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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



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editor of this magazine arrived at after a study 

 of coniferous plants. Dr. Moore's deductions 

 tliough not published till after the American 

 paper was read at Salem, Mass., being worked I 

 out on totally different grounds and wholly inde- 

 pendent, will entitle him to a full share in any 

 credit which may be awarded to the discover5^ 

 Intelligent gardeners will always be proud of 

 David Moore. 



Silas Moore. — By a brief newspaper para- 

 graph we learn of the death of this excellent 

 man. His nursery at Providence was well 

 known. He took an active part in the American 

 Pomological Society, and contributed many 

 useful articles to the earlier numbers of our 

 magazine. 



Dr. Ivarl Koch, — Professor of Botany at the 

 University of Berlin, and who took great inter- 

 est in the application of botany to horticulture, 

 died on the 22d of May, in his seventieth year. 



Aquariums. — It is interesting to note how 

 business becomes divided. Here before us is the 

 catalogue of Hugo Mulertt of Cincinnati, who 

 makes a specialty of keeping aquarium supplies. 

 Water plants, fishes, carniverous plants, snails, 

 are all catalogued here in a very intelligent vvay. 

 It is a nice little pamphlet to read and stud}^. 



Orange Judd Company Catalogue or 

 Rural Books, — An exclusively agricultural 

 and rural publishing house, is of great impor- 

 tance to these specialties and deserves encour- 

 agement. This illustrated pamphlet gives a 

 complete list of the publications of this firm. 



Adam Spade, the Gardener, — By John 

 Smith, ex-curator of Royal Gardens, Kew. 

 Under the guise of a parod\^, Mr. Smith mana- 

 ges to employ an immense number of puns. 

 These double meaning words are tabulated at 

 the end of the work with full explanations, so 

 that under the guise of a little fun a great 

 amount of useful information is conveyed. The 

 little tract is published for the author by Hard- 

 wicke & Co., Piccadilly, London. 



Quinby's New Bee-Keeping, — By L. C. 

 Root, Xew York, Orange Judd Co. This, like all 

 books of this firm, is beautifully printed, and 

 will make a good addition to any bee-keeper's 

 librar}'. There are many works on bee-keeping 

 now, — we suppose just this one more will be 

 wanted or the publishers would not have risked 

 money in it. It seems to us that in no similar 

 work that we have seen before has so much use- 

 ful information been given about plants adapted 

 to bee-food. 



Horticultural Societies. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Georgia State Horticultural Society. 

 The fourth annual exhibition was to be held 

 at Macon, on July 19th, and preparations were 

 made to have it one of the best ever made. A 

 very fine exhibit was expected. The notice 

 was not received in time for mention in our 

 last. 



The American Association of Nursery- 

 men. — The fourth annual meeting at Cleveland 

 last month, was very successful. A much larger 

 representation of the best members of the trade 



were present than ever before, and the subjects- 

 were of great practical utility. The members 

 were hospitabl}' received and entertained l\v the 

 citizens, although two other large conventions- 

 being held in the city at the same time must 

 have drawn heavily on their time and other re- 

 sources. Great credit is due to the President of 

 last year, Mr. Harrison, of Storrs & Harrison, 

 I for the success of this meeting. The next year's 

 meeting will be held in Chicago. Mr. Hubbard 

 of Fredonia, New York was elected president 

 for the next session. If as wisely handled as it 

 now promises to be, the association may have a 

 great influence in shaping the best interests of 

 the nursery trade. 



