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Editorial:— (Continued) Page 

 —The Glorious Fourth; Taliing a 

 holiday; Advantage of the June 

 exhibition; The sign-board nui- 

 sance; Foreign recognition lor 

 American roses; Boston's unique 

 tree-garden; The park superin- 

 tendents 3* 



—Defective systems of awards; 

 American Society of Landscape 

 Architects; Growth of commer- 

 eial greenhouse building; Wash- 

 ington hospitality requires no 



guarantees 



—Tussock moth in New York; The 

 "true Harrisii"; Summer-resort 

 trade; Golf in the parks; Facili- 

 ties for self-education 



—An act of malice; Preparing for 

 the Jamestown exhibition; See- 

 ing the Capitol City; Effect of 



Japanese immigration 



—An act of courtesy ; A representa- 

 tive convention; Walsh's rambler 

 roses; Showing "for exhibition 

 only"; Helping the Society; Mid- 

 summer advertising; An impor- 

 tant expedition to China; Ad- 

 vancement of the horticulturist; 

 American fruit in Great Britain.. 

 —Greetings to S. A. F.; Congratula- 

 tions to a prosperous firm; Vigi- 

 lance against insect depreda- 

 tions; Confidence in the seeds- 

 man; Our duty to the Society 



and our fellows 164 



— Welcome rain; Training the chil- 

 dren; Benefits of the Hail As- 

 sociation; Support the local 

 organization; Retailers' unwise 

 economy; S. A. F. and "closer 

 relations"; Activity in green- 

 house building; Uneven distribu- 

 tion of flower supply 



— Popularity of the prize essay; 

 The lesson of the open exhibition; 

 Defects in State vice-presidents' 

 reports; A new suggestion; Miss 

 Sipe's lecture; Possibilities at 

 Dayton; Baltimore's lustre; The 

 jovial bowlers; New policies in 

 the S. A. F.; Innovations in con- 

 vention program; An inspiring 



sight 



— Our purpose; NicotianaSanderas; 

 Fighting the brown-tail; About 

 S. A. F. trade exhibits; Opening 



the fall campaign 



— That blue rose; The zest of dis- 

 covery; About nomenclature; 

 Packing flowers for market; Or- 

 chids a necessity; Advancement 



of the private gardener 274 



—Possibilities in advertising; True 

 philanthropy; The S. A. F. and 

 the gardener; Floral bedding in 



parks; Rise of the single violet; v. Kucnans Amazonica. . . 



Unwise business tactics 300 \ Evergreens for window boxes 



— Dahlias from seed; Protecting 

 outdoor bloom; A suggestion 

 about clematis paniculata; Land- 

 scape art; Asters and dahlias; 



A floral sheaf 322 



— A desirable shrub; Richmond 

 rose; American Civic Associa- 

 tion; Roses and mildew; The 

 golden privet; Annuals in the 



border 346 



— A new contributor; Nicotiana 

 Sanderae; Berkshire fern pick- 

 ing; The menace of the gas 

 main; The rise of the dahlia; A 

 new forest policy; Experience vs. 



Imitation 370 



—Retarding the hydrangea; The 

 sportive dahlia; Fighting the 

 tussock moth; A boon to cata- 



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Editorial 

 logue writers; Conflicting exhibi- 

 tion dates; Exhibition manage- 

 ment • ^^^ 



— A good combination; A compari- 

 son; Counting the cost; Saving 

 the dahlia crop; Protect the 

 trees; An overestimated quali- 

 fication; A word for the house 

 plant lis 



— Gypsy moth not local; The ar- 

 tistic quality of floral exhibi- 

 tions; Growth of the private 

 greenhouse; Gardening — the 

 florists' opportunity 442 



—Plant bulbs; The best reading 

 matter; A promising field for 

 chrysanthemum development; 

 The carnation in the exhibition 



hall -les 



—Attend the show; A useful so- 

 ciety; Modern publicity meth- 

 ods; The violet in the exhibition 

 hall; The American Rose So- 

 ciety exhibition; A gardener's 

 home; Taste in displaying vege- 

 tables 500 



— Use of the rambling roses in cut 

 sprays; Popular holiday bloom- 

 ers; Two factors in a successful 

 exhibition; Hardy evergreens for 

 winter decorations; Buy the new 

 carnations 530 



—A great rose; Interesting the re- 

 tailers; The flower-worker in the 

 exhibition; Plan now for next 

 year's exhibition; The prize 

 schedule from a practical stand- 

 point; The foliage question 554 



— Sympathy; A coming event; 

