290 HORTICULTURE. March 9, 1907 



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PRONTISPIECE — Rose Arlmr, Dana Island Page ° 



WHITE KILLARNEY— Illustrated 285 aboard for attract a large and di.'^tinguishcd gath- 



™^^.^^]^^^..^^'^^}'^':^".^^^^^^^ Washington ering of professional horticulturists 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES— Alfred .T. Loveless'..'..'. 286 from all sections of the countrv. The 



rSseI" UNDeHlaIs-X VsimpsVn".' : '. l '. '. : : '. : ; : : fss ^^^^^^^^^on promises to be . remarkable manifestation of 



SOME BRITISH FAVORITES— W. H. Adsett 288 the present attainments in American rose development. 



HORTICULTURE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS— Samuel 1 j.i • j.i a • . , . /, • ,. • i xu 1 



jjyrray 289 ''oth in the florists cut flower specialties and the larger 



THE ROSE— Poetry— Paying a Rose for Rent 291 domain of garden material. Tlie awakening of our 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS 292 • 1 . ii- i j. ■ . xi Li. j; 1 i, -j 



AT THE WIDENER CONSERVATORIES-Geo. C. commercial establishments m the matter of rose hybrid- 

 Watson 292 jzation in the past few vears is already beoinning to 



ROSE LITTLE DOT— Illustrated 29.3 , ,, ,^1. ' , x x . , 



ROSES AT WOODS HOLE 293 ^how results and this opportunity to examine a number 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND So'cieti'es " " of new home products for the first time should not be 



Newport Horticultural Society — American Associa- lii axji -i-t i-ii ■■,• 

 tion of Park Superintendents-Columbus Florists' neglected. As to the social side of the event, it is 

 Club— New Jersey Floricultural Socieiy— Nassau pretty well known everywhere what a visit to Washing- 

 County Horticultural Society— Tarrytown Horti- , " -. -i '• j, 1 i t. ,1 1 ,. ,, , 

 cultural Society-North Shore Horticultural Society ^^^ means. In no city m the land does the horticultural 



— Grand Rapids Florists' Club 294 visitor find more cordial welcome or more open-hearted 



Florists Club of Philadelphia — American Carna- 1 t r + 



tion Society— Ladies, Take Notice— Toledo Florists' hospitality. 



Club — An International Exhibition 291 j! x . 



Huntington Horticultural and Agricultural Society it is unfortunate and not at all to the 



— Lenox Horticultural Society — Gardeners' and Sometime, -credit of the SO-called "upper society" 



Florists' Club ot Boston — National Chrysanthe- u . <. * 1 /. , 1 ■ "^ ji j 1 1 



mum Society of England 297 but not yet people ot this country that they have not 



Club and Society Notes 298 yet reached the stage in civilization where 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY / x 1 ? ,1 t .1 -,• 



Officials of American Rose Societv, Portraits 295 they can torget, tor a time at least, the lines ot class dis- 



TWO ex-preI°den'?'s honore'd: ::::;::;::;::::;:: 29? *^°^'t'"^^^' ^h-^^- '^^"'^ '^'^ tamers, and hnd in such a 



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OBITUARY— Annie Lonsdale— Orson D. Munn— Herman '^ '^ 1 .r > 



C. Baartman— Ferdinand Tschupp, Portrait— Other and lianker, all. without regard to station in social or 



CAR^NATroNcbM'M"ENTS-B.""A:str'oud: •.:■.■.■.:■.•. :■.■.:'. fo2 ''"'^.''^'^f ^'^''- '^'^"^ '"<f and work together, actuated by 



Carnation Notes 302 :'• single purpose, each happy in the privilege to render 



.SEED TR.ADE 306 good service in a good cause. The x4merican Eose So- 



Children's Gardens and the Trade— Wm. R. Kim- ,.iety spent its first few years in a futile effort to "make 



■comments' on ■ roses; " ELIz'ab'eth" 'PARK-At'ex. ^^ "'1 '"id water mix" and' it was only when the organiza- 



Cumming, Jr 308 tion had reached the verge of dissolution that the pro- 



CUT flower market reports fessional element took hold and by vigorous work on 



Boston^ Buffalo Columbus^ petroit, Indianapolis, ^j^g same lines as followed by other societies saved the 



New York, Philadelphia. Twin Cities 315 . . .p, o • x j x x j -x 1. x 



MISCELLANEOUS American Kose Society and started it upon what now 



"Tightening the Ties"— Thos. H. Westwood 291 promises to be a successful career since which time the 



"Thou Cans't not say I did it" 29i amateur element has continued to sift out and, we are 



A New Instructor at Amherst 29-3 , , dwindled to •! "mere handful " 



Carnation Night at Cornell University 297 ^,'-'- ''*"'' to set, nas now aw inaiea to a mere iianaiui 



Philadelphia Notes 298 Sometime but not yet, the time may come when the 



Personal 300 sanguine hopes of well-meaning enthusiasts may be 



More Explicit Information Needed— C. W. Hoitt... 301 realized and rose lovers, amateur and professional, may 



Publications Received 301 1 .. i 1 1 i x 1. 1 i • xi 1 



Incorporated 301 "^ lound shoulder to shoulder m the ranks, as rose 



Catalogues Received 306 lovers. '■ 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished," 



Business Changes 308 .surelv. but. in the meantime, let the American Eose 



News N^otes. 312-329 Society keep busy on its present practical lines. 



Greenhouses Building or Contemplated 324 = 



List of Patents 324 Colored Plate 'witli ttiis Issue 



