editor's table. 



three or four feet in length, and eight or nine inches in diameter. In the centre of this, 

 place a tin tube, of an inch in diameter, .which fits into sockets in the bottom and the lid. 

 Round this tube the flowers are tied, and it is inserted in the bottom ; the centre tube is now 

 filled with water, and corked, and the lid put on, in which is the socket wliich embraces the 

 tube. The case may now be sent to any distance, the natural moisture and the water keep- 

 ing the flowers cool and fresh. A little damp moss, tied under the flowers, will assist this. 



Waiil-esha, Wisconsin, Jan., IS.')?. 



Wisconsin Fruit Growers' Association. — The annual meeting of this Association was held, 

 at Waukesha, on the 14th Jan. The attendance was good, though not large. Some inte- 

 resting discussions were held. Among resolutions passed, was one in favor of a law for the 

 punishment of stealing growing fruit, similar to that of Massachusetts. A meeting for the 

 exhibition of small fruits and flowers was appointed for the last of June, at Whitewater. 

 The fall exhibition will be merged with that of the Northwest Fruit Growers' Association 

 at Milwaukie, in September next. The faith and hope of fruit growers in the Northwest, 

 have been sorely tried in the destruction of our trees the past winter — whole orchards, in 

 some instances, being entirely destroyed, while, in others, " the many were taken, and the 

 few left." Occasionally, an orchard escaj^ed with little or no injury. Generally, fruit-trees 

 have made but moderate growth the past summer ; there seemed to be a struggle for life 

 and health, which, in many instances, yielded at last to death, while the tree was loaded 

 with flowers or fruit. 



This winter we regard as favorable for the ultimate recovery of the merely injured trees 

 which struggled sickly and weak through the summer, yet determined to live. Snow fell 

 early in December, before hard freezing, to which more has been added from time to time. 



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Officers of Wisconsin Fruit Growers^ Association for 1857. — President — CuAeles Gifford, of 

 Milwaukie. Vice-Presidents — Col. H. Crocker, of Milwaukie ; G. Kinney, of Whitewater ; 

 H. T. Woodward, of Beloit. Recording Secretary — Andrew Child, of Delafield. Corresponding 

 Secretary — Charles Colby, of Janesville. Treasurer — C. C. Olin, of Waukesha. 



Executive Committee. — J. C. Brayton, of Aztalan ; H. I. Starin, of Whitewater ; A. G. 

 Hanford, of Waukesha. 



Dexter Snow's Verbenas. — The catalogue for 1857 of Dexter Snow, Chicopee, Mass., is 

 one of the neatest things of the kind we have seen. Cultivating the verbena only, he has 

 given a complete treatise on his particular favorite which all admirers of this beautiful 

 plant should possess and study. His plan of doing business is direct and understandable. 

 He will send by mail, or in boxes by express, and will fill several orders from the same 

 town to save cost of carriage ; his prices ai-e moderate, his plants the newest and best. 



Mr. Snow has inaugurated a new era in plant growing, and we take pleasure in making 

 it known. (See Advertisement.) 



The Orange Raspberry. — As an additional recommendation of Dr. Brinckle's Orange 

 Raspberry, now generally sought for, we have our own, and the testimony of others, that 

 in the form of a jam it retains more thoroughly its delightful flavor than other varieties ; 

 it has, in fact, the raspberry taste in perfection. 



Catalogues, &c., received. — Catalogue des Cultures do I'Etablissement Horticole de 

 Claude Sahut, k Montpelier, France, 1856-57. Mr. Sahut is extensively engaged in arbori- 

 culture and the seed business, and would be pleased to increase his connections with Ame 



A. Frost & Co., Rochester, N. Y., have issued three catalogues in very handsome 