 Room for improvement; Prepar- 

 ing the Christmas plant; An un- 

 worthy sentiment; The tree 

 warden; Thanksgiving day 57S 



—How can we improve; Something 

 for advertisers to consider; Regu- 

 lating flower prices; Choose your 

 ofiicers with discretion; Where 

 HORTICULTURE stands 610 



— Write to your Congressman; Ad- 

 vertisements as a gauge of prog- 

 ress; What we give for a dollar; 

 Arranging decorative plant 

 groups 652 



^The seedsmen's appeal; Make the 

 price schedule explicit; What is 

 the "market price?"; Give the 

 forcing bulbs time; The violet's 

 troubles 682 



—The key to success; The attitude 

 of the "Boston people"; Help 

 one another; The highest bidder 



versus the steady customer 706 



Elastic term. An 421 



Elberon Horticultural Society 556 



G12, GS4. 



Eucharis Amazonic 



680 

 Exotics in outdoor decoration 275 



♦Father of the Charter 149 



Fertilizer, A good 192 



— Question 254 



*Ficus bed at Botanic Garden, 



Washington 641 



Fires 689, 718 



♦Flower store, A rustic 



Florida in September 



Flower market reports. .. .15, 43, 

 67, 91, 117, 141, 169, 209, 233, 

 257, 281. 305, 329. 353, 372, 399, 

 423, 449, 481, 513, 537, 561, 585, 

 G25, 6G3, 689, 710, 713. 



Foliage question. The 



Foreign trade. Extending our 



507 



Page. 

 *Korest reserve for New England, 



A 551 



*Fothergilla Gardeni 9 



Freaks 319 



Freesias 321 



French gardeners in London 471 



Frontispiece, Our.... 254, 469, 653, 707 

 Fuel from Petroleum, New 658 



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Garden, The hardy flower 85, 108 



Gardeners' Association of America 473 



Gardening 607 



German novelties for 1906 469 



Ginger jar, Out of the 165, 446 



Gladiolus, Early-flowering 248 



Glass situation. The 1* 



—Window merger 65 



—Window by machinery 146 



*Gnaphalium Leontopodium 323 



Goodbye, graft 275 



♦Grasses, hardy 409 



♦Grenell, W. H 12 



Greenhouses building and projected 

 14, 42, 146, 214, 238, 257, 28G, 310, 

 334, 358, 382, 40G, 454, 48G, 508, 

 590, 624, 670, 694, 718. 



Grower's duty, A 417, 465, 498 



*Greenhouses at Somerville, N. J.. 289 



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Hartford: 



—Florists' Club; Report on win- 

 dow box gardening 14 



— *Table decoration at banquet by 



Rose Society •• 13 



— ♦Executive committee of Ameri- 

 can Rose Society at 85 



Rose Society at 85 



—Florists' Club 378 



♦Hawaii, The flora of 656 



Hingham Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society 506 



♦Hole Dean, Memorial window... 417 



Horticulture 679 



Horticultural societies 35 



Horticultural Show Royal, Awards 



at 65 



Hose, A good 624 



Huntington Horticultural and Ag- 

 ricultural Society 136, 396 



Hydrangea hortensis ♦385, 393 



—♦Thomas Hogg in Washington.. 391 

 — *Retarding paniculata grandi- 



flora 391 



—Experience with paniculata 

 grandiflora 498 



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Improving waste land 275 



In confidence 35 



Indiana Festival Association. .556, 624 

 Insecticides, Early History of.. 206, 325 



Interesting episode. An 334 



Iowa Florists, Society of 325 



Iris, The 440 



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Johnson & Stokes employes. Outing 

 „f 90 



K 



Kansas City Show 531, ^545. •553 



Kentuckv Societv of Florists 90. 



252, 302, 534. 



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♦Laelia purpurata 25 



Lenox Horticultural Society 12. 



470, 505. 612. 685, *708. 



Library notes 271 



Lice, Destroying plant 41 



♦Lilies, New decorative effect 



with 185, 195 



-Water 441 



