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Women's s Institute Has Rose They've come a long way. Gone are the days when they had to fight to get house- hold science courses‘ estab- lished in Ontario schools. when their energetic founder and leader. Adelaide Hunter Hoodless. conducted a fund- raising campaign to establish MacDonald Institute, now part of the University of Guelph. They're the Federated Wo- men's Institutes of Canada. just as concerned about the quality of life today as they were in 1897 when the organi~ zation was founded. They sub- mitted a briehto the Royal Commission on the Status of Women dealing with marriage and divorle. women in the la- bor force. and taxation as it pertains to married women. They have sent submissions and resolutions to various go- vernment ‘departments deal- ing with health services. the aged. water pollution, agricul- tural retraining programs and educational television. They‘ve set up a Northern Canada Women’s Institute Fund to continue adult educa- tion for women of the north. Another of their ongoing and continuous projects carries the motto ‘Make and keep Ca- nada beautiful'. And it all started when Ade- laide Hunter Hoodle‘ss of , Hamilton, '0nt., recognized a need for education among rural women. The first meet- ing of the F.W.I.C. was held in Stoney Creek. 0nt.. on Fe< bruary 19.1897. The F.W.I.C. is now estab- lished in all 10 provinces. the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Recently, a new Canadian ‘rose was named. in honor of iMrs. Headless. i Developed by plant breeder Dr. Henry H. Marshall of Agriculture Canada's Morden, -Man.. Research Station. the Adelaide Headless rose was released to the Canadian 0r« nam'ental Plant Foundation in 1972' the Veer of the F.W.I.C.'s 75th anniversary. The Adelaide .de rose is hardier than at red rose i ”\- 1‘5 . it.‘ 3 WI Rose Adelaide Hunter Hoodless. 1857-1910. founded the Fed- erated Women’s. Institutes of Qaneda. A ‘ ' her honor was developed by Agriculture Canada and is on the market for the first , time this year. 7/ 97 #â€" cultivus of the florlbundai class. A vigorous. upright. open shrub. it grows about four feet tall. and has only a few spineslts glossy. nor- ‘tnal green Midge is medium sized with who leatletlt per leaf and is moderately resis- tant to blacks and mildew. The ma bl, is continuous- ly and profuggiy from June right fihrou' j, to the autumn , Its (0 ,2! are in clus- 4. i Mil oodless Rose Only one Canadian nursery is selling the Adelaide Hoodless rose this year. although demand is expected to be strong. ospeoially from the approximately 55,000 F.W.I.C. (members. It is expected that more nurseries will carry the rose next year.