|^l<sHT^¥^SOaETIES 



V BEINQMATTER "mATDESERVES 



To BE WIDELY KNOWK, 



Why not a Combination Meet- 

 ing at Chicago? — A reader sug- 

 gests that all our various nation- 

 al horticultural associations, as 

 the American Pomological So- 

 ciety, the American Horticul- 

 tural Society, the Nurserymen's 

 Association, the Society of Am- 

 erican Florists, and the National Forestry Association, 

 might be consolidated into one great association for the 

 benefit of all. This would mean one meeting instead of 

 five, larger membership, better attendance, and the best 

 of work. The reports also would be more valuable and 

 more sought after. Such a consolidation might possibly 

 be an advantage in case of the American Pomological 

 and American Horticultural societies, which work in 

 similar lines, but the aims and interests of the others 

 differ so widely that the idea is not practicable. An- 

 other suggestion of the reader — a grand combination 

 meeting in Chicago in 1893, seems worth considering 

 and agitating. A week's meeting in early autumn, in or 

 near the Horticultural buildings on the Fair grounds, 

 with one day set apart for each of the subjects of pom- 

 ology, forestry, floriculture, market-gardening, land- 

 scape-gardening, and general horticulture, might be 

 made a horticultural feast, and command a larger at- 

 tendance than was ever seen before at any horticultural 

 meeting. 



Rose-Slug Remedy. — In the spring of i8go the rose- 

 bushes of the garden were divided into four parts, and 

 as soon as the eggs of the rose-slug began to hatch were 

 treated as follows: Division one, with whale-oil soap i 

 pound, sulphur i pound, water 5 gallons ; division two, 

 Paris green ounce, water 10 gallons ; division three, 

 Paris green yi ounce, water 10 gallons ; division four, 

 white hellebore i ounce, water 3 gallons. 



Each of these mixtures entirely destroyed the rose- 

 slug ,and the foliage remained fresh and green through- 

 out the season, while a few bushes left as checks had all 

 the foliage destroyed. A second treatment with hellebore 

 was given for the second brood. This year two treat- 

 ments with hellebore kept the rose-bushes free from 

 slugs. — /. C. Dujfey before the Missouri Stale Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



Horticulture in Missouri. — Secretary L. A. Goodman, 

 of the Missouri State Horticultural Society, said re- 

 cently: "If I should make the statement that now the 

 various horticultural pursuits, the orchards, the vine- 

 yards, small fruit farms, nurseries, floral establishments 

 and vegetable gardens of Missouri produced annually 

 over $20,000,000, scarcely one would be willing to be- 

 lieve it. Yet it is a fact, and we will see the day when 

 it will reach much more. Why should we be afraid of the 

 state's spending a few hundred thousand dollars in 

 building up a cause of such benefit to the state." 



Shrub Propagation. — The hydrangea starts from 

 green cuttings as easily as the geranium. The secret 

 of success lies in cutting back quite severely, as is prac- 

 ticed with some of our best roses. Tamarix Amuensis 

 also comes in the same category. We found it on the 

 Volga in Russia. It is very like the tamarix of Eastern 

 gardens, but is sufficiently hardy for our climate. In 

 order to have a neat compact bush, cut back from year 

 to year. It propagates from cuttings of 2-year-old wood 

 put out in autumn like the currant, or from young wood 

 in the greenhouse. — Prof. J . L. Budd, Xortiiern loica 

 Horticultural Society. 



Evergreens for Ornament and Timber. — Evergreens 

 are planted for three purposes — ornament, shade and 

 timber. Nothing so beautifies a country home as plant- 

 ing and taking care of conifers, but too often they are 

 misplaced. We see spruces planted in front of houses, 

 shutting out all sight of them from the road. This is 

 wrong ; trees of this class should be placed behind ihe 

 house to form a background. In front of the house 

 should be planted only such trees as will be ornamental 

 and will not hide it from sight. For shade a number of 

 varieties can be used to advantage. If it be desired to 

 grow a shade tree in the least possible time, plant Nor- 

 way pine or pitch pine. Now as to evergreens for timber. 

 If seasoned lumber is desired I would not advise any to 

 plant evergreens ; but if post timber is desired plant 

 red cedar, and cultivate it well for at least two years. 

 At the end of that time the trees will be making a good 

 strong growth. — Joint Wi-agff, lozca State Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



Irrigation with Fresh Sewage. — The capacity of land 

 to dispose of sewage is fixed at the point where it be- 

 comes water-logged, which is determined by the char- 

 acter of the soil and relative moisture in the climate. 

 At Croydon, England, with a moist climate and a clayey 

 soil not underdrained, only 3,500,000 gallons per year 

 could be used on one acre. At the Lawrence experi- 

 ment station, and at Gennevilliers, near Paris, France, 

 on a light, sandy soil, underdrained, and in a dry cli- 

 mate, even 12,000,000 gallons of sewage was advantage- 

 ously used on one acre in one year. Thus it has been 

 found that the number of persons whose wastes can be 

 disposed of on one acre of land varies from 100 to 5,000. 

 —Dr. H. J. Barnes, Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society. 



One Crop at a Time. — We often see in the agricultur- 

 al press notices of some one having raised a fine crop of 

 spinach, peas, or some other vegetable, and at the same 

 time stocking his ground with strawberry-plants for the 

 next year. A crop of early peas may precede the setting 

 of plants in July, provided a new ploughing is given, and 

 there is no lack of fertility in the soil. We are never to 

 forget that our strawberry crop is more than half raised 

 the preceding year, and the question is pertinent. Which 

 is better, a half crop of strawberries and a half crop of 

 something else, or a full crop of strawberries ? — P. l\f. 

 Au.iTur, Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



The Perfect Potato. — The most important point of an 

 ideal potato is quality. It must cook quickly and 



