HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



SEPTEMBER 29, 1900 



NO. 13 



Published Weekly by 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



I 



Page. 



FRONTISPIECE— Nyniphaea Bissetii 



ORNA.MENTAL CONIFERS— A. Hans, Illustiated 335 



ROSE HOUSE WISDOM— R. T. McGonim 336 



PLANT TISSUES— R. W. Curtis 337 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— W. H. Adsett 33S 



A BEAUTIFUL TREE— C. S. Harrison 33S 



CLEMATIS HERACLEIFOLIA— Illustrated 339 



FALL WEB WORM— R. L. Adams 339 



EDITORIAL 



Our readers' interests are our interests — 

 Training the children in horticulture — Clubs and 

 societies should aid — To stimulate garden fruit 



culture 340 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS 341 



AQUATIC PLANTS— Illustrated 341 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 342 



Columbus Florists' Club 342 



Society of American Florists 342 



Pasadena Gardeners' Association 342 



American Carnation Society 342 



American Pomological Society 342 



Toronto Gardeners' and Florists' Association.... 342 



National Nut Growers' .4ssociation 343 



Page. 

 NEWS OP THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES— Continued 



Club and Society Notes 343 



SEEDSMEN AND CIYIC IMPROYEMENT— J. Horace 



McFarland 344 



A FINE ASTER— Illustrated 345 



CONCERNING EXPRESS RATES 345 



SEED. TRADE TOPICS 346 



Conrad Appel's Grass Seed Report 346 



CUT FLOWER .MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo. Columbus. Louisville, New York... 351 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Obituary 341 



A Memorial Wreath— Illustrated 343 



North Shore Chat 343 



News Notes 345 



Newport News and Trade Notes 348 



Catalogues Received 348 



Fall Grass in the Lawn 348 



A Yisit to White .Marsh, Md.— Z. D. Blackistone. . 349 



Philadelphia Notes 351 



Personal 351 



List of Patents 357 



The Duty on Glass — B. Hammond 357 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 357 



Incorporated 357 



COLORED SUPPLEMENT WITH NEXT ISSUE. 



NEW TRUMPET DAFFODILS. 



LOCA.L REPRESENTATIVES 



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

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

 COLUMBUS, 0.— 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 



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 SL, Oakland, Cal. 



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



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

 Streets, N. W. 



