The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-09
HILL BRINGS
ROSE HONOR
TO RICHMOND
Portland, Ore., Rose City Of.
Far West, Clasps Hands
With This City to Congratu-
late Famous Florist.
RECEIVE TWO MEDALS

far west, clasped hands, figuratively |
speaking. with Richmond rose city Of
the middle west, Tuesday and con-
graduated Richmond over it's posses
sion of such a citizen as f. G. Hill, |
the burbank of the Rose World.":
incidentally. Jesse A. Currey, repre-
senting the city of Portland, presented
to Mr.. Hill two large gold medals
Tuesday. one from the American Rose
Society, for producing the best rose
for outdoor growing, the columbia"
the other medal from the city of Port |
land for the best bush rose, also the |
Columbia" Also, Mr.. Hill was pre-
sented with a bronze certificate, the
gift of the city of Portland All the
awards were based on the result of
threc-year competition for roses sub .
mitted for tests in the International
Rose Test Garden of Portland In
this competition there were entered
roses produced in the United States, |
England, France, Canada Australia
and other countries.
Presented Tuesday
The presentation of the medals and
the bronze certificate took place at
noon Tuesday in one of the buildings
of the Joseph H. Hill Florist com
pany in the presence of members of |
Mr.. Hills family and about 100 mem
bors of the Richmond Rotary club. .
Following the presentation address by
Mr. Currey and a response by Mr..
Hill, dinner was served in the .
greenhouse.
On the tables were large lunches Of
the beautiful "Columbia" rose, and
the color scheme of the other decora- .
tons was largely carried out in the .
pink shade Of the "COlumbia."
HiII Congratulated.
After Mr. Hill had been presented !,
with the medals and the bronze Ger
tifcate, which is framed to be used
as desk ornament. Mr.. Currey read /
letters addressed to Mr. Hill and writ
ten by Robert Pyle. president of the
American Rose society. II: J. Blaes-
ing, president of the Portland Rose
society: George l.. Baker mayor of ,
Portland; S. f. Pier, commissioner of
finance and parks, of Portland. and
c. P. Keyser, superintendent of PARIS,
of Portland. Mayor Bakers letter fol
lows:
"Pormit me to offer my congrai'I-
lations on your having been awarded
gold medal for the best rose tested .
in Portlands International Rose Test
garden in the years 1918 and 1919.
You, as a rose grower, of course ap-
prociate stamp of merit from the
test garden of the City of Roses. as
perhaps few people do at this early
period in the history of the garden.
AS time goes on and other awards are
made, the value of the medal you re
ceived will be greatly enhanced.
Praises Creations.
"YOu are to be envied in creating
~1f h.
rose Columbia. The city Of Portland,
through its Rose society and its Rose
Test garden cndeavors to encourage
the building of many more such mon
uments."
Mr.. Currcy, who is engaged in the
steel business in Portland and whose
only interest in rose culture is that Of
an amateur enthusiast" according to
his own statement, was one of the
originators of the International Rose
Tests Garden of Portland.
In his address at the presentation
ceremonies Tuesday, Mr.. Currey stat
ed that Mr.. Hill was regarded as prob
ably the greatest producer and judge
of roses in the world. He said that
his fame was worldwide. He called h
attention to the fact that about ten
years ago the French government pre-
Sented 10 Mr. Hill meQal as pre-
mier award in an international compe
tition for his entry, the "Rhea Reid"
rose.
internationally Known.
He also stated that Mr. Hill had
been signal1y honored by England. In
his address Mr.. Currey traced the his
tory of the rose from the time of
Solomon, when the Jews cultivated the
rose, to the present time. He stated
that the modern rose was much super
ior to the roses with which Cleopatra
decorated herself when she went
vamping for Marc Antony" The great
superiority of the modern rose, he
said, was due to the efforts of such
men as Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. Hill during his career as a rose
specialist, has produced about twenty
FIVE varieties, and each new bloom of
his has been hailed with delight by
rose lovers the world over.
Mr. Currey stated Tuesday that
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