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Disappearance of a Gardener.— Robert Carey, 

 a gardener, and well-known successful hot-house 

 grape grower, of Hnlmeville, Backs Co , Pa., 

 disappeared in January, and has not since been 

 heard of. He was about Go yeai-s of age, had 

 lorig been with his employer, and was regarded 

 as a remarkably steady and sober man. He 

 was sent to Philadelphia to settle accounts and 

 make purchases, and in searching for him he 

 was found to have faithfully executed all his 

 commissions, except one of 62.00 before trace 

 of him was lost. 



W. O'Brien. — Among those recently deceased 

 we have to notice this gentleman, who was for- 

 merly one of the most intelligent and successful 

 gardeners in the East ; but for years past was the 

 able manager of the Belle Conservatories of Sa- 

 cramento. He was especially successful there in 

 growing the famous Victoria Lily. His death is 

 classed with that of B. F. Fox, a serious loss to 

 California Horticulture. He died on the loth of 

 January. 



The Florist and Pomologist. — This very beau- 

 tiful monthly magazine gives in its January num- 

 ber colored plates of Lilium Parryi of California, 

 and L. polyphyllum from the East Indies. It 

 is one of the most valuable European magazines 

 that comes to our table, and we are glad to know 

 that it has a growing and appreciative patronage. 

 It gives every month a colored plate of some 

 new and desirable fruit as well as one of flowers. 



We notice, by the way, that its editor, Thomas 

 Moore, who, since the death of Dr. Lindley, 

 has been jointly with Dr. Masters, editor of the 

 London Gardener's Chronicle, retires now from 

 that responsible position, with renewed work, as it 

 would seem, on the Florist and Pomologist. He 

 has been for many long years a patient worker 

 in horticulture and kindred arts and sciences 

 without much recognition of the valuable work 

 he has done. The Gardener's Chronicle, Treasury 

 of Botany, Epitome of Gardening, Ferns of Great 

 Britain, Index Filicum, Handbook of British Ferns, 

 edition of Thompson's Gardener's Assistant, be- 

 sides the Florist and Pomologist, have all been 

 under obligations, while he still continues his 

 many years' labors as Curator of the Chelsea 

 Botanic Garden. ^ Some of us in America think 

 we work hard for the public good, but we have 

 at least aa good an example in Mr. Moore. 



Produce of French Vineyards. — By the kind- 

 ness of Mr. Charles Joly, we have received the 

 •tatiatical results of last year's crop of wine in 



France. For the eight years previous to 1879, 

 the average production of wine each year was 

 about 54,000.000 hectolitres. The highest (1875) 

 gave over 83 000,000, and the lowest (1873), nearly 

 30,000,000. But in 1879, the serious troubles be- 

 gan, and the product sank to 25,770,000. Since 

 then there seems a gradual recovery, and the 

 past year shows a production of 34,138,000. The 

 calculation has been made by districts, so that it 

 is seen that the increase in the average is not 

 through the great advance of a few favored spots. 

 Some few districts still show a loss over last 

 year,— still going down hill,— the Department of 

 Herault, for instance, showing a loss over last 

 year of 1,273,000. But :\s a general rule, those dis- 

 tricts wliich have lost last year, have lost 

 very little, while most of those which have 

 gained, have gained enormously. It is evident 

 that the Phylloxera is not the formidable foe 

 any longer it was once, either in France or in 

 America. 



It will surprise those not well conversant with 

 French products, to note the enormous amount 

 of cider produced in France, which shows it to 

 be an industry of as much importance in many 

 respects as grape-growing. In 1875. there were 

 j8,257,000 hectolitres produced, which is, how- 

 ever, the highest during the past ten years. Last 

 year the product was 17,122,285, higher than it 

 has been any year since 1875, and remarkable 

 when we consider the reports which come to us 

 of the great losses among fruit trees in Europe 

 by the winter of 1880-81. 



General Index and Supplement to the Nine 

 Reports on the Insects op Missouri.— By 

 Charles V. Riley. Being Bulletin No. 6 of the 

 United States Entomological Commission. 



Prof. Riley's work as Entomologist of Missouri, 

 did infinite credit to the State which employed 

 him ; but these labors are considerably en- 

 hanced in value by this Index. It is often a 

 matter of astonishment that there is not more of 

 this indexing done by public bodies. 



Report of the Royal Gardens for 1880.— 

 From Sir Joseph Hooker, director. — As in our 

 country, so in the old world, government print- 

 ing is slow work, and it seems slow work to read 

 in 1882 of what was reported on a year ago. On 

 reading this admirable report, one cannot help 

 wishing we had such a garden in our own coun- 

 try. Great attention is given to the examination 

 and exact determination of the various economic 

 vegetable products which from time to time 



