HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



JUNE 9, 1900 



NO. 23 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— Field of Hyacinths 



DENDROBIUM NOBILE— James Hutchinson— Illus. . . 731 



BLACK APHIS— R. L. Adams 731 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 732 



FIELD OF HYACINTHS AT HILLEGOM 732 



HINTS ON BOILERS AND HEATING 733 



INSTRUCTION IN LANDSCAPE GARDENING— J. A. 



Pettigrew 733 



EDITORIAL 



The coming peony show — Our advertisers have 

 prospered — Rhododendrons — The menace of in- 

 sects — Judges' problems 731 



JUDGES' PROBLEMS— A. H. Fewkes 735 



HARDY PLANT NOTES— Warren J. Chandler 735 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS 735 



OBITUARY 735 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 736 



Horticultural Society of New York 736 



Society of American Florists 736 



Florists' Club of Philadelphia 736 



New Jersey Floricultural Society 736 



Pennsvlvania Horticultural Society 7:: 7 



Page 



NEWS OF CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— (Continued) 



Chicago Florists' Club 737 



American Peony Society 737 



New York Florists' Club 737 



Missouri State Horticultural Society 737 



FIELD NOTES ON PEONIES— G. C. Watson 739 



FIELD OF WHITE POTTEBAKER TULIPS— Illus. . . 739 



SEED TRADE TOPICS 



Toledo Prepares for the Convention 740 



A Philadelphia Seedsman — Illustrated 740 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston. Buffalo. Cincinnati. Columbus, Indian- 

 apolis, Philadelphia 743 



Louisville. Omaha. San Francisco 719 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Incorporated 735 



Publications Received 737 



San Francisco Notes 738 



Philadelphia Notes 738 



News Notes 738-741 



Business Changes 741 



Personal 741 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 749 



A Useful Article 749 



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