. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ITiie ^mmmM llnyoiiiiT. -C^^^ 25. S33335afe Rmericais "the Prnw of the UbssbI; there may be more camfart Amidships, but we are the first to touch Unknown ; Vol. XX. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, MAY 23, 1903. No. 781. ElGHTKBNTH YBAR. Copyright 1903, by American Florist Company Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published evkbt Saturday by AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. Eastern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription, $ a year. To Europe, $2 00. Subscriptions accepted only from


. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. ITiie ^mmmM llnyoiiiiT. -C^^^ 25. S33335afe Rmericais "the Prnw of the UbssbI; there may be more camfart Amidships, but we are the first to touch Unknown ; Vol. XX. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, MAY 23, 1903. No. 781. ElGHTKBNTH YBAR. Copyright 1903, by American Florist Company Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published evkbt Saturday by AMERICAN FLORIST COMPANY, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. Eastern Office: 79 Milk St., Boston. Subscription, $ a year. To Europe, $2 00. Subscriptions accepted only from the trade. Volumes half-yearly from August, 1901. Optickrs—John Burton, Philadelphia, Pa., president; C. C. Pollwobth, Milwaukee, Wis., vice-president; Wm. J. Stewart, 79 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., secretary; H. B. Bbatty, Oil City, Pa., treasurer. Nineteenth annual meetingat Milwaukee, Wis., August, 1903. THE AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. Annual convention at Detroit, Mich., March 2, 1904. Albbbt M. Herb, Lancaster, Pa., secretary. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. Annual meeting and exhibition, Philadelphia, March, 19C4. Leonard Barron, 136 Liberty St., New York, secretary. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF AMERICA Annual convention and exhibition. New York, November 10-12, 1903. Fbed H. Lehon, Richmond, Ind., secretary. THIS ISSUE 48 PAGES WITH COVER. CONTENTS. The Ghent quinquennial (illus.) 633 Florists' plant notes 634 Palms and ferns 634 John Salterthwaite (portrait) 614 Bedding geranium (illus.) 634 Carnations—For late bloom 635 Gmndmann's new place G^7 The best typas of asters 638 Fighting crab grass 638 Begonia semperflorens 639 Aspidistra elatior variegata (illus.) 640 Strawberries for forcing (illus.) 610 (Jhici^o 641 New York 642 Boston 642 Philadelphia 643 San Francisco 643 Cleveland 643 Pittsburg 614 Indianapolis 644 St. Louis 644 Size of return 645 TheCookson formula 645 Geraniums damping off 545 Los Angeles, Cai 646 Obituarv—Melchoir Leulschg (portrait) 647 The seed trade 65


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