HORTICULTURE 



VOL. II 



JULY IS, 1905 



NO. 3 



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CONTENTS or THIS ISSUE, 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE — Pa-ony ^-ucy E. Hollis 

 HYBRIDIZING THE PyEONY — George Hollis . . 59 

 P^ONY SOUTH WEYMOUTH — Illustration ... 59 

 P^ONY MODELE DE PERFECTION — Illustration 59 

 ECHOES FROM ENGLAND — Harry H. Thomas . 60 

 SOME HOLLIS SEEDLINGS — Illustrations ... 61 

 CALCEOLARIA, HYBRID OR GREENHOUSE VA- 

 RIETIES — K. Finlayson 62 



CARNATION DISEASES — R. L. Adams 63 



NEWPORT HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION 



Group of Palms and Foliage Plants — Illustration 63 



Gateway Decorations — Illustrations 63 



Group of DraCcPnas — ■ Illustration 63 



EDITORIAL 64 



CONCERNING AWARDS AT ROYAL HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SHOW 65 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Toledo has a Visit from Detroit 66 



Pack 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES — {Continued) 



Society of American Florists 66 



Convention Hotels in Washington 66 



Convention Courtesies to Gardeners 66 



The Washington Souvenir 66 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 66 



American Society of Landscape Architects ... 66 



Newport Horticultural Society 66 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 66 



New Jersey Floricultural Society 69 



CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, 

 Louisville, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, 



San Francisco, St. Louis 67 



SEED TRADE 67 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Consolidation of Building and Heating Interests . 65 



Sweet Peas for Winter — Malcolm Orr 65 



Window Glass Merger 65 



Personal 65 



Philadelphia News Notes 69 



Obituary ...'... 6<; 



LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS 



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

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

 CINCINNATI, O.— Albert J. Gray, 129 E. 3d St. 

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

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

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

 nois St. 



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

 MONTREAL — Hdijar Elvin, 136 Peel St. 

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

 PHILADELPHI.\, PA. — George C. Watson, 1614 Ludlow 



Street. 

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

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, 1 100 Van Ness Ave. 



