HORTICULTURE 



Page 

 Court decision in customs house 



case 613 



Cover illustration, Our 723, 781 



Crocuses in the grass *841, 849 



♦Cumming. Alex 691 



♦Cyclamens in England 95 



— Fertilizing and selecting of the. 



167, 197 

 •Cypripedium Fairrieanum hybrids 61 



— *Curtisii uobilior 653 



Co-operation between wholesaler 

 and retailer in times of over- 

 production 755 



Correction, A 722 



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Daily plant auction 345 



Daphne Cneorum 628 



Dayton news 114 



—Florists- Club 236 



Detroit Florist Club 8, 106, 



141, 478, 720. 



— Good example 539 



— Park board vs. San Jose scale. 856 



— Retailers' view 634 



Dingec &. Conard Co.'s, Heard at. 264 



During recess. . .109, 421, 536, 789, 824 



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•Easter. 190S 465 



—Market reports 571, 573, 581 



^Prospects 503 



— Suggestions 502 



•Echinops 401 



Editorials: — 

 • — 1908; The scope of school hor- 

 ticulture; What we promise, ... 6 

 — The carnationists' opportunity; 

 Get "a move on"; Helping one 



another 34 



— Intelligent plant feeding; Profit- 

 less work; Making a record... 62 

 — Salutation; Two standards of 



value; The catalogue season... 98 

 — Costly carelessness; A broad 

 gauge course; To demonstrate 



decorative value 134 



—The nomenclature of carnation 

 sports; Again the charter; Es- 

 sentials in hybridization; A 



rose grower's duty 166 



— The passing of "sterilis"; A pro-_; 

 posed rose bulletin; Vicissitudes 

 of the violet; An inevitable re- 

 sult 200 



— Exclusively for the commercial 

 florist; Planning the business 

 campaign; To safeguard the 



forests 232 



■ — The carnation growers' burden; 



The forcing bulb industry; Old 



style houses at a disadvantage. 262 



— The single violet a winner; The 



gardener of the future; Where 



education points the way 296 



— Reciprocity; Vicissitudes of 

 Fashion; A duty of every flor- 

 ist 328 



— Of value to rose growers; What 



an organization can do 366 



— A story well told; Reporting 



the exhibition; The remedy... 402 

 — The rose in the ascendant; 



Progress; A live question 438 



— Seasonable good wishes; Posi- 

 tion fairly won; An opportunity 



neglected 476 



—The Chinese primrose; The fate 

 of the sluggard; A superfluous 



commodity 528 



— Easter. 1908; About "lap seam" 

 boilers; The early flowering 



sweet pea 560 



— A "tip" for the fall show; A pro- 

 posed insecticide bill; The prob- 

 lem of the forcing bulb 590 



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Editorials: — f Continued) 



— Prosperity in full swing; The 



electric van in horticultural 



trade; An unequal struggle.... 624 



— Memorial day; Sunday closing; 



Limitations of the registration 



bureau 654 



— The trend of preference; A wise 

 and patriotic measure; The am- 

 plitude of salesmanship 686 



— Unfrilled orchid growing; For 

 the better development of New 



England 718 



— Floriculture enriched; An ex- 

 perience and its lesson; Mer- 

 chandising methods 752 



— Co-operative sentiment should 

 be encouraged; Cohesion is bet- 

 ter than divergence 782 



— "Bumper" crops and good times 

 on the way; Unappreciated 

 flower shows; Nurserymen head- 

 ed right 816 



— The fall exhibitors; To arouse 

 public interest; The national 



flower show 848 



Elberon Horticultural Society.... 375 



Engelman Botanical Club 106 



Entire satisfaction 529 



*Brnest, W. H 103 



Euonymus alatus 97 



European crop conditions 70 



Evil to be remedied. An 655 



Experiment Station, The Massa- 

 chusetts 68 



Express monopoly. The 849 



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Fashion in flowers 327 



*I''ertilizers, A fern fed vrith solu- 

 ble 527 



— and manures in the greenhouse, 



Misuse of 751 



—About, and their use 99 



— Commercial, sized up 233 



— Mechanical fineness of 197 



—Soluble 353, 364, 559 



—The question 439 



— Weights and areas for 33 



Fertilizing while watering 63 



Fire .record 836 



♦Flora's harbingers of spring 471 



Florists Hail Association 408 



— Opportunity for 382 



Flower inarket reports 17, 45, 



77, 84, 117, 149, 181, 213, 245, 277, 

 309, 345, 385, 421, 453, 507, 541, 

 603, 605, 637, f,69, 701, 733, 765. 

