ecretary's (^ori^er. 



National Nurserymen's Association.— This organization will 

 hold its annual session in Chicago, June 10 and 11. 



Col. J. H. Stevens has been quite ill the past week, but is now 

 ixiuch improved, and we hope to see him out again in a short time. 



Cut Worms. — Read carefully the ver3^ practical article on this 

 garden pest taken as an extract from a late bulletin of the Minne- 

 sota Experiment Station. It is full of valuable information for the 

 horticulturist. 



Cost of Experiment Stations.— Congress has appropriated 

 $750,000 for the various Agricultural Experiment Stations. It is 

 monej' well invested and gives proinise of certain improvement in 

 varieties and methods. 



Summer Meeting of Wisconsin Horticultural Society.— Secy. 

 Philips writes that their summer lueeting is to be held at Wau- 

 paca, Wis., Tuesday and Wednesday, June 16 and 17, and intimates 

 that Prof. Goff and himself may attend our meeting. They would 

 be vigorovisly welcomed. 



Spray Your Grape-Vines.— On another page in this number, 

 I have given from my own experience, brief directions for spraying, 

 to guard against the downy mildew which is so destructive especi- 

 ally in wet seasons, as this gives promise of being. It is indispen- 

 sable for the commercial grower. 



Shade Tree Planting.— City Park Engineer F. H. Nutter is au- 

 thority for the statement that 1200 shade trees, all white elm, which 

 at forty feet apart would extend on both sides of nearly five miles 

 of street, have been planted by the Park Commission in the streets 

 of Minneapolis. In time this will be a real "city of elms." 



Iowa Fruit Prospects.— "Western Garden" (Des Moines, Iowa,) 

 reports an unprecedented planting of nurser}' stock in that state 

 this spring and that fruit trees have wintered well and promise 

 one of the largest crops ever grown there. Small fruits however, are 

 only in fair condition, with grapes perhaps one-third a crop. 



Reports for Distribution.— There is still quite an assortment 

 of reports of other societies and U. S. and state experiment bulletins 

 at this office for gratuitous distribution to the members of this 

 society. A package will be made up and sent by express to any 

 who request it without expense except the express charges. 



Summer Meeting of the Missouri Society.— The annual sum- 

 mer gathering of this Horticultural Society convenes Tuesday 

 evening, June lid and holds three sessions on the daj' following and 

 one Thursday morning. They meet at Jefferson City, the state 

 capitol, for the first time in seventeen years. 



