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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[March, 



branches or stems, keeping the base leaves of the 

 pinched off shoots to give nourishment and girth 

 to the trunk of your tree chrysanthemum. Thus 

 go on till your flower head forms. From this, too, 

 pinch out all weak and crowding shoots, so that 

 your flower head has room to open with a glorious 

 mass of bloom. 



More than 500 distinct varieties were shown. 

 The largest collection, and that to which the mass 

 of prizes were given, was that of Messrs. Hallock, 

 Son, and Thorp, of Queens, L. I. There were 

 other exhibitors who, I think, shared with that 

 house some of the highest prizes, but I do not 

 remember their names. Bridgeport, Conn. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



American Pomological Society. — We under- 

 stand that at the meeting this year, use is to be 

 made of the knowledge of the members present, 

 by introducing especially topics for discussion, on 

 which we have not yet arrived at final conclusions, 

 and by means of which discussions we may get 

 the advantage of the views of leading representa- 

 tives. A.mong other topics Dr. Hexamer will 

 introduce some one in connection with the 

 strawberry. Mr. Barry on nomenclature. The 

 influence of pollen on the growing fruit, will be a 

 prominent subject. Professor Lazenby would be a 

 good one to handle it. Special fruits for the 

 North, the South, the West, will have a share of 

 attention ; the gain to Pomology by the New 

 Orleans Exposition ; progress in American grape 

 culture ; diseases of the peach ; insect remedies; 

 the best latitudes for the most profitable culture of 

 the several fruits. These are samples of some of 

 the topics it is proposed to introduce intelligently, 

 and discuss freely. From all we can learn the 

 meeting promises to be one of the most practically 

 useful in the history of the Society. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Associ- 

 ation. — This body had a very successful meeting 

 at Lancaster. Judge Stitzel of Reading, who had 

 been re-elected President for several successive 

 terms, declined a re-election, from, as he express- 

 ed it, no lack of continued interest in' the welfare 

 of the Society, but from the pressure of advanc- 

 ing years and other public interests. Mr. Calvin 

 Cooper a highly intelligent and active gentleman 

 of Lancaster county, was elected to succeed him. 

 The Society does not intend to relax in the slight- 

 est degree, its interest in the successful and profi- 

 table culture of fruits, but recognizes its mission 

 as a promoter of intelligent Horticulture in all its 



branches. Cyrus D. Fox of Reading, Edwin 

 Satterthwait of -Jenkintown, H. M. Engle of 

 Marietta, and other fruit growers gave great value 

 to the deliberations by freely communicating the 

 results of their successful experiences ; while 

 William Moon, Josiah Hoopes, and other well- 

 known lovers of general Horticulture, took care 

 of other departments. In the evening of the last 

 day some three hundred persons were in attend- 

 ance, largely of the ladies and gentlemen of 

 Lancaster, and the influence for good of the 

 whole meeting is no doubt widely spread. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. — 

 Death of Mr. Downing. — At the meeting of 

 January 31st, Col. M. P. Wilder, in some feeling 

 and appreciative remarks, introduced the follow- 

 ing : 



" Resolved, That the members of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society desire to express at the 

 earliest opportunity their sorrow at the removal 

 from earth of their late friend and corresponding 

 member, Charles Downing, of Newburgh, New 

 York. 



" Resolved, That his life has been a blessing 

 to mankind, and his death is a loss not only to 

 our nation, but to the whole pomological world. 



"Resolved, that while we thus speak, we would 

 acknowledge most gratefully the Divine goodness 

 which spared him to us so long, and that, although 

 his star has now set, it has left a golden record 

 which shall illumine the annals of pomology while 

 the earth shall bear a fruit or the love of Nature 

 shall have a place in the soul of man." 



After remarks by Benjamin G. Smith, Robert 

 Manning, William C. Strong, Joseph H. Bourn 

 and the president, the resolutions were unani- 

 mously adopted. 



Mr. Wilder then presented a beautiful painting 

 of fruits, which Mr. Downing had directed to be 

 sent to the society after his death. The thanks 

 of the society were voted to Mr. Downing"s exe- 

 cutor for his promptness in sending the painting. 



Programme of Meeting for Discussion during 

 the Season of 1885. — Mar. 7. Propagation of 

 Trees from Seeds, by Jackson Dawson, Jamaica 

 Plain. Mar. 14. Nomenclature of Fruit, by Hon. 

 Marshall P. Wilder, Boston. Mar. 21. Heating 

 Greenhouses, by Joseph H. Woodford, Newton. 

 Mar. 28. A comparison of Manures for the Orch- 

 ard and Garden, by Prof. G. C. Caldwell, Ithaca, 

 N. Y. 



The meetings will be held at Horticultural Hall, 

 Tremont Street, Boston, at 11 o'clock. All in- 

 terested are freely and cordially invited to attend. 

 O. B. Hadwen, Chairman Committee on Publi- 

 cation and Discussion. 



