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— The war. The coal supply. Fu- 

 migating 211 



■ — Cool nights. Sulphur. Lime. 

 Syringing plants. Tying. Shak- 

 ing the plants 277 



— Mulching. Use of bone meal. 

 Ventilation after mulching. 

 Watering. Dark corners 319 



• — The old soil. Manure lor mulch- 

 ing. Potting soil. Curled foliage 355 



— Worms and ants in compost. 

 Packing. Cutting. Keeping the 

 plants clean. The walks in the 

 houses 387 



— Liquid manure. Tobacco stems 419 



— Broken glass. Supplies for the 

 season. The propagating house. 

 More about curled leaves on 

 Killarney 457 



— Mulching. Bone meal. Roses 

 for Christmas. Blackspot. Mil- 

 dew 650, 651 



— Last chance for repairs. Ven- 

 tilation. Night temperatures. 

 Syringing 683 



— Damping down. Fumigation. 

 Cutting. Disbudding. Sand. 

 Old Beauty plants 719 



— Trouble with Mrs. Aaron Ward. 

 Sheep manure. Soot. Storing 

 manure. Potting soil. The coal 

 supply. Electric lights. .. .754, 755 



— Care of outside roses. Electric 

 light on roses. About graft- 

 ing. About Shawyer, Russell 

 and 6 ft stems. Ferns and 

 roses in same house 826. 827 



— Christmas notes. Care of 

 houses iu general. Propagation, 875 



— Syringing, Selection of wood 

 for cuttings. Making cuttings.. 907 



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*Saccolabium giganteum 755 



San Francisco notes 430, 594 



628. 663, 707, 734, 766, 802, 849, 918 

 *Schultheis, plant houses of Anton 909 



Seed Trade: 



— American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion, Concluding notes on an- 

 nual convention 12 



* — Lester L. Morse, pres-elect 

 American Seed Trade Associa- 

 tion and American Sweet Pea 

 Society 13 



— California notes 14 



— The pea outlook. New York in 

 1915, Agricultural Department's 

 seed imports. Notes 46 



— Those foreign seed purchases. 

 Forcing bulbs in fiber. . .'. 78 



— Seed trade criticisms. Pea 

 crop conditions 144 



—Notes 182 



— Effect of the European war. ... 230 



— Effect of the war on the seed 

 trade. Bean, pea and corn 

 crops. Next Canners' Conven- 

 tion 294 



— Notes 330 



— The import situation. The 

 cheapest commodity. The del- 

 uge. Humanity. European 

 seed outlook. Local conditions. 

 Notes 362 



— New interstate seed bill. Notes 394 



— California seeds and bulbs. 

 Notes 426 



— Crop report of Hjalmar Hart- 

 mann & Co., Copenhagen 458 



— New onion industry in Ba- 

 hamas 490 



— The European situation. Do- 

 mestic seed crops. Vine seeds 

 and beans 520 



— A fair exchange, California 

 notes. Good advertising 554 



■ — General prospects, European 

 prospects. Bean crop estimates. 

 Onion seed crops. Effects of 

 the drought. An innovation. 

 New seed house. California 



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 seed and bulb news. Personal. 



• Notes 588 



— Bean prices for 1915. Bulbs of 

 high degree. British seed notes. 



Chicago seed notes 522 



— Onion sets 624 



— Garden bean and pea prices. 

 The cabbage crop. Hotel ac- 

 commodations for canners' con- 

 vention. League prices. Notes. 658 

 — Bulb trade in California. Notes. 694 

 — Holland seed supply. Notes... 730 

 — Faulty conclusions. Canners' 

 convention matters. The bean 

 situation. San Francisco pros- 

 pects. California seed notes. . . 760 



— Chicago seed notes 798 



— Prison for bogus seedsman. 

 Supply of sugar beet seed. To 

 correct abuses in the seed and 



bulb trade 844 



— Low figures on peas. Canners 

 backward. Unreasoning and 

 unreasonable. Improved out- 

 look. Wholesale seedsmen's 



League. Notes 880, 882, 914 



Shaw banquet. The 776 



*Shaylor, E, J 143 



*Show case. An elegant 584 



Shrubs to attract desirable birds. 



Fruit-bearing 776 



Silkworms and tools 746 



Situation in Holland, The true, , , 490 



Smith memorial, William R 143 



Society of American Florists and 



Ornamental Horticulturists: 

 — S, A, F, and the F, H, A,. The, 421 

 — Program of the 30th annual 

 meeting and exhibition, ,.. 104, 105 



— Plant registration 



178, 689, 790, 836. 910 



— Thirtieth annual meeting and 

 exhibition, *Some of the men 

 at the helm. Program of busi- 

 ness. Program of entertain- 

 ment. List of sporting events. 

