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Satisfied with the Flowers. — It had been de- 

 termined to start a Horticultural Society for the 

 town and county of Northampton, and the work- 

 ing committee applied to the Earl of Winchilsea 

 requesting his patronage and pecuniary support. 

 In reply, the noble Lord sent the following let- 

 ter :—" Carlton Club, March 14, 188-2. Sir :— 1 

 think that the city of Northampton, having been 

 fortunate enough to secure the flowers of Mr. 

 Labouchere's eloquence and the fruits of Mr. 

 Bradlaugh's philosophy, stands in no need of 

 any other horticultural exhibition." 



SuEL Foster. — Few persons have done more 

 for Western agriculture and Western fruit grow- 

 ing than Suel Foster. He was one of the found- 

 ers of the Iowa Agricultural College. He found 

 friends, after an advocacy of many years, to get 

 a bill introduced into the Legislature to create 

 the College. Defeated then, it was carried in 

 1858. 



The Land Grant by the United States, to sup- 

 port Agricultural Colleges, a subsequent mea- 

 sure, found in him also an earnest and effective 

 advocate. 



Jesse Storrs. — The Ohio nursery trade loses 

 one of its representative members in the founder 

 of the Storrs & Harrison Company of Paines- 

 ville. His death occurred on the 21st of March. 

 He had reached the ripe age of seventy-eight. 

 He was born at Concord, New Hampshire, and 

 removed to Painesville in 1854. He commenced 

 in a small way on a few acres, and lived to see it 

 occupy 400, and leaves one of the best reputa- 

 tions in the United States. He was a model 

 man in every way, and had the love of his in- 

 timates, and the respect of all who knew him. 



Joseph Decaisne. — This eminent pomologist 

 and botanist died in Paris, on the 8th of Febru- 

 ary, in the 75th year of his age. His colored 

 drawings and descriptions of fruits will long re- 

 main standard authorities. His great botanical 

 knowledge gave him great advantages, and per- 

 haps to Decaisne more than to any other man, 

 do we owe the eminence of modern pomology 

 as a branch of science. 



Dr. W. H. liEGGETT.— The death of Dr. Leggett 

 is announced as we go to press, which will be re- 

 ceived with regret by the many botanists who 

 have long profited by his labors as Editor of the 

 Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, and in 

 other ways. Dr. Gerard has been associated 

 with him in the work for some time, so that it is 



gratifying to know this excellent work will ap- 

 pear as heretofore. 



Charles Robert Darwin, died on the 20th 

 inst., at his home, Down House, near Beckenham, 

 England. The news comes at the moment of 

 going to press, leaving us only time to make 

 mere reference to the fact in the present 

 number. 



The Rose. — By H. B. Ellwanger, New York ; 

 Dodd, Mead & Co. This is not as large a work as 

 others which have appeared on the rose before. It 

 will not supplant, but it will very well supple- 

 ment them. There is always something new in 

 rose culture, and with this new book the rose 

 lover and rose grower have the latest news from 

 rose land. The practical directions on rose 

 growing are very full and plainly told. To us 

 the special novelty of the work is the complete 

 history of the most popular roses. The name 

 of the originator and the year of the rose's birth 

 is given. Such a history adds very much to the 

 interest of rose growing. 



Chemistry of the Farm.— By R. Warington, 

 New York ; Orange Judd Company. Mr. War- 

 ington has been connected with the celebrated 

 establishment of Lawes and Gilbert at Roth- 

 ansted, where agricultural chemistry has been 

 made to produce wonderful results. Those who 

 are purely agricultural chemists have not always 

 succeeded as farmers. On the other hand, we 

 have never known a farmer or gardener, no 

 matter how great may have been his practical 

 success, who was not benefited by a fair knowl- 

 edge of agricultural chemistry. One great merit 

 in this work is, that it is neither a large work 

 nor an abstruse work, and to those who are 

 limited in time or means, and who will yet be 

 benefited by a sketch of what agricultural chem- 

 istry teaches, we are sure this little book will be 

 very welcome. 



Sweet Potato Culture. — By James Fitz, New 

 York; Orange Judd Company. A small pam- 

 phlet of fifty-eight pages, which seems to cover 

 the whole subject intelligently and completely. 



A New Work on Destructive Insects.— 

 Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Co., of Philadelphia, 

 have arranged for the publication of a complete 

 illustrated work on the insects injurious to hor- 

 ticulture and agriculture. It is to be prepared 

 by Mr. Wm. Saunders, of London, Ontario. 

 There has been an immense amount of useful 

 information brought out about insects of late 

 years, but it is scattered through such a vast 



