horticulture: 



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Columbus Florists' Club 252 



325, 367, 444, 4!'H. .".54. 6S0, 766. 

 818. 



Cucumber forcing 580 



Cyaniding device, A 505, ".49 



Cyclamen: — 



— *Low's salmon 127 



-Culture of the 551 



\ Cypress, Japanese 21G 



*Cypripedium caudatum 439 



D 



Daffodils. The coming of the 443 



*Dendrobium Dominianum 453 



— *nobile 731 



— *Wardianum and superbum 



Dearii 547 



— Spring flowering 547 



Des Moines Florists' Club 223 



Deterioration of varieties 484 



Detroit Florists' Club 326, 



399, 490. 555, 681. 



Dimmock. Alfred 72 



Do varieties deteriorate... 97, 249. 396 



Dracaenas (Cordyline) 7, 95 



*Dunlop, J. H 121 



E 



*Easter. 1906 425 



—Plants in New York market. ... 449 

 — Trade, Seasonable preparations 



for 453 



—Plants 163 



— Market reports 528, 531,569 



Echoes from England. .. 7, 62, 39.".. 645 

 Editorial: — 



—Optimistic violet growers; Pro- 

 tection for tender plants in 

 transit; The value of local ex- 

 hibitions; Intrinsic value of the 

 modern carnation; Of interest to 

 the nursery trade; Improving 

 packing methods; settling dis- 

 putes 12 



—Look out for fires; Ladies' 

 night; Mutual obligations of 

 wholesaler and retailer; Good 

 wishes for the carnation men; 

 The death of Samuel B. Parsons 38 

 — Sports versus seedlings; Bur- 

 bank and his critics; Knowing 

 why and wherefore; Poinsettias 

 after cutting; Increase the duty 



on nursery stock 66 



— Address inquiries to our office; 

 Hasty conclusions and cold facts; 

 The new schedule of the Mass. 



Horticultural Society 98 



—Boston and her visitors; Effects 

 of the mild weather; The com- 

 ing Rose Show; The farmer and 

 the forest; Advancing the car- 

 nation's interests; Where the 



small exhibitor stands 130 



— Our supplement; Let us hear 

 from you; The festive board and 

 the fraternal spirit; The com- 

 ing exhibition of roses; The 

 commercial value of the exhibi- 

 tion; The florists' club and the 



retail dealer 164 



— Nicotiana Sanderae in winter; 

 Two varieties of hybridizers; 

 The rose show will be a notable 

 event; The return to nature; 

 Forcing the lilac; Vicissitudes 



of the novelty list 186 



— Making good our promise; The 

 axe following the moth pests; 

 Antagonizing the Agricultural 

 College; Excluding worthless 

 varieties from the exhibition 



table 220 



— "The most unkindest cut of 

 all;" For the advancement of 



the rose; A course of study in 

 landscape work; Plant retro- 

 gression and the plant breeder.. 250 

 — Our rose number next week; 

 Our frontispiece; Humbugs 

 abroad; Florists' working 

 hours; The Dayton outlook; 

 American carnations winning 



recognition in England. 284 



— Our supplement; Meeting of 

 American Rose Society; The 

 free seed abuse; The Queen of 

 Flowers; An outdoor exhibition 

 at Dayton; The proposed national 



flower show 322 



— What the Rose Number did; 

 Better protection for the trees: 

 Dayton's outdoor exhibtion; 

 Boston greets the rosarians; 

 Opportunities in landscape 

 work; The florists' interest in 



hardy material 364 



— Lengthening the rose list; Ex- 

 plaining the absence of the 

 small exhibitor; The financial 

 problem in the societies; The 

 fertile florist and the pliant 

 press; The green carnation: 

 Some of the surprises at Boston. 398 

 —Easter greeting; For the Easter 

 growers; The advantage of visit- 

 ing; The indispensable whole- 

 sale florist: Mahomet goes to 



the mountain 442 



— Ready for the next crop; Of 

 interest to rose growers; Spare 

 the native flowers; Back to 

 the country life: The right 



spirit in emulation 488 



— Popularity of the cactus dahlia: 

