1 

 VOL. XXIV. NO. 1. 



SUPPLEMENT TO 



JULY I, 1916. 



H O R TICULT U R E 



INDEX TO VOLUME XXIII 



Page 

 A 



Achilleas 204 



*Actinidia arguta 277, 303 



*Antirrliinum Weld Pink 6o3 



Ardisias, Growing 78 



•Amieria 204 



Arnold Arboretum Notes 840 



Arnold Arboretum, Effect of the 

 winter in tbe 697 



Arrangement, Flower Show 628 



*Aster vimineus Star Shower.... 755 

 *A7.aleas, Belgian 717 



B 

 *BanQuet, Gardeners' & Florists' 



Club of Boston 243 



♦Bar Harbor, Getting ready for. . 85,^ 



*Baum, C. L, 104 



Book that all will want, A 294 



Boston, Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of.. 124, 242, 243,, 409, 566, 694 

 857. 

 ♦Boston May Flower Show, Plant 



group in 685, 695 



♦Boston, Spring exhibition at.... 403 



Boston May exhibition 664 



Boxwoods, Mould in stored 177 



Breeding for Novelties 794 



British horticulture 14, 139, 209 



♦Brucker, E. C 370 



Buddleia 137 



Buffalo Florists' Club.. 210, 306, ♦STO 

 Business troubles... lOS, 162, 216, 250 

 280, 313, 344, 379, 465. 497, 585, 668 

 714, 732. 764. 796, 841. 872 

 C 



Caladium, The fancy-leaved 628 



California, The truth regarding. 755 



Career, A remarkable 13 



♦Carnation Cottage Maid 129, 160 



♦Carnation Laura Weber 244 



♦Carnation Theo, House of the 



new rose pink 144 



Carnations, Growing 388 



Carnation Society, American 44 



76, 108, 140, 142, 175, 339 



Carnation "yellows" 260 



Catalogs received 16, 47, 92, 146 



193, 229, 278, 342, 389, 429, 456, 508 

 509, 570, 602, 634, 666, 728, 766. 794 

 867 



Cattleya, The life of a 485 



Chicago Florists' Club 388 



Chicago to Moline 243 



Christmas in Chicago 20 



Chrysanthemum, A promising 



late 77 



♦Chrysanthemum Emma 108 



Chrysanthemum Society of 



America 44!) 



Cincinanti Florists' Society 245 



Clear off your desk 78 



Cleveland, Fall flower show at. . . 723 



Club and Society Notes 13, 44, 77 



125, 245, 275. 308, 347, 4.''.1, 507, 528 

 5G7. 000, G62, G96, 725, 75G, 790, 823 

 825, 842, 8.57. 872 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society 144 



174, 244. 451, 756 

 Connecticut Nurserymen's Asso- 

 ciation 275 



♦Conservatory at Como Park. St. 

 Paul, Minn : :,'< 



Illustrated articles are marked with ♦ 



Page 



♦Conservatory, An ideal 200 



♦Convention Garden, Houston, 



Texas 75, lOU 



♦Convention City, Houston, 'View 



in the 840 



Convention Hall for Cleveland, 



A great 663 



Corporations, New 16, 46, 79 



115, 14G, 177, 246, 313, 374, 421, 4G1 



492, 552, 585, GOO, G36, GG3, 758, 794 



860 

 Cotoneasters, Berber Is and 



Aesculus, New 808 



♦Cyclamens and primroses at Dix- 



mont, Pa., A house of 329, 347 



♦Cycnoches 43 



♦Cypripedlum phillipinense (laevi- 



gatum) 207 



D 



Dahlia Society, American 487 



♦Dahlia Gertrude Manda 599 



Dahlias, A selection of 794 



Damage by gale 30 



♦Dawson. Jackson T, His work 



and his workshop 40 



Dawson's exploits, Jackson 137 



♦Decoration, A church wedding. . . 1 



E 



♦Easter flower store view 021 



Easter preparations at Waverley, 

 Mass 491 



Economic structure of the flower 

 business, The G80, 702 



Editorial: 



^The president's message. Adieu, 

 1915. Retrogression. A New 

 Year's wish 10 



— The spring catalogs. Pleaisure 

 that is mutual. A giant turned 

 loose. A man much beloved.. 42 



— Undoing progress. Home in- 

 dustry. A field for conquest. 

