HORTICULTURE 



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 Rhode Island, Florists' and Gar- 

 deners' Club of 711 



Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety 710 



Rhododendron exhibition, A 7 



Rhododendron Indicum, Syn. Aza- 

 lea indica 5 



■►Rice, Ren H 74 



Richmond (Ind.) notes 122 



Robertson, James 8>i5 



Rochester Commercial Florists' 



Association 919 



♦Rochester flower show 674 



Rochester notes 13, 317 



•Rocky Mountain rambles. .. .165, *199 



*Rose, A new Rambler 636 



•Rose Dr. W. Van Fleet, New 785 



Rose in South Africa, The 401 



Roses at Auburn, R. 1 441 



Roses and their culture for com- 

 mercial purposes 173, 295 



Roses, Notes on newer 506 



"■Roses, Two new climbing 105 



Roses, Three good garden 537 



Rqses under glass 466 



— Killarney dropping leaves 768 



Royal Horticultural Society. .108, 

 140, 27S. 358, 471, 503, 542, 679, 

 780. 916. 



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•Sabbatia chloroides 305 



Salvia Sethellli 510 



Sassafras officinale 281 



Scarcity of azaleas and palms 469 



Science outlook, The 278 



Search for new fern forms. The.. 508 



Seed Trade: 

 1> — The Niagara convention; Pres- 

 ent crop conditions; Notes 14 



— The Spencer type of sweet peas; 

 Wholesale Grass Seed Dealers' 

 Association 46 



— Secretary Wilson's reported re- 

 tirement; The corn crop; Pea 

 prospects; A good outlook; 

 Notes 77 



— Seed legislation, its uses and 

 abuses; Philadelphia seed trade 

 notes 78 



—The National Organization of 

 Seed Analysts 109 



— About Danish root seed 110 



— Notes 122 



— Seed trade latitude; A short 

 crop of peas and beans; Cali- 

 fornia seed crops; About vine 

 seeds; Notes 142 



— The other side of the free seed 

 controversy; Notes; Incorpor- 

 ated 174 



— Crop failures sometimes a bless- 

 ing; Avoid surpluses; The vege- 

 table crop; The canners' Inter- 

 ests; Crop conditions; Notes... 218 



— The effect of recent raius on 

 crops; Shortage of pea crop a 

 certainty 282 



—American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion ; Notes 315 



— The corn outlook; Pea delivery 

 below 50 per cent.; Beans Im- 

 proving; Optimistic feelings; 

 Newark enterprise; A great 

 fair; The bulb season in Hol- 

 land; Notes on nursery stock... 346 



—The pea seed crop; Shortages 

 difficult to cover; A Nebraska 

 report; Trans-Atlantic items of 

 interest 37g 



—The attitude of the department; 

 *An enterprising seed house; 



Notes 410 



. —A Philadelphia outing; Notes; 

 Catalogues received 442 



—Seed corn; Seed peas; Pea quo- 



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Seed Trade: — (Continued), 

 tations; The shortage in vine 

 seeds; We told you so; Californ- 

 ia beans; The corn pack; Notes 473 

 — * Another seed farm for Burpee; 

 A wedding in Cambridge, N. Y. 474 



— British vegetable trials; Contra- 

 band tobacco; The grass seed 

 market; The history of alfalfa 

 or lucerne; The aster seed crop. 512 



— The Burpee purchase; Crop 

 news; Notes 544-546 



— Wholesale Seedmen's League; 

 "Farmer's Alaskas"; Vine seeds 

 short; Notes; Catalogues re- 

 ceived 608 



— Sweet pea trial grounds 610 



— About wholesale prices; For the 

 good of the trade; Notes 646 



— Dissolution of partnership; Ad- 

 vance in contract growing 

 prices; Philadelphia seed notes; 

 Continental early vegetables and 

 salad plants; Notes 682 



— "Future" peas and beans; Effect 

 of decreased averages; In justice 

 to the growers; The bean situa- 

 tion; About Limas 718 



— The American Seed Trade Asso- 

 ciation ; Notes 754 



— ^A new corn from China; A cor- 

 rection 790 



— Crop estimates and shortages; 

 Relations of supply men and 

 canners; Dutch seed trade 845 



—Opposition to pea and bean con- 

 tract prices; Postage on sealed 

 seed packets; Short deliveries 

 on garden beet seed; Notes 890 



— The canners and their allies; 

 Postage on sealed seed packets; 

 Danish cabbage seed crop; 

 Notes fi'om Lompoc; Notes 926 



Shaw's Garden 344 



Significance of the Cookson form- 

 ula 101 



Society of American Florists' Con- 

 vention 9, 43, 72, 107, 342, 405, 



439, 470, 540, 605, 640, 749, 920. 



