Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-05
ROSE LOVERS TO CONTRIBUTE
TO THE NATIONS GARDEN

| The American Rose Society has COM
| pleted arrangements to cooperate
with the United States department OF
agriculture in establishing a rose gar
den at the nations capital. This
| garden Isl TO contain as complete a
| collection Of roses as will grow out
of doors in the latitude of Washing
! ton The society is furnishing the
roses. while the department has set
aside two acres of ground at its Ar
lington farm for the garden, which
| will be under the direction of fed
eral horticultural specialists. The
farm is in Virginia, just across the
Potomac from the city of Washing
ton and convenient to the Washing
ton Virginia trolley line.
The garden already contains about
so varieties, but there are many
hundred kinds not yet included, and
eventually the site can accommodate
as many as 1000 varieties if they can
be secured.
The garden is already laid out and
makes an interesting show place for
visitors to Washington. The roses are
arranged as far as possible according
to parentage. Teas and hybrid
teas, for instance have bed
to themselves, as do hybrid perpet-
| uals AS far as is practicable roses
are arranged according TO color. Ar
| bors are being planned to increase
the attractiveness of the garden, and
| these will be in place next spring. \
! fence six feet high, on which climb
| ing roses will grow, is to surround
| the garden The walks are OF turf,
and the plan has been to use diff
! ferent kind of grass in making each
walk There will be rose canopies on
| the corners and at the entrances.
! There are many other kinds of
! flowers besides roses grown at the
| Arlington farm. There are $50 va
rieties OF iris and 125 varieties of
| hardy chrysanthemums. Many of the
| chrysanthemums are now in bloom,
as are certain fall varieties of roses.
I A peony garden, it is hoped, will be
added shortly, the plants to be fur
nished by the American Peony So
ciety on the same basis as the roses
| are supplied by the American Rose
Society.
Any grower of roses who thinks he
may have roses not already in the
national collection has been invited
by the American Rose Society to
contribute a sample plant. Core
spondence concerning such plants
should be sent to Alexander Cum
ming. jr., of Cromwell, Conn.,, wh6
is chairman OF the society's commit
tee on gardens. Either Mr.. Cum
ming or the department of agriculture
will supply a plan of the garden an6
list OF varieties already grown tC
the interested rosarian who applies
for them.
The membership of the American
Rose Society is made up about equal
Iy of amateurs and professionals. Th'
society is particularly anxious TO IN
ciude in it's membership all small
growers, and applications for mem
bership should be sent to B. Ham
mond, Beacon, N. Y.
The society is responsible for nam
ing all American varieties of roses
} Every rose originated in this coun
! try is registered under its prope
/ name, and a name once given il
never given again, according to tn
plan of the society. If it is possibl
? to get together specimens of all va
7 rieties raised in the United States
!, confusion will be avoided in the du
] plicatien OF names for different va
rietiess or in the naming Of one va