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Page 

 Society of American Florists and 

 Ornamental Horticulturists: — 

 (Continued). 



— *W. J. Stewart 165 



—Map of Dayton *166, 167 



—♦President-elect W. J. Stewart. 193 



— Convention at Dayton 202 



— President's address 202 



— Secretary's report 204 



— Treasurer's report 206 



— The bowling contest 206 



—Election of officers 206 



— *P. J. Hauswirth 206 



— Extracts from state vice-presi- 

 dents' reports 207 



— Recent improvements in retail- 

 er's methods of offering flowers 



208, 242 

 — Teaching horticulture in the 



public schools 209 



— Convention story continued .... 236 

 — Report of superintendent of 



trade exhibition 237 



— Judges awards on trade ex- 

 hibits; Report of judges on out- 

 door exhibits; Convention notes 



238 

 — Address of welcome; The evolu- 

 tion of the florist; The birth- 

 day bouquet 239 



— Convention ginger jar; Shooting 



tournament 240 



— The ideal private gardener and 



his work 241 



— An acknowledgement 265 



— Ladies take notice 266 



—John Westcott *281, 289 



— Ladies' Auxiliary 500. 584 



— First prize essay 502 



— Second prize essay 626 



— Mr. Wirth appointed director.. 697 

 ■ — Department of plant registra- 

 tion 15. 34, 58, 132. 342, 442, 



560. 624, 697 



Page 

 Society of Southern Florists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists 671 



Soil fertility, Rpport on 293 



— Sterilizing hothouse 723 



South Shore doings 290 



Southern California Horticultural 



Society 560 



Sport, A remarkable and its pos- 

 sible origin 719 



Sports 674, 721 



Sportsman spirit in the exhibition. 



The 619 



Spraying 197 



•Stanhopea oculata 439 



♦Strawberry field, A fine 163 



— forcing 467 



♦Succulents, A bed at Washington 121 

 — 'Prospect Park greenhouses... 625 



Supplements, Our colored 369, 623 



Suppressing dust on roads and 



playgrounds 585 



Symplocos crataegoides 583 



T 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society 



82. 470, 509 



♦Thorburn seed warehouse 397 



Toledo Florists' Club 106 



♦Tomato, Blossom end rot of.... 233 



— Fresh for Christmas 581 



Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' 



Association 342 



Totty, Charles H *657, 665 



Trade vs. civic improvement so- 

 cieties 585, 667 



Tree. A beautiful 338 



— Smoke to save from frost 55 



Treasury decisions under tariff 



laws 589 



TriCity Florists' Club 10, 170, 597 



Tropical beds •. 618 



Turf and manure 474 



Twin cities. Business notes of 



429, 444, 574 

 •Tulip field, Holland 372 



Page 

 U 



Useful ideas 106 



—Tool, A 686 



V 



Vacations over 265 



— Notes, extracts of 497 



Vegetables for exhibition 31 



Vermont horticulturists meet 668 



W 



Washington. D. C: 



-Florists' Club of 34, 166 



— wants a commission house 429 



We cover the country 695 



Wedding decoration ♦73, 81 



Weed killer, A home-made 289 



♦Welch Bros.. Boston, New whole- 

 sale quarters of 369 



♦Weld, S. M 559 



♦Westwood. T. H 559 



Westcott, John *281, 289 



Wheat screenings not fed to sheep 



at Chicago stock yards 201 



White Marsh. Md., A visit to 349 



WTiolesome chestnuts. .. .265, 341, 



469. 499 

 Why are flowers double and what 



for? 614 



Worcester County Horticultural 



. .Society 418, 558 



Worthy cause. A 597 



♦Wreath, A memorial 343 



COLORED PLATES ISSUED WITH 

 VOLUME IV. 



Ilex Wilsoni; Carnations Enchan- 

 tress, White Lawson, and a red seed- 

 ling; High grade fancy pansies; Daf- 

 fodils Peter Barr, Weardale Perfec- 

 tion, Monarch; May-flowering tulips; 

 Carnation Britannia. 



THE INDEX WHICH APPEARS ON THESE PAGES 

 HAS A VALUE BEYOND ITS ORDINARY PURPOSE 

 AS A GUIDE TO THE CONTENTS OF VOLUME 4. 

 IT IS, WE THINK, A STRONG PRESENTATION OF 

 THE VALUE WHICH HORTICULTURE IS RETURN- 

 ING TO ITS SUBSCRIBERS. CONSIDER THAT THE 

 ABOVE LIST OF SUBJECTS COVERS ONLY SIX 

 MONTHS— HALF A YEAR— COSTING THE SUB- 

 SCRIBERS FIFTY CENTS! CAN YOU DO BETTER 

 THAN TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT? 



