HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



SEPTEMBER 1, 1906 



NO. 9 

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Published "WErEKLY by 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page 

 FRONTISPIECE— Schyzophragma hydrangeoides 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 231 



NEW ROSES AT NE^VTONARDS— Robert Huey.... 231 

 GROWTH OF HORTICULTURE IN NEBRASKA— C. 



S. Harrison 232 



SCHYZOPHRAGMA HYDRANGEOIDES— T. D. Hat- 

 field 232 



ALEYRODES— R. L. Adams 232 



BLOSSOM END ROT OF TOMATO— Prof. G. E. Stone, 



—Illustrated 233 



AN EFFECTIVE BORDER— James Hutchinson 233 



EDITORIAL 



Make the schedules explicit — S. A. F. ladies' 

 auxiliary — The strength of numbers — What 



■'plant registration" does not stand for 234 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT 235 



THE CONVENTION STORY CONTINUED 236 



Report of Superintendent of Trade Exhibition... 237 



Report of Judges on Trade Exhibits 238 



Report of Judges on Outdoor Exhibits 238 



Convention Notes 238 



Address of Welcome to S. A. F. by Chas. W. Dale 239 



The Birthday Banquet 239 



Convention Ginger Jar, G. C. Watson 240 



Shooting Tournament 240 



Pag* 



THE CONVENTION STORY CONTINUED 



The Ideal Private Gardener and His Work, Fred. 



E. Palmer 241 



Recent Improvements in Retailers' Methods, Irwin 



Bertermann 242 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



American Carnation Society 240 



Florists' Hail Association of America 240 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 240 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 247 



SEED TRADE 244 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Columbus, Louisville, Newport, 



Philadelphia 247 



MISCELLANEOUS 



News Notes 235 



San Francisco Notes 235 



Fall Grass in the Lawn, T. D. Hatfield 235 



Newport Personals 235 



Boston Brevities 235 



Personal 235 



Obituary 235 



Philadelphia Notes 247 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 253 



Incorporated 253 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



BUFFALO, N. Y.— E. C. Brucker, 3S5-87 Elllcott St 

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

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

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

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

 DETROIT— C. B. Chase, 59 Miami Ave. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— Georg.> B. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi- 

 nois St 

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



MONTREAL — William Cooper, 338 St. James 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 Im- 



bella St, Oakland, Cal. 

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

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



Streets, N. W. 



