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publication again became a monthly. In 1883, E. H. 

 Libby secured possession of the property, but its publi- 

 cation was continued under the same editorial control 

 till the end of 1885; during some part of this period the 

 publication office was at Greenfield, Mass. Things 

 stood as they were till 1890, when the magazine shape 

 was adopted. In that year, L. H. Bailey became editor 

 and continued in that capacity till 1893. In January, 

 1892, soon after the absorption of "Popular Gardening," 

 of Buffalo, N. Y., the title was altered to "American 

 Gardening," so as to unite and typify both names. 

 Prior to this amalgamation, after having had a career 

 of seven years under Elias A. Long, its founder, "Popu- 

 lar Gardening" had absorbed many minor magazines. 

 For a time E. A. Long, in association with T. Greiner, 

 edited the combined journal. After 1893, Leonard 

 Barren assumed the editorship, the periodical having 

 been taken over by the A. T. De La Mare Publishing 

 Company, publishers of "The Florists' Exchange." In 

 October, 1898, James Withers took over the publi ca- 

 tion. The American Gardening Publishing Company 

 succeeded to the ownership in 1901. In 1903, the Ameri- 

 can Gardening Co., was organized, the business mana- 

 ger being Thomas B. Meehan; and with this organi- 

 zation the regular continuity of the periodical as a 

 general horticultural magazine came to a close. The 

 "Fruit Grower" of St. Joseph, Mo., took over the mailing 

 list. 



The "Philadelphia Florist" completed its first volume 

 in 1852-3. The subsequent volumes (at least three) 

 were known as the "Florist and Horticultural Journal." 

 It was a very creditable monthly magazine, with col- 

 ored plates. An early journal in the new West was 

 Hooper and Elliott's "Western Farmer and Gardener," 

 Cincinnati, September, 1839-45, with plates colored 

 by hand. 



The first pomological journal was probably Hoffy's 

 "Orchardist's Companion," a quarterly, established in 

 Philadelphia in 1841, and edited by Dr. Brinckle". It 

 was a pretentious quarto, with colored plates, of which 

 only one volume was issued. This was followed in 1860 

 by the "North American Pomologist" by Dr. Brinckl6, 

 an abler publication than the other. Other early horti- 

 cultural periodicals were "Western Horticultural Re- 

 view," Cincinnati, 1851-3, edited by John A. War- 

 der; "American Journal of Horticulture," later known 

 as "Tilton's Journal of Horticulture," Boston, 1867- 

 71 (9 vols.), edited in its last three years by the 

 younger Robert Manning; "Western Pomologist," Des 

 Moines, Iowa, and Leavenworth, Kansas, 1870-72, 

 by Mark Miller, J. Stayman, and others. The first 

 attempt to establish a weekly, after the pattern of the 

 great English journals, was "Garden and Forest," which 

 appeared in New York in 1888, under the management 

 of Professor Charles S. Sargent, of Harvard University. 

 This journal continued till the close of 1897, compris- 

 ing ten completed volumes of very high character and 

 entitled to rank as one of the noteworthy undertak- 

 ings in the entire field (see Stiles, p. 1597). Probably 

 the first journal devoted to a particular fruit or plant 

 was Husmann's "Grape Culturist)," St. Louis, 1869-71. 



The first florists' trade paper to persist is "The Ameri- 

 can Florist," issued August 15, 1885; this was followed 

 by "Florists' Exchange," in 1889; and "Florists' 

 Review," 1895. "Horticulture," established 1904, is 

 also practically a trade paper. All of these are continu- 

 ing. 



On the Pacific coast, the earliest distinct horticultural 

 periodical was the "California Culturist," the first num- 

 ber of which appeared in January, 1859. This ran 

 through four volumes, and it records the marvels of the 

 first era of modern fruit-growing upon the Pacific slope. 

 Before this, however, "The California Farmer," had 

 been established (January, 1854). It maintained a 

 spasmodic existence for a number of years, and printed 

 the first pomological and horticultural reports of com- 



mittees. "The Pacific Rural Press" was established 

 in 1871, in San Francisco, and still continues, devoted 

 very largely to the horticultural interests. The "Cali- 

 fornia Horticulturist" was established in 1870, and 

 ran through ten yearly volumes, when, in 1880, it was 

 merged into "The Pacific Rural Press." "The Rural 

 Californian," of Los Angeles, still in existence, was 

 established in 1877. "The California Fruit-Grower," 

 commenced in 1888, still survives (1912) as "The 

 California Fruit News." "The California Florist," 

 first issued in Santa Barbara, then in San Francisco, 

 began in May, 1888, and stopped in 1889. "The Cali- 

 fornia Cultivator," of Los Angeles, established in 1884, 

 is still published. See pages 1507, 1508 for further 

 discussion of California journals. 



