August 12, 1905 



HORTICULTURE 



Some of the Washington Workers 



Waldbart, J. C. Rennison. Elijah A. 

 Wood. 



Lectures and Papers. — Elevation of 

 our Business, W. H. Taplin; Compara- 

 tive Colors and Their Relation to 

 Flowers, F. Schuyler Mathews; The 

 Best Method of Growing Roses, .lohn 

 H. Taylor; Orchids as Commercial 

 Flowers, Wm. Mathews; Evolution of 

 the Chrysanthemum. Grove P. Raw- 

 son; Cannas. .Tohn T. Teni|ilo: Aqua- 

 tics, Wm. TricUer: Successful Violet 

 Culture, Andrew Washljiirn; Fertil- 

 izers and Their Applical ion, Robert 

 Simpson; Classification and Inspection 

 of Commercial Plants, G. L. Grant. 

 Pittsburg, Pa., August 20, 21, 22, 23, 

 1895. 



Officers.— President, Edwin Lons- 

 dale, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.; 



Vice-President, B. C. Reineman, Alle- 

 ghany, Pa.; Secretary, Wm. J. Stewart, 

 Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, H. B. 

 Beatty, Oil City, Pa. 



Executive Committee.— Benj. Dnr- 

 fee, P. O'Mara, W. N. Rudd, Alex. 

 Waldbart, J. C. Rennison, Elijah A. 

 Wood, Jackson Dawson, Grove P. 

 Rawson, H. H. Battles. 



Papers and Discussions. — Horticul- 

 tural Education, Charles J. Dawson; 

 Mysteries of the Flowers, William 

 Hamilton Gibson; Improved Chrys- 

 anthemums, extant and essential dis- 

 cussion opened by E. G. Hill; Latest 

 Facts As to Carnations, opened by 

 Fred Dorner; I.,atest Facts As to 

 Roses, opened by .John Burton; Hardy 

 Flowers for Florists' Use, J. Woodward 

 Manning; The Society's Interests iu 



Popular HorticuJtuiral Advancemient, 

 Prof. J. F. Cowell. 



Cleveland, O., August 18, 19, 20, 21, 

 1896. 



Officers.— President, Wm. Scott, Buf- 

 falo, N. Y.; Vice-President, Adam 

 Graham, Cleveland, O.; Secretary, 

 Wm. .1. Stewart, Boston, Mass.; Treas- 

 urer, H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa. 



Executive Committee.— Alex. Wald- 

 bart, .1. C. Rennison, Elijah A. Wood, 

 Jackson Dawson, Grove P. Rawson, J. 

 F. Cowell, W. K. Harris, John G. Es- 

 ler. W. N. Rudd. 



Papers and Discussions.— What Has 

 Been Accomplished By the Carnation 

 Society? R. W. Shelmire; What Has 

 Been Accomplished By the Chrysan- 

 themum Society? E. A. Wood; Com- 

 mercial Law as Applicable to our 



