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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY. 



[June. 



look again at Mr. Cannel's picture, and the one 

 in the Gardener's Monthly, he will see that 

 they are not the same. The flower of Lucy 

 Finnis, as given in Mr. Cannel's picture, is as 

 in our Fig. 1, and we give a cut of the same in 

 Fig. 2, of the natural size. Fig. 3, represents 

 the flower as given in the Gardener's Month- 

 ly cut. It is really a variety called " Etty." 

 The cut was made in New York, and was not 

 intended so much to represent any one variety, 

 as to illustrate the pretty habit of this class of 

 Fuchsias. 



Mr. E. S. Rand. — Mr. Rand, as is well 

 known, made a trip to Brazil, a couple of years 

 a^o, with the intention of returning in a few 

 months, but he has concluded to remain thei-e 

 longer yet. He seems quite enraptured with 

 the climate, and writing from Trinity says : 

 " My plan was at first to remain only a few 



months in Brazil, but I am everj^^ day more and 

 more enchanted with this magnificent region, 

 and I have little wish to come home. The cli- 

 mate is the lovliest and most healthy in the 

 world; there are no extremes of heat and cold, 

 the temperature is always just right ; sometimes 

 for weeks, night and day, the thermometer will 

 not vary one degree from 76° Fah. There is no 

 malaria, no insect pest, everything is always 

 bright and green 3'et without excessive rain : 

 there are no sultry days, no hot nights, no 

 changes of temperature such as we have in the 

 United States. I wish you could see the orchids, 

 flowers and fruit by which I am surrounded. In 

 a short time I go up the river some thousand 

 miles, to near the Peruvian frontier, and hope 

 to explore the Andean valleys which are said to 

 be among the richest in floral wealth of auj 

 region in the world." 



Horticultural Societies. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



American Pomologicat, Society.— As al- 

 ready noted, the seventeenth session of tliis 

 society will be held in Rochester, commencing 

 Wednesday, September 17th. At this writing, 

 May 20th, Col. Wilder, tlie esteemed President, 

 is so far recovered from his broken thigh as to 

 be able to bear some weight on it, and has some 

 hope of being able to be present personally, 

 though his immediate friends hai'dly dare 

 share the hope. Packages of fruit for the 

 meeting should be addressed to care of .James 

 H. Kelley, Esq., Rochester, N. Y. The pojiio- 

 logists of Rochester, feeling the honor of the 

 change from Nashville in favor of their city 

 are leaving nothing undone to make the meet- 

 ing one of the most popular that has ever oc- 

 cured in the history of the Society, and from 

 all accounts are succeeding well in their en- 

 deavors. 



The Pknnsylvania Horticultural Socr- 

 ETY. — This, the oldest existing society in the 

 I'nited States, are arranging for their annual 



display to be held in their famous 

 Broad Street, in Philadelphia. It 

 mence on the Kith of September. 



Hall, on 

 will com- 



The Fourth Annual MEETiNCf of the 

 American Association. — The annual meet- 

 ing wmII this year be held at Cleveland, Ohio, 

 commencing June 18th. The meetings of this 

 association grow in interest yearly. It is com- 

 posed of the leading men in the nursery trade, 

 and who meet together to discuss matters con- 

 nected with prosperity of their business, not 

 only discussing mere trade mattei's, but those 

 which may iini)rove their own culture. Be- 

 sides the usual matters of business it is ex- 

 jjected that addresses will be made by Messrs. 

 J. J. Harrison, G. W. Campbell, Jonathan 

 Periam, W. C. Barry, Cyrus Thomas. John A. 

 Warder, S. B. Parsons, P. Barry, N. Brown 

 Smith, and Thomas Meehan. The railroads 

 connecting with Cleveland have )nostly re- 

 duced their rates, and the hotels are equally 

 liberal. Those going from the East may get 

 reduced railroad tickets by addressing T. S. 

 Hubbard. Fredonia, N. Y. 



