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GARDENING. 



Feb. /, 



Western New York Horticultural 

 Society. — The fortj'-third annual meet- 

 ing was held January 26 and 27. The 

 attendance was large and great interest 

 was taken in the proceedings. The papers 

 read and discussed were of much value, 

 and are as follows: "Food Value of 

 Fruits," Prof. W. H.Jordan, Director of 

 New York Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Geneva. "Questioning the Soil," 

 Prof. I. P. Roberts, Director of College 

 of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca. 

 [To be found elsewhere in this issue.] 

 "Relation of Our Public Schools to Horti- 

 culture," George T. Powell, Ghent, N. Y. 

 "Plant Food Demands in Fruit Growing," 

 Dr. L. L. Van Slyke, Chemist, New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva. 

 "Experiments in Fertilizing Orchards," 

 Willis T. Mann, Barkers "The $200 

 Cash Prize Fruit Exhibit at the State 

 Fair," H. S. Wiley, Cayuga. "Suitable 

 Manure for Fruits," Prof. H. E. Van 

 Dieman, Parksley, Va. "Does the Appli- 

 cation of Wood-Ashes to Orchards Have 

 Any Influence on the Immunity of Apples 

 from the S:ab?" S. A. Beach, Horticul- 

 turist, New York Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Geneva. "Result of Two 

 Years' Work With San Jose Scale," Prof. 

 W. M. B. Alwood, Virginia Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Va. 

 "The Economic Value and Protection of 

 Some of Our Common Birds," H. A. Sur- 

 face, Zoological Department, Cornell 

 University, Ithaca. "Bugs from a Bug 

 Standpoint" and "Report of the Com- 

 mittee on Entomology," illustrated with 

 lantern slides, M. V. Slingerland, Assist- 

 ant Entomologist, Cornell Universitv, 

 Ithaca. Special interest was taken in the 

 "Question box," which was prepared with 

 great care, so as to include the questions 

 upon which fruit and flower growers are 



most interested. A number of students 

 from the College of Agriculture at Cornell, 

 under the charge of Prof. I.P.Roberts, at- 

 tended the meeting in order to enjoy the 

 benefits to their vocation which the dis- 

 cussion of practical farmers afforded. 



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