HORTICULTURE 



VOL II 



AUGUST 19, I905 



NO. 8 



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i matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., under the .Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— A New Decorative Effect with Lilies 



EDUCATION IN HORTICULTURE AT MASSACHU- 

 SETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE— Illus- 

 trated— Waugh •. 191 



ROSES— Robt. T. McGorum 192 



A GOOD FERTILIZER— Oscar Hay 192 



VARIETIES OF NICOTIANA SANDERAE— Illus- 

 trated — A. Dimniock 193 



VIOLET DISEASES— R. L. Adams 193 



EDITORIAL 194 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



The Proceedings in Washington 196 



President's Address 196 



Secretary's Report 200 



Treasurer's Report 201 



Election of Officers for 1906 202 



Judges' Report 202 



Department of Agriculture Building at Washing- 

 ton 202 



THE IDEAL EMPLOYER— First, Second and Third 



Prize Essays 203 



NEWS OP THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Edwin Lonsdale — Portrait 202 



Canadian Horticultural Association 205 



Newport Horticultural Society 205 



New Jersey Floricultural Society 205 



Nassau County (N. Y.) Horticultural Society 205 



Page 

 NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES (Continued) 



New Haven County (Conn.) Horticultural Society 205 



Joint Show in San Francisco 205 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 205 



St. Louis Flower Show 206 



Buffalo Florists' Club 206 



North Shore Horticultural Society 206 



EARLY HISTORY OF INSECTICIDES— C. N. Rued- 



linger 206 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Louisville, New York, Phila- 

 delphia 209 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR PROJECTED .... 214 



SEED TRADE 214 



MISCELLANEOUS 



After Adjournment 195 



What They Say of Us 195 



A New Decorative Effect With Lilies 195 



Personals 195 



Vacationists Returning 195 



Bribing Business Employes in Germany 195 



News Notes 195 



Obituary 195 



Notps From the "Twin Cities" 209 



Business Changes 209 



Catalogues Received 209 



Plant Carrying Device — Illustrated— Thomas 



White 214 



List of Patents 214 



LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS 



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BUFFALO, N. Y.- 

 CHICAGO. ILL.— 

 CLEVELAND, C— A. L. H 

 CINCINNATI, 0.— Albert J 

 DENVER, COLO.— N. A. Be 



icker, 385-87 Elllcott St. 

 . JiO E. Division St. 

 tcl ins, 38 Plymouth St. 

 Gray, 129 E. Third St. 

 Tson, 1352 So. Sherman Av. 

 Wiegand, 1610 N. (Ill 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— Geor 



nois St. 

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



MONTREAL— Edgar Elvin, 114 University 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. 



