THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



Sri|0 Cont^nts—lfanuary, 1915 



The Relation of Birds to Parks L. P. Jensen 9 



Orchid Notes 10 



Problems of Reforestation Arthur Sni//? 1 1 



Vegetables from the Home Gardens 



W. N. Craig I 2 



Practical Tree Surgery J. Franklin Collins 1 5 



Panama-Pacific International Exposition . .17 



Work for the Month of February . . .18 



Some 1915 Chrysanthemum Novelties . .19 



Begonia Gloire De Lorrame . . . .19 



Chas. McTaggart 20 



Distorting the Facts . . . . .21 



Starting Small and Delicate Seeds . . .21 



The Fuel Value of Coal . . . .21 



Last Fall's Exportation of Holland Bulbs . 2 1 

 The Poplar Tree's Soliloquy . .21 



Brookside Gardens, Great Barrington, Mass. . 22 



Editorial 24 



National Association of Gardeners . . .25 



Among the Gardeners . . . .26 



American Association of Park Superintendents 27 

 Park Department Personals . . .27 



Seattle's Recreation System /. W. Thompson 28 



Permanent Policy in Park Management De- 

 sirable . . . . E. T. Mische 



Park Institute of New England 



Preliminary Schedule, American Sweet Pea 

 Society ..... 



Lectures in Boston .... 



Queries and Answers .... 



Snapdragon Rust .... 



The Late John Munson 



Holland Nursery Stock Not Impaired 



New York Florists' Club 



National Association Directory 



Local Societies' Directory 



Gardeners' Diary .... 



New Bedford, Mass., Horticultural Society 



Tuxedo, N. Y., Horticultural Society 



Oyster Bay, N. Y., Horticultural Society 



American Rose Society ... 



Connecticut Horticultural Society . 



New Jersey Floricultural Society 



Westchester and Fairfield, Conn., Horticultura 

 Society ..... 



Tarrytown, N. Y., Horticultural Society . 



North Shore, Mass., Horticultural Society 



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Stumpp & Walter Co.'s Catalog 



Our 1915 Spring Catalog will be mailed to 

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 received a copy. 



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