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[January, 



good Apples and Grapes. Peaches were small ; 

 Plums were pretty good, as were Quinces. ' 

 Leaving the Vegetable Hall we turn to another 

 building, where a glass structure had been erected 

 for the floral display, which was very creditable 

 to the exhibition, especially for the short time 

 they have been engaged in the business. Mrs. C. 

 Y. Witter took oft' the blue ribbon for the best dis- 

 play of greenhouse and bedding plants, and for 

 best display of cut flowers; and a special premium 

 for the handsomest bouquet, and for a very taste- 

 fully arranged table ornament Avhich attracted 

 much attention. Mr. Gallup was awarded first 

 premium for the best display of foliage plants, 

 three handsomest bouquets, and second for the 

 best display of greenhouse plants. One very en- 

 terprising fact about the population of Denver is, 

 for instance, that a jewelry firm offers premiums 

 for displays of flowers, &c., a groceryman for 

 vegetables, &c. I am glad to see even this far 

 West, and in so newly settled country, that peo- 

 ple tal:e such a lively interest in flowers and 

 plants, though sometimes their plants look de- 

 pressed and woe-begone, or as if they had been 

 l)ankrupt a dozen times ; but such poor success 

 as that don't discourage their owners or prevent 

 them from purchasing a new stock, and starting 

 afresh with bright prospects. But with all their 

 hopes, they are, with very few exceptions de- 

 signed in their turn to follow them. To close, I 

 might candidly say, if one may judge from what 

 he sees around him, that Colorado is coming 

 up, and which she will prove ere long, with- 

 out my inexperienced pen endeavoring to fore- 

 cast her progress. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



New York Horticultural Society. — The 

 New York Horticultural Society met at their 

 rooms, 55 East Thirty-third street, New York, 

 on Tuesday, December 3. The officers elected 

 for 1879 were : President, Wilson G. Hunt, Esq., 

 Brooklyn, L. I. ; Yice-Presidents, Samuel Par- 

 sons, William Elliott, Daniel Northup, and F. 

 M. Hexamer ; Recording Secretary, James Y. 

 Markland ; Corresponding Secretary, Peter Hen- 

 derson ; Treasurer, Isaac H. Young. The com- 

 mittee to decide on the S25 prize offered by 

 Peter Henderson for the best Essay on Rose- 

 growing in Winter, decided in favor of William 

 Bennett, Flatbush, L. I. The competition was 

 close and well contested. 



Western New York Horticultural So- 

 ciety. — The Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of 

 the Western New York Horticultural Society 

 will convene in Rochester, Wednesday, January 

 22, 1879, and probably hold tliree days. As 

 our circular will be issued too late for your Jan- 

 uary number, will you please call notice to the 

 meeting and greatly oblige, 



P. C. Reynolds, Secretary. 



Pennsylvania Fruit-Growers' Society. 

 The Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Penn- 

 sylvania Fruit-Growers' Society will be held in 

 Reading, Pa., on third Wednesday, -January 15, 

 1879. Prominent horticulturists will be present, 

 and interesting essays and discussions on horti- 

 cultural subjects may be expected. All inter- 

 ested are respectfull}^ invited to be present. 



Horticultural Societies Notices of 

 Meetings. — It does not seem to be understood 

 by some of our readers, that the immense 

 amount of matter contained in our Magazine 

 must take a few weeks to look over and properly 

 arrange, and that afterwards time has to be 

 taken to print, revise, bind and distribute before 

 the readers get it ; yet notices of meetings of so- 

 cieties, which we are always glad to receive, are 

 seldom sent to us in time to be of any use. It 

 would be well for correspondents to remember 

 that all matter for the editor ought to be in liis 

 hands at least a month before the date of publi- 

 cation. 



The Kentucky Horticultural Society. 

 This society will hold it Annual Meeting in 



j Eminence, January 14th, 15th and 16th, 1879. 



1 The following programme has been selected: 



I Reports of Officers and Committees, Election of 

 Officers, Revision of Fruit List. Essays : The 

 Curculio ; its destruction ; the method adopted, 

 and probable cost ; by Isaac Fawcett, Edwards- 



j ville, Ind. Grape Culture ; by Thomas S. Ken- 



I nedy, Jefferson Co., Ky. The Importance of 

 Horticulture ; by Hon. Z. F. Smith, of Emi- 



j nence, Ky. Window Gardening; by Miss Rosa 

 Goldsmith, Jefferson County, Ky. Birds of 

 Kentucky, such as are friendly or unfriendly to 



, Horticultm-e. The Strawberry in its Glory, 

 Prof. H. B. Todd, of Eminence Ky. New Var- 

 ieties of Strawberries ; by J. Decker, Fern Creek, 

 Ky. Raspberries; N. Ohmer, Dayton, Ohio. 

 Thinning Fruit; by Jas. Lee, Buliitt County, 

 Ky. The Moral Influence of Floriculture ; by 

 I. B. Nail, Louisville, Ky. Farmers' Gardens; 

 by Geo. Thompson, Jefferson County, Ky. 



