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H ORTICULTURE 



IND£X TO VOLUME XXV.— Jan. 6 to June 30, 1917 



Page 

 A 



*Acacia heterophylla 458 



After Adjournment 417 



American Institute of New York 549 . 



Arboretum notes 646 



*Asters, Alpine 102 



•Azalea growing in California. . . 313 



*Azaleas, Commercial 787 



B 



Beauty spot, A 697 



Begonia Epirus 140 



♦Begonia Lucerne 584 



Begonia Rex, Culture of 11 



Begonias, Semi-tuberous or Soco- 



trana 547 



Belgian situation, The 39 



Bird, An outlaw 332 



♦Bolgiano, F. W., President-elect 



Am. Seed Trade Asso 809, 819 



Boston, Gardeners' & Florists' 



Club of 10, 43, 78, 106, 238, 333 



517, 644, 762, 789 



Boston Spring show 373, *409 



*419, 420 

 Boston outdoor June show.. 488, '*583 

 *725, *731, *732, *7G1, ''■781, 787 



*Boyd, James 815 



Bulbs, Proper depth to plant 523 



*Burpee Annual 74 



"Business as usual" 745 



Business troubles 62, 82, 217, 622 



C 



Calamity, A great 338 



•Campanula var. Marion Gehring. 643 



♦Carnation Doris 129 



Carnation Society, American.. .11, 41 

 106, 140, 141, 176 



Carnation soil 300 



Carnation, The "why" of the.... 71 

 105, 139, 179 



Carnations, Your 579 



Catalogues received.. .44, 80, 112, 180 

 210, 244, 274, 307, 339, 458, 492 

 656, 680, 708, 750, 792 



•Centaurea 451 



•Changing the wilderness into a 



garden 165 



Chelsea and Holland House shows 



abandoned 141 



Chester, Pa., Flower show at. . . . 788 

 Chestnut trees. Blight-immune.. 459 



Chicago Florists' Club 41, 43, 206 



271, 517, 645, 677, 762 

 Chicago Novelty Flower Show... 332 



Chicago to Indianapolis 42 



Chrysanthemum classifications... 452 

 Chrysanthemums for exhibitions 483 

 ♦Chrysanthemum maximum King 



Edward VII 261, 268 



Chrysanthemums, Some useful 



garden 336 



Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica 10, 142 



♦Chrysanthemums, Unrivalled spec- 

 imen 520 



Classification of exhibitors at flow- 

 er show 235 



Cleveland as it was 74 



Cleveland Flower Show 456,583 



Cliftondale, A visit to 465 



Club and Society Notes 11, 79, 111 



142, 208, 2i)8, 304, 336, 379, 440, 456 

 485, 519, 552, 580, 645, 675, 704, 741 



Coal situation, The 834 



"Cold feet" 703 



Illustrated articles are marked with * 



Page 



Contract, When buying goods 



have a contract that is a 657 



Connecticut Horticultural Society 76 



185, 206, 271 

 Connecticut Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation 271 



♦Conservatories of Miss E. Jenkins 1 

 ♦Conservatory annex to a city flow- 

 er store 669, 682 



Corporations, New.. ..43, 94, 117, 185 

 246, 322, 342, 380, 428, 462, 492, 533 

 555, 590, 654, 713, 773, 792, 822 



Correction, A 103, 797 



♦Craig's, Fire at 43 



Cyclamens, Old 707 



♦Cyml)idium insigne Sanderil, Suc- 

 cessful growing of 643 



D 



Dahlia pointers 404 



Dahlias and their culture 706 



Dahlia Society, American. . .549, 645 



♦Davidia, The story of the 515 



Death wave, A 553 



Dedham, Notes at 816 



Des Moines autumn flower show 488 

 Destruction by tornado and hail. 738 

 Divine flower and the queen of 



flowers. The 105 



Dogs and the home garden 676 



Doogue's new position, Luke.... 249 

 Dutch and Danish supplies, Out- 

 look for 707 



Dutch cargo ships leave for 

 America 764 



I 



E 



Easter displays in Pittsburgh... 487 

 ♦Easter subjects. Two 336 



Editorial: 



— Insurance of Holland ship- 

 ments. Are you paying too 

 much? Preventable losses.... 8 



— Not a bad idea. Watch the 

 game. Do your spring buying 

 early. An admonition 38 



— A favored land. A weighty 

 problem. "All up!" for the S. 

