Editorial ^'otices. 



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ing's death, The Hnrticultitrist was dis- 

 posed of to Mr. James Vick, of Roches- 

 ter. It is a singular circumstance, that 

 of all the publishers and editors ever 

 connected with its history and manage- 

 ment, only its first editor and first pub- 

 lisher have departed, and to think so far 

 apart — twenty-cne years. All the others 

 are living, and occupying spheres of use- 

 fulness and prominence. Mr. Tucker, 

 then, was an eminent pioneer in horticul- 

 ture as well as agriculture. He founded 

 what is to-day the most respected and in- 

 fluential of all our weekly Agricultural 

 Journals, and in like manner he was the 

 founder of what is now the oldest in repu- 

 tation and continued existence of all the 

 Horticultural Journals. 



Mr. Tucker was a person of quiet ways, 

 but pleasant disposition, able to agreeably 

 meet, welcome and entertain visitors ; 

 good-hearted at home, and with good mo 

 tives to help the public at large. He 

 was eminently practical. We have never 

 known an editor so capable of eliciting 

 from correspondents matter which con- 

 tained so much practical experience, and 

 his Journal was a remarkable instance 

 of condensation of the best and soundest 

 thought upon rural subjects. Declining 

 health in late years does not seem to 

 have drawn him away from the attractions 

 of the editorial chair, and only at the last 

 moment he leaves by force the seat which 

 he has occupied for upwards of forty years. 



Thn California Horticulturist. 



This has passed into the hands of John 

 H. Carmany & Co., of San Francisco. 

 Mr. F. A. Miller still retains his edito- 

 rial connection with it. It has always 

 seemed to us to be well edited, and de- 

 serving equal rank with any other horti- 

 cultural journal in the country. Is de- 

 voted mainly to Flowers, Tree-planting, 

 and Ornamental Gardening on the Pacific 



coast. Its success is much greater than 

 we supposed such a journal was capable 

 of attaining ia that State. 



Jflorul Catnlof/ue.s, 



The Seedsmen have vied with each 

 other this spring, in attractive covers 

 and illustrated interiors to their gaily- 

 decorated Catalogues. 



Vick''s New Catalogue is resplendent 

 with all the colors of the calendar, pre- 

 senting a unique and ornamental appear- 

 ance. The frontispiece is a sketch of a 

 new Japanese Cockscomb. 



Bliss^ Seed Catalogue is portly, with 

 valuable contents and a mine of floral and 

 gardening lore. It contains nearly 200 

 pages of the most condensed matter, 

 crowded with numerous illustrations, and 

 every page surrounded by an ornamental 

 border in characteristic keeping with the 

 articles mentioned on same page. Quite 

 a number of new illustrations of cycla- 

 mens, gourds, vegetables, rustic work, 

 new plants and flowers are introduced, 

 and the exterior is embellished with a 

 new and very handsome Title. It con- 

 tains the most matter of any Seed Cata- 

 logue issued in America. 



Wood cf- Hall, of Geneva, N. Y,, issue 

 a very pretty Floral Catalogue, printed 

 in the neatest manner on tinted paper, 

 with appropriate cover and interior illus- 

 trations. This young and enterprising 

 house deserve credit for their taste and 

 energy, and should receive encourage- 

 ment. 



Briggs'' Neio Catalogiie, issued by 

 Briggs & Brother, Rochester, N. Y., has 

 several novelties in the way of illustra- 

 tions. The cover we do not understand, 

 we cannot describe — it is beyond our 

 powers of description. It is gold, and 

 gilt, and goddess, and brown, and bronze, 

 and black, flowers, screens and pedestals, 



