Secretary's (^ori^er. 



The Society of American Florists.— This society held its fif- 

 teenth annual meeting- in Detroit, Aug. 15th to 18th. The following 

 officers for the coming year were elected: president, Edmund M. 

 Wood, Natick, Mass.; vice-president, F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y.; 

 secretary, W. J. Stewart, Boston; treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa. 

 New York city was unanimously selected as the place for the next 

 meeting. 



As Others See Us.— "Despite the fact that the Minnesota apple 

 crop is almost a failure this year, the showing in horticulture 

 crowded the building, and outside of apples the quality of exhibits 

 was good. The grape display and the showing of native plums was 

 large. A special feature was a display of 97 edible and three poi- 

 sonous mushrooms made by the Minneapolis Mycological Society, 

 and gathered growing wild in the parks, fields and woods of Ram- 

 sey county." — Orange Judd Farmer. 



A Forestry Primer. — The Agricultural Department is soon to 

 issue a primer on forestry, which will interest folks in all parts of 

 the northwest. It is for free distribution. One of the chapters deals 

 with the enemies of the forest, of which fires and reckless lumber- 

 ing are classed as the worst. In the United States, wind and sheep 

 grazing come next in order. Cattle and horses, it is said, do much 

 less damage to trees than sheep, and snow break is less costly than 

 windfall. Landslides, floods, insects and fungi are also classed as 

 enemies of the forest. The bulletin has forty-seven plates and 

 eighty-three text figures. 



Work With San Jose Scale.— State Entomologist Prof. S. A. 

 Forbes, in Bulletin 56 of the Illinois Experiment Station, details the 

 work of his department in the destruction of the San Josfe scale. 

 There are now thirty localities in the state where the scale has been 

 found. At nine of these the pest has been completely exterminated, 

 fourteen others have been treated, but extermination is not com- 

 plete, while nothing has been done with the remaining seven 

 infested localities, because of a lack of funds at the command of the 

 entomologist. Forty-three nursery inspections were made at an 

 average cost of $10.43, The year's work demonstrates that the pest 

 is on the increase in Illinois, but that it can be controlled if proper- 

 ly taken in hand. — Orange Judd Farmer. 



Our Fruit Show as Seen by Others,— On another page in this 

 number, Mr. G. J. Kellogg, of Wisconsin, offers some criticisms on 

 the administration and methods of the horticultural department at 



