HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



AUGUST 4. 1906 



NO. 5 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— Prunus pendula 



ORCHID SEEDLINGS— Edgar Elvin 103 



EDITORIAL 



Organized Usefulness — One ^Vay to Prosperity — 

 Stand by ttie Ship — Popular Education in Moth 



Killing 104 



con\':ention topics 



Doings at Dayton 105 



New York and Boston to Dayton 105 



Chicago to Dayton via Big Four 105 



A Presidential Suggestion 105 



A Trip to Chicago 106 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Newport Horticultural Society 108 



Morris Co. Gardeners' and Florists' Club 106 



Toledo Florists' Club 106 



Club and Society Notes 106 



Pa^e 



DURING RECESS 



St. Louis Florists' Club Picnic — Illustrated 107 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston Picnic 



Ilustrated 108 



SEED TRADE 109 



Opposed to Free Seeds 117 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston. Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus 



Louisville, New York, Omaha, Pkiladelphia Ill 



MISCELLANEOUS 



The Private Growers "Pull" 106 



Obituary 107 



News Notes 107 



Movements of Gardeners 107 



Business Changes Ill 



Newport Notes HI 



The Story of a Great Park HI 



IncorpoBated HI 



A Well Built House 117 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 117 



Publications Received 117 



Catalogues Received 117 



I,OCA.L REPRESENTATIVES 



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

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

 CLEVELAND, C— A, L. Hutchins, 2220 East 74th 9*. 

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

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

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

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

 nois St. 

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



MONTREAL — William Coop«r, 338 St. James St 

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

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. — George C. Watson, Dobson 



BIdg., 9th and Market St. 

 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.— Luther Monn<tte, 866 ls» 



bella St., Oakland, Cal. 

 TOLEDO, 0.— J. L. Schiller, 929 Prouty Ave. 

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



Streets, N. W. 



