COLLABORATORS 



//. PARTIAL LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE ASSISTED BY READING PROOF, 



AND IN OTHER WATS. 



ANDREWS, D. M., Nurseryman, Boulder, Colo. 

 (Native western plants, especially new hardy cacti.) 



BALL, C. D., Wholesale florist, Holmesburg, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. (Ferns. Foliage Plants. Palms.} 



BARKER, MICHAEL, Editor "American Florist," 

 Chicago, 111. (Many suggestions.) 



BASSETT & SON, Wm. F., Nurserymen, Hammon- 

 ton, N. J. (Native plants, as Hibiscus. ) 



BERGER & Co., H. H., New York, N. Y. (Japa- 

 nese and Calif ornian plants .) 



BESSEY, CHAS. E., P"rof. of Botany, Univ. of Neb., 

 Lincoln, Neb. (Native plants, particularly 

 grasses.) 



BETSCHER BROS., Florists, nurserymen and seeds- 

 men, Canal Dover, Ohio. (Gladiolus.) 



BLANC, A., Seedsman and plantsman, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa. (Cacti. Novelties.) 



BOARDMAN, S. L., Sec. Maine Hort. Soc., Augusta, 

 Me. (Maine.) 



BRACKETT, Col.G. B., Pomologist, Dept. of Agric., 

 Washington, D. C. (Hicoria. Hickory. Juglans.) 



BRAUNTON, ERNEST, Gardener, Los Angeles, Calif. 

 (Many valuable notes on plants cult, in Calif.) 



BRECK & SONS, JOSEPH, Seedsmen, Boston, Mass. 

 (Portrait of Joseph Breck.) 



BUDD, Prof. J. L., Horticultural author, Ames, 

 Iowa. (Iowa. Important fruits .) 



BUDLONG BROS., Pickle-makers, Providence, K. I. 

 ( Cucu m ber . Mar tynia . ) 



BURBANK, LUTHER, Hybridist, Santa Rosa, Calif. 

 (Gladiolus.) 



BUSH & SONS & MEISSNER, Bushberg, Mo. 

 (Grapes.) 



CALDWELL, GEO. C., Prof, of Agric. Chemistry, 

 Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. (Fertility. Ferti- 

 lizers. Lime. ) 



CLARK, Miss JOSEPHINE A., Asst. Librarian, Dept. 

 of Agric., Washington, D. C. (Information as 

 to species after the date of Index Kewensis.) 



CLINTON, L. A., Asst. Agriculturist, Cornell Exp. 

 Sta., Ithaca, N. Y. (Lime.) 



COATES, LEONARD, Napa City, Calif. (Fruit Cul- 

 ture in California. ) 



COVILLE, FREDERICK V., Botanist, Dept. of Agric., 

 Washington, D. C. (Juniperus. Suggestions in 

 various matters.) 



CRANEFIELD, FRED, Asst. Horticulturist, Wis. Exp. 

 Sta., Madison, Wis. (Irrigation.) 



DAILLEDOUZE BROS., Wholesale florists, Flatbush, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. ( Mignonette. ) 



DANDRIDGE, Mrs. DANSKE, Amateur, Shepherds- 

 town, W. Va. (Hardy plants.) 



DAVENPORT. GEO. E.. Botanist, specialist in ferns, 

 .Medford, Mass. (Several genera of ferns.) 



DAY, Miss MARY A., Librarian, Gray Herbarium 



of Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. (Rare 



books.) 



DEVRON, Dr. G., Amateur in bamboos, New Or- 

 leans, La. (Bamboo.) 



DOCK, Miss M. L., Harrisburg, Pa. (Bartram.) 

 DOWNER'S SONS, J. S., Fairport, Ky. (Kentucky.) 

 DREER, H. A. (Inc.), Seedsmen and plantsmen, 



Philadelphia, Pa. (Many and varied services, 



especially in aquatics, ferns, foliage plants and 



rare annuals.) 

 ELLIOTT, J. WILKINSON, Landscape architect, 



Pittsburg, Pa. (Kochia, and some herbaceous 



perennials. ) 

 ELLWANGER & BARRY, Nurserymen, Rochester, 



N. Y. (Hardy plants. ) 

 FISHER, JABEZ, Fruit- grower, Fitchburg, Mass. 



(Massachusetts. ) 

 GANONG, W. F., Prof, of Botany, Smith College, 



Northampton, Mass. (Cacti.) 

 GOODMAN, L. A., Fruit-grower, Westport, Mo. 



(Miwouri.) 

 HALLIDAY BROS., Florists, Baltimore, Md. 



(Azalea. Camellia.) 

 HARRIS, J. S., Fruit-grower, La Crescent, Minn. 



(Minnesota.) 



HEISS, J. B., Florist, Dayton, Ohio. (Palms.) 

 HUTT, R. L., Prof, of Horticulture, Ont. Agric. 



College, Guelph, Ont. (Kale. Kohlrabi.) 

 JONES, Rev. C. J. K., Los Angeles, Calif. 



( Various Calif ornian plants.) 

 JORDAN, Dr. W. H., Dir., N. Y. Exp. Sta., 



Geneva, N. Y. (Fertility. Fertilizers.) 

 KEDZIE, Dr. R. C., Prof, of Chemistry, Mich. 



Agric. College, Agricultural College, Mich. 



(Fertility. Fertilizers. Lime.) 

 *KiNG, F. H., Prof, of Agricultural Physics, Madi- 

 son, Wis. (Irrigation, Mulching, etc.) 

 LATHAM, A. W., Secretary Minn. Hort. Soc., 



Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota.) 

 LUPTON, J. M., Market-gardener, Gregory, L. I. 



( Cabbage. ) 

 MACKENZIE, R. R., Manager bulb department, 



J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York, N. Y. 



(Many important bulbs.) 

 MAKEPEACE, A. D., Cranberry-grower, West Barn,- 



stable, Mass. (Cranberry.) 

 MANDA, W. A., Nurseryman, South Orange, N. J. 



( Orchid pictures. ) 

 MANNING, JACOB W., Nurseryman, Reading, Mass. 



(Dried specimens of herbaceous perennial 



plants.) 

 MANNING, ROBERT, Sec. Mass. Hort. Soc., Boston, 



Mass. (Biographical sketches. Horticulture.) 



