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THE GARDE^fERS• MONtHLY 



[June, 



All persons desirous of becoming members can 

 remit the fee to Benjamin G. Smith, Treasurer, 

 Cambridge, Mass. Life membership. Twenty 

 dollars; Biennial, four dollars. Life members will 

 be supplied with back numbers of the proceedings 

 of the Society as far as possible. 



Marshall P, Wilder, 

 President, Boston, Mass. 

 Prof. W. j. Beal, Secretary, Lansing, Mich. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — 

 This Society commenced in April the resumption 

 of its noted monthly meetings with marked suc- 

 cess. It was admirably' supported by exhibitors, 

 and the numerous visitors were highly pleased 

 with what they saw. 



New York Horticultural Society.— This 

 Society seems to be prospering beyond all antici- 

 pation. It has now over five hundred members, anc 

 numbers are continually being added. It is a 

 j)leasure to observe that the reports are now made 

 •descriptive, so that even those at a distance may 

 profit by the reports. From the report of the 

 .April meeting we gather the following instructive 

 motes : 



" New Carnation, 'Buttercup,' from Peter Hen- 

 'derson, Jersey City. Fine light-yellow flower, 

 with scarlet stripes. Committee would like to see 

 ;a plant. 



"CHvea miniata (from Africa), from I. Bu- 

 chanan, 407 Fifth avenue. Good plant, with one 

 nice spike. 



" Hinzie's White Carnation, from C. H. Allen, 

 Garden City, L. I. Extra fine flower. 



"Orchids. — For the best six specimens, $10 and 

 «c. First to Geo. E. Bennett, gardener to William 

 White. In this lot the Masdevallia Lindenii, with 

 four of its brilliant magenta-winged flowers, being 

 very conspicuous. Second to John Wallace, Pat- 

 erson, N. J. Dendrobium Wardianum, with three 

 spikes and eighteen flowers, made a brilliant show. 

 The competition was very close for first and sec- 

 ond awards. 



" For the best three specimens, ^5 and $3. First 

 to Frank Cassiday, gardener to L. H. Meyer, Cy- 

 pripedium Harrisonianum, with five of its massive 

 bronze flowers, being quite distinct. 



" For the best s-ngle specimen, $3. To George 

 E. Bennett. Dendrobium Pierardii, with two spikes 

 of thirty flowers each. A chaste and lovely 

 variety. 



" For the best three Cyclamens, named, $3 and 

 $2. First to John Smith, gardener to James B. 

 Colgate. These were grown in seven-inch pots, 

 averaging seventy-five floweis each, the varieties 

 being very distinct. 



" For the best collection of cut flowers, $5 and 

 $3. First to John Smith, gardener to James 

 B.' Colgate. This was a very good representative 

 collection, conspicuous being some fine varieties 

 of Calceolarias, Azaleas, Roses, and excellent Cin- 



erarias — not showing so much taste in arrange- 

 ment, however, as the collection to which second 

 premium is awarded, they being quite tastily ar- 

 ranged, the flowers also being fresh and good. Sec- 

 ond to Charles E. Parneli, gardener to W. D. F. 

 Manice. 



" For the best six pots Strawberries, $3. To Jo- 

 seph Dunbar, gardener to Miss S. S. Paton. The 

 variety being Seth Boyden, averaging fifty berries 

 on each. The ripe fruit well colored and of good 

 flavor. 



" Caroline Goodridge Rose, from Terrence 

 Welsh, gardener to F. Goodridge. Showing it is 

 a continuous bloomer." 



This is not much, to be sure, out of the immense 

 number of exhibits reported on, but little as it is, 

 and brief as are the descriptions, the remarks tend 

 to convey to people at a distance some idea of 

 why the articles were awarded a premium, and so 

 far as it goes the Society should be encouraged to 

 go further in the work so well begun. 



Mississippi Valley Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. — The forthcoming volume of "Transactions 

 of the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society 

 will contain a business directory of those engaged 

 in horticultural pursuits ; either as producers of 

 fruits and vegetables for market, as growers of 

 trees and plants for sale, ns manufacturers of fruit 

 boxes and packages, as commission men and deal- 

 ers, as seedmen and florists, or as manufacturers 

 of horticultural implements and machinery. The 

 fee is fixed at $5 or $3 for those already members 

 of the Society. No name will be admitted unless 

 accompanied by acceptable reference. Each pa- 

 tron of the directory will be entitled to a bound 

 volume of the " Transactions of the Society" free, 

 by mail. 



The late meeting in New Orleans was in every 

 respect a great success. The large number of pa- 

 pers presented and the discussions thereon, were 

 of the most practical character. In this respect, 

 Mr. Parker Earle thinks, it surpassed all meetings 

 of the kind heretofore held in America. The 

 "Volume of Transactions " will be published as 

 early in the summer as possible, and will embrace 

 all of this valuable material. The Society has no 

 funds except as obtained from membership, the 

 lee for which is two dollars yearly. W. H. Ragan, 

 Clayton, Ind., is Secretary. 



Hall of the New York Horticultural So- 

 ciety, — It seems we gave too much credit to the 

 generosity of New York when we implied that the 

 new hall of the Society was bought by subscrip- 

 tions, in the .sense of subscription gifts. The So- 

 ciety has issued twenty-year bonds at four per 

 j cent, to cover the subscriptions. 



