STATE HORTIOULTCRAL SOGIEXr. 213 



EDITORIAL NOTICES. 



The fifteenth annual report of this wide-awake and efficient organ- 

 ization is received, through the kindness of its accomplished Secre- 

 tary, S D. Hillman, Esq., of Minneapolis. In its number of pages 

 (499) it is the largest, and in its contents certainly not below the best 

 of the series, the possession of which has added much to the practical 

 usefulness of our collection of horticultural and agricultural reports, 

 which now covers those of most of the states and provinces issuing 

 them. Secretary Hillman is aware of the importance of a good index, 

 and that of this volume covers thirteen pages. The horticulture — 

 especially the tree-fruit culture — of Minnesota is of great interest to 

 the residents of the older portions of New England. From Minne- 

 sota we received the noble Wealthy apple, which has given greater 

 impetus and hope to our orcharding than any previous accession. 

 There is a good prospect that from the saaie source we shall get other 

 equally good, and perhaps in some respect — such as long keeping — 

 €ven better varieties. Two very fine Minnesota seedling apples, the 

 Rollins Pippin and Giant Swaar, have done well with us; and Mr. 

 Gideon, author of the Wealthy, is putting out a number of additional 

 ^seedlings for trial, that are promising. — Dr. T. H. Hoskins in Rural 

 Vermonter. 



The annual report of the Minnesota Horticultural Society for the 

 year 1887 is a handsome volume of five hundred pages, embracing 

 transactions of the Society, proceedings of the Amber Cane Associa- 

 tion, essays, reports, etc., which are of exceeding great value to those 

 owning a farm or garden. — Hastings Gazette. 



The annual report of the Minnesota Horticultural Society for 1887, 

 just received, is a volume of 500 pages. It contains the transactions 

 of the Society from March 31, 1886, to March 31, 1887; also the pro- 

 ceedings of the annual meeting of the Minnesota Amber Cane Associ- 

 ation, several essays on horticulture and kindred topics, reports of 

 committees and directors of experiment stations, reports of local soci- 

 eties, and of delegates to Wisconsin, Dakota, and elsewhere, and the 

 secretary's portfolio, which contains gleanings from various horticul- 

 tural sources, a feature which may well be considerably extended in 

 future reports. The report also contains the horticultural enact- 

 ments of the recent legislature, letters from distinguished horticultur- 

 ists in other states, list of officers and members, etc. We do not know 

 iow large an edition of this book has been printed, but we wish a 



