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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY. 



[May. 



ful acknowledgement by the Society of Mr. 

 SchufFer's kindness, the high regard enter- 

 tained for liini ]iersonally, and its appreciation 

 of the admirable manner in whicli for years he 

 has presided over its affairs. 



This Society has resumed its old plan 

 of monthly meetings. The March meeting 

 was a great success. Tlie meetings in future 

 will be held March, April, May, October and 

 November. The novelties of the day will thus 

 have a chance to be made known. 



The following is the report of Floral Com- 

 mittee for March : " Your committee on plants 

 and flowers respectfully report that upon this, 

 the first occasion of a revival, after many years, 

 of the former custom of monthly displays, a 

 very attractive and instructive exhibit was 

 made by some of our leading florists, who have 

 thus testified their devotion to the interests of 

 the Society by contributing without expecta- 

 tion of reward, no premiums being offered on 

 this occasion. 



"Mr. Buist presented a fine collection of named 

 Coleus and thirteen varieties of his own seed- 

 lings of 1880 ; also Cyclamens of great variety 

 and beauty ; Cineraria giganteum of very large 

 and abundant bloom ; Azaleas and other plants, 

 all of high quality. 



'' From Henry A. Dreer came a collection of 

 his Hybrid Seedling Coleus of the most varied 

 and brilliant hues, and containing many sin- 

 gular and graceful forms of foliation, an exhibit 

 unsurpassed in the history of the Society. 

 Hugh Graham & 60. contributed a collection 

 of decorative plants of much beauty and in 

 fine condition. Mr. Robert Scott made a wel- 

 come display of Azaleas, of rich and abundant 

 bloom and pleasing variety of color. Mr. John 

 Bell brought an assortment of cut flowers of 

 hardy and cold frame plants, which proved 

 very attractive to our guests, among them three 

 varieties of Hellebore and the Mahonia ja- 

 ponica, whose fragrance rivals that of the rose. 

 LaRoche & Stahl offered a handsome basket of 

 graceful proportions and design. A. & J. Ma- 

 guigan gave variety to the tables by a display 

 of choice tropical fruit. We congratulate the 

 Society upon the success of its first revival of 

 the monthly displays, so popular in former 

 days.'' 



The Eighth Cincinnati Industrial Ex- 

 position. — Remarkably liberal premiums are 

 offered for horticultural products, and plant 

 and fruit growers begin to look after this 

 annual exposition as something worth encour- 



aging. It is open this year from September 

 Sth to October iith. 



American Association of Nurserymen. 

 — The meeting this year will be held on the 

 16th of June, in Chicago, at the Grand Pacific 

 Hotel. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety. — The schedule of premiums, very lib- 

 eral, competition open to all the country, can 

 now be had of Mr. Robert Manning, Boston, 

 Secretary. 



Kansas State Horticultural Society. 

 — The tenth semi-annual meeting of the Kan- 

 sas State Horticultural Society, will be held at 

 Hutchinson, Reno County, Tuesday, Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, June 1st, 2d and 3d, 1880, in 

 response to an earnest invitation from the Reno 

 County Horticultural Society. "The meeting 

 will oj^en promptly at 10 o'clock on the morn- 

 ing of the first day, and all persons interested 

 in the horticultural welfare of Kansas are in- 

 vited to be present and assist in making the 

 exercises interesting and useful. 



This being the first meeting of the Society in 

 the Arkansas valley, the citizens residing in 

 that section of the State are most earnestly re- 

 quested to make special efforts for a general 

 attendance. 



The Reno County Horticultural Society and 

 citizens of Hutchinson, have generous^j' offered 

 to provide free accommodations for all atten- 

 dants from abroad, and reduced rates in fare 

 will probably be granted by the several railway 

 companies in the State, which rates will be 

 published in a subsequent notice. 



Attendants are requested to bring specimens 

 of all classes of fruits, flowers and vegetables in 

 season, and wood growths of the different 

 classes of trees, — fruit and forest ; also of in- 

 sects found depredating in any manner the 

 interests of the horticulturists. 



"Come to this semi-annual reunion, all ye 

 who love fruits and flowers, home and beautiful 

 suri'oundings, as members of common interest 

 bent on develoi^ing the noble branch of indus- 

 try, horticulture," — says the secretary. 



The New York Horticultural Society. 

 — This body is meeting with growing success. 

 It is already attracting attention outside of the 

 city, and promises to be as famous as the Penn- 

 sylvania or Massachusetts Society. Many of 

 New York's leading citizens have become 

 members, and they are already talking about 

 "a large hall of their own." The whole coun- 

 try wishes them the best of success. 



