XX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PACK 



24. A house of young carnation plants 230 



25. A modern greenhouse filled with carnations. (Courtesy of 



Lord & Burnham) 234 



26. A modern rose house. (Courtesy of W. H. Elliott) . . 241 



27. Collection of commercial and exhibition chrysanthemums . 252 



28. A frame of violets on the south side of a dwelling . . 272 



29. A house of cattleyas. (Courtesy of Lager & Hurrell) . . 279 



30. Dwarf varieties of antirrhinums. (Courtesy of F. W. 



Fletcher) 301 



31. Lupine, " Pink Beauty." (Courtesy of W. N. Craig) . . 307 



32. Freesias. (From Bailey collection of negatives) . . . 309 



33. Cyclamen persicum 312 



34. A house of primroses. (Photo by David Lumsden^ . . 315 



35. Calceolaria herbeohybrida. (From Bailey collection of neg- 



atives) . . 319 



36. Schizanthus pinnatus 323 



37. A house of begonia, "Glory of Cincinnati." (Courtesy of 



S. A. Peterson) 327 



38. A commercial house of Easter lilies. (Photo by David 



Lumsden) ......... 336 



39. Erica hyemalis. (Photo by David Lumsden) . . . 345 



40. A house of azalea indica. (Photo by David Lumsden) . 348 



41. Ardisia crenulata 355 



42. A conservatory filled mostly with foliage plants. (Photo by 



David Lumsden) . . . . . . . . 360 



43. A commercial palm house 376 



44. Smilax . . . 384 



45. Asparagus plumosus as commercially grown. (Courtesy of 



W.H.Elliott) / v ' 386 



46. A well-forced specimen of lilac (Syringa). (Photo by 



David Lumsden) ........ 393 



47. Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) forced into bloom in 



early spring 397 



48. Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis) grown in a pot. 



(From Bailey collection of negatives) .... 400 



49. Bulbs should develop a strong root system before they are 



forced. (From Bailey collection of negatives) . .410 



50. A house of young bedding plants ...... 422 



51. Potted plants prepared for shipment ..... 445 



52. A shipment of cut roses. (Photo by David Lumsden) . 450 



