HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



JULY 14. 1906 



NO. 2 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— Dayton, the Convention City 



ONCIDIUM CONCOLOR— A. Dimmoek— Illustrated 29 



THE MOTH FIGHT IN NEW ENGLAND— R. L. Adams 29 



ILEX WILSONI 29 



IMPORTANCE OF FULL AND ACCURATE VARIE- 

 TAL DESCRIPTIONS— W. W. Tracy 30 



VEGETABLES FOR EXHIBITION— J. Heeiemans 31 



EDITORIAL 



A new use for surplus roses — A better distribution 

 of flowers needed — The floral artist in the exhibition 



— Importance of the Dayton meeting 32 



HARDY PLANT NOTES— Warren J. Chandler 33 



DURING RECESS 33 



SCALES— R. L. Adams 33 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Philadelphia Club Honors Mr. Dickson 34 



Ottawa Horticultural Society 34 



Society of American Florists 34 



Columbus Florists' Club 34 



Elberon Horticultural Society 34 



New .lersey Floricultural Society 34 



Page 

 NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— (Continued) 



Washington Florists' Club 34 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 34 



Club and Society Notes 34 



CONVENTION TOPICS 



New York to Dayton 35 



In the Convention City 35 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo. Columbus, Louisville. New York, 



Philadelphia 39 



SOME REMARKS ABOUT ROSES— A. B. Scott . 39 



PARK WOODLANDS AND PLANTATIONS— J. A. Pet- 



tigrew 45 



MISCELLANEOUS 



California Notes 33 



Personal 33 



Obituary 33 



Mice-Proof Seed Cases 36 



Philadelphia Notes 46 



Greenhouses Building and Projectefi 46 



Incorporated 46 



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 CHICAGO, ILL.— R. S. Lund, 1034 W. Monroe St. 

 CLEVELAND, 0.— A. L. Hutchlns, 38 Plymouth St. 

 COLUMBUS, C— M. B. Faxon, 322 E. Broad St. 

 CINCINNATI, 0.— Frank W. Ball, Walnut Hills. 

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 INDIANAPOLIS, IND. — George B. WIegand. 1610 N. Illi- 

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 LOUISVILLE, KY.— F. L. Schuiz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Rd. 



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NEWPORT, R. 1.— David Mcintosh, Ledge Road. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, Dobson 

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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monnette, 866 Isa- 

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