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practical value of this paper, which 

 was followed by another, upon *' The 

 best strawberries for home use and for 

 market," by E. D. Webb, Kentucky, 

 who said that under the head of straw- 

 berries for distant markets, he could 

 name only the Wilson and Glendale, 

 remarking that the Wilson has now 

 outranked all others as a shipper, 

 proving more nearly a success, and 

 now more grown for commercial pur- 

 poses than any other variety. The 

 paper by F. P. Baker, upon " irrigation 

 in horticulture," will be found exceed- 

 ingly interesting and well worthy the 

 careful perusal of every one living in a 

 climate subject to summer drought. 

 Another very interesting paper was 

 read by T. T. Lyon, Michigan ; the 

 subject was " ruts in horticulture." We 

 have not space for a synopsis of this 

 valuable paper. We advise ourfriimds 

 to send $2,00 to the Secretary, Mr. 

 Wm. Ragan, Clayton, Indiana, and 

 secure a copy of the transactions and 

 study this paper for themselves. Gov. 

 Furnas, of Nebraska, furnished a very 

 interesting paper upon *' tree planting 

 on the plains," which contains much in- 

 formation concerning the growth of 

 timber and the value of nearly all of 

 our forest trees for various uses and 

 commercial purposes. Dr. Jno. A. 

 Warder, Ohio, furnished a valuable 

 paper on " the effect of forests upon 

 health," shewing the importance of trees 

 as a safeguard against malaria. The 

 paper upon " marketing of fruit," by E. 

 Hollister, Illinois, is replete with valu- 

 able information to everyone engaged 

 in the packing and shipping of berries 

 and other small fruits. Mrs. H. M. 

 Lewis, Wisconsin, furnished a paper on 

 " birds in horticulture," and she says 

 that if Dame Fashion would declare that 

 the English sparrow was the coming 

 bird for ladies' head wear and parlour 

 decoration, as the sunflower has been 

 of late, it would be a boon to the coun- 



try. The paper upon "the adornment of 

 rural homes," by Mrs, Huntley, Wis- 

 consin, is not only beautifully written, 

 but full of information, derived evi- 

 dently from her own experience, that 

 cannot fail to be of interest to us, 

 whose climate so closely resembles that 

 of her own home. The Secretary, Mr. 

 W. H. Kagan, of Indiana, contributed 

 a paper upon the question, *' Can we 

 master the insect enemies of the 

 orchard ? " in which he seems to give 

 way to the fear that through want of 

 concert of action among orchardists, 

 the insects are iikely to have their own 

 way. We commend this subject to 

 the attention of our Ontario orchard- 

 ists, for truly if our efforts are either 

 spasmodic or isolated, we shall not be 

 able to cope successfully with the insects 

 which have invaded our orchards, and 

 which rapidly render our marketable 

 fruits small by degrees and beautifully 

 less. The paper upon '' the management 

 of peach orchards," by G. W. Endicott, 

 Illinois, treating on the varieties to 

 plant, of pruning, gathering of the 

 fruit, etc., will be exceedingly interest- 

 ing to those of our readers who live 

 within the peach growing regions. The 

 paper on "grape growing and civiliza- 

 tion," by Isidor Bush, Missouri, will be 

 of interest to our grape growers, being, 

 however, suggestive rather than practi- 

 cal. We commend to our hybridists 

 the paper by Dr. J. Stayman, of Kansas, 

 " on the scientific production of new 

 fruits," which will be found replete with 

 suggestions bearing upon their success 

 well worthy of their attention. But 

 there is not space to enumerate a tithe 

 of these interesting papers. Enough 

 has been said, we trust, to shew the 

 great value of this volume of transac- 

 tions, not merely to the members of 

 the society by which it is published, 

 but also to our Canadian fruit growers. 

 The mechanical workmanship displayed 

 in the publishing of this report is of 



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