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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[January, 



wish to be governed by authority, the question 

 arises: 'Under which king?' We were indined to 

 follow Webster, but examination reveals the fact 

 that he has not followed his own analogy. For 

 he has glad^- iator and glacV- iole both from the 

 same root as gladiolus. So that apart from the 

 consideration of whether Vick is not the higher 

 authority in such things, he certainly has followed 

 what seems to be correct analog}'. We surrender 

 to Rochester, while awaiting the decision of the 

 Editor. Gladi'- olus." 



[The analogy is not with its root but with the 

 class to which it belongs. Diminutives have 

 their penults short, in this respect differing from 

 adjectives which have their penultimse long. The 

 classical pronunciation therefore is gladi'-olus, 

 that is, " a little sword." — Ed. G. M.] 



Hidden Advertisements. — A. P. P., Peoria, Ills. 



writes: "Send me some samples. Gardening 

 here is carried on extensively for market pur- 

 poses. We have have been so often fooled in 

 agricultural papers that we have sworn to only 

 take such as are known to us as reliable and 

 truthful in advice to us, and not praising up 

 every newfangled tool or variety, and misleading 

 us into all kinds of misfortune and loss." 



[We thank our correspondent for his good 

 opinion. We regard it as about the meanest 

 feature of journalism that under the guise of 

 "reading matter," sneaks in a paid for advertise- 

 ment. We can hardly think it is common with 

 respectable journals. At least we have been 

 asked to do it only once in seventeen years- 

 True, we have often been requested to give "no- 

 tices" as a condition of advertising,and have once in 

 in awhile lost a good advertiser by re fusing. — Ed.] 



HORTICULTURAL FSOCILTIES. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The Centennial Exhibition. — Horticulturists 

 will be anxious to learn what is going on in this 

 department of our coming Centennial. We sup- 

 pose there will be special exhibitions of various 

 classes of fruits and flowers during the several 

 months that the exposition will continue, but, 

 with the exception of fruits in September, in a 

 measure backed by the American Pomological 

 Society, and which goes into the agricultural de- 

 partment, nothing definite is decided on, at this 

 moment of writing. All effort so far has natu- 

 rally been centered in the completion of the per- 

 manent arrangements. The great conservatory 

 designed by Mr. Swartzman is finished, and is the 

 largest ever built in the United States. It is a 

 very imposing structure, and well calculated to 

 attract the popular eye during an exhibition of 

 this kind. In case there should be any large 

 collections of hot or greenhouse plants on exhibi- 

 tion, as illustrations of superior skill in plant 

 growing, it is remarkably well adapted to the 

 purpose. We have not, however, heard that any 

 of these are offered — this particular department 

 of gardening not having made as yet much head- 

 way in our country. The building is to be perma- 

 nent — as long as a large structure with so much of 



wood will remain permanent — and will be an ex- 

 cellent place for the winter storage of large palms, 

 oranges, aloes, tree ferns, and other articles suit- 

 ed to the summer decoration of the Park grounds. 

 The two curvilinear wings are well adapted to 

 plant growth, and will be a permanent attraction 

 for rare plants. Alreadj' many valuable plants 

 are stored in them, the contributions chiefly of 

 Mr. W. K. Smith, of the United States Botanical 

 Garden, and of the Hon. Frederick Watts, of the 

 Department of Agriculture, through Mr. W. 

 Saunders, the Chief Superintendent of that divi- 

 sion. 



The huge building is heated by eight large hot 

 water boilers, and four miles of iron pipes. 



Exhibitors in the out-door departments prom- 

 ise to be numerous. Trees, flowers, fruits, an- 

 nuals, bedding plants, bulbs, &.C., are to be 

 planted out in beds arranged on a plan around 

 the conservatory, each exhibitor selecting a bed 

 from the plan for his own particular articles. 

 These beds are all now completed, and are ready 

 for planting by the exhibitors as soon as the 

 spring opens. The whole labor of arranging 

 these things has fallen on Mr. C. H. Miller, the 

 Chief of the Horticultural Bureau ; and horticul- 

 turists may congratulate themselves that the 

 commission was able to command the services of 



