1879.] 



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lines. He must have been somewhat advanced 

 in life, as it is many years since we met him per- 

 sonally ; but he was very active and enthusiastic 

 in the field of labor he had but comparatively 

 recently chosen for himself at Norfolk. We 

 hope the good field he was so successfully culti- 

 vating there will be kept in the condition he has 

 left it. 



Fern Etchings.— Mr. Williamson's book, 

 "Fern Etchings," in which forty-five native 

 ferns are figured, has just appeared, and proves 



to be a very beautiful and valuable work. The 

 price is S7.50 — by no means high for pictures of 

 all our Eastern Ferns. 



The North American Entomologist. — 

 Tins is a small monthly serial devoted to Ento- 

 mology, edited by Prof. A. R. Grote, of Buffalo, 

 N. Y., at $2.00 a year. Besides descriptions of 

 new insects and other matters of a strictly .sci- 

 entific character, it has a department devoted to 

 "Fruit and Farm," in which the habits of in- 

 sects are practically considered. 



Horticultural Societies. 



EDITORIAL AZOTES. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — 

 The late period in the month, and the pressure 

 of numerous exhibitions all occuring atthe same 

 time, prevents a full notice of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society's annual exhibition. We 

 can only say that the exhibitors and the exhibits 

 were nearly the same as those at the State Fair 

 which opened the week before, and of which we 

 give a brief notice. It was on the whole a suc- 

 cessful exhibition. 



Horticultural Exhibit at the Penn- 

 sylvania State Agricultural Society.— 

 Agricultural fairs we have to leave to the agri- 

 cultural papers, but the Pennsylvania State Fair 

 being so close to us. we have made a few notes 

 of the horticultural exhibit. 



The cut flower exhibit was large, and the 

 various designs handsome and attractive. Here, 

 as elsewhere, cut flowers seemed the most ad- 

 mired, and commanded more attention than 

 other horticultural exhibits. Among the exhibi- 

 tors of these articles we noticed the well-known 

 names of Joseph Kift & Son. John Plender, I^a 

 Roche & Stahl, T. Warnock, Craig & Bro., Pen- 

 nock Bros., II. A. Dreer, W. T. Faust & Son, 

 and Thos. Meehan. all of Philadelphia, and C. 

 W. Turnley, of Haddonfield, N. J. Mr Turnley's 

 design was a small cotHn of flowers, and partly 

 from its orisinalitv attracted much attention. 



W. T. Faust's exhibit was a floral wheel, with 

 one spoke and the tire broken, and resting on a 

 broken axle in a harvest field. At the base were 

 the words " The harvest is over." As a funeral 

 desicjn it was most suggestive. There were other 

 exhibits with new features in design, but the two 

 above mentioned were the most pronounced de- 

 partures from what we usuallj'^ see. 



The plant exhibitors were not so numerous. 

 R. Buist, Sr., John Dick, John Sherwood, and 

 W. H. Moon were all we observed. Among Mr. 

 Buist's ferns we noticed the beautiful Lomaria 

 gibba cristata and the variegated Athyrium Ja- 

 ponicum. Mr. E. S. Morris had on hand some 

 young plants of the Liberian coffee. This sort 

 is said to be much hardier than the common 

 kind, and it has received much attention from 

 tl^e British. Government, with a view to its use 

 in the colonies. 



The fruit display was very fair, as was also 

 that of vegetables. We noticed collections from 

 Gibson & Bennett, of New Jersey; J. A. Nel- 

 son; Solebury Farmers' Club; Cumberland Co. 

 Hort. Society ; Edwin Satterthwait ; and from 

 Egg Harbor one composed of fruits, vegetables, 

 wines, etc. The Cumberland Co. Horticultural 

 Society made a large disjilay of fruit— we think 

 the largest there— the display being in every 

 way creditable. 



We noticed from Jacob Moore some bunches 

 of Moore's Early Grape. The color was very 

 black and the berries were so crowded that we 

 were reminded of indoor grapes which often 



