COLLABORATORS 



I. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CYCLOPEDIA 



"The asterisk designates the contributors to the fourth volume. Many of the contributors have also assisted in reading prooft 

 and in other ways. 



*ADAMS, GEO. E., Asst. Horticulturist, R. I. 



Exp. Sta., Kingston, R. I. (Rhode Island. 



Rhubarb.) 

 *ADAMS, J. W., Nurseryman, Springfield, Mass. 



( Stephanandra. Viburnum. ) 

 *ALLEN, C. L., Author of "Bulbs and Tuberous - 



rooted Plants," Floral Park, N. Y. (Tulipa.) 

 AMES, OAKES, Asst. Dir. Botanic Garden, and 



Instructor in Botany in Harvard Univ., Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. (Several genera of orchids.) 

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



((Enothera. Opuntia. Help on native western 



plants, especially hardy cacti.) 

 ARCHDEACON & Co., Commission merchants, New 



York, N. Y. (Mushroom.) 

 ARNOLD, Jr., GEO., Gardener (formerly grower 



of aster seed), Rochester, N. Y. (China 



Aster.) 

 ATKINS, F. L., Florist, Rutherford, N. J. (Platy- 



cerium . ) 

 ATKINSON, GEO. P., Prof, of Botany, Cornell 



Univ., Ithaca, N. Y. (Mushroom.) 

 *BALMER, Prof. J. A., formerly Horticulturist, 



Wash. Exp. Sta. (Washington.) 

 *BARCLAY, F. W., Gardener, Haverford, Pa. 



(Herbaceous Perennials, Rhexia, Sanguinaria, 



SUphium, Sisyrinchium, Smilacina, Statice, and 



many others, mostly hardy herbs.) 

 *BARKER, MICHAEL, Editor of "Gardening" and 



"American Florist," Chicago, 111. (Solandra. 



Vallota. Many suggestions.) 

 *BARNES, CHARLES R., Prof, of Plant Physiology, 



Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, 111. (Fertilization. 



Flower. Teratology. lias read proofs of physio- 

 logical subjects.) 

 BARNES, WILLIAM H., Secretary Kans. State 



Hort. Soc., Topeka, Kans. (Kansas.) 

 *BARRON, LEONARD, Editor "American Garden- 

 ing," New York, N. Y. (Rose. ) 

 BAYERSDORFER, H., Dealer in florists' supplies, 



Philadelphia, Pa. (Everlasting Flowers.) 

 *BEACH, Prof. S. A., Horticulturist, N. Y. Exp. 



Sta., Geneva, N. Y. (Corn. Thinning Fruit.) 

 BEADLE, C. D., Botanist and horticulturist, Bilt- 



more, N. C. (Bamboo.) 



BEAL, W. J., Prof, of Botany. Mich. Agric. Col- 

 lege, Agricultural College, Mich. (Grass. Has 

 read proofs of many genera of grasses.) 

 BECKERT, THEO. P., Florist, Allegheny City, Pa. 

 (Bougainvillcea.) 



*BERCKMANS, P. J., Pomologist and nurseryman, 

 Augusta, Ga. (Lawns for the South . Magnolia. 

 Melia. Michelia. Persimmon. Pomegranate. 

 Trees. Vines. Has read proof of many groups 

 of importance in the South.) 



*BESSEY, CHARLES E., Prof, of Botany, Univ of 

 Nebr., Lincoln, Nebr. (Plant. Trees for the 

 Plains. Has read several articles on grasses and 

 native plants.) 



BLAIR, Prof. J. C., Horticulturist, 111. Exp. Sta., 

 Champaign, 111. (Greenhouse Glass. Illi- 

 nois. ) 



*BRANDEGEE, Mrs. KATHARINE, Botanist, editor of 

 Zo, San Diego, Calif. (Several genera of 

 cacti, as Mammillaria, Melocactus, Pelecyphora, 

 Pereskia, Phyllocactus, Pilocereus, Rhipsalis.) 

 BRANDEGEE, T. S., Botanist, San Diego, Calif. 

 (Nolina.) 



*BRAUNTON, ERNEST, Landscape gardener, and 

 editor of "California Floriculturist," Los 

 Angeles, Calif. (Nerium, Palms, Phoenix, 

 Pittosporum, Richardia, Rose, Schinus, Trees, 

 Fines, and other plants cultivated in southern 

 California.) 



*BRUCKNER, NICHOL N., Dreer's Xursery, River 

 ton, N. J. (The article "Fern." Many groupa 

 of tender ferns. Selaginella .) 



*BUDD, J. L., Prof. Emeritus of Horticulture, 

 Iowa Agric. Coll., Ames, la. (Roses for the 

 Prairie States. Has read proof of Iowa and of 

 articles on important fruits .) 



*BUFFUM, Prof. B. C., Horticulturist, Wyo. Exp. 



Sta., Laramie, Wyo. ( Wyoming.) 

 BURBANK, LUTHER, Plant -breeder, Santa Rosa, 

 Calif. (Nicotunia. Has read proofs of Gladi- 

 olus, etc.) 

 BURNETTE, Prof. F. H., Horticulturist, La. Exp. 



Sta., Baton Rouge, La. (Louisiana.) 

 BURRILL, T. J., Prof, of Botany and Horticulture, 

 Univ. of 111., Urbana, 111. (Protoplasm.) 



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