of Rural Art and Taste. 



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Proceed hig.t Atnericim Fotnologicnl Sor.ifty. 



These are at last finished, after constant 

 labor and care in preparation, and are now 

 being mailed to respective members. It is a 

 pleasure to add, as we look at this handsome 

 volume of nearly 200 pages, that it is by far 

 the most valuable and perfect of any ever is- 

 sued by the society. We speak only the truth 

 when we say, the reports of the discussions are 

 in detail more extensive and full than of any 

 previous meeting, while the other departments, 

 which have been closely supervised by Messrs. 

 Barry and Downing, as well as Messrs. Wil- 

 der and Manning, contain information of the 

 greatest value. As a record of the twenty- 

 fifth anniversary of the society, it has a pecu- 

 liar value, and it seems to us, every horticul- 

 turist in the United States should esteem it 

 an unusual pleasure to be able to possess this 

 memento of the very best horticultural society 

 the United States ever possessed, 



Western, New Yoi-k Eforticultiiral Socict/f. 



It was a good plan to issue the proceed- 

 ings of the last session in a neat and handy 

 pamphlet. We cannot help liking this asso- 

 ciation for its good work, and the steady, 

 business-like way it has of discussing the most 

 practical topics of the times. We can get at 

 a sound idea in its reports easier than any 

 other horticultural society in the United 

 States, and there is less waste of words in its 

 report than any we have ever seen. The 

 pamphlet has but one fault — the insertion of a 

 ridiculous series of answers to its questions, by 

 a horticulturist who is not just now very popu- 

 lar. It is distracting to wade through so 

 many of his words to get so few ideas ; and 

 out of the first nine answers we defy any one 

 to find either dignity of style of addressing a 

 society, or any information worth having. 



The Plij/llojcera on li'rtiU Tree.'* — A. Mew Dan(/er. 



Mr. Erni, the United States Consul at 

 Basle, Switzerland, writes to the Department 

 of Agriculture, that he learns from a Berlin 

 journal that the Phylloxera vastatrix has 



been found extensively on fruit trees imported 

 from France, and that the intention of the 

 Grerman and Swiss governments is, in conse- 

 quence of this discovery, to prohibit the im- 

 portation into those countries, from France, of 

 fruit trees, as they have already done, for some 

 time, of grape-vines. 



t^fiiH frospects. 



There has never been so cheering an out- 

 look from all parts of the United States for 

 fruit crops, as this year. We may expect a 

 most bountiful season, and even the grain is 

 admitted to be the most promising for many 

 years. Truly, we need some encouragement 

 in these depressing times. Gi-eneral business 

 in New York city has not been so dull for 

 twenty years, the general volume of trade be- 

 ing less now than it was immediately after the 

 panic. 



Hose t'onijvess. 



There is to be held an International Eose 

 Congress at Geneva, Switzerland, on the 3d, 

 4th and 5th of July, this year. Discussions 

 and essays on roses may be expected from all 

 the best rose-growers of Europe. 



(Jfirrli'u Jiecovulions. 



In our frontispiece are figured two very 

 pretty and useful structures for decorating 

 the lawn and garden. 



Fig. 1 is a little summer-house for the gar- 

 den, or among the shrubbery of the ornamen- 

 tal grounds, which has become covered with a 

 perfect luxuriant mass of climbing vines. It 

 is constructed of wood, very tastefully cut, and 

 joined in fancy open-work figures, and its in- 

 terior is apparently formed of various colored 

 woods joined together, and varnished, forming 

 a pleasing variety of native inlaid work. A 

 table of same construction stands in the center, 

 which is used for reading, or games. The or- 

 namental shrub at the left hand may be either 

 the Spira3a or the Weigela, while on the right 

 hand is a vigorous clump of Hollyhocks. 



Fig. 2 is suitable either as a garden screen, 

 or better, to be placed in the center or side of 

 a lawn path wherever there is a pretty view of 

 scenery in the distance. Looking through the 

 oval opening, the vista seems more distinct, 

 and being less in extent, its beauty is en- 