 Local ladies' committees. Bu- 

 reau of horticultural and his- 

 torical interest. Ladies' Society 

 S. A. F. List of exhibitors in 

 the convention garden. Chicago 

 to Boston. *Floor plan. Me- 

 chanics Bldg 218, 225 



* — Opening convention garden. 

 Opening session. President's 

 address. Secretary's report. 

 Treasurer's report. Report of 

 Washington representative. Re- 

 port of committee on rose gar- 

 dens. Committee on Wm, R, 

 Smith memorial. Selection of 

 meeting place for 1915, Presi- 

 dent's reception. Second day, 

 Thursday morning's session. 

 Election of officers. Thursday 

 afternoon's session. Ladies' 

 Society of American Florists. 

 Ladies' bowling. Ladies' auto 

 trip. National Association of 

 Gardeners. Florists' Hail Asso- 

 ciation. American Gladiolus 

 Society. Florists' Telegraph 

 Delivery Association. Conven- 

 tion notes 278-286 



— New Yorkers on the way to 



Boston 288 



— Trade exhibition at Mechanics 



Bldg 290 



— Closing session. Various re- 

 ports 322 



* — The convention garden 323 



— A day of entertainment and 



games 323 



— Get your prize. Notes 325 



*— Executive board of the S. A. F. 313 

 — Report of committee on final 

 resolutions. Addition to report 



of judges of trade exhibit 358 



■ — Annual report of entomologist. 408 

 — National Flower Show, Phila- 

 delphia, 1916 656 



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—Affiliation 790 



Southampton (N. Y.) Horticultu- 

 ral Society 178 



Springfield (111.) notes 734 



St. Louis Florist Club 



8, 72, 308, 422, 488, 548, 911 



St. Louis notes 



50, 81, 186, 339, 364, 531, 918 



St. Louis society meetings and 



notes 619, 690, 725, 791 



Standardize the jardinieres 326 



*Sub-tropical bed 386 



Surgery for sick trees. Commer- 

 cial 410 



*Sweet pea Margaret Atlee 318 



*Sweet pea Veiled Bride 617 



Syracuse rose show 41 



Sweet Pea Society, American , . 7, 791 



*Taylor, W, A 118 



Tennessee getting busy 494 



Texas to have an arboretum,,,, 55 

 Texas Nurserymen's Association. 454 

 Texas roses for San Diego Ex- 

 position 831 



Tomatoes and cucumbers, Forc- 

 ing 138 



Topsfield notes 517 



Totty, Illness of Charles H 703 



Trade journals. The value of. .60, 831 

 Transplanting of large shade 



trees. Successful 509, 536 



Transplanting American holly. . . 789 



Transportation, Cost of 582 



Truckers' convention 536 



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U. S. Agricultural Department 

 work 106 



United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture: 



— Report of entomologist. Orna- 

 mental plants from Belgium. . . 928 



University of Illinois Floricul- 

 tural Club 724 



Value of soda when potash is 



scarce 831 



Vincent's annual dahlia show... 421 



Vines, Fall treatment of 721 



Visitors' Register: 19, 51, 83 



118, 162, 191, 248, 339, 360, 403, 440 



456, 499, 527, 559, 599, 629, 667, 688 

 728, 766, 814, 852, 896, 923 



Vitex agnus-castus 515 



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War and our calling. The 582 



*Ward. R, M,, and a group of 

 naturalists 51 



Washington Florists' Club of 178 



689, 836 



Washington notes 18, 50, 118 



150, 298, 403, 430, 462, 494. 526, 558 

 595, 628. 662, 698, 766, 849, 886, 918 



Water hyacinth as a fiber pro- 

 ducer 330 



•"Water lily pond at Pembroke, 



Bryn Mawr, Pa 541, 547 



*Well head. An old 105 



'Welch, Patrick, president-elect 

 S. A. F. & O. H 269 



Westchester & Fairfield Horticul- 

 tural Society.. 72. 334, 422, 548, 724 

 910 



What should the S. A. F. do for 

 the private gardener? 389 



Where are the flower buyers?,.. 767 



White fly problem 358 



White medal of honor. Award of 517 



Why not grow seedling stock on 

 tlie Pacific Coast? 616 



Wood ashes as source of potash — 568 

 *Wool flower, Chinese 717 



Worcester County Horticultural 



Society 175 



'■Wreath of asters and roses 398 



