HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



MARCH 3, 1906 



NO. 9 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE — Strobilanthes anisophyllus 

 WINTER FLOWERING SWEET PEAS— Wm. Sim- 

 Illustrated 247 



NEW SWEET PEAS— H. H. Thomas 247 



STROBILANTHES— Robt. Cameron 248 



ARE THE TENDENCIES OF VEGETABLE OR ANI- 

 MAL LIFE TOWARD PERFECTION OR DEGEN- 

 ERACY?— N. B. White 249 



DO VARIETIES DETERIORATE?— Geo. M. Anderson 249 



EDITORIAL 250 



THE LINCEPINA GRAPE— N. B. White— Illustrated. . 251 



SYRINGING ORCHIDS— John E. Lager 251 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Buffalo Florists' Club 252 



Rose Night at Philadelphia 252 



Kentucky Society of Florists 252 



Nassau County Horticultural Society 252 



Columbus Florists' Club 252 



Toledo Florists' Club 252 



New Haven County Horticultural Society 252 



Club and Society Notes 254 



THE CARNATION OF TODAY— Robert Craig 



CARNATION BREEDING — C. W. Ward 



NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS— C. H. Totty 



HARDY FLOWERS— E. O. Orpet 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Baltimore. Boston, Buffalo, Detroit. Louisville. 



Newport, New York. Philadelphia 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Personal 



Wholesome Chestnuts 



Astilbe Davidi 



What They Say of Us 



Obituary 



California Notes 



Seed Trade 



Philadelphia Notes 



Business Changes 



News Notes 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 



Catalogues Received 



List of Patents 



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