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cultural Association, Chicago, Aug. 27 ; American Association 

 of Nurserymen, New York, June 4-6 ; Societ}^ of American 

 Florists, Boston, Aug. 19-22 ; Association of American 

 Cemetery Superintendents, Boston, Aug. 19-22 ; American 

 Seed Trade Association, Saratoga, June, 10 and 11 ; Cider 

 and Cider Vinegar Makers' Association of the Northwest, St. 

 Louis, Dec. 16 and 17; American Cranberr}' Growers' Associ- 

 ation, Philadelphia, Aug. 26. 



The Columbian Horticultural Association is a body organ- 

 ized to further the horticultural interests of the Columbian 

 Exposition. The initial movement was made by the execu- 

 tive committee of Illinois State Board of Horticulture, in 

 convention at Sailor Springs, Illinois, in July, 1890. This 

 committee issued a call Juty 30th for a delegate convention 

 of all horticultural organizations in the United States, to 

 meet at the Sherman House, Chicago, August 27th. The 

 full proceedings of this convention, which resolved itself into 

 an association to exist until the close of the exposition, w^ill 

 no doubt soon become so valuable as to warrant their record 

 here. I choose the following report from the Orange Judd 

 Farmer : 



'^Pursuant to call, the horticulturists of the country met 

 in delegate convention at the Sherman House, Chicago, 

 August 27. Order was called by Jabez Webster, President 

 of the Illinois State Horticultural Societ}^, and the object of 

 convening made known, after which, John Thorpe, of Pearl 

 River, N. Y. , was elected president pro te?n, and A. C. Ham- 

 mond, of Warsaw, 111., secretary /r^ t€i?i. The committee 

 on credentials — N. H. Albaugh, Tadmor, O.., J. C. Vaughan, 

 Chicago, C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, Iowa — reported the fol- 

 lowing as being entitled to representation : 



"American Pomological Society, G. B. Brackett, Denmark, Iowa; 

 American Horticultural Society, Parker Earle, Ocean Springs, Miss., and 

 W. H. Ragan, Greencastle, Ind. ; Society of American Florists, John 

 Thorpe, Pearl River, N. Y., and E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; The Ameri- 

 can Association of Nurserymen, James D. Raynolds, Riverside, 111., and 

 S. M. Emery, Lake City, Minn.; The American Seed Trade Association, J. 

 C. Vaughan and S. F. Leonard, Chicago ; The Ohio and Mississippi Val- 

 ley Horticultural Association, Geo. W. Endicott, Villa Ridge, 111.; Arkansas 

 State Horticultural Society, S. H. Nowlin, Little Rock, and John Karr, Little 

 Rock ; Colorado State Bureau of Horticulture and Forestry, W. D. Osborn, 

 Loveland ; Delaware and Maryland Peninsular Horticultural Society, 

 Wesley Webb, Wilmington, Del.; Indiana State Horticultural Society, Prof. 



