HORTICULTURE 



INDEX TO VOLUME XXVI. - July 7 to December 29, 1917 



Illustrated articles are marked with * 



Page 

 A 



Acknowledgment. An 7 



Advertising scheme, A good 53 



Albany Florists' Club 45 



"Azaleas at Eureka, California... 303 



'B 



Back to the stone age 487 



Bailey back from the Orient, 



L. H 306 



•Barberry, The box 377 



Bedding plants. Propagating.... 423 



*Begonia Cincinnati 622 



•Bedding at West Park, Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., Emblematic 426 



Bermuda, Lily bulb prospect in. . 65 



Beuerlein's new place 462 



Books, Christmas 670 



•Boston Flower Exchange banquet 465 

 Boston, Gardeners' and Florists' 



Club of 325, 377, 400, 425 



504, 548, 624, 656 

 Boston Rose, Strawberry and 



Peony Show 8, 40 



Boston Gladiolus and Phlox ex- 

 hibition 183 



Boston Dahlia show 3U5 



Boston Fruit show 425 



Brand nursery, A visit at the... 66 



Bronx Park lectures ....6:j, 280 



Business as usual 92 



Business troubles 9, 82, lOH, 162 



293, 337, 490, 507, 607, 660 



Buffalo Florist Club 625 



•Burpee Seed Farms, Lompoc, Cal. 147 



C 



Carnation Society, American. 229, 448 

 Carnation houses, Coal saving in. 617 



Carnations, About 593, 653 



Catalogues received. 54, 95, 122, 150 

 200, 230, 284, 317, 330, 356 

 414, 428, 490, 528, 66i). 684 



•Cattleya Mossiae 493, 502 



Cemetery Superintendents, Asso- 

 ciation of American 325 



Chicago Florists' Club. . .53, 550, 628 



•Christmas berried plants 448 



Christmas greens quarantine in 



Pennsylvania 414 



Chrysanthemum midge. The 9 



•Chrysanthemum show Buffalo 



Botanic Garden 673 



Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica.. 352, 425, 447, 474, 504, 527, 548 

 573, 597, 657 



Cleveland Florists' Club 325, 352 



Cleveland Flower Show. 328, 365, 400 

 425, 448, 476, 477, 501, 'SIT, 521, 523 



Cliftondale. Seen at 412 



Club and Sor-ietv Notes. 9, 45. 65, 93 

 121. 146. 200, 253, 304, 377, 435, 475 

 527, 657 

 Coal Conference at Washington.. 619 



Coal emergency. The 562 



Coal saving in carnation houses 617 



Coal situation, The 242,595 



Colnmbia, New rose. 499 



•Comrades in arms 355 



Page 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society 681 

 •Conservatory, A moderate cost 



service 393 



Co-operation 551 



Corn show. Big Massachusetts.. 600 

 Cornell University, Winter course 



at 423 



Corporations, New.. 14, 53, 68, 96, 199 

 258, 293, 310, 358, 390, 404, 430, 480 

 506, 539, 561, 578, 637, 667 



Correction, A 63^ 



Credit to minors 132 



Crotons, Mealy bug on 504 



•Cyclamen, A house of 279 



D 



•Dahlia Ami Barillet 541 



Dahlia exhibition. National 65 



•Dahlia farming in Maryland.... 92 



•Dahlia Jean Kerr 441 



Dahlia Society, American 353 



375, 376 



Des Moines Flower Show 399 



Drab, Is your business 545 



E 



•Easter plant, A nice 306 



Echoes 424 



Economy, Overdue 122 



Editorial: 



— Doing our bit. Volume twenty- 

 six. Greater efficiency the key- 

 note 6 



— Work to be done. Getting on 

 lis feet. To enlarge the Botan- 

 ical Garden 34 



— The Sunday flower problem. 

 Flower market anomalies 62 



— Innovations. The Convention 

 program. A momentous subject 90 



— Unpreparedness. Another in- 

 surance project. Appreciated 

 now and then 118 



— A business convention. A com- 

 mendable project. "Going up" 144 



—"Little old New York" 174 



— A democratic stand. To be en- 

 couraged. "Your duty and 

 mine." 220 



— No Dutch bulbs this year. A 

 good time coming. Up and do- 

 ing. Still in abeyance 250 



— One bulb ship sure. "Fumigat- 

 ing orchids." The publicity 

 movement. The dahlia season. 276 



— "Publicity" gets another boost. 

 A serious situation. The Hol- 

 land bulb situation 3il2 



— Lenox comes back. "Back to 

 the land." Washington city of 

 f\iture years 326 



— The florists' winter plant prob- 

 lem. The present and future 

 seed supply. The colleges 

 should help 350 



- The store florists' awakening. 



The growers' po.'^ition 374 



—Apostles of horticulture. The 

 fertilizer question 398 



— A grave exigency. Express 

 service. The road to quality.. 422 



Page 

 —Hollanders stranded. The bulb 

 situation to date. Publicity 



fund progress 446 



— Over the top. Ephemeral hon- 

 ors. Good words well spoken.. 472 

 —Early closing. Whose baby?.. 496 

 — Watch your step. Unfair and 



unnecessary. More names.... 524 

 — The coal exigency. The signs 



of the times. A sheet anchor.. 546 

 — Practical patriotism. Be a unit. 

 About greenhouse coal. Where 



theory falls 570 



—An interesting carnation expe- 

 rience. "Lend a hand." The 



fuel outlook 594 



— Effective publicity. Something 

 we must do. Patriotic co-oper- 

 ation assured 620 



♦Erica melanthera 622 



Exhibitions, Coming ....281, 305, 327 



Exhibitions, Notes of the 328 



Exposition, Eastern States 390 



Express service, A movement for 



better 67 



Express shipments subject to de- 

 lay 387 



F 



Farmers' war responsibility 600 



Fertilizer, A new source of 576 



Fire prevention 294 



•Flatbush celebrity, A 121 



Florists. To New England 184 



Florists' Telegraph Delivery As- 

 sociation 93, 229, 399 



Florists' Hail Association, Policy 

 of the 146 



Florists' Stock. Notes on culture 

 of: 



—Amaryllis. Cold storage lilies. 

 Gloxinias. Propagation. Sweet 

 Peas. Reminders 5 



—Care of Palms. Achimines. Car- 

 nations. Pot chrsyanthemums. 

 Summer treatment of potted 

 roses. Reminders .^ 33 



—Carnations in field. Cyclamens. 

 Hardy perennials. Stocks. Syr- 

 inging and Spraying. Re- 

 minders 61 



—Calceolarias. Care of violets. 

 Chrysanthemums. Freesias. 

 Pansies. Reminders 89 



—Carnations. Cleaning, painting 

 and repairing. Crotons. Pro- 

 viding compost. Reminders... 117 



— Adiantums. Care of smilax. 

 Easter lilies. Geraniums. Sweet 

 peas for winter. Reminders. . . 143 



— Chrysanthemums. Care of i)ri- 

 mulas. Florists' greens. Palms. 

 Poinsettias. Reminders 173 



— Amaryllis. Care of geraniums. 

 Ferns. Homegrown shrubs for 

 forcing. Lilium candidum. Re- 

 minders 219 



-Care of Carnations. Chrysan- 

 themums. Pelargoniums. Sow- 

 ing cyclamen. Violets. Remind- 

 ers" 249 