 The backyard beautiful, on 

 paper; Intelligent help needed in 

 nursery and greenhouse; The 



day of reckoning 520 



— Attractions of the fern garden; 

 San Francisco's distress; Build- 

 ing up the club; Gardens for 



the multitude 552 



—Cactus dahlia the Pilot; A re- 

 flection on the seed trade; San 

 Francisco's parks her best asset; 

 Extending the commercial cut 

 flower list; An ominous advance 



in express rates 584 



—A fair field for all; Get ready 

 for Dayton; Bedding plant 

 prospects; Concerning the dis- 

 semination of wholesale prices; 



Fighting the moths 616 



— Decoration Day; To investigate 

 injurious insects; An instance of 

 short-sightedness; Some pecu- 

 liar results of the past winter.. 646 

 — The cut flower trade and the 

 Greek; Two important measures; 

 A promising outlook for the 

 gardener; Some Park attrac- 

 tions of the week 678 



— Prosperity in the nursery trade; 

 The great floral holiday; The 

 peony; The Boston gardeners 



are admonished 706 



— The coming peony show; Our 

 advertisers have prospered; 

 Rhododendrons; The menace of 



insects; Judges' problems 725 



— The United States Express trou- 

 ble: Where the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists leads; The high 



art of arangement 762 



— The close of a profitable year; 

 Planning for next year; The 

 store window in summer; About 

 formal gardening 816 



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Eel worms or nematodes 320 



Eelworm Question. The 438 



Elberon Horticultural Society.. 37, 

 106, 223, 291, 680. 



England. Spring flowers in 645 



Eucharis 320 



Evergreens, Moving large 441 



Exhibition groups 161 



—International 228 



Exhibitor's grievance, An 439. 553 



*Far Hills, Dayton, 0., A spira?a 



border at 541 



Farms. Abandoned and their capa- 

 bilities 620 



Ferns for everyday use *35, *159 



— *Ai lostirhum and Platycerium. 483 



— *Filmy 759 



— *Tree, at home, The *273, 280 



— *About abnormal 611 



Fertilizer, New 537 



Fire record 72, 145. 199, 348, 



385, 408, 683. 

 Fisher. A word from President. . . 163 

 Florists' window in winter, A.... 338 



Flowers, Hardy 260 



Flower market reports.. 21, 45, 79, 

 113. 145, 169, 199, 231, 263, 295, 

 330, 335, 379, 385, 415, 465, 471, 

 499, 505, 563, 595, 627, 659, 687, 

 715. 743. 749, 771, 823. 



*Forsythia suspensa 643 



Frontispiece, Our 10, 35 



*Fruits. Dwarf 515 



Fuchsias at the Philadelphia show 487 



Garden, An old English 9 



—Hybrids 9 



— Decoration 133 



Gardeners, Movements of 368 



Ginger jar, Out of the 647 



Glass situation, The 421,471 



Gladiolus, The 590 



Grapevines under glass 64 



— *The Bertrand 65 



— *The Lincepina 251 



Greenhouses building and pro- 

 jected 15, S4, 113, 150, 191, 



238 269, 301, 348, 385, 472, 505, 

 537, 569, 590, 633, 721, 749, 777. 

 829. 



— Heating and boilers 204 



— Perfection of building 301 



— Heating, A vacuum system in.. 



471, 587 

 — Building, The latest improve- 

 ments in 601, 633 



H 



*Ha?manthus 283 



Hartford Florists' Club 324,522 



*Hauswirth, P. J 41 



Hole's, Dean, tribute to the rose.. 323 



Holiday reports. Belated 43,113 



Holly-Castle trip 131 



Horticulture a business-getter. ... 67 



*Huebner, Paul 289 



Huntington Horticultural and Ag- 

 ricultural Society 325 



Hva. inths, Field of, in bloom.... 



*726, 732 

 Hybridizing, The real inwardness 

 of 516 



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Ideal country home for the man of 



modest income, The 16 



Illinois State Florists' Association 325 



