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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[September, 



S'lie was buying for another party. Should your 

 Correspondent refer to this, he simply erred in his 

 statement to you. I had no Aloe longiaristata. 

 I would further like to state, in justice to the 

 judges, that I was awarded four premiums and two 

 recommended, and that they were awarded ac- 

 cording to the premium regulations. 



"1 should think that, as the Editor of the G.\R- 

 DENERs' Monthly, and particularly as you want to 

 express an opinion on the management of the Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, you should inform yourself about 

 all the particulars, as everything is recorded and 

 open to inspection. 



" I write this explanation in justice to the jury 

 and myself as regards my exhibit. 



"Very Respectfully, J. H. Erkener." 



[Our correspondent is rather tart in the last 

 paragraph but one, when he comments on the 

 duty of an Editor to " inform himself about all the 

 particulars." It is evident that he himself though 

 on hand where ■' everything is recorded and open 

 to inspection," has not been able to get at the 

 exact facts any better than the Editor. Turning 

 to the July number we find that a lady knowing 

 that a friend wanted an Astrophytum myriostigma, 

 bought one for this plant, which turned out to be 

 something else. Now the present correspondent 

 writes to us that a lady asked him for a plant of 

 this kind, but he sold her something else, which 

 she knew on buying was something else. 



Therefore this latter lady cannot possibly be the 

 same person as the first lady. It would be too 

 absurd to buy and send to another a plant he did 

 not want, under the impression that it would suit 

 him just as well as the one he did want, and 

 knowing that he would see it was not the one he 

 wanted. 



Surely even an Editor may be pardoned if he 

 finds it difficult to pursue information properly 

 with this illustration before him. — Ed. G. M.] 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



American Pomological Society By the 



time some of our readers get this, this body will be 

 in session at Grand Rapids, Mich., opening on the 

 gth, and continuing three days. We give the fol- 

 lowing programme so that those who cannot get 

 there may note what a good time their more fortu- 

 nate brothers and sisters are having : 



Discussion of new fruits. Apples, Pears, Peaches, 

 etc.. etc. W. C. Barry of N. Y., T. S. Hubbard of 

 N. Y., W. C. Strong of Mass. 



Proper Nomenclature of Fruits. J. J. Thomas 



of N. Y., P. Barry of N. Y., T. T. Lyon of Mich., 

 Robert Manning ot Mass. 



Nomenclature of Russian Apples. Chas. Gibb 

 of Quebec. 



The Strawberry. F. M. Hexamer of N. Y. 



The causes that produce colors in fruits and 

 their design in nature. Jos. H. Bourn of R. I. 



Influence of Pollen on the size, form, color, and 

 flavor of fruits. C. M. Hovev of Mass., A. S. 

 Fuller of N. J., Prof. W. R. Laz'enby oi Ohio, W. 

 Crawford of Ohio. 



American Grapes. T. V. Munson of Texas, J. 



B. Moore of Mass., G. W. Campbell of Ohio. 

 Small Fruits. Granville Cowing of Ind., C. A. 



Green of N. Y., E. Williams of N. J. 



Fruits of the Noitheast. Dr. T. S. Hoskins of 

 Vt. 



Fruits of the North. D. W. Beadle of Ontario. 



Fruits of the Northwest. Peter M. Gideon of 

 Minn., Prof. J. L. Budd of Iowa. 



Fruits of the South. P. J. Berckmans of Geor- 

 gia, T. V. Munson of Texas, John Saul of District 

 of Columbia. 



Fruits of the Pacific Slope. Dr. J. Strentzel of 

 California. 



Lessons from the World's Exposition. L. A. 

 Goodman of Mo., T. T. Lyon of Mich. 



Relative value of Fruits for Canning and Drying 

 in comparison with those for Dessert and Market. 

 Josiah Hoopes of Penn. 



Insects injurious to Fruits, and Remedies. Prof. 

 Wm. Saunders of Ontario, Prof. C. V. Riley of 

 District of Columbia, Prof. W. R. Lazenbv of 

 Ohio. 



Recent experiments with injurious fungi or dis- 

 eases of plants, with remedies. Prof. T. J. Burrill 

 of Illinois, Prof. J. C. Arthur of New York, Dr. 



C. E. Bessey of Nebraska. 



Distant shipment of Fruits, packing, and other 

 arrangements to secure success and profit. Parker 

 Earle of Illinois, G. C. Brackett of Kansas. 



The best latitude for leading varieties of Apples 

 for marketing. W. H. Ragan of Ind., C. E. Brown 

 of N. S. 



The best methods for preventing or protection 

 from frost. Prof. W. R. Lazenby of Ohio, F. K. 

 Phcenix of Wis. 



The best methods of exhibiting fruits. R. W. 

 Furnas of Neb., Prof. S. Tracy of Mo. 



Needs and methods for gathering fruit statistics. 

 Hon. W. I Chamberlain of Ohio. 



Methods of conducting State and Local Horti- 

 cultural Societies. Geo. Elwanger of N. Y., L. 

 B. Pierce of Ohio. 



Hard problems in Pomology, with hints looking 

 towards improvements. J. J. Thomas of N. Y., 

 Prof. J. L. Budd of Iowa, Judge G. W. Lawton of 

 Mich. 



Injurious Fungi and Diseases of Plants. A pop- 

 ular illustrated lecture on the evening of Sept. 9th. 

 By Dr. C. E. Bessey of Nebraska. 



Economic Entomology. A popular illustrated 

 lecture on the evening of Sept. loth. By Prof. A. 

 J. Cook of Mich. 



The closing exercises, on Friday evening of 

 Sept, nth, will consist of many very short prac- 

 tical talks. 



