WINDOW-GARDEN DEPARTMENT. 

 A NEW WORK IX MAINE. 



At a meeting of the executive committee held the day following 

 our winter meeting in Cornish, the plan of window-gardening as 

 outlined by the Secretary was approved and referred to President 

 Pope and the Secretary for such action as they thought best. After 

 correspondence with the committee of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society and interviews with various parties in Maine, it was 

 decided to undertake such work in connection with our 1892 exhi- 

 bition. 



Under date of March 30, 1892, the following article appeared in 

 the Letviston Journal : 



To the Editors of the Leiviston Journal: 



At the annual winter meeting of the Maine State Pomological 

 Society recently held in Cornish, the writer urged upon the societj' 

 the iuiportance of doing a broader educational woik; that however 

 much of recreation and traffic the agricultural fairs may afford, the 

 only plea offered for their support is that in some wa}' they are 

 educational. There maj' be many things that cluster around the 

 fair lo amuse and entertain the crowd but in some wa}' that will be 

 beneficial to the public, the managers are in duty bound to make the 

 fairs educational. And the public have a right to insist that this 

 shall be done. 



It has been the purpose of the officers of the Pomological Society 

 to make this educational work broader in its exhibitions, so that all 

 who visited the department might gain some knowledge of fruits and 

 flowers. Nor has this been all ; they have even attempted to make 

 their hall attractive and pleasant. The^^ have tried to have the 

 exhibition kept in good order, and have even essayed to make it 

 beautiful. That more has not been done is no fault of theirs, as the 

 funds would not permit more in this direction. 



A movement has been going on in the State for several years to 

 introduce the study of agriculture in the public schools. The idea 