 Improving the rose 72 



— An old friend gone. A whole- 

 some influence. An important 

 event for May. Folly unre- 

 strained 102 



— After twenty-five years. A 

 progressive document. To 

 break up a bad habit 138 



—Important decision on tulip 

 tariit. A bad habit. "Tell the 

 truth." An acute emergency.. 172 



— The catalog postage bill. Our 

 opportunity. The American 

 carnation abroad 304 



—A "green" nuisance. A roascm- 

 able request. Don't miss the 

 National Flower Show. An op- 

 portune time. The catalog pos- 

 tage bill 336 



—Helpful auxiliaries. Drifting. . 368 



—Harmless. Unserviceable tro- 

 phies. The broad gauge stan- 

 dard. A "triple entente" 402 



—Philadelphia, her ways and her 

 performances 442 



— Catalog illustrations. Rose so- 

 ciety progress 484 



— Competition. Joyous Easter. 

 The triumph of 191G 524 



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— The Easter glow. Spanish iris. 

 The flower show transition. 

 Two lines of endeavor 564 



— St, Louis' nerve. Half the bat- 

 tle. Busy times ahead 596 



— A passport to preferment. 

 Queens of quality. Cold stor- 

 age. Show arrangement again. 630 



— "Unwisel.v promoted" 660 



—Trouble ahead? Where fair 

 play is essential. Friend of the 

 flowers 692 



— Memorial Day. The flower 

 show fever. A questionable 

 project 722 



— Our duty towards Houston. 

 What Houston has a right to 

 expect. Seed purity and phil- 

 anthropy 754 



— Hail! Hail! An important 

 movement. Holland importa- 

 tions and prices 786 



— The power of "pull together." 

 Rock gardening. Two societies 820 



— E. H. Wilson, M. A. The S. A. 

 F. treasiiryship. 'What the 

 peony is entitled to. A live so- 

 ciety 852 



Effect of a great storm, Disas- 

 trous 1 228 



Employee, The rights of an 73 



Erlangea tomentosa 17 



Exochorda. A new 790 



F 



Fertilizers for roses 649 



Fighting moths with parasites... 43 

 ♦Floral baskets at Boston May 

 flower show 713 



Florists' stock. Notes on culture 

 of: 



— Compost for winter. Orchids. 

 Freesias. Sweet peas. Win- 

 ter protection. Placing seed 

 orders 7 



— Asparagus. Fuchsias. Gar- 

 denias. Geraniums. Primulas 

 for the next holidays 3S 



— Adiantum Farleyense. Carna- 

 tions. General propagating. 

 Lorraine and Cincinnati be- 

 gonias. Marguerites. Icy blasts 71 



— Acacias. Dimorpotheca auran- 

 tiaca. Ferns. GreviUea ro- 

 busta. Maurandias and thun- 

 bergias. Feverfew for Memo- 

 rial Day 101 



— Carnation cuttings. Chrysan- 

 t h e m u m s. Odontoglossuras. 

 Stock left over. Solanum cut- 

 tings 135 



— Carnations. Foliage plants. 

 Cattleyas. Lily of the valley. 

 Tuberous begonias. Watering 171 



— Euphorbia fulgcns. Dracaenas. 

 Gardenias. Sowing smilax. 

 Timely seed sowing. Salvias. 203 



— Acalyphas. Amaryllis. Or- 

 chids. Schizanthus. Start for 

 next Christmas. Musa. Lily 

 of the valley pips 239 



