HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



OCTOBER 27, 1906 



NO. 17 



Published "Weehly by 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page. 

 FRONTISPIECE— Hibistus syriatus Meehanii 



STANHOPEA OCULATA— James Hutchinson— Illus. . . 439 



BRITISH HORTICULTURE— \V. H. Adsett 439 



EARLY CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN LONDON— C. Har- 



man Payne 440 



ROSE OF SHARON— Warren J. Chandler 440 



SPORT FROM CHRYSANTHEMUM YELLOW EATON 



— Illustrated 441 



OBITUARY 



R. J. Mendenhall, E. L. White. C. F. Thompson.. 441 

 NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES 



Horticultural Society of Chicago 442 



Elberon Horticultural Society 442 



Chrysanthemum Society of America 442 



Columbus Florists' Club 442 



Society of American Florists 442 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society 442 



St. Louis Florists' Club.... 442 



Detroit Florist Club 442 



Huntington Horticultural and Agricultural Society 443 

 Chicago Florists' Club 443 



Page. 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES (Continued). 

 Coming Flower Shows 443 



SEED TRADE TOPICS 445 



Philadelphia Bulb Trade Notes 444 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Indi- 

 anapolis, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, 

 Washington ....,.,... 447 



MISCELLANEOUS '*' "" 



Chicago News Notes 441 



Detroit Doings 441 



Memorial to Dean Hole 441 



Twin City Notes 444 



Chrysanthemum Comoleta — Illustrated 444 



News Notes 444 



Catalogues Received 444 



San Francisco Notes 453 



During Recess 453 



Fire Record 453 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 454 



List of Patents 454 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



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

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

 COLUMBUS. O— M. B. Faxon, 246 Oak St. 

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

 DETROIT, MICH.— Frank Danzer, 1487 Fifteenth St. 

 INDIANAPOLIS, IND.— George B. Wiegand, 1610 N. 



Illinois St. 

 1.0UISVILLE, 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 Isabella 



St., Oakland, Cal. 

 TOLEDO. 0. — J. L. Schiller, 929 Prouty Ave. 

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



Streets, N. W. 



