EDITOR'S TABLE. 



Can you not give some "hints" in regard to setting a small garden to fruit trees and shrub?, 

 that we of the West may combine the useful with the ornamental ? I have a garden about 50 

 by 100, which I am anxious to cultivate to the very best advantage. How and what kinds shall 

 I set to have the fruit soonest and the greatest variety — say of Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, 

 <tc., <fec., of all kinds that will succeed in this latitude ? A few hints in your excellent work, the 

 Horticulturist, will be acceptable to at least one subscriber. L. M. M. — Sheboygan Falls, Wis. 



We will endeavor to comply witli your request ; but we will thank you to state if you 

 wish to plant your entire 50 by 100 with fruit trees, and whether it be a front garden or 

 not. These circumstances wUl necessarily modify the advice we may give you. 



i^ortuultural Socixlus. 



JfoRxn-WESTEEX PoMOLOGTCAL CoxvEXTiox. — Many of the most devoted lovers of Pomona, have 

 been looking forward with bright anticipation to the assembling of this body of very intelligent 

 pomologists. The meeting was held at Chicago from the 4th to Yth of October, aud exceeded the 

 expectations of the most sanguine, in the number aud beauty of the fruits presented. They 

 were spread in masses upon extended tables, and constituted one of the most interesting exhibi- 

 tions ever made in the western country. The chief contributors are here mentioned, to show 

 the range of country repi'esented at the meeting, and the number of varieties grown. But the 

 list is not complete ; owing to the hurry of the occasion, it was impossible to procure the whole, 

 while acting with a committee upon a troublesome duty — that of examining nearly two hundred 

 seedling fruits. 



Delegates were present from eight States. Amomg them, Cuaeles Dowxlxg, from Newburgh, 

 New York. 



The meeting, with its discussions, was a very pleasant occasion to all, and furnished an oppor- 

 tunity of making and renewing many agreeable acquaintances. The proceedings will shortly be 

 published in detail 



Burlington, Iowa, was selected as the place of holding the next meeting, on the 26th of Sept. 

 1854, when the session is to last four days. 



Messrs. Avery and Comstock, of Burlington, Iowa, had a very large and choice lot of fruit. 

 They exhibited about 25 varieties of Pears, 20 of Peaches, and 150 of Apples. Their fruits are 

 much larger and finer than those sent by eastern pomologists. M. L. Dunlap, of Dunlap's Prairie, 

 exhibited CO specimens of Apples, 4 of Pears, 20 of Peaches, one hard-shelled Almond, Nectarines, 

 and Isabella Grapes. Dr. Haskell, Rockford, 62 varieties of Apples, 6 do. Pears, Isabella and 

 Catawba Grapes. Arthur Bryant, of Princeton, 111., 52 varieties of Apples, 4 of Pears, and one 

 of Orange Quinces. A. Montague, Wadham's Grove, 50 varieties of Apples. Dr. Kennicott, of 

 the Grove, 50 varieties of Apples, and Isabella and Catawba Grapes. Dr. L. S. Pennington, 

 Sterling, Whiteside county, '70 varieties of Apples, 6 do. of Pears. R. Hathaway, of Little 

 Prairie Ronde, Mich., 20 varieties of Apples, 1 seedling Pear, 2 seedling Peaches. Smiley Sheperd, 

 Hennepin, presented 90 varieties of Apples, 6 do. of Peaches, and Isabella Grapes. William 

 Stewart <fc Son, Quincy, from 90 to 100 different kinds of Apples. Samuel Edwards, Lamoille, 

 exhibited 47 varieties of Apples, 3 of Grapes, Strawberries and Apricots in spirits. E. Ordway, 

 of Freeport, 12 varieties of Apples. A- R. Whitney, Franklin Grove, 41 varieties of Apples. D. 

 B. Drake, of Elk Grove, 4 varieties of Grapes, 7 of Peaches, and a number of seedlings; also of 

 Pears 8, Apples 54. E. W. Brewster, Freeport, 19 varieties of Apples, 4 of Peara J. M. 

 Humphery, 20 varieties of Apples. K". Hotchkiss, Belvidere, 34 varieties of Apples. J, J. 

 as, Wayne county, N. Y., a large collection of fruits. Wm. H. Loomis &, Co., South Bend, 

 42 varieties of Apples, 35 of Pears. A. H Ernst, Cincinnati, 66 varieties of Apples^ 4 of 



