HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



SEPTEMBER 22, 1906 



NO. 12 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page. 

 FRONTISPIECE— Tne Farqiihar Rose 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE--\V. H. Adsett 309 



SMALL BUSH CHRYSANTHEMUMS— Wm. A. Riggs. 309 



EXHIBITION PANSIES— M. B. Faxon 310 



AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA— K. Finlayson 310 



CARNATIONS— An Interview with Edward A. Stroud, 



— G. C. Watson 311 



EDITORIAL 



Demand for hardy winter greenery — Soil 

 adaptability — Why are the seedsmen singled out? — 

 The use of flowers at funerals 312 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 313 



St. Louis Florists' Cluh 313 



New Haven County Horticultural Society 313 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 313 



Elberon Horticultural Society 313 



Rhode Island Horticultural Society 317 



Page. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES (Continued) 



Lenox Horticultural Society 317 



Morris County (N. J.) Gardeners' and Florists' 



Society 317 



Club and Society Notes 317 



SEED TRADE 315 



OBITUARY 



Mrs. Theodosia B. Shepard 316 



Mrs. James Garthly 316 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis. New 

 York, San Francisco 319 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Catalogues Received 315 



Pacific Coast Notes 315 



Hydrangea petiolaris— T. D. Hatfield 315 



Personal 315 



News Notes 325 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 326 



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

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

 COLUMBUS, O.— M. B. Faxon, 246 Oak 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. Schuiz, Jr., 1325 Cherokee Rd. 



MONTREAL — William Cooper, 338 St. James SL 



NEW/PORT, 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 

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