HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



MAY 5, 1906 



NO. 18 



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CONTENTS OF 



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THIS ISSUE 



FRONTISPIECE— A Banquet at Boston 



THE ROCK GARDEN— J. F. Huss— Illustrated 579 



CUCUMBER FORCING— R. L. Adams 580 



HYBRID AMARYLLIS— T. D. Hatfield— Illustrated 581 



OUR SUPPLEMENT 582 



THUNIAS— Robert Cameron 583 



EDITORIAL 



Cactus dahlia, The Pilot — A reflection on the seed 

 trade — San Francisco's parks her best asset — 

 Extending the commercial cut flower list — An 



ominous advance in express rates 584 



ADIANTUM EDGARII— Illustrated 585 



OBITUARY 585 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



American Association of Nurserymen 586 



Florists' Club of Philadelphia 586 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society 586 



New London County Horticultural Society 586 



Pasadena Gardeners' Association 587 



Society of American Florists 587 



Pago 



A VACUUM SYSTEM IN GREENHOUSE HEATING — 

 Frank A. Simonds 587 



THE GLADIOLUS— H. H. Groff 590 



SEED TRADE 591 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Columbus, Louisville, Minneapolis, 

 New York, Philadelphia 595 



THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS IN GREENHOUSE 

 BUILDING— Dennis T. Connor 601 



MISCELLANEOUS 



An echo from mechanical watering — Charles In- 

 gram 585 



Likes mechanical watering — Wm. Edlefsen 585 



Personal 5'io 



City Life — Marie A. Drew bS5 



Notes from the Twin Cities 587 



Incorporated 589 



Business Changes 590 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 590 



News Notes 590 



San Francisco Notes 593 



Philadelphia Notes 593 



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