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^O^TENTS issue will convince anyone but the most 



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COVER ILLUSTRATION— Field of Pure Type Bermuda hardened sceptic that the American Seed Trade Associa- 



L'lies. „ . , „ . ,,,^,„ . tion is composed of men of more than ordinary force and 



RHODODENDRON LNDICUM, SYN. AZALEA INDICA— ^ . , ■, ,. , 



H.J.Moore 5 ability. Adversity is a capital demonstrator of what 



NOTES FROM THE ARNOLD ARBORETUM-Alfred ^ ^^gj-g jg j^ 3 ,„an, a business, or a society and there is 



European' horticulture— Frederick Moore! '.'.'.'.'.'. 7 no better way to bring to the front the "choice and mas- 



A rhododendron exhibition-w. h. Adsett 7 jer spirits" than to force upon them a condition of con- 



HYBRID calceolarias— George T. Stewart '^ ^- ^ , m, 1 , j i, -u xi 



AFTER adjournment 8 tmuous struggle. The harsh cadence of many a hotly 



BACK TO PURE TYPE— Illustrated 8 contested encounter with the trained warhorses of na- 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES ^j ^^ legislative bodies has kept the American seeds- 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society — New London ° j 1 x 1 •±- ^ 

 County Horticultural Society— Connecticut Horticul- man very much awake and no one who takes a critical 

 tural Society— Texas Nurserymen's Association— look at the picture aforesaid will doubt that the seeds- 

 Preparing for Milwaukee Show— Society ot Ameri- man is well qualified to battle for what he considers to 

 can Florists' Convention-National Sweet Pea Show. 9 , ^^ • j^^ ^ ^^^ ^ j^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^ 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society — American As- , , • i ^ ,■ n , p ■ t 

 sociation of Park Superintendents— Buffalo Florists' this last convention was a model of seriousness and 

 Club— Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural So- decorum; a perusal of the addresses and discussions dis- 



ciety— American Carnation Society 10 closes an earnestness in tlie consideration of momentous 



OF iNTEREsf 'ro^RE^^TAlL FLORISTS: '' ^^t'tions which stamps the American Seed Trade Asso- 



Steamer Departures 12 ciation as an aggressive business organization and its 



Flowers by Telegraph— New Retail Stores 13 Niagara Falls meeting as an event of more than ordi- 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLORIST BUSINESS— nary importance. "Long may they wave." 



F. Danzer 13 



SEED TRADE: The general complaint of low quality 



The Niagara Convention— Present Crop Conditions — . ,,<:pf,,i • ii, t a i j. • i • 



j,jQjgg 14 A useful m the cut flower product as received m 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION— Continua- and profitable the wholesale markets everywhere since 



tion of Couvention Report — Illustrated 16-17 -mn 11 i i. j: t ■ i n • it- 



FLOWER MARKET REPORTS: '''°P tl'^ advent of torrid weather is nothing 



Boston, Buffalo 19 but what experience has taught us to 



pSelphra!a°dfanapolis; Rochester:: ;;:::'. :::;::; II '^^■Pect at this season, in fact, we believe it was de- 



DURING RECESS: ' ' ferred to a later date this season than has been the case 



^L^ule^Bln'oame''.'!"'."^: .!"".'.'"!''r;^.'!^ .'"''''': 28 ^'^ ^'^'^ y^^'^' ^^ such times the roses grown in what 



OBITUARY: are known as cold houses are a boon to the florist who 



David Miller— Daniel W. Langton— Mrs. Anna Brill ■ . rtiaintain a rpmitatioTi for hi'crh nnalitv amono- 



Jordan-E. W. Stark-J. Crosby Brown— W. H. De '^"^^'^ '° maintain a reputation tor liigli quality among 



Camp 29 his customers and we have often wondered why more of 



MISCELLANEOUS: ^l^p^g u^^^A houses" are not operated by the large grow- 



A Hardy Yellow Carnation 8 r .? & & 



Washington Notes 8 ers who seek to maintain a reputation as reliable sources 



Philadelphia Notes 8 ^f g^^ppl.^, the vear round. Nothing more beautiful can 



Personal 12 » ', ' ^ 



St. Louis Personal and News Notes 13 be found than the Carnots and Kaiserins produced by 



Rochester Notes 13 this svstem during the recent heated spell when every- 



Incorporated 13 ■ ° ^ ■> 



Business Changes 13 thing else succumbed and they saved the day m many 



News Notes 14-27 instances where presentable flowers were needed for the 



Sweet Williams 17 ^wect graduate or June bride. There are liiindreds of 



GreeX use°s''Buiiding' or Contempiated: '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 30 '^o^^P^ ^^^^ P^^^t their usefulness for the production of 



— winter roses but too good to be demolished which might 

 The complete index to the contents of ''^ closed down in November and started up again in 

 . index to A^ol. IX goes as a supplement with this February and made to produce crops for Easter June 

 ° , , ,., , , , and midsummer, vieldmg a better net profit than if car- 

 last volume number. It should serve as a valuable ^-^^-^ ^^ -^ ^j^p ^^;^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ no doubt the list of 



reference list for those of our readers varieties adapted to tlii? method of treatment might be 



who luav at any time desire reliable information on the largely extended, with a little experimentation. 



