HORTICULTURE 



VOL II 



AUGUST 26, I905 



NO. 9 



Published "Weekly by 



HORTICULTURE PUBLISHING CO. 



11 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



Telephone. Oxford 292 



"WM. J. STEWART. EDITOR AND Manager 



CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



FRONTISPIECE— Wm. F. Kasting. Pit 



rt, S. A. F. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



S. A. F. Visitors ou the Steps of tlie Treasury 

 Building — Illusti-atiou' 



The Story of the Convention Completed 



The Trade Exhibition 



Committee on President's Address 



Suggestions on Pseony Classifications 



Report of Judges of Essay on Ideal Employer. . . 



The Shooting Tournament 



A Letter of Thanks 



Various Happenings 



Report of the Committee on Final Resolutions.. 



A Retrospect from Washington 



Department of Registration 



PROMOTING HORTICULTURE AND CIVIC IM- 

 PROVEMENT AMONG CHILDREN— Miss 

 Susan B. Slpe 



EDITORIAL 



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ECHOES FROM ENGLAND— Harry H. Thomas. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Buffalo Florists' Club 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 



American Rose Society 



Cincinnati Florists' Club 



SEED TRADE. 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Louisville, Newport, 



Philadelphia 



After Adjournment . 



San Francisco Notes 



Personals 



What They Say of Us 



Aftermath— G. C. W 



Newport Notes 



Catalogues Received 



News Notes 



Business Changes 



Greenhouses Building or Projected 



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LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS 



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

 CHICAGO, ILL.— H. A. Vent. 410 E. Division St. 

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

 CINCINNATI, 0.— Albert J. Gray, 129 E. Third St. 

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

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

 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. 

 WASHINGTON, D. C— Z. D. Blackistone, 14th and H 



Streets, N. W. 



