HORTICULTURE 



VOL III 



APRIL 21, 1900 



NO. 16 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 



FRONTISPIECE— The Morton F. Plant Mansion 



DWARF FRUITS— R. L. Adams— Illustrated 515 



MAGNOLIAS— Warren J. Chandler 515 



THE REAL INWARDNESS OF HYBRIDIZATION 



— N. B. White 516 



PRESERVATION OF ORNAMENTAL TREES— M. H. 



West— Illustrated 517 



THE ROSE. THE STATE FLOWER OF THE 



SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK— B. Hammond. 519 



EDITORIAL 520 



MECHANICAL WATERING 



Approved — J. McHutchison 521 



Satisfactory— W. B. Davis 521 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 522 



Hartford Florists' Club 522 



Society of American Florists 522 



Flower Show at Pasadena, Cal 522 



Club and Society Notes 522 



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OUTDOOR ART AND CRAFT— Warren H. Manning. 523 

 HOW THIS RAILROAD STATION WAS IMPROVED 



— L. B. Pierce— Illustrated 526 



EASTER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Chicago. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, 



Louisville, New York 528 



Newport, Philadelphia ■ 531 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cleaning Dodder-Infested Alfalfa Seed 521 



Personal 521 



New Management in Detroit Parks 521 



Obituary 521 



News Notes 522 



Business Changes 522 



California Notes 524 



New York Agricultural Experiment Station 525 



Philadelphia Notes 531 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 537 



New Fertilizer 537 



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