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World's Fair purposes. The journey was replete with inci- 

 dents, and frequent individual preference was made, but as 

 an association no decision was put on record. Adjourned, 

 subject to call of the president." 



The horticultural features of the Columbian Exposition 

 have occasioned much discussion, but no definite arrange- 

 ments had been made at the close of the year, and the direc- 

 tor, or commissioner, had not been chosen. The American 

 Garden has urged * that an international congress of horti- 

 culture be assembled at the exposition, and that the opportu- 

 nity be seized to make a comprehensive stud}^ and report of 

 our horticultural industries. There is every reason to expect 

 that the occasion will afford one of the best exhibits of horti- 

 cultural products ever made. 



The leading papers and discussions of the various societies 

 are here presented as showing the trend of the year's in- 

 quiries. — 



American Association of Nurserymen : 



New Fruits — H. E. Van Deman. 



Root-Grafting and Budding — L. H. Bailey. 



Can Stock be Dug and Shipped too Early in the Fall ? — G. E. Meissner. 



Does the Future of our Business Look as Promising as the Past ? — 



H. S. Wiley. 

 Do We Live and Learn ? — Thomas Meehan. 

 The Cause of Low Prices for Nursery Stock — S. M. Emery. 

 How Can We Best Prevent Duplicates in our Mailing Lists ? — J. T. 



Lovett. 

 Advertising — G. J. Carpenter. 

 Looking Backward (poem) — N. H. Albaugh. 

 Grapes, their Character as affected by Climate and Situation— Geo 



W. Campbell. 

 Transplanting Evergreens — Fred. W. Kelsey. 

 Peach Culture — J. H. Hale. 



Are Hardy Plants Desirable for our Catalogues ? — J. W. Manning, Jr. 

 Chestnut Culture— Samuel C. Moon. 



The Relation of Nurserymen to the Forestry Problem — B. E. Fernow. 

 Pear Leaf Blight, its Cause and Treatment — B. T. Galloway. 

 Nurserymen, Agents, Tree Peddlers and Humbugs — George J. Kellogg. 

 Fruits for the West and North— J. L. Budd. 

 The Nursery Outlook in England — Wm. Fell. 



Society of American Florists : 



The Growing Importance of the Easter Trade, and how to Prepare for 

 it--James Dean. 



* xi. 234 (Apr.),"295 (May), 423 (July), 555 (Sept.). 



