1876.] 



AND HORTIGULTUEIST. 



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that for lack of it these hundred producers des- 

 troyed their hopes of fair compensation for their 

 labors ? And that we will do so year after year 

 if we do not learn wisdom from the past? 



" Let us remember that if the article be perish- 

 able, the greater is the necessity for system in 

 selling. 



" I ask you to give this subject your careful 

 consideration ; that you will inaugurate the 

 movement suggested, by calling a convention of 

 the fruit growers of New Jersey, Delaware, Mary- 

 land, and Virginia, to meet at some central point 

 to consider the subject; and that this Centennial 

 year may open to us a more enlightened and fra- 

 ternal intercourse with our brethren of the other 

 States." 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



New York Horticultural Association. — Offi- 

 cers of the Association, for 1876 : President, John 

 Henderson, Flushing, Long Island. Vice-Presi- 

 dents, George Such, South Amboy, N. J.; James 

 M. Patterson, Newark, N. J. ; William C. Wilson 

 Astoria, Long Island ; Robert B. Parsons, Flush- 

 ing, Long Island. Recording Secretary, W. J. 

 Davidson, 322 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Corresponding Secretary, Peter Henderson, 35 

 Cortlandt Street, New York. Treasurer, Isaac H. 

 Young, 12 Cortlandt Street, New York. 



Minnesota State Horticultural Society. — 

 The hard times reduced the attendance on our 

 winter meeting very much, but we not only had 

 a goodly number present, but a very interesting 

 and profitable meeting ; showing a very decided 

 improvement in the interest taken in our calling. 

 We have thus far found fruit-growing, especially 

 apples, pears, &c., rather up-hill business in our 

 State. Grapes and small fruits have done better. 

 I myself raised over 6,000 pounds of grapes last 

 year, and think there must have been over 10 

 tons raised in this county. I wish I could drop 

 in upon your city about next September, and at- 

 tend the meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 

 tural Society, Re-union of American Pomological 

 Society. We will try and have our State and 

 Society represented there by some one, if possi- 

 ble. Probably Prof. Chas. Y. Lacy, of the State 

 University, being our Secretary, may represent 

 us, and we hope two or three others. I would 

 like to be among the number, if circumstances 

 will permit ; if not, we shall all look to you, 

 through the columns of the Monthly and Horticul- 

 tulist, to give us a just and full account of the 



display, and what there is new in our line worth 

 noticing. Excuse this hurried letter, and accept 

 it in the fraternal feeling it is written, and with 

 which horticulturists are wont to greet each other; 

 and should you wish, I will endeavor to send you 

 the proceedings of our Society, when published, aa 

 the State publishes 2000 copies annually, part of 

 which is handed over to the Society for distribu- 

 tion. 

 Officers for 1876— 



Truman M. Smith, St. Paul, President. 



Prof. Chas. Y. Lacy, Minneapolis, Secretary. 



A. W. Lias, Rochester, Treasurer. 



E. H. S. Duet, Owentown, 1st Vice-President. 



T. G. Carter, St. Peter, 2d " 



J. G. Grimes, Minneapolis, 3d " " 



Executive Committee — 



Norman Buck, Winona, Chairman. 



Wyman Elliott, Minneapolis. 



P. A. Jewell, Lake City. 



O. F. Bland, Faribault. 



John S. Harris, La Crescent. 



Meeting of American Nurserymen. — At a 

 Meeting of the Nurserymen, Florists and Seeds- 

 men, at Crystal Lake, 111., January 26th, it was 

 decided to hold a Centennial Meeting of all en- 

 gaged in the trade, in the city of Chicago, on the 

 second Wednesday of June, 1876. It has always 

 seemed strange that enterprises of such vast im- 

 portance have not as yet made any special effort 

 for a national organization. It is hoped that a 

 large attendance can be secured, and means de- 

 vised to better organize and strengthen these 

 great interests. 



Object of Meeting. — 1st. Relaxation from busi- 

 ness. 



2d. The cultivation of personal acquaintance 

 with others engaged in the trade. 



3d. Exhibition of any new Fruits, Flowers, 

 Plants, or any Manufactured articles, such as La- 

 bels, Wire Goods, Berry Baskets, or implements 

 used in the business. 



4th. Exchange, purchase or sale of Surplus 

 Stock. 



oth. To perfect better methods of Culture, 

 Packing, Grading, and Sale of Stock, 



This will present a favorable opportunity for 

 the exhibition and sale of new varieties of straw- 

 berries, new and rare plants, wooden and metallic 

 labels, lithographs of fruits and flowers, berry 

 baskets, wire goods, florists' requisites, and the 

 various implements used by nurserymen. It ia 

 expected to obtain reduced rates from all the 

 railroads and hotels in Chicago. Any further in- 

 formation can be obtained by addressing, 



