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THE POMOLOGIST. 



Feb 



The Sitdation— Correspondence— Encour- 

 agement. — We are very thankful for the flatter- 

 ing reception the Pomologist is receiving from 

 all quarters— East and West, and for substantial 

 assistance rendered through the efforts and kind- 

 ness of many friends of the enterprise with pen 

 and purse. If there have been any doubts wheth- 

 er such a paper would find sufficient support to 

 sustain it, both financially and editorially, they 

 are now dispelled. We know that there are sev- 

 eral old and most able papers already in the 

 pomologioal field, but those papers are confined 

 to the East— not one of them located west »f the 

 Hudson river. They are not therefore, in all 

 respects, adapted to the wants of pomology in 

 the broad valley of the Mississippi— the heart of 

 the West. A co-laborer in the great pomologioal 

 field of our common c^untry, located in this re- 

 gion, will not limit materially the circulation, or 

 lessen the amount of good the older Pomologioal 

 Journals of the country are effecting — while it is 

 conceded on all sides (as our columns unmistak- 

 ably show) that the West needs a paper devoted 

 to the pomologioal Interest within its own bor- 

 ders, and adapted to meet the demands of that 

 interest 



(backed up with the almighty $1) for the success 

 of the Western Pomologist, he sajs. "but don't 

 forget that the Western States owe some little of 

 their progress to the East " No, we never shall 

 forget that we are indebted to the East for some 

 of the noblest men that are now in the West — the 

 invaluable experience of the older states — the 

 standard works and the periodicals which trans- 

 mit that knowledge to us. We owe much to that 

 generous spirit that rejoices in the development 

 of the fruit growing capacities of our whole coun - 

 try. We will endeavor to repay these obligations 

 in part, by contributing from our growing fund 

 of experience and observations, and at no distant 

 day to send from this corner of the West car-loads 

 of fruit to tickle the palates, and to gladden the 

 eyes of those eastern sojourners whose footsteps 

 have not reached our promised land. 



We are in receipt of letters from prominent 

 pomologists of the East, (as well as the West,) who 

 are deeply interested in the fruit-growing enter- 

 piisesof the whole country, and most especially 

 the West. Among them we transmit to our col- 

 umns one frons F. B. Elliott, Cleveland, Ohio, 

 to whom the country is indebted for '•Elliott's 

 Fruit Book," and other works of interest and 

 merit on Pomologi<jal subjects, and which we 

 regard as among the very best. These words of 

 cheer with regard to our new enterprise, as well 

 as complimentary remarks with reference to the 

 great Northwest are highly appreciated; and, we 

 shall spare no pains to aid in the development of 

 the Pomologioal resources of this vast section of 

 country, in the center of which we are located. 

 Cleveland^ Jan. 13, 1870. 



Mark Miller, Dear Sir: — I have just 

 rcroivitl a copy of your prospectus for 

 the Western Pomologist, and I have to 

 Ihauk you as the pioneer in the work — a 

 work tliat will doubtless l)e of value and 

 advancement to the people of the Northwest, 

 whether it take from or pay into your pocket 

 pecuniarily. 



The Northweat is rapidly iilliug up with a 

 class of people more intelligent than the 

 average of new settled sections, and my let- 

 ters from that portion of the States contin- 

 ually remind me, by their increased numbers 

 as well as enquiries and new specimen fruits 

 sent me, of the great interest fruit-growing 

 is to them. In fact you have in the North- 

 west just that class of people to whose intel- 

 ligent wants there is no such word as " can- 

 not." 



Enclosed find |1, your subscription price. 

 Our American Pomological Society Transac- 

 tioDg are just out. 



Yours, truly, tf-c. 



P. R. Elliott. 



Ip a letter from A. S. Fuller of New York, a 

 nobie laborer and able author in the pomologioal 

 field, after expressing heartfelt good wishes 



More Editorial Aid. — We have the pleasure 

 of introducing to the readers of the Pomologist, 

 Dr. J. Stayman, of Leavenworth, Kansas, as as- 

 sistant editor. Dr. Stayman became a citizen of 

 Kansas at an early day of its settlement, and is 

 too well known as a thorough-going horticulturist 

 to need from us words of commendation. The 

 several articles in this number of the paper from 

 his able pen speak for themselves. Dr. Stayman 

 will have an eye to the pomological interests of 

 Kansas, in connection with the paper. To facili- 

 tate his work, and to save both of us the incon- 

 venience of more or less needless coirespondence, 

 we request our patrons in Kansas to correspond 

 directly with him. 



President Matthews' Address. — We direct 

 attention to the excellent address of Hon. James 

 Matthews, delivered before the Iowa State Horti- 

 cultural Society, at its last annual meeting. It is 

 a model document — free from that prosy, theoret- 

 ical, speculative drift that too often makeup the 

 major part of such papers. Every paragraph is 

 an epitome ol solid facts wrought out by the 

 author in the field. 



At Home.— Our good old friend D. D. T. Moore 

 has our thanks for invitation to the Fifteenth An- 

 niversary of his very popular journal, the Rnral 

 New Yorker, and of his Fiftieth Birth-day. 

