Across the country, members host rose shows and educational seminars, maintain public gardens and support research on the newest and disease-resistant varieties of rose. They even grow arrangements and flowers for hundreds of local events and share their enthusiasm and knowledge of rose gardening.

(Left to right) E.M. Freeman, engineer in charge of construction; W.R. Hirsch, secretary manager of the fair; George Freeman, chairman of the building committee; Major J.G. Lee, dean of the agriculture college at LSU; Mayor Clyde Fant; W.A. Robinson, director of the fair and member of the building committee; W.