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AKNTALS OP HORTICULTURE. 



pense of attending more than one. If these societies should 

 unite to form an Academy of American Horticulture, one 

 society following another with its meetings, all could be 

 compassed within the space of a week or ten days, and the vis- 

 itor could enjoy the privileges of all of them. The present 

 detached efforts divide and scatter horticultural interests, and 

 greatly weaken what is of right a mighty power in the land. 

 Pomology and floriculture and seed-growing and the nursery 

 are thought of as diverse interests because of the detached 

 organizations which represent them, while the vital features of 

 all are really common and should sustain each other. 



Good results attended the Congress in other ways. Twenty- 

 three excellent papers were read,* and it is expected that these 

 will be published in book form. The addresses covered a wide 

 range of topics, but technical education, landscape gardening, 



*The program, as finally carried out, was as follows: 



General Session. Wednesday, August 16th, 10 a. m. Presiding offi- 

 cer, P. J. Berckmans. 



Address of Welcome by President C. C. Bonney, and Responses. 



Technical Horticultural Education— Professor William Trelease, of 

 Missouri Botanical Gardens. 



Improvement and Care of Public Grounds; Developing and Con- 

 serving Natural Beauty — William MacMillan, Buffalo Parks. 



The Improvement of Public School Grounds— S. M. Emery, Lake 

 City, Minn. 



Relation of Experiment Stations to Commercial Horticulture- 

 Charles W. Garfield, Michigan. 



Horticultural Displays at Future World's Fairs— Professor Dr. L. 

 Wittmack, Berlin, Germany. 



Nurserymen's Session. Thursday, August 17th, 10 a. m. Japanese 

 Nurseries, Dwarfing of Plants and Miniature Gardening— Henry Izawa, 

 Gardener to the Japanese Commission, Columbian Exposition. 



Inter-State Laws to Control Insects and Diseases — Edward Willits, 

 Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. 



Status of the Nursery Trade on the Pacific Slope— Robert William- 

 son, Cal. 



The Influence of Village Improvement Societies in Securing and 

 Improving Grounds— B. G. Northrup, Conn. 



Forecast of Better Things Amongst Grapes— T. V. Munson, Denison, 

 Texas. 



Seedmen's Session. Thursday, August 17, 10 a. m. Pedigree or 

 Grade Races in Horticulture— Henri L. de Vilmorin, Paris, France. 



Seed Growing in Denmark— J. Pedersen-Bjergaard, Copenhagen. 



Selection in its Relation to Seed Growing— C. L. Allen, Floral 

 Park, N. Y. 



American Seed Growing— C. C. Morse, Santa Clara, Cal. 



(The above four papers, with others and discussions, are published 

 in a small volume entitled "Selection in Seed Growing," by W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co., Philadelphia.) 



Florists' Session. Thursday, August 17, 8 p. m. The Present of Flo- 

 riculture — Robt. Craig, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Future of Floriculture— E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind. 



Pomologists' Session. Thursday, August 17th, 8 p. m. Location and 

 Environment as Affecting the Evolution of Fruits— G. B. Brackett, Iowa. 



Catalogue and Nomenclature— T. T. Lyon, South Haven, Mich. 



Vine Culture and Products— George C. Snow, Penn Yan, N. Y., and 

 Geo. W. Campbell, Delaware, O. 



Commercial Apple Culture— F. Wellhouse, Fairmount, Kans. 



The Orange— Dudley W. Adams, Florida. 



