HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



SEPTEMBER 8, 1906 



NO. lO 



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Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1904, at the Post Office at Boston, Mass., under ihc Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 



ROCKERIES AND ALPINE 



Thorpe — Illustrated 261 



"BURNING" OF CONIFERS AND EVERGREENS— 

 Prof. G. E. Stone 263 



GROWTH OF CAMBIUM TISSUE— Warren J. Chan- 

 dler 263 



EDITORIAL— 



The season of awakening — Activity on wise lines 

 —Extending the business— Another promising line 

 — Marvellous results possible 264 



W'HOLESOME CHESTNUTS 265 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



North Shore Horticultural Society 266 



Newport Horticultural Society 266 



Florist Club of Philadelphia 266 



Columbus Florists' Club 266 



Ladies, Take Notice 266 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 269 



Recent Flower Shows 269 



THE CONVENTION, FROJI THE RETAILERS' 

 STANDPOINT— Wm. Graham 269 



CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page. 

 CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Columbus, Louisville, Newpcrt, 



New York, Philadelphia 271 



GARDENING — John 



THE CONVENTION, FROM THE SEEDSMEN'S 

 STANDPOINT— G. C. Watson 277 



THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF NEW VARIE- 

 TIES IN CALIFORNIA FRUIT GROWING— Pr^f 

 E. J. Wickson 



278 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Eradicating Fall Grass— G. C. W 265 



Vacation Over— Poetry 265 



An Acknowledgment 265 



Personal 



Obituary 



California Notes 



Fadeless Moss 



A Fadeless Label 277 



077 

 News Notes - " 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 278 



265 

 265 

 268 

 271 



Incorporated 



278 



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. Hutchins, 2220 East 74th St. 

 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. Wiegand, 1610 N. Illi- 

 nois St. 

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



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. 



