horticulture: 



VOL IV 



OCTOBER 6, 1906 



NO. 14 



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FRONTISPIECE— Field of Hyacinths 

 DENDROBIUM FORMOSUM GIGANTEUM — James 



Hutchinson — Illustrated 367 



IS THE DAHLIA OF VALUE TO THE FLOWER 



GROWER?— Maurice Fuld 367 



EDITORIAL 



The prosperous bulb trade — The qualifications ot 

 a gardener — About the house plant — The dahlia 

 in the flower market — Hel|) the exhibitions — The 

 advertising problem 368 



OUR COLORED SUPPLEMENT 369 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Newport Horticultural Society 370 



Chrysanthemum Society of America 370 



Horticultural Society of New York 370 



American Carnation Society 370 



Florists' Club of Philadelphia 370 



CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



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OBITUARY 



C. Wm. Turnley, Portrait — Francis J. Reynolds — 

 Theodore Searles 371 



SEED TRADE TOPICS 372 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Columbus, Louisville, 

 Philadelphia 375 



MISCELLANEOUS 



New Wholesale Quarters of Welch Bros.— Illus.. . 369 



Personal 370 



Newport Notes 370 



News Notes 371 



A Holland Tulip Field— Illustration 372 



Philadelphia Notes 372 



A Decorative Auto— Illustrated 381 



Greenhouses Building or Projected 382 



List of Patents 382 



COLORED SUPPLEMENT WITH THIS ISSUE. 



NEW TRUMPET DAFFODILS. 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



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

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 CINCINNATI, 0.— Frank W. Ball, Walnut Hills. 

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MONTREAL — William Cooper, 338 St. James St 



NEWPORT, R. I. — David Mcintosh, Ledge Road. 



PHILADELPHIA, PA.— George C. Watson, Dsbson 

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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. — Luther Monnette, 866 Isa- 

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



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