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and experience in the northwest. Some attention is given to the subject of 
propagation and top-working, orchard management, varieties of fruits adapted 
to the northwest, etc. .The ornamental is not overlooked, as the book begins 
with a chapter on home grounds and farther along shrubs and flowering plants 
receive some attention, as also the subject of nut growing. A chapter on hy- 
bridizing and crossing, with practical directions to guide the novice, will be 
found especially valuable. The book lacks an index and table of contents, 
which will not be noticed so much, however, as in a volume of larger size. It 
contains 160 small sized pages of coarse type and is issued by the Wallace 
Publishing Co., Des Moines, Ia., as one of their Farm Library Series. Price, 
35 cents. 
PRoF. S. B. GREEN GOES TO EUROPE.—Accompanied by his wife, Prof. 
Green, well known to all our readers as now for ten years having been at the 
head of the horticultural department of the Minnesota Agricultural College 
and State Experiment Station, is about to leave for Europe for a trip to cover 
the entire summer. The primary object of this journey is to study the horti- 
cultural conditions of the old world and gather such things as he can find that 
will be of assistance to him in prosecuting his work with us here in the north- 
west. With a training of six years in the horticultural schools of Massachusetts, 
of ten years in the field with some of the best nurserymen and experimenters 
in the east, and now twelve years as teacher and experimenter in our own 
state, the professor carries with him a training and experience admirably fitting 
him for the work he is about to undertake. We shall hear from him occasion- 
ally while abroad, and our readers will have opportunity to share liberally in 
whatever good results he attains. 
They sail from New York May 8th on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 
expecting to be at home again before September Ist. 
HINTS TO EXHIBITORS AT THE STATE FariR.—In this issue is published a 
copy of the regulations of the horticultural department of the next Minnesota 
state fair and two articles pertaining to the exhibition of fruits in that depart- 
ment. Intending exhibitors at the coming fair are urged to give all those 
articles very careful reading. The rules should be carefully studied as never 
before, as it is the intention of the management to enforce them strictly. There 
is nothing in them with which exhibitors cannot easily comply if they become 
once familiar with them, and their close enforcement will add greatly to the 
attractiveness of the fair and the convenience of all concerned. The articles 
by Prof. Green, for many years judge of apples, and by Mr. Clarence Wedge, 
one of our most successful exhibitors, are full of valuable practical suggestions 
that can easily be put into use. Shall we all work together to make this the 
best fair, in the truest sense, Minnesota has ever seen ? 
RRR SOS ED I TRE ETA NTE: 
We are pained to announce the death of Miss Sarah M. Manning, for many 
years an honorary life member of this society, which occurred at her home in 
Lake City, Minn., Saturday, April 7th. She had been gradually failing for 
some time, and her death was not unexpected. A suitable biography will 
appear in an early 1.umber. 
