SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to 12
Woman's and Books
VOL. XXIX.
PORTLAND. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAX 29, 1910.
NO. 23
ROSES PLENTIFUL FESTIVAL WEEK
Women Who Have Show in Charge Report There Will
Be No Shortage.
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HAT are the prospects for the i
Rose Show?"
Will there be enough roses?"
These are the two questions that are
oocupylng the minds of every one of the
tS -women to whom President Drake has
entrusted the cares and duties attendant
upon the exhibition of Portland's floral
wonders at the Rose Show to be held la
the Exposition building, June 7-9.
Incidentally the same two questions are
becoming the uppermost topics of con
versation in every family that raises
roses either for home beautlfication or
for the good of the city's rose supply Fes
tival week.
Can Portland supply the roses or will
it be compelled to import from other
Oregon towns, is a question that requires
answering. Because Portland Imported,
a few roses from Ashland two years ago,
certain outside newspapers charged they
were imported from California, and no
. one wants to see a repetition of those re
ports. But Portland may be reassured. From
a canvass of the women upon whose
ehouldero the heavy work of the cam
paign has rested, it may be authorita
tively proclaimed that Portland will have
rones enough and to spare.
There is just one little fly in this am
ber of happiness. There will not be as
many varieties as there were last year.
Tli reason for this Is that some of the
early varieties have come to an untimely
maturity, owing to the warm weather
that came before its time. The climbers
will all have gone. One variety and an
other tell the same story with an un
wearying depression, but against the
dark background comes many confident
statements that roses will be in abun
dance. Five million choice blooms is what
President Drake calls a conservative es
timate. This is how he lines the matter
up:
"There were between 300,000 and 400.000
bushes planted In the last three years
and there must have been 700,000 planted,
and more even than that, previously.
"Now does anyone mean to suggest
those bushes won't have an average of
five roses apiece. If that were not to
e. -we mlgbt as well move Portland over
to Seattle. .
"Seattle la coming to Portland to see
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the Rose Show?" isn't She? Does anyone
dare to think Portland will fall In the
very hour of her triumph? Most decidedly
not.
"Reports from every section are that
the rose crop will be a bumper one, that
roses will be magnificently fine. So who
cares if we are short a few varieties?"
And what President Drake says Is
borne out by the women In charge fit tue
different districts.
Mrs. Jerry Bronaugh, Willamette
Heights district, said:
"The roses are very beautiful, but It Is
hard to tell how many we will have for
the Rose Show. I think there will be
plenty of roses, for the bushes are- just
full. There are hundreds of buds and
that ought to insure a plentiful crop, in
this district at any rate, next week."
"The roees axe particularly fine," said
Mrs. F. I. Fuller, of Portland Heights.
"There will be plenty of roses here where
the higher altitude has kept them back
a little. Our climbers are all gone. I am
sure there will be an abundance of roses
for the Festival week, for, although cer
tain sections are scant, the city as a
whole has plenty of roses."
Mrs. H- 3- Albee, who presides over
the destinies of Irvington and Albina
roses, declared that, although there were
a great number of roses, there would not
be as many for Festival week as for
this week. . "They are most beautiful,
though," added Mrs. Albee, "and I have
no doubt the exhibition will be wonder
ful." Because Rose City Park is a new
suburb, comparatively speaking, Mrs.
Schlagel fears the district will not be
able to make a large showing in the
display. "We have not much chance,"
Mrs. Schlagel said. "But that does not
mean we will not be up and trying. ' I
have made a thorough canvass of the
district and projects are not too bright."
The Rose City Park Improvement
League has offered handsome prizes for
the best roses and finest display made
In Rose City Park and with this induce
ment. It is anticipated, some surprises
may be coming.
From Jefferson to Montgomery streets
is the district assigned to Mrs. F. E.
Watkinsi who remarks that the roses
are unusually large. " In her district, she
says, the roses are not full grown yet,
being still in the bud. There will be
plenty for the show and. for the Festival,
she believes. "The roses in this locality
are Just splendid," added Mrs. Watkins.
Brooklyn is responsible to Mrs. A. Ia.
Barbur, who reports that she has not
had much time yet to devote to the work
necessary to encourage the growers in
her vicinity. "There are marked dif
ferences in the different districts," com
ments Mrs. Barbur. - "Some are very,
very beautiful and there are quite a
number. However, I am afraid they
came out too full there were too many
on a bush, and about Rose week there
may be a scarcity."
Sunnyside reports, through Mrs. J. F.
Wilson, that there are lots of roses, very
fair in character and quality. Brooklyn
will have a large exhibit at the show,
Mrs. Wilson says. "The bushes are just
covered with buds and they have all to
bloom, yet. There will be plenty of roses
for both Festival and show."
From the tenor of the whole of these
replies It would seem that there need be
no apprehensions regarding the available
rose supply. As the roses are so widely
scattered, no one will be able to bear the
market, and, in fact, because nearly
everyone has loads of roses they are
only too anxious to donate for Festival
purposes, there will be no market for
roses at all.
Some fears have been expressed that
the Exposition building is so large that
it will be impossible to decorate it fitting
ly. Last Year the Roan Show was held
in the fairgrounds, and. surrounded by
everything green, the place was most
appropriate.
However, while Portlanders to the num
ber of many thousands flocked there, it
seemed as if the out-of-town visitor did
not find his or her way there, by reason
of the long car ride. To avoid this and to
insure that everyone gets to the show,
the Exposition building was chosen.
- According to officials of the Portland
(Concluded on F&go 7.)