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805 



The Eichland Plum.— Hoopes, Bro. & Thom- 

 as, West Chester, Pa., say : " We notice in Gar- 

 dener's Monthly for August, in reply to G. & S. B., 

 Norwalk, Ohio, you describe ' Richland plum ' as 

 a small copper-colored plum, &c., whereas the 

 one we grow and ' Downing ' describes is purple, 

 covered with a thin blue bloom. Flesh, greenish 

 yellow, juicy, sugary, good; last of August. 

 Originated in Bucks Co., Pa. Is evidently a 

 seedling of Blue Damson." 



[The kind is the same as we referred to as 

 seen in our markets, the " blue bloom " is rubbed 

 off, and we take it to be as much " copper " as 

 purple. But our correspondents have paid close 

 attention to plums, and we are quite willing to 

 adopt the term they prefer. — Ed. G. M.] 



Summer Hagloe.— G. W. says : " Please tell ua 

 whether you meant to say in September number 

 of Gardener* s Monthly that the Hame's apple, or 

 Hagloe, is a month later than Red Astrachan. 

 Grammatically it is Hagloe ; but Elliott says the 

 Hagloe is a month earlier. We have an apple 

 which resembles 20 ounce pippin, and is known 

 as Pennington Red Astrachan, but has been 

 pronounced by Dr. Warder to be Hagloe, 

 although it is a month later than Red Astrachan. 

 Who is right?" 



[We meant as it reads, that Hagloe is laier. 

 If we are not correct in this, we shall be glad to 

 be corrected by those who have the kinds to- 

 gether.— Ed. G. M.] 



iORESTRY. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The American Forestry Association. — This 

 society, preliminarily organized last year, at, 

 Chicago, met, pursuant to resolution, at Judges' 

 Hall, Centennial grounds, during the great Pomo- 

 logical week. The numerous attractions diverted 

 attention from the meeting, and although some 

 seventy persons attended the session, the meet- 

 ing seemed small in so large a room. 



Dr. Jno. A. Warder, President, with Mr. Mac- 

 Afee, Secretary, called the meeting to order. Dr. 

 Warder delivered the opening address, showing 

 the great importance of the timber question to 

 the nation, and to individuals, and how well cal- 

 culated such a society was to help the cause 

 along. 



Dr. Hough, of Albany, New York, gave an ad- 

 dress, showing that the constitution of the United 

 States, and of most of the States, gave the right 

 to interfere for the preservation of forests ; 

 that other countries had taken the matter in 

 charge, and that forestry was progressing well 

 under such national care. He made various 

 suggestions calculated to aid the cause of timber 

 culture, and thought that a journal of forestry, 



out of the range of trade influences, should be 

 established, if possible. Dr. Hough's address 

 exhibited considerable research into meteorlogi- 

 cal and other classes of literature, and was de- 

 livered in a pleasing and intelligent manner. 



Professor MacAfee reported on the condition 

 of forest culture in the West, showing how the 

 planting of trees had been going on to an im- 

 mense extent, and that it was found the old 

 notions about the slowness of timber growth had 

 been derived from the hard struggle with nature, 

 that wild timber had to make. Cultivated trees 

 had grown so much faster than was expected, that 

 people had been surprised at the growth, and it 

 was now becoming generally known that wood 

 came into profit much sooner than was thought 

 possible years ago, and forest culture was much 

 more popular in consequence. In his State at 

 least 80,000 acres of timber had been planted 

 during the few past years, and the work was still 

 going on. He gave figures as to the growth of 

 individual species, chiefly from facts within his 

 own observation. The report was one of the 

 most practically useful it has ever been our good 

 fortune to listen to, on the subject of forest 

 culture. 



