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TEE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[June, 



good as a Inrj^o number of this dnss, ami far 

 superior to many that have had higher aims. 

 We are not sure but wc might take exceptions 

 to some of tho statements of facts. For instance, 

 we read that "Tliomas ^loohan, the intelligent 

 Editor of the Gardnirr'K Monthbi of I'hilndolj^hia, 

 recommends the growing of pears in a grass sod, 

 ns a preventative of blight." The part we have 

 italicized is incorrect. We have never had any 

 evidence that pears in sod are exempt from the 

 fire blight, nor ever have so stated. 



The On-ion Smut. By Prof. W. (J. Farlow.— 

 To the obligations practical horticulturists all 

 over the country are under to the Botanists of 

 Cambridge we have now added this labor of 

 Prof. Farlow on the Onion Smut, which is a fear- 

 ful pest to the onion crops of Massachusetts and 

 Connecticut. Prof. Farlow does not know that 

 it has been noticed elsewhere. It is caused by a 

 fungus nearly allied to the rj'e smut. It is named 

 by Prof. Farlow, Urocystis Cepulaj; the spores 

 enter the plant with the sap, from the ground. 

 It is not safe to plant onions in infested ground 

 for three or four years. 



Hatching Eggs and Raising Poultry by 

 Means of Horse Manure. By A. Corbett, New 

 York, Orange, Judd & Co. — For manj% many 

 years there have been numerous promising in- 

 ventions for raising chicks without a mother, 

 but all have been abandoned after a year or so 

 of trial. We do not think the author knows 

 why all these have failed. Whether his own 

 plan will share a similar fate when it gets into 

 other hands or not remains to be seen. Whether 

 or not, there is quite enough of information 

 about chickens in health and chickens sick to 

 make the cheap little book well worth the money, 

 though the buyer never sees an "artificial" 

 chick. 



Mkijiournk, Australia, Botanic Garoen An- 

 nual Heport kor 1876. By W. R. Guilfoyle, 

 Esq., Director. — This is very pleasant reading, 

 showing how a garden can be made a place of 

 pleasure to the whole people who support it, and 

 yet not neglect the higher aims of science, which 

 indirectly serve the whole jjcopje's good. These 

 gardens are among the few very successful enter- 

 prises rif the kind. 



Western New York Horticultural Society, 

 Proceedings 01=^220 Annual Meeting at R<x;h- 

 ester, 1877. From P. C. Reynolds, Rochester, 

 Secretary. — This excellent Society exists wholly 

 by membership and contributions, yet publi.shes 

 a good volume, and does good work. In this 

 volume are excellent essays by J. J. Thomas 

 on Native Fruits; Hugh T. Brooks, on Insect 

 Enemies; Geo. Ellwanger, on Ornamental Trees; 

 W. C. Barry, on Botany; Mr. Hooker, on the 

 Apple Crop; M. B. Bateham, on Storing Winier 

 Fruits; Prof. Conistock, on Entomology ; Eugene 

 Glen, on Copyrights to Originators of Horticultural 

 Novelties; Dr. G. Ware Sylvester, on Phylloxera; 

 besides full reports of the discussions. The ar- 

 ticle on "copyrights," by Mr. Glen, is especially 

 interesting in view of the recent discussions in 

 this respect, and is one of the most ably reasoned 

 arguments in favor of a "copyrighted name" 

 to a fruit, that we have seen, and deserves to be 

 studied by all interested in the production of 

 new fruits, seeds or flowers, and who really de- 

 sire to see discoveries well rewarded, according 

 to their worth. Mr. Glen has, by no means, per- 

 ceived all the objections to copyrighted names. 

 Some of the worst objections are among these 

 that are overlooked, but this we leave to others 

 to look after. We can only say that, at this 

 meeting, Mr. Glen's well-reasoned remarks do 

 not appear to have met with opposition at the 

 meeting. 



IMORTICULTURAL ^SOCIETIES. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The International Exhibition Company. — 

 The immense structure known as the " Majn 

 Building," of the Centennial Exposition, the 



largest single hall, perhaps, ever built in the world, 

 has been purchased, most of our readers know, 

 by a private company for the purpose of holding 

 a perpetual exhibition of the products of science 

 and art. Horticulture and agriculture in any 



