HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



FEBRUARY 17, 1906 



NO. 7 



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Entered as second-ilass matter December 8, 1904, at the Po^t Office at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— Primula stellata 



RUELLIA MACRANTHA— A. Hans— Illustrated 183 



PRUNING ORNAMENTALS— Thomas White 183 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 184 



PRIMULA STELLATA— Robert Cameron 184 



BORONIAS— K. Pinlayson 185 



EDITORIAL 1S6 



ADIANTUM CUNEATUM— Illustrated 187 



MARECHAL NIEL— Alex Montgomery 187 



OBITUARY 



John E. Barry, Charles R. Emslie, Benjamin P. 



Ware 187 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



New York Florists' Club 188 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 188 



S. A. F. Pc-eony Committee 188 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 188 



New Haven County Horticultural Society 188 



Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists and Gardeners' 



Club 18S 



Cincinnati Florists' Society 189 



Society of American Florists 189 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 189 



Florists' Club of Washington 189 



St. Louis Florists' Club 1S9 



Society of French Gardeners of London 189 



Pasadena Gardeners' Association 189 



State Florists' Association of Indiana L89 



Cleveland Florists' Club 189 



Club and Society Notes 189 



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IMPRESSIONS OF BOSTON CARNATION MEETING 

 —A. M. Herr 190 



MIGNONETTE— Joseph Bradley 191 



IMPRESSIONS OF CALIFORNIA AND ITS CLIMATE 192 



FORCING LILAC DE MARLEY FOR CUT FLOWERS. 192 



SEED TRADE TOPIC'S 



Tests of 1905 Seed Novelties— Trans, by G. B 193 



National Canners' Association 193 



Catalogues Received 193 



IMPRESSIONS OF NEW CARNATIONS— Edward A. 

 Stroud 194 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Louisville, 

 New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco 199 



GREENHOUSE HEATING AND BOILERS— Charles 

 W. Gary 204 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Wholesome Chestnuts 187 



Publications Received 187 



California Notes 191 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 191 



Samuel Murray — Portrait 192 



Personal 192 



List of Patents 194 



News Notes : 195 



Business Changes 195 



Philadelphia Notes 197 



Montreal Notes 197 



Bowlers Enjoy Themselves 199 



Fire Record 199 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



BUFFALO, N. Y.— E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St. NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow 



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

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

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

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. III! 



nois St. 

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



VIONTREAL— William Cooper, 568 St Paul St 



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 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, 1100 Van 



Ness Av. 

 WASHINGTON, D. C— Z. D. Blackistone, 14th an* M 



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