Conventions of National Societies — i88g. 



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Education — H. H. Battles. 



The Establishment of an Experimental Garden — John Thorpe. 

 Useful Summer Blooming Flowers — A. E. Whittle. 

 Horticultural Exhibitions — Edwin Lonsdale. 



On the Making and Application of Heat in Greenhouses — J. S. Williams. 



Landscape Gardening [in high colors] — William McMillan. 



Orchids, the Natural Habitat of the Leading Varieties — I. Fostermann. 



The next meeting of the Society is to be held in Boston, 

 August 19 to 22. 



j. American Association of Nurserymen. 



The fourteenth annual meeting of the American Association 

 of Nurserymen was held in Chicago, June 5 and 6. The con- 

 vention was an important one, and the discussions were vari- 

 ous, brisk and valuable. The volume of proceedings lacks 

 only a good index to make it an invaluable contribution to our 

 horticultural literature. The papers presented are as follows : 



Suggestions for the Improvement of the Nursery Business — S. M. Emery. 



Plums and Plum Culture — S. D. Willard. 



The Grape Industry in Missouri — George E. Meissner. 



Commercial Fertilizers for the Nursery — Thomas Meehan. 



Packing and Shipping Nursery Stock — N. H. Albaugh. 



The Nursery Outlook — Franklin Davis. 



Forestry — C. J. Carpenter. 



Succession of Forest Growths — Robert E. Douglas. 



Reform in Names for Fruits — H. E. Van Deman. 



Growing Vines and Stocks — Silas Wilson. 



Greenhouses — Peter Henderson. 



Improved Implements — L. G. Bragg. 



Boxing Trees Free of Charge — H. S. Anderson. 



Winter Protection of Nursery Stock — Z. K. Jewett. 



New Grapes — George W. Campbell. 



Nomenclature — John J. Thomas. 



Newer Varieties of Peaches — George B. Thomas. 



Notes on Strawberries — M. Crawford. 



The Irresponsible Salesman — T. C. Ferrell. 



Classification of Nursery Freight — William Pitkin. 



Managing Nursery Agents — William Pitkin. 



Nurserymen and Local Horticulture — Anthony Lamb. 



In connection with this Association, The Americati Florist * 

 makes the following statement concerning express rates : 



"Hon. S. M. Emery, Chairman of the committee appointed by the 

 American Association of Nurserymen for the purpose of securing lower rates 

 on express lines, reports to Secretary Charles A. Green that a new classifi- 



* V. 100. 



