HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



JANUARY 6, 1906 



NO. 1 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— House of Carnation Robert 



Craig 

 ECHOES FROM ENGLAND— Harry II. Thomas, 



Illustrated '. 7 



DRACAENAS— David Mcintosh 7 



FORCING RHUBARB— R. L. Adams 8 



AN OLD ENGLISH GARDEN— C. Harman 



Payne 9 



GARDEN HYBRIDS— W. R. Gilbert 9 



A NEW YEAR'S REVERIE— R. T. McGormn. . 10 



OUR FRONTISPIECE 10 



COCOS WEDDELLIANA— Edgar Elvin 11 



FRUIT TREES IN POTS— R. L. Adams 11 



EDITORIAL 12 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



American Carnation Society 11 



Worcester County Horticultural Society... 11 

 Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists" and Gar- 

 deners' Chili 11 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston II 



Club and Society Notes 11 



Page 



MOVING LARGE OAK— Thos White— Illus. .. . 15 



THE IDEAL COUNTRY/ HOME— Oglesby Paul. 16 

 CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Cincinnati 17 



Boston, Buffalo. Louisville. New York, In- 

 dianapolis, Philadelphia, San Francisco..; 21 



MISCELLANEOUS 



A fie i' Adjournment 13 



News Notes 13 



Obituary 13 



California Notes 13 



Business Changes 13 



A Correct ion 13 



Wholesome Chestnuts 13 



Personal 13 



Philadelphia Notes 14 



Catalogues Received 15 



Greenhouses Building or Projected 15 



List of Patents 15 



BUFFALO, N. Y.— E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St. 

 CHICAGO, ILL.— E. W. D. Laufer, 2327 N. Leavitt St 

 CLEVELAND, O.— A. L. Hutchins, 38 Plymouth St. 

 CINCINNATI, O.— Albert J. Gray, 129 E. Third St. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. MM 



nols St. 

 LOUISVILLE, KY — F. L. Schulz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Rd 

 MONTREAL — William Cooper, 568 St. Paul St. 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



NEWPORT, R. I.— David Mcintosh, Ledge Road. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow 



St. 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, 1100 Van. 



Ness Av. 

 WASHINGTON, D. 0. — Z. D. Blackistone, 14th and H 



Street , N. W. 



