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Publications. 



Proceedings of the society of Ameri- 

 can florists, 1S97- Wm. J. Stewart, 

 Boston, Mass. — The report of the thir- 

 teenth annual convention of the Society 

 of American Florists, held at Providence, 

 R.I., last August, comes to hand in anew- 

 dress. In addition to the usual array of 

 valuable papers and discussions, it con- 

 tains some very serviceable lists of the 

 plants introduced in America in 1897, in- 

 cluding roses, carnations, chrysanthe- 

 mums, begonias, sweet peas and other 

 groups. 



Annual report department of agri- 

 culture. 1897. Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C. — This volume 

 contains the general report of the secretary 

 of agriculture, together with the special 

 reports of the chiefs of the various divi- 

 sions. From these we gather that the 

 officials of the department are engaged in 

 much work which should result advan- 

 tageously to the flower growers and hor- 

 ticulturists of the United States. Espec- 

 ially commendable is the effort of the 

 pomological division to provide a reliable 

 descriptive catalogue of fruits, and the 

 study of soils taken in hand by the chem- 

 istry division is a duty which calls for 

 the best attention, ft is unfortunate, 

 however, that notwithstanding the great 

 amount of labor bestowed upon the con- 

 sideration of "diseases affecting plants 

 under glass " by thedivision of vegetable 

 physiology and pathology, the troubles 

 of our greenhouse favorites are still 

 among the things for which efficient rem- 

 edies are unknown. Hurry up, gentlemen, 

 or the growers will devise theirown wavs 

 and means. 



Exhibitions. 



AMERIGAN GARNATION SOCIETY. 

 We have received the list of premiums 

 offered for competition at the seventh 

 annual meeting of the above society, to 

 be held in Chicago, 111., Feb. 17 and 18, 

 1897. It is stated that papers will be 

 presented by prominent authorities, in- 

 cluding one by Prof. Arthur, of Purdue 

 University, on "Moisture, the Plant's 

 Greatest Requirement." 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL. 

 At the last Saturday meeting of the 

 above society, Crpripedium Leeamim 

 Clinkaberrrana, a new hvbrid exhibited 

 by Hon. C. G. Roebling.'of Trenton, X. 

 J , attracted much attention. Mr. James 

 Comley displayed, among other interest- 

 ing things, a fragrant camellia named 

 Pond Lily, a new hybrid Himalayan rho- 

 dodendron and anew datura from Japan, 

 having flowers of creamy yellow with 

 narrow purplish stripes. 



GREENSBORO, GA., FLORAL CLUB. 

 The annual chrysanthemum exhibition 

 of the Greensboro, Ga., Floral Club, 

 Nov. 3 to 5, 1897, was a decided triumph 

 of chrysanthemum culture. There are 

 several" amateur growers here whose 

 work could not be distinguished lrom the 

 professional. And what makes this suc- 

 cess the more remarkable is that almost 

 entirely the plants were grown in the 

 open ground. The cut blooms were per- 

 fect in size, form and color, and were the 



admiration of all who visited the exhibi- 

 tion. Mr. P. J. Berckmans, of national 

 reputation, was most pleased, and the 

 awards made by him were so satisfac- 

 torily distributed as to be evidence of a 

 great deal of skill. The growers here un- 

 derstand propagating and preserving 

 tested and approved varieties, and next 

 spring will grow varieties that will make 

 their mark in the commercial world. 

 Each year the club has a plant for the en- 

 tire membership to cultivate, and pre- 

 miums are awarded to the three best. 

 This makes an interesting feature as well 

 as a fine display. This year the plant 

 was a palm, and the exhibition was very 

 handsome. Sometimes two chrysanthe- 

 mums ot different varieties are chosen and 

 grown to single stems. This year the 

 La France rose will be cultivated in bush 

 form and exhibited in bloom. One feature 

 of the late display was as marked as it is 

 rare, namely, the artistic effect of the 

 whole. In these exhibitions everything 

 is ruled out that is not in perfect taste. 



Artistically, floralh- and financially the 

 past exhibition was a decided stimulus to 

 future endeavor. 



Mrs. James B. Park. 



Why good men come to America.— A 

 public body in England recently adver- 

 tised for a superintendent of a cemetery. 

 He had to be "gardener, caretaker, cash- 

 ier, accountant, and supervisor of head- 

 stones; to clean and heat all chapels; to 

 disinfect and clean mortuary and receive 

 all bodies; to attend all funerals, and act 

 as sexton, to receive certificates and 

 attach the same to weekly returns; to 

 attend upon the officiating clergvman for 

 the purpose of filling up and signing a 

 book giving all the particulars of a 

 funeral; to attend at coroner's inquests, 

 also at all committee meetings; and the 

 supervision of grave-digging, and the 

 grounds generally." And all this tor the 

 munificent sum of $7.50 a week! Xow 

 Johnnie Bull, are you a fool? A job like 

 that's a Fagin's school. 



NEW YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUM MRS. C. H PEIRCE 



