Thk American Garden stands for simpHcity ^ good taste and correctness in names of varieties. In general botanical nomen- 

 clature it follows Bentham and Hooker and Nicholson' s Dictionary of Gardening. In the names of fruits, it adopts the catalogue of 

 the American Pomological Society, and in vegetables the Horticulturists' revision in Annals of Horticulture. In florists' plants, it follows 

 the determinations of the Nomenclature committee of the Society of American Florists. It opposes trinomial nomenclature, and therefore 

 places a comma or the abbreviation var. between the specific and varietal names. It uses capital initials for all specific and varietal 

 Latin names which are derived from proper nouns. 

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A Collection of Wild Flowers will be made for the 

 World's Fair by the school children of California. 



H. L. Bolley, formerly of Purdue University, be- 

 comes botanist to the North Dakota Agricultural Col- 

 lege. 



Weather in England — The autumn in England was 

 very mild. Plants were almost forced into a second 

 growth. 



The chrysanthemum shows were unusually complete 

 and interesting last fall. The "Autumn Queen" still 

 holds its supremacy. 



The Annual Meeting of the Colorado State Bureau 

 of Horticulture and Forestry will be held the 8th, gth 

 and loth inst., at Denver. 



C. B. Waldron, a graduate of the Michigan Agricul- 

 tural College in 1888, has been elected professor of for- 

 estry and horticulture in the North Dakota Agricultural 

 College. 



P. H. Foster, the veteran nurseryman of Babylon, 

 Long Island, will close out his business and remove to 

 Rockville Center, L. I., where he will erect greenhouses 

 for rental. 



The Western New York Horticultural Society meets 

 in Rochester, Jan. 28 and 29, An interesting programme 

 is sure to be presented. This is one of the best societies 

 in existence. 



Phylloxera in California. — The phylloxera is mak- 

 ing deep inroads in many of the Napa county vineyards. 

 Several parties have determined to grub out their entire 

 vineyards this fall. — Calif oriiin Fniit Grower. 



The Herendeen Manufacturing Co., Geneva, N.Y., 

 makers of the Furman heaters, send us a good photo- 

 graph of the florists who visited Mr. Hunnewell's place 

 last August. It is a pleasant reminder of the occasion. 



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Orange Crop. — It is estimated that the Florida orange 

 crop is 63 per cent, of last year's crop, notwithstanding 

 the March freeze. Much of the fruit is from the second 

 setting of flowers. 1.357,500 boxes is the estimated 

 crop. 



The 32D Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Association will be held at Lancaster, 

 Jan. 21 and 22. Among other features, it is expected 

 that a reunion of all the living original members will 

 be held. 



Cattleya Bowringiana has been the wonder of all 

 England this year. Sander & Co., at St. Albans, have 

 a stage some fifty feet in length on which were set the 

 plants, about one hundred or so in number ; from these 

 they procured the grand total of five thousand flowers, 

 one spike alone bearing eighteen splendid flowers of fine 

 quality. The whole show was wonderful. 



The Pike County Nurseries, Louisiana, Missouri, 

 issues a 44-page pamphlet and catalogue of a novel and 

 useful type. It discusses methods of propagation and 

 choice of stocks at considerable length, particularly the 

 question of whole-rooted and piece-rooted trees. Its dis- 

 cussions of commercial orchards are to the point, and 

 the statements concerning all questions are reinforced 

 by extracts from the best authorities. 



Houghton, Mifflin & Co. announce a "Silva of 

 North America" by Professor C. S. Sargent. The work 

 is to comprise 12 quarto volumes, each containing 50 

 plates, and selling for $25, or I300 for the complete set. 

 The work will appear at the rate of two volumes a year. 

 The plates are engraved on copper by Picart of Paris, 

 from drawings by C. E. Faxon. The publishers assert 

 that it will be "noblest example of its class that has 

 come from an American press." 



Dr. Thomas Morong has recently returned from a 

 two years' botanical exploration of Paraguay and C'hili. 