— Preliminary program for the 

 convention; Transportation; 

 Trade exhibit; A word from 

 President Valentine; Cincinnati 

 convention notice 136 



— Hotels recommended 137 



— Convention prospectus and pro- 

 gram for 1909; Portraits Presi- 

 dent J, A. Valentine and other 

 oflicers 208 to 211 



— Rochester's ambition; Mr. 



Rudd's views approved; Ladies' 

 Society of American Florists.... 211 



— The opening session; President's 



address; .Secretary's report 



270 to 274 



—The exhibition; Wednesday's 

 sessions; Rochester the next 

 meeting place; The national 

 flower show 275 



— Thursday morning's session; 

 *H. B. Dorner 276 



— That first meeting; Plant regis- 

 tration; New York to Cincinnati 277 



—The Cincinnati souvenir; A cor- 

 rection 278 



— Convention report completed; 

 Thursday evening; Friday; The 

 exhibition; *List of exhibitors; 

 Convention notes; *Frederick 

 W. Vick, Vice-president-elect; 

 The shooting contest; Ladies' 

 bowling; The bowling tourna- 

 ment; Report of Legislative 

 Committee concerning ice 

 charges; Annual report of Mary- 

 land State Vice-president. 310 to 314 



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Society notes from abroad 504 



Soils and fertilizers for rose grow- 

 ing 820 



Soluble oils for San Jose Scale, 



The 904 



Southern California notes 85 



Southampton Horticultural So- 

 ciety 215 



Specialties, Some Roehrs 505 



Spokane aster show 505 



St. Louis Florist Club. .72, 280, 342, 882 

 St. Louis Horticultural Society. . . 



606, 640, 709 

 St. Louis personal and news notes 



13, 145, ISl, 221, 456 

 St. Louis show as a lady saw it. 



The 709 



Stalk borer, The 282 



Steamer departures 12, 48, 80, 



112, 144, 220, 348, 3S0, 412, 444, 

 476, 516, 612, 648, 684, 720, 756, 

 792, 851, 892, 928. 

 Streator winter vegetable growers 422 



Stuart Low & Co. nurseries., 90 



Summer outing, A 375 



Sweet pea notes 915 



Sweet Williams 17 



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Tariff, The new 225 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society's 



flower show 674 



Texas Nurserymens' Association. 9 



Thalictrum dipterocarpum 777 



Thorpe, John, Funeral of 154 



Totty leases Florham Farms 



greenhouses : 75 



To unite retail florists 712 



Trade notes 720 



Trans-Atlantic notes 815, 915 



Trans-Atlantic plant notes 203 



Trees of Commonwealth Avenue, 



The 41 



Tree preservative 636 



Thurlow, Thomas C, Tribute to.. 169 

 Trip through Belgium and France, 



A 373 



Triumphant insecticide, A 661 



"Trying to make an impression... 893 



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¥se and abuse of a great conven- 

 ience 112 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Some work as affecting floricul- 

 ture 559 



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Viger, Mons 504 



Violet outlook. The 407 



Visit of Rhenish nurserymen to 

 Treves 269 



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Washington, -Florists' Club of 



44, 255, 848 



Washington flower show 676 



Washington notes 8, 105, 612, 928 



Water scenery in the garden 



38, 102, 743 

 White Orchids, An imposing ex- 



hiliit of 42 



*When the Chowder Club buys... 851 



■"Why florists grow grey 757,793 



Wood concrete and Xylolith 360 



Worcester County exhibition 708 



Wild birds. Our 341 



Wireless from Connecticut, By 441 



Wireless from the Heart of the 

 Commonwealth, By 469 



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•Young's John, Window 521 



