HORTICULTURE 



VOL II 



AUGUST 12, I905 



NO. 6 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



PAtiE 



FRONTISPIECE— Tlip Father of the Charter 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



Its History .' 157 



Officers and Convention Heatiquarters at Wash- 

 ington — Illustrated 159 



List of Conventions, Officers and Subjects Dis- 

 cussed up to the Present Time 166 



J. D. Carmody, Sergeant-at-arnis— Portrait 166 



Convention Itineraries 168 



Prizes for Flag Design 169 



Uncle Sam's Contribulion 169 



A Philadelphia Welcome 169 



Baltimore's Program 169 



FLORISTS' CLUB OF WASHINGTON 



Some ot the Workers— Illustrated 167 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 160 



THE HOME OF THE CANNA— Illustrated— G. C. 



Watson 161 



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THE VALUE OF SCIENTIFIC TRAINING— Alex 



Montgomery, .Ii- 162 



EDITORIAL 164 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT 165 



OBITUARY— F. C. Moseley, Adolph StoU, John 



Salter Richards 165 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 169 



American Carnation Society 169 



Detroit Florists' Club 169 



CUT-FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, Phila- 

 delphia 169 



MISCELLANEOUS 



New Early Sweet Peas 165 



Personal 165 



Otit of the Ginger Jar— G. C. W 165 



Midsummer in Washington — Illustrated 168 



News Notes 169 



NEXT WEEK, NEWS OF THE CONVENTION 



LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS 



BUFFALO. N. Y.— E. C. 

 CHICAGO, ILL.— H. A. V 

 CLEVELAND. O.— A. L. 

 CINCINNATI, 0.— Albert 

 DENVER, COLO.— N. A. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND 



nois St. 

 LOUISVILLE, KY 



jcker. 385-87 Ellicott St. 



L 410 E. Division St. 



itchins. 38 Plymouth St. 



Gray. 129 E. Third St, 



. Benson. 1352 So. Sherman Av. 



George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi 



F. L. Schuiz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Rd 



MONTREAL— Edgar Elvin, 136 Peel St. 

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

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



St. 

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

 SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.— Luther Monnette, 1100 Van 



Ness Av. 



