HORTICULTURE 



VOL IV 



NOVEMBER 3, 1906 



NO. 18 



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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE 



Page. 



FRONTISPIECE— Carnation Debutante. 



ORNAMENTAL CONIFERS— A. Hans 463 



THE DAHLIA UNDER GLASS— G. H. Higgins 464 



FUNCTIONS OF THE BACTERIA— Anne Dorrance... 465 

 BANQUET OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY— Illustration 465 



PLANT TISSUES— R. W. Curtis 466 



STRAWBERRY FORCING— John Heeremans 467 



EDITORIAL. 



Usefulness of the early-flowering chrysanthemum 

 — Need of improvement in packing methods — 

 The spirit of healthy rivalry — Higher salaries in 

 prospect where merited — Get in touch with the 

 public — Menace to the flower shipping trade.... 468 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS 469 



NEWS OF THE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES. 



Lenox Horticultural Society 470 



Newport Horticultural Society 470 



Chrysanthemum Society of America 470 



St. Louis Exhibition 470 



Exhibition at Tarrytown. N. Y 470 



New Bedford Horticultural Society 470 



National Council of Horticulture 471 



St. Louis Florists' Club 471 



American Carnation Society 471 



Club and Society Notes 471 



MELONS UNDER GL^SS— Henry Tolman 471 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Geo. Moore — Hans Reck — John Nelson- 

 Lewis Ullrich— J. L. Dillon 472 



Page. 



FORESTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS— Frank Wm. Rane 473 



SEED TRADE TOPICS 474 



MORE ABOUT FALL GRASS— G. C. Watson 475 



CUT FLOWER MARKET REPORTS. 



Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Columbus, Indianapolis, 



Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, Twin Cities 479 

 Washington 473 



GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION— J. B. Velie.'. 485 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Flower Market Dinner 469 



Personal 469 



Our Frontispiece 469 



Asparagus Crawshawii 469 



Express Plundering 472 



Newport News 472 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. Westray Ladd — Illustrated 473 



To Make a Successful Convention 473 



News Notes 473 



Two New Bedford Seedlings — Illustration 473 



Belgian Glass 474 



Turf and Manure 474 



California Notes 476 



Minneapolis Plantings 476 



Philadelphia Notes 477 



Incorporated 477 



A Model Flower Store at St. Paul 477 



An Auspicious Opening 477 



Greenhouses Building and Projected 486 



List of Patents 486 



LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 



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

 CLEVELAND, 0.— 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. 

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

 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.— G. L. Skutt, 3800 Bryant Ave. 



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 Isabella 



St., Oakland, Cal. 

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

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



Streets, N. W. 



