HORTICULTURE 



VOL, III 



JANUARY 27, 1900 



NO. 4 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE — American Carnation Society Ex- 

 hibition 



ACHIMENES— W. H. Waite— Illustrated 95 



DRACAENAS— Jas. Stuart 95 



NATURE'S TEACHINGS— Jas. Hutchinson 96 



PRUNING ORNAMENTALS— R. S. Adams 96 



DO VARIETIES DETERIORATE— W. R. Gilbert 97 



LAELIO-CATTLEYA EROTION AND CATTLEYA 



LANCASTRIENSE— E. 0. Orpet 97 



EDITORIAL 98 



OUR COLORED SUPPLEMENTS 98 



BEGONIA GLOIRE DE LORRAINE— Illustrated 99 



OBITUARY 99 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY 100 



President Peter Fisher' — Portrait 100 



President Fisher's Address 100 



Secretary's Report 102 



Treasurer's Report 102 



Carnation Breeding— Prot. H. E. Hall 102 



The Carnation from a Retailer's Standpoint — 



Thos. F. Galvin 104 



The Exhibition 104 



The Banquet 104 



CARNATION— ELSA STRUSS— Illustration 101 



SOME NEW CARNATIONS— Illustrated 103 



Page 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Washington State Horticultural Society 106 



Lenox Horticultural Society 106 



Society of American Florists 106 



New Haven County Horticultural Society 106 



Elberon Horticultural Society 106 



Omaha Florist's Club 106 



New Hampshire Horticultural Society 106 



Club and Society Notes Ill 



NEW CARNATIONS OF H. WEBER & SON 107 



SEED TRADE 108 



Conrad Appel's Report 108 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Buffalo, Cincinnati, Louisville, Des Moines Holi- 

 day Report 113 



MISCELLANEOUS 



After Adjournment , 99 



Wholesome Chestnuts 99 



President Butterfield 99 



They Made an Error 99 



Personal 99 



Catalogues Received 108 



News Notes 113 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 113 



List of Patents 113 



A Notable Philadelphia Event 113 



Business Changes 113 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



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

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

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

 CINCINNATI, O.— Frank W. Ball, 818 E. 3rd Street. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi- 

 nois St. 

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

 MONTREAL— William Cooper, 568 St Paul St. 



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. C. — Z. D. Blacklstone, 14th and H 



Street?, N. W. 