 Long life to friend M. and the Riiral. Should 

 be pleased tobe"thar," but want of time and 

 depletion of purse say no. 



Ditto the Qardeners Monthly. See advertise- 

 ments. 



Peterson, and Arthdr's Home Magazines for 



January and February are to hand — overflowing 



with good things. 



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Montoomert Codnty Horticultural Socie- 

 ty — We are favored with the "Proceedings of the 

 Montgomery County Horticultural Society," held 

 on the second instant ; but we have no intimation 

 whatever of its whereabouts. Should this para- 

 graph chance to meet the eye of any one of its 

 officers or members, we trust they will just tell 

 us [in what corner of Christendom the " Mont- 

 gomery County Horticultural Society" has its be- 

 ing. It is evidently a live institution somewhere. 



We are under obligations to W. H. Ragan, Sec- 

 retary of the Indiana Horticultural Society, for 

 a bound volume ( 96 pages) of the society's re- 

 port for 1869. 



To ex-Secretary Flag, of the Illinois State Hor- 

 ticivltural Society, for a volume (360 pages) of its 

 transactions for 1859. 



F. B. Elliott, Secretary of the American Po- 

 mological Society, will accept our thanks for a 

 volume of about 300 pages in all— embracing the 

 proceedings of the twelfth session of the society 

 held at Philadelphia in September last. All 

 members of the society are entitled to this work, 

 Two dollars addressed to Thomas P. James, treas- 

 urer, Philadelphia, constitutes a membership. 



The Horticulturist. — We are pleased to find 

 upon our table this old time-honored horticultu- 

 ral institution. For prospectus see advertising 

 columns. 



The American Journal of Horticulture 

 puts in an appearance with clean face and well 

 fed columns 



Officers op Horticultural Societies. — The 

 following are the lists of officers of state and local 

 horticultural societies for the current year. 



Ohio. — President, Dr J. W. Warder, Cincin- 

 natti; Vice-President, (J. W Campbell, Dela- 

 ware ; Secretary, M. 15. Bateham, Painesville ; 

 Treasurer, Dr J. W. Dunham, Collamer; Com- 

 mmittee, D. C. Richmond, Sandusky; N Olmer, 

 Dayton; L. Weltz, Wilmington; I. D. Clark, 

 Lancaster. 



Indiana — Allen Furnas, Danville, President' 

 S W. Pearson, Plainfield. Recording Secretary i 

 W. H. Kagan, Indianapalis, Corresponding Sec- 

 retary ; Charles Lowder. Plainfield, Treasurer. 



Northern Illinois. — President, Samuel Ed- 

 wards; Vice Presidents. D. C. Scofield, J. B Bu- 

 bah, Lewis Ellsworth, Dr. Mygat, and Edgar San- 

 ders ; Corresponding Secretary, D. Wilmot Scott; 

 Recording Secretaries, Charles .Andrews and H. 

 D Emery ; Treasurer, E H. Skinner ; Eexecu 

 five Committee, J. W. Coohran, S. Edwards, and 

 James G. Soulard. 



OsKosn, Wisconsin — President, G. W. Wash- 

 burn ; Vice President, J. H Osborn ; Corres- 

 ponding and Recording Secretary, I. J. Hoile; 

 Treasurer, Jocob Fowle ; Librarian, Miss N. 

 Fowle; Executive Committee, G. W. Washburn, 

 I. J. Hoile, J. H. Osborn. Geo Hyer, J. M. Rol- 

 lins ; Floriculture Committee, Mrs. G. W. 

 Washburn, Mrs. Geo Hyer, and Mrs. L H. Reed. 



Horticultural Societies. — Very full and in- 

 teresting reports of the last annual meetings of 

 the Iowa and Wisconsin State Horticultural So- 

 cieties will appear in our March number. We 

 are also promised a report from the Northern 

 Illinois Society, and from Minnesota. 



Kead the Western Pomologist — Its 

 columns overflow with contributions from 

 the pens of the most practical pomologists 

 tnroughout the West, and with interesting 

 corres^iondence from prominent fruit growers 

 in tile older States. 



To all who cultivate Fruits, Flowers, Veg- 

 etables, Forest Trees, &e., even on the most 

 limited scale, in either city, village or country, 

 this" journal is indispensable to success, 

 would you economize time and money. Its 

 columns are filled with information of the 

 highest value and interest— alike to the gentle- 

 man and lady <if taste and ample means, and to 

 the most humble, practical fruit grower and 

 gardener. 



It should be borne in mind that Western 

 Pomology diffei-s widely from that of any 

 other great fruit growing district of our broad 

 country, running through a long range of 

 both longitude and latitude; we have a dif- 

 ferent soil and climate to work iu. Hence 

 the imi)ortance and value of a journal devoted 

 to Western Pomoh >gy, .and the price of which 

 puts a copy within reach of every one, 

 however limited in means. 



The Pomologist is published monthly; 

 si.xteen large ([uarto pages, of three columns 

 each, ou the finest book paper, inclosed in a 

 neat cover of colored paper. It is profusely 

 embellished with fine engravings of Fruits, 

 Flowers, Vegetables, Floral designs, designs 

 of Cottage Buildings, Horticultural Tools, 

 Implements, &c. 



