HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



JULY 21, 1900 



NO. 3 



Published w^eeiyly by 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE — Exhibition Building, Dayton, Ohio 

 HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS ALBA GRANDIFLORA 



— E. G. Hill— Illustrated 53 



ROSE HOUSE WISDO.V— R. T. McGorum 53 



DENDROBIUM NOBILE— James Goodier 54 



ROSE HERMOSA— John H. Cox 54 



THE PEONY— C, W. Ward 55 



EDITORIAL 



Dayton entertainment — The comeliest of flowers — 

 Horticulture, gardeners, and "literary phonographs" 



— About "wholesome chestnuts" 56 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT 57 



FIELD OF PEONY' FESTIVA MAXIMA— Illustration. . 57 

 WINTER COURSES IN HORTICULTURE AT COR- 



NELI 57 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Society of American Florists _ 58 



Dayton 58 



Elberon Horticultural Society 58 



Nassau County Horticultural Society 58 



Maryland State Horticultural Society 58 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 58 



Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' 



Club' 58 



Newport Horticultural Society 58 



Canadian Horticultural Society 58 



Page 



SEED TRADE S9 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, 



Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco 63 



DURING RECESS 



Columbus Florists' Club Outing 63 



Philadelphia Diversions 63 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 63 



NEWS NOTES 69 



California Notes ,. 69 



Philadelphia Notes 69 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Two New Plants 55 



Smoke to Save Trees from Frost 55 



Personal 57 



Newport Personals 57 



Appreciated 57 



In Vacation Time — Poetry 57 



Incorporated 59 



A New Firm 60 



Proceeds of the Dayton Souvenir 63 



Catalogues Received. . : 69 



Publications Received 69 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 70 



List of Patents '70 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



BUFFALO, N. Y.— E. C. Brucker, 385-87 Ellicott St 

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

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

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

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

 DETROIT — C. B. Chase, 59 Miami Ave. 

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

 nois St 

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



MONTREAL — William Cooper. 568 St Paul St 



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



PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, Dobson 

 BIdg., 9th and Market St. 



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

 bella St., Oakland, CaJ. 



TOLEDO, O. — J. L. Schiller, 929 Prouty Ave. 



WASHINGTON, D. C— James J. Harty, 14th and H 

 Streets, N. W. 