 A. F. 70 



— Commendable. Vicissitudes of 

 the flower market. Conflicting 

 show dates 104 



— Buy now and buy right. As 

 you like it. The carnation's 

 place. A flower of the future. 138 



— Show arrangement. A "new" 

 old flower day. Is further leg- 

 islation necessary? Carnation 

 classes and values 172 



— A plain case. Two ways. Co- 

 operative publicity. Well done 204 



— A hard blow. Deserves sup- 

 port. The early closing move- 

 ment 234 



— A treat for the carnatlonlsts. 

 Courting retribution. An al- 

 luring fi'eld. Back to the soil. . 270 



— A conundrum. An anxious time 300 



— Oppressive legislation. Gard- 

 eners all. The March exhibi- 

 tions 330 



— Do it now. All topsy turvy. 

 Success and its responsibilities 368 



— His innings. Hard lines. A 

 happy termination. The time 

 to advertise. About pictures. 

 S. A. F, reconstruction 416 



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— Consider carefully. A match- 

 less rose. The June shows. A 

 hint to plant growers 450 



— Reduced imports. Helpful bul- 

 letins. Community spraying. 

 Seed prices and demand. To 

 increase food crops 482 



— Horticulture coming into its 

 own. Misrepresentation. A 

 tree hunt 514 



— The issue and how to meet it. 

 Wanted — a square deal 546 



— Improvement. Seed problems. 

 Order out of confusion 578 



— A universal Memorial Day. A 

 new job. The big rush. Gar- 

 den thieves. Save the paeony. 612 



— A useful device. "Cold Feet." 

 Varying opinions. Unjustly ac- 

 cused 642 



— Boston's new park commis- 

 sioner. Memorial Day. A one- 

 sided bargain. Summing it up. 674 



— A great exhibition. "Business 

 as usual " 702 



— Protection. Lagging behind. 

 The Boston June show 730 



— A swindler. Sweet pea 

 weather. A noteworthy de- 

 cision. Prudence 758 



— A timely warning. Decoration 

 Day in Canada. Retrenchment 

 approved 786 



— A far-reaching measure. In- 

 consistencies. Push-cart com- 

 petition 814 



Editorial efficiency the measure. 491 



Exhibitions, Coming 519, 550, 645 



Express charges. About 52 



F 



Federal Hort. Board asks for en- 

 larged powers 105 



Fireman Law, Ohio licensed 354 



Florists' Hail Association of 

 America 41, 206, 762 



Florists' Stock, Notes on culture 

 of: 



— Asparagus. Chrysanthemums. 

 Dracaena. Mignonette. Roses 

 in pots. Reminders 7 



— Asters for inside flowering. 

 Miscellaneous crops. Potting 

 and care of cattleyas. Left- 

 over stock. The dahlias. Re- 

 minders 37 



— Canterbury bells. Violets. 

 Pennisetums. Propagating 

 ficus. Vincas. Reminders.... 69 



— Rooting begonias. Amaryllis. 

 Flowering shrubs tor Easter. 

 Foliage plants. Odontoglos- 

 sums. Sowing palm seeds. 

 Reminders 101, 102 



— Bedding plants. Carnation cut- 

 tings. Chrysanthemums. Fi- 

 brous rooted begonias. Re- 

 minders 171 



— Calceolarias. Candytuft for 

 Memorial Day. Cyclamen. 

 Fancy-leaved caladiums. Glad- 

 ioli. Propagation of ramblers. 

 Reminders 201 



— Compost. Habrothamnus 

 (Cestrum). Lilies for Easter. 

 Making hot beds. Orchids. 

 Reminders 267 



