HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



MARCH 24, 1906 



NO. 12 



Published "Weekly by 



horticulture: publishing co. 



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Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— View in F. R. Pierson Company 



Nurseries 

 CONIFEROUS TREES AND SHRUBS IN ENGLAND 



AND SCOTLAND— T. D. Hatfield— Illustrated 359 



MECHANICAL WATERING — R. T. McGorum 360 



PINUS AUSTRIACA— Illustration 3G1 



SYMBIOSIS AND ITS RELATION TO HORTICUL- 

 TURE— J. Woodward Manning 362 



CERASUS JAPONICA PENDULA ROSEA— Jackson 



Dawson — Illustration 363 



EDITORIAL 364 



INSTRUCTION IN LANDSCAPE WORK— F. A. 



Waugh 365 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Society of American Florists 366 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 367 



Morris County Gardeners' and Florists' Society... 367 



Horticultural Society of Chicago 367 



National Council of Horticulture 367 



Columbus Florists' Club 367 



Chicago Wholesalers' Association 367 



Newport Horticultural Society 367 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 368 



New Haven County Horticultural Society 368 



Club and Society Notes 368 



CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 



THE SELLING AND PACKING OF CARNATION 

 BLOOMS AND CUTTINGS— J. D. Thompson 370 



A MODEL NURSERY— Illustrated 372 



F. R. Pierson— Portrait 372 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, 

 Indianapolis, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia.. 379 

 Twin Cities, Washington 385 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Books Received 365 



Personal 365 



San Francisco Notes 365 



Obituary 365 



Forcing Lilacs for the Holidays 368 



News Notes 368 



Newport Notes 368 



Movements of Gardeners 368 



Business Changes 368 



Philadelphia Notes 374 



Catalogues Received 374 



Seed Trade 374 



Incorporated 385 



List of Patents 385 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 385 



Fire Record 385 



SUPPLEHENT WITH THIS ISSUE. 



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LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



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CHICAGO, ILL.— R. S. Lund, 1034 W. Monroe St. MONTREAL — William Cooper, 568 St Paul SL 



CLEVELAND, O. — A. L. Hutchins, 38 Plymouth St. NEWPORT, R. i. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road. 



COLUMBUS, O.— M. B. Faxon, 322 E. Broad St. PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow 



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



DETROIT— C. B. Chase, 59 Miami Ave. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. — Luther Monnette, 1100 Van 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illl- Ness Av. 



nois St. WASHINGTON, D. C. — Z. D. Blacklstone, 14th and H 



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