HORTICULTURE 



VOL. II 



JULY S. 1905 



NO. 2 



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CONTENTS or THIS ISSUE 



FRONTISPIECE — Lslia purpurata 

 VANDAS IN TOKIO — Illustrated —John C- Sieg- 

 fried 31 



CHRYSANTHEMUM DISEASES — R. L. Adams .31 



CHOICE ARAEIAS — Ed.u^r Elvin 32 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE --W. H. Adsctt . - - 3,5 



EDITORIAL 34 



HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES — David Mcintosh 35 



IN CONFIDENCE 35 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS .WD SOCIETIES 



American A.ssociation cf Park Superintendents 36 



President-elect Theodore Wirth — Portrait . . 36 



Newport Horticultural Society 3 7 



New Y'ork Florists' Club Outing 37 



Canadian Horticultural A.ssociation 38 



Society of American Florists 38 



Chicago Florists' Club 38 



Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' 



Club 38 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society 38 



New London County Horticultural Society ... 38 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 38 



ROSES — M H. AValsh 30 



THE USES OF HARDY SHRUBS FOR FORCING 



— Edwin Matthews 40 



GRADUATING CLASS IN FLORICULTURE — 



Illustrated 41 



SEED TRADE TOPICS .• . 42 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING AND PROJECTED . 42 



CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Baltimore. Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati. 



Louisville, New York, Philadelphia 43 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Tree Protection in Cleveland 35 



Plymouth, throu<;li a Gardener's Eyes — W. 



Swan 35 



Personal 35 



Baltimore Gleanings ~ G. C. Watson 40 



Old Colony Cuttings — G. H. Higgins 41 



Destroying Plant Lice 41 



San Francisco Notes 42 



Catalogues Received 42 



List of Patents 42 



Business Changes 43 



News Notes 43 



Philadelphia Notes . . ' 45 



Chicaga Notes 45 



Baltimore Locals 45 



LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS 



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

 CHICAGO, ILL — Fred Lautenschlager, 2597 N. Ridgeway Av. 

 CINCINNATI, 0.- Albert J. Gray, 120 E. 3d St. 

 CLEVELAND, 0. — A. L. Hutchins, 38 PI /mouth St. 

 DENVER, COLO. — N. A. Benson, 1352 So. Sherman Ave. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — George B. Wieginrt, t6io N. Illi- 

 nois St. 



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

 MONTREAL — Edgar Elvin, 136 Peel St. 

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

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. — George C. Watson, 161.4 Ludlow 



Street. 

 PROVIDENCE, R. I. — T. J. Johnston, 171 Weybosset St. 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, iioo Van Ness Ave. 



