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issues (if lit'f in lijs Imiuls. Soiiu- ul' our lives art- 

 \vt'lliiii;ii spi'ui, ;iiul iTc wo nu't't ai^iiiii our sun 

 will have set below the liori/on ol" I his world. 

 Let (lieu these lessons of inoi'lalit y prompt us to 

 greater diliijenee for the proniolion ol' our cause. 



CONC'Ll'.SION. 



Siaudinir here as eonservators ol" Ainerieau 

 l'ouu)loi;y, enjoyinLT as we do sueh poeuliar privi- 

 k\t;es for research aiul discovery, let us use evory 

 etlbrt to advance our cause l»y diligent 

 experiment and observation, so tliat as 

 we come up from session to session, we 

 may add something to the common stock 

 of information, and thus develop for the 

 good of m.ankiud the rich treasures which our 

 ><(ience has in store for the world. Thus let us 

 work «n, hand in hand, to scatter these ble.ssings 

 broadcast through the land. Others may seek 

 for the honors of public life or the victories of 

 war, which too often carry with them the recol- 

 lection of wounded hearts and painful disappoint- 

 ments. IJut let us continue to work on, feelmg 

 assured that our labors will caus(> no regret. As 

 Mrs. Sigourney has beautifully versilied my 

 former remark — 



•'No siliii; in the bosom ol memory we're leaving, 

 No stain on the pinion of time." 



Let us commence the new century in the history 

 of our Republic with increased enterprise and 

 zeal for the promotion of our cause, and should 

 any of us be called from our lal)ors on earth, let 

 us feel as.sured that others will continue the w'ork 

 we have begun, and carry it forward to still 

 greater perfection. Let the successes of the past 

 stimulate us to greater exertions for the future. 

 Let us work on, full of hope, regardless of ;ill ob- 

 stacles. 



"Still achieving, still pursuing,"' 



until we shall reach that better land where the 

 garden shall have no blight, fruits no decay, and 

 where no serpent lurks l)eneath the bower — 

 where harvests are not ripened by the succession 

 of seasons — where the joys of fruition shall not 

 be measured by the lapse of time. 



lIouTlClTLTURE IN CALIFORNIA. — A Horti- 

 cultural Society has been formed at Los Ange- 

 los, the first, we believe in the State. 



New York Horticultural Society.— At 

 the March meeting of this Society, Mr. Boileau, 

 who has charge of Trinity Cemetery, and is an 

 enthusiastic landscape gardener, addressed the 

 Society on the pruning of fruit trees, having pear 

 and apple trees to illustrate his method. He 

 made an admirable exposition of this subject, 

 and was listened to with marked attention. Hya- 

 cinths, Camellias, Azalias, Carnations, Bego- 

 nias, Orchids and Pelargoniums had ])remiums 

 awarded to them. 



The Kentucky Horticultural Society 

 has determined to compete for the Wilder medal 

 to be aVvarded at the meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society, to be held at Nashville, 

 Tenn., hi September, 1879. This medal is given 

 to such societies only as make a meritorious 

 display of fruits. The Kentucky society expects 



III iilaee upon the tal)les not less ihau one tiiou- 

 sand plates of fruit. 



.\L\I£VLANI> IIoKTK rLTlIIAI.SoflETY.— Tlu' 



practice of having instructive talks about the 

 objects exhibited we are pleased to see is grow- 

 ing. At the Feb. meeting of this Society Mr. 

 AVm. Fraser, who has demonstrated in tlie con- 

 servatory at Paltei-son Park, how in practice the 

 l)(>st results are ol)taiiied in jilant growth, read 

 an excvllent paper, on Ibis interesting sultject 

 tracts in our next. Mr. Peiitland made a s])irited 

 little speech, bearing rather severely on the 

 deliciency of tloml dis]>lay and taste in 

 JJaltimore as compareil with some other 

 cities; and the President. Mr. Perot, made 

 some remarks on the adaptation of gloxi- 

 nias, achimenes and similar subjects, to the orna- 

 mentation of the greenhouse in summer. 



The committee gave a special commendation 

 to a seedling Carnation *'Waverly," shown by 

 August Hoeh, for its large and brilliant llowerrs, 

 free-blooming (jualilies and great frairrance ; to 

 James Pentland for his seedling Camelia, "Stone- 

 wall Jackson,'' exhiliited for the tirst time, of 

 good form and color and beautifully variegated; 

 to "W. I). Brackenridge for a specimen in llower 

 of^Iahonia japonica; to S. Feast & Sons for cut 

 Camellias, Roses, Pansies and White Hyacinths : 

 to Captain Snow for line display of Orchid 

 liloonis; to Rolit. J. Halliday for a general col- 

 lection, including a tine Pandanus Veitchii; and 

 to Patterson Park (Win. Fraser, Supt.) for a 

 handsome and well-tilled table, including nota- 

 bly well-grown specimens of Phajus Wallachi. 

 Abutilons John Hopkins and Darwinii, &c. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society.— 

 At the meeting on March 2d the best winter pear 

 exhibited was decided to be the Beurre D'Anjou, 

 from J. V. Wellington ; the next liest w^inter 

 variety from the same. C. E. Grant's JJaldwins^ 

 were the best winter apples. Mr, John PL Bar- 

 ker received a vote of thanks on his retirement 

 from long and active service as chairman of the 

 Floral Committee. A testlmomial of tluve crayon 

 photographs of himself was presented to Mr. Park- 

 man for his distinguished services to Horticul- 

 ture. lIon.M. P. Wilder ])resentcd a copy bound 

 of all his speeches and addresses. 



The jiresident read the following letter, which 

 had been received by him : 



' The undersigned, intrusted in advancing a 

 practical taste for floriculture, ospecially among 

 the children of the laboring classes, desire that 

 the ^lassachusetts Horticultural Society shall 

 oiler jirizes for window gardening, and conduct 

 all the business of advertising, exhibiting and 

 awarding prizes necessary to insiu'e success." 

 Signed, Runs Ellis. 



Henry W. Foote. 

 C. A. Bartol. 



It w^as voted (hat the Committee on Plants 

 and tlowers, with Mrs. J. W. Wolcott, Mrs. C. N. 

 S. Horner and Mrs. E. M. Gill, be a special com- 

 mittee to establish and award prizes, for window 

 gardening, agreeably to the above communica- 

 tion. 