 797, 829, 861. 



— market proposed, A new 603 



Flower spike, A sixty million.... 724 

 Forest lands, Exempting from tax- 

 ation 189 



♦Freeman, J. R 103 



Fungicides, insecticides and spray- 

 ing 766 



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Galloway, Dr., A question for 233 



♦Garden making. Art and nature 



in 229 



Gajdeners, Movements of 269, 



536, 824. 



Geraniums, Four best zonal 595 



Ghent, International Horticultural 



Exposition at 234 



— Quinquennial, Trip to 415 



—Show 561, 854 



— Some azalea awards at 690 



Ginseng growers 107 



♦Gladioli, Ruffled 165 



Glass market, The 516 



Gloiy be! 753 



Grass, A new ornamental 688 



Greenhouse, The proper size to 

 grow roses for commercial pur- 

 poses 483 



Page 

 Greenhouses building or contem- 

 plated 26, .54, 85. 125, 157, 190, 



222, 254, 277. 318, 354, 393, 430, 

 461, 516, 549, .580, 614, 645, 677, 

 696, 725, 773, 804, 837, 869., 

 Greeinvich Gardeners' Society .... 107 



♦Gude, AV. F ' 103 



♦Guttman, A. J 605 



Gypsy moth fight, $250,000 for 270 



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Hail losses 461 



—Record 486 



♦Hammond, Benjamin 369 



Happy gardener. The 84 



♦Hanford's new superintendent of 



streets 691 



Hoard in the anteroom 367 



Heating apparatus. New 26, 85, 190 



Herbaceous border. The present 



care of 403 



*Herr, A. M 101 



*Herr, Mrs. A. M 139 



Hippophae rhaninoides 167 



Horticulturist, The ideal 199 



♦House, A staunch 189 



Huntington Horticultural and 



Agi-icultural Society .203, 300 



♦Huss, J. F S 



Hydrangea arborcscens grandiflora. 231 



— Controvei-sy, The 59 



— Question settled 198 



Hydrocyanic gas for white fly. .725, 815 



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Ilex crosses 329 



Illinois State Floral Association. . . 2l'>6 



—State Horticultural Society 298 



Incoi-porated 10, 115, 143, 175, 



213, 245, 309, 382, 418, 453, 504, 



571, 603, 635, 677, 695, 727, 757, 



7?2, S24, 8.59. 

 Inspection laws. Good results of. . 52 

 Iowa State College, New forester 



at 108 



Insecticides, Proposed law affecting. 856 



Jamaicaway, Olmsted Park, Bos- 

 ton - *225, 231 



♦Jensen, J. E 369 



June. A song for 817 



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♦Kill, Leonard 106, 369 



Killamey's Chicago home 536 



— Mildew on 753 



♦Kramer, F. H 103, 331 



♦Lemon, Fred H. 101 



Lenox Horticultural Society. . .141, 378 



Letter of gratitude, A 7 



Lettuce, Boston Head at Ironde- 



quoit 85 



♦Leuthy , X 594 



Level, A low priced 861 



Liberal ofler, A 564 



Library Notes 201, 233, 416, 757 



Lilies, Longiflorum vs. Multiflorum. 787 



— ♦Jlore about Formosa 490 



— The qualities of Formosa 448 



—Shy of bloom. . . : 397 



Lily bulbs, Home production of. . . 105 

 Louisiana State Horticultural So- 

 ciety 141 



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Madison, N. J., Personal items 



from 859 



March, A song for 329 



Margnerites, Improving the 593 



Marvlanders in HoUand 632 



