ogden
Miles
And in connection with the American
Beauty, new rose. sure to excite inter
est, is the one called THE Four Hun
dTed." 1t is d 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 /
ty rose will be sent to the exhibition by
Mr. COnnOr of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Levi z. Morton, whose hot houses |
are famous. Will send magnificent dis |
play of her favOrite rose, The Bridesmaid. |
and Mrs. Geraud 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 i
tereSt at the rose show beside the debu- |
tanteS-the new roses. The foyer win be |
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 AStor gallery
will be filed with cut blooms. and in the /
Colonial room tea will be served
The display of violets will form an in |
teresting exhibit. a novelty to be shown /
this year is actual tree of violets
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
]
And these women are not only lending /
their names as patrOneSses. but are each I
taking an active interest in rose culture I
and its development in America. Among
the prizes offered by society women for |
the coming exhibition are the following: |
Mrs Henry Clews' prizes $50 for vases
Of white roses on long stems First, so;
second. $50
Mrs. Richard Twins prize-For vase Of
moss roses, not less than twenty-five
sprays. S25.
Mrs Burke Roche's prize-For display
IF lily of the valley $50.
Mrs. William Jays pTiZes-S25 for vase /
IF Bon SiIene roses, NOT less than dfty
30; second, SO Many other prizes and
special premiums viii be offered this year
The American Rose Society since its start
| littIe more than year ago, has accom-
)liShed much.
Inc object OF the society is to deveiop
IN active interest in rose culture in
america. A study has been made of the
diseases OF roses and the growing of
'oscs by means of chemical fertilizers.
md much valuable Information has been I
obtained through the work of Leonard |
barron, Secretary of the society. and Dr.
ian Nlctt, of Little Silver, y. 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
f the LOOmis SanitaTium for Consump- /
ives. The officers of the society are. ,
PRESIDENT Benjamin Dorrance of Dor
anCetou, Pa. Vice President J. II Tav-
)r; Honorary Vice President Mrs. Rich !
rd irwin.
Ladies' Special Committee: Mrs. Rich
ri Irwin, Chairman; Mrs. c. NJ OeIriChs
irs. Henry Clews. Mrs Burke Roche l
rs, Mrs. Storrs Wells, and Miss Calien- q
eT. I
Among the patronesses are Mrs Astor :
lrs John Jacob Astor Mrs Edmund L. e