HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



AUGUST 25, 1906 



NO. 8 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 



FRONTISPIECE — William J. Stewart, Presideiu- 

 Elect, Society of American Florists 



CULTURE OF THE CYCLAMEN— James Stuart- 

 Illustrated 197 



SPRAYING— R. L. Adams 197 



SCHYZOPHRAGMA HYDRANGEOIDS— T. D. Hat- 

 field 19S 



EARLY FLOWERING BULBS— K. Finlayson 198 



BIRDS AND FRUITS— E. Roberts 199 



EDITORIAL 



Overdoing it — A relieC from express tyranny — 

 Horticulture for the school children — A model 

 society 200 



WHEAT SCREENINGS ARE NOT FED TO SHEEP 

 AT CHICAGO STOCK YARDS 201 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS 



The Convention at Dayton 202 



Address of President W. F. Kasting 202 



Report of Secretary W. J. Stewart 204 



Report of Treasurer H. B. Beatty 206 



The Bowling Contest 206 



Election of Officers 206 



Philip J. Hauswirth. Sec-Elect— Portrait 206 



Extracts from the Vice-Presidents' Reports 207 



Page 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS AND ORNA- 

 MENTAL HORTICULTURISTS— Continued 



Recent Improvements in Retailers' Methods of 



Offering Flowers— W. F. Gude 208 



Teaching Horticulture in the Public Schools — E. 

 V. Hallock 209 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



The Shaw Banquet at St. Louis 201 



Echoes from the Newport Show 201 



Lenox Horticultural Society 213 



Pittsburg and Allegheny Florists' and Gardeners' 



Club 213 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 213 



Cincinnati Fall Festival Association 213 



Club and Society Notes 213 



Florists' Hail Association of America 221 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louis- 

 ville, Philadelphia 215 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Personal 201 



Boston Brevities 201 



Get a Coupon, Everybody 201 



News Notes 215 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 221 



List of Patents 221 



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

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

 CLEVELAND, 0.— A. L, Hutchins, 2220 East 74th St. 

 COLUMBUS, C— 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. III! 



nols St 

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



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



MONTREAL — William Cooper, 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 Monnette, 866 Isa- 

 bella St, Oakland, Cal. 



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



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

 Streets, N. W. 



