HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



MAY 12, 1906 



NO. 19 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— Calathea (Maranta) zebrina 



ABNORMAL FERNS— A. Hans— Illustrated 611 



CALATHEA ZEBRINA— K. FInlayson 613 



MARICA NORTHIANA— M. J. Pope— Illustrated 613 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 614 



IMPROVED TYPES OF CINERARIA GRANDIFLORA 



— Edgar Elvin — Illustrated 615 



PSEUDO-BULBLESS ONCIDIUMS— James Hutchison. 615 

 EDITORIAL 



A fair field for all— Get ready for Dayton— Bedding 

 plant prospects — Concerning the dissemination 



of wholesale prices — Fighting the moths 616 



UNCLE JOHN ON MECHANICAL WATERING— John 



Thorpe 617 



OUTDOOR ROSES AND MECHANICAL WATERING 



— D. Mcintosh 617 



THE SEEDSMEN'S STANDPOINT— Wm. Wolff Smith 617 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS 617 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 618 



New Jersey Horticultural Society 618 



Lenox Horticultural Society 61S 



New York Florists' Club 618 



American Carnation Society 618 



Page 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— (Continued) 



Society of American Florists 618 



Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' 



Club 618 



Club and Society Notes 618 



CATTLEYA KINKOR A— Illustrated 619 



HOUSE OF PHALAENOPSIS— Illustrated 619 



ABANDONED FARMS AND THEIR CAPABILITIES 

 — W. M. Munson 620 



ESTABLISHMENT OF LUDVIG MOSBAEK. .Illus. . . 621 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Columbus, Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, 

 Minneapolis 627 



LATEST IMPROVEMENTS IN GREENHOUSE 

 BUILDING— D. T. Connor 633 



MISCELLANEOUS 



San Francisco Notes 619 



Incorporated 623 



Catalogues Received 623 



The Pagoscope — Trans, by G. Bleicken 624 



News Notes 624-627 



Philadelphia Notes 625 



A Slippery Account 625 



List of Patents 633 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 633 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



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

 CHICAGO, ILL.— R. S. Lund, 1034 W. Monroe St. 

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

 COLUMBUS, O. — M. B. Faxon, 322 E. Broad St 

 CINCINNATI, O. — Frank W. Ball, Walnut Hills. 

 DETROIT — C. B. Chase, 59 Miami Ave. 

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

 nois St 



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

 VtONTREAL — 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, Market 



and 22nd Streets Camp, Oakland. 

 WASHINGTON, D. C— James J. Harty, 14th and H 



Streets, N. W. 



