HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



JUNE 16, 1906 



NO. 24 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE — Rhododendron fragrantissima 



FILMY FERNS— A. Hans— Illustrated 759 



CATTLEYA CITRINA— James Hutchinson 760 



LILIUM BROWNII— H. H. Thomas 760 



MAGNOLIA WATSONI— Robert Cameron 761 



NEPHROLEPIS PIERSONI— Illustrated 761 



RHODODENDRON FRAGRANTISSIMA— J. D. Hat- 

 field 761 



EDITORIAL 



The United States Express trouble — Where tin- 

 Society of American Florists and Ornamental 

 Horticulturists leads — The high art ot arrange- 

 ment 762 



NEW WICHURIANA HYBRIDS— G. C. W 763 



SOME GOOD PEONIES— Illustrations 764-765 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' 



Club 766 



Newport Horticultural Society 766 



New York Florists' Club 766 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 766 



Page 



NEWS OF CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— (Continued) 



American Association of Park Superintendents.... 766 



Columbus Florists' Club 766 



Cincinnati Florists' Society 767 



Outdoor Rose Show at Philadelphia 767 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 767 



Club and Society Notes 767 



SEED TRADE 76S 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston. Buffalo, Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville, 



New York, Philadelphia 771 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Personal • •, 7 *>3 



All Received in One Day's Mail 763 



Some Good Peonies 763 



News Notes 7 *>3 



San Jose Scale 763 



Business Changes 771 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 777 



List of Patents 777 



( Ibituary 777 



SUPPLEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE 



Lilium Brownii var. leucanthum 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



BUFFALO, N. Y.— E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St. 

 CHICAGO, ILL.— R. S. Lund, 1034 W. Monroe St. 

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

 COLUMBUS, O. — M. B. Faxon, 322 E. Broad SL 

 CINCINNATI, O. — Frank W. Ball, Walnut Hills. 

 DETROIT — C. B. Chase, 59 Miami Ave. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — George B. Wlegand, 1610 N. Illi- 

 nois St. 

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



VIONTREAL— William Cooper, 568 St Paul St. 

 NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, Dobson 



Bldg., 9th and Market St. 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. — Luther Monnette, 866 Isa*- 



bella St., Oakland, Cal. 

 TOLEDO, O. — J. L. Schiller, 929 Prouty Ave. 

 WASHINGTON, D. C— James J. Harty, 14th and H 



Streets, N. W. 



