HORTICULTURE 



VOL II 



SEPTEMBER 23, 1905 



NO. 13 



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; matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page. 

 FRONTISPIECE— Palm House. Hnrticullural Hall, 



Philadelphia. 

 ECHOES FROM ENGLAND— Illustrated— Harry 



H. Thomas ?,1'^ 



FREAKS— Geo. Moore 319 



WINTER ASPARAGUS— R. L. Adams 320 



FREESIAS— K. Finlayson 321 



BRITISH HORTICULTURISTS— Illustration 321 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 324 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 324 



National Chrysanthemum Society of England. 324 

 Morris Co. (N. J.) Gardeners' and Florists' 



Society 324 



Haddonfleld Dahlia Show 324 



Horticultural Society of the Pacific Coast 324 



Page. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Continued. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 324 



California State Floral Society S24 



American Pomological Society 325 



Philadelphia Florists Among the Dahlias 325 



Society of Iowa Florists 325 



EARLY HISTORY OF INSECTICIDES— C. N. 



Ruedlinger 325 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, LouLiville, New York, 



Philadelphia, Washington 329 



SEED TRADE TOPICS 334 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Control of Regeneration in Plant Life 323 



News Notes 323 



Personal 323 



Obituary 323 



Mushrooms and Toadstools 326 



An Interesting Episode— G. C. W 334 



Catalogues Received 334 



List of Patents 834 



Greenhouses Building or Projected 334 



BUFFALO, N. Y.— E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Elllcott St. 

 CHICAGO, ILL.— C. A. Klunder, 33 State St. 

 CLEVELAND, O.— A. L. Hutchlns, 38 Plymouth St. 

 CINCINNATI, 0.— Albert J, Gray, 129 E. Third St. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi 



nois St. 

 LOUISVILLE, KY.— F. L. Schuiz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Rd, 

 MONTREAL— William Cooper, 568 St. Paul St. 



I^OCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road. 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow 



St. 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. — Luther Monnette, 1100 Van 



Ness Av. 

 WASHINGTON, D. C— Z. D. Blackistone, 14th and H 



Streets, N. W. 