EXTANT HORTICULTURAL JOURNALS 

 (WITH DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT) 



IN CANADA 



BRITISH COLUMBIA FRUIT AND FARM MAGAZINE. John Nelson, ed. 

 M. 1909. Vancouver, B. C. 



THE CANADIAN FLORIST. H. B. Cowan, ed. Pub. by Horticul- 

 tural Publishing Company. Every second Friday. SI. 1903. 

 Peterboro, Ont. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. H. B. Cowan, ed. Pub. by 

 Horticultural Publishing Company. M. SI. 1878. Peterboro, 

 Ont. 



FRUIT GROWER AND FARMER. James A. Livingston. S.-M. $1. 1907. 

 Grimsby, Ont. (Formerly "Fruit Grower, Market Gardener 

 and Poultryman.") 



LB JOURNAL D' AGRICULTURE ET D'HORTICULTURE. Pub. by 

 Minister of Agriculture of Quebec. H. Nagant, ed. M. SI. 

 1879. Quebec, Que. 



MANITOBA HORTICULTURIST. Published by Manitoba Horticul- 

 tural and Forestry Associations. M. SI. 1914. Winnipeg. 



MARITIME APPLE. 1912. Kentville, N. S. 



IN THE UNITED STATES 



ACKER UNO GARTENBAUZEITUNG. The Herold Company. W. 



SI. 1869. Milwaukee, Wis. 

 AMERICAN FLORIST. The American Florist Company, ed. and pub. 



W. SI. (Canadian subscription, $2.) 1885. Chicago, 111. 

 AMERICAN FRUIT AND NUT JOURNAL. H. Harold Hume. S-Q. 



SI. 1904. Petersburg, Va. 

 AMERICAN FRUITS. R. T. Olcott. M. $1.50. 1903. Rochester, 



N. Y. 



AMERICAN NUT JOURNAL. R. T. Olcott. M. S1.25. 1914. Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. 

 AMERICAN POMOLOGIST. Pub. by American Pomological Society. 



Q. 45 cts. 

 APPLE WORLD, THE. U. G. Border. M. SI. 1914. Baltimore. Md. 



Official organ of the Apple Advertisers of America. 

 ARKANSAS FRUITS AND FARMS. E. N. Hopkins. Fort Smith, Ark. 



(First appeared under title "Ozark Produce Journal," then 



"Ozark Fruits and Farms.") 



BETTER FRUIT. E. H. Shepard. M. $1. 1906. Hood River, Ore. 

 CALIFORNIA CULTIVATOR. C. B. Messenger, ed. W. SI. 1884. 



Los Angeles. 

 CALIFORNIA FRUIT NEWS. H. C. Rowley, ed. and pub. W. $3. 



1888. San Francisco. (Formerly "California Fruit Grower.") 

 CALIFORNIA GARDEN. Alfred D. Robinson, ed. M. SI. 1908. 



San Diego, Calif. 



CAROLINA FRUIT AND TRUCKER'S JOURNAL. Z. W. & W. S. White- 

 head. S-M. SI. 1897. Wilmington, N. C. 



EASTERN FRUIT. S. M. Paschall. M. 50 cts. 1912. Philadelphia. 

 FARM AND ORCHARD. R. W. Thrush, ed. M. $1 for 3 yrs. 1913. 



Keyser, W. Va. 

 FLORIDA GROWER. Florida Grower Publishing Company. W. 



$1.50. 1908. Tampa, Fla. 

 FLORISTS' EXCHANGE, THE. A. T. De La Mare Printing and 



Publishing Co. W. SI. 1888. New York. 



FLORISTS' REVIEW. H. B. Howard, ed. W. SI. 1897. Chicago, 111. 

 FRUIT AND PRODUCE DISTRIBUTOR. Distributor Publishing Co. 



W. $2. 1913. Portland, Ore. 

 FRUIT BELT. Geo. W. Welsh. M. 50 cts. 1905. Grand Rapids, 



Mich. 

 FHUITMAN AND GARDENER. L. McCutcheon, ed. and pub. M. 



50 cts. 1897. Mount Vernon, Iowa. 

 FRUITMAN'S GUIDE. Fruitman's Guide, Inc. W. $1. 1896. New 



York. 

 FRUIT GROWER AND FARMER. W. G. Campbell, ed. M. $1. 1897. 



St. Joseph, Mo. (Known as "Western Fruit Grower" until 



October, 1912.) 

 FRUIT TRADE JOURNAL AND PRODUCE RECORD. Fruit Trade 



Journal Company. W. SI. 1889. New York. 

 GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA, THE. Chronicle Press, Inc. 



M. $1.50. 1905. Madison, N. J. 

 GARDENING. The Gardening Company, ed. and pub. S-M. $2. 



1892. Chicago, 111. 

 GARDEN MAGAZINE. Doubleday, Page & Co. M. $1.50. 1905. 



Garden City.N - Y. 



