*** Th k American Gardiin stands fo> simplicity , good taste and correctness in names of varieties. In general botanical nomen- 

 clature it folluws Bcntliam and Hooker and Nicholson' s Dictionary of Gardening. In the names of fruits, it adopts the catalogue oj 

 the American Pomological Society, and in vegetables the Horticulturists' revision in Annalsof 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 rises capital initials for all specific and varietal 

 Latin names which are derived from proper nouns. 



Uiir discussion of orchids will be contijnted in the Marfi 



number. A ntiiuber of attraclive articles will be presented. 

 Leading features will be an illustrated paper upon I lie native 

 orchids of Neiv England, Notes from .Sander's cstablislitiicnt , 

 St. .ilbans, England, Orchids in California, and cultural 

 topii S of interest to every lover of fine plants. 



An Experiment Station for Alaska has been proposed. 



The London (England) Fruit Trade Journal has dis- 

 continued. 



The winter meeting of the Nebraska State Horticul- 

 tural Society was held at Lincoln, January 13-15. 



The Citrus fair of Southern California will be held 

 at Los Angeles, March 2d to 14th. The Northern Citrus 

 fair opened at Marysville, December 29th. 



The old officers of the Michigan Horticultural Society, 

 were re-elected : T. T. Lyon, president ; Edwin C. Reid, 

 Allegan, secretary ; S. M. Pearsall, treasurer. 



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A BIOLOGICAL e.xpedition to the West Indies and Yu- 

 catan is now out under the auspices of Dr. J. T. Roth- 

 rock of the LIniversity of Pennsylvania. A. S. Hitch- 

 cock goes with the party to collect for the Missouri 

 Botanic Gardens. 



The Napa Valley, California, horticulturists have 

 organized a Fruit Growers' Association with the follow- 

 ing officers ; President, W. C. Damon ; vice-president, 

 W. A. Fisher ; secretary, M. M. McFatridge ; treas- 

 urer, S. M. Tool. 



The officers for 1891 of the Berks county (Penna.) 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society are as follows : 

 Wm. G. Moore, president; Cyrus T. Fox, secretary 

 and librarian; Milford N. Ritter, treasurer. This is 

 Mr. Fox's sixteenth term. 



Professor T. J. Burrill, of the University of Illinois, 

 has started a movement to induce the Illinois Central 

 Railroad to take means to preserve the native flora along 

 its lines. The road has over 700 miles of right of way, 

 extending the whole length of the State. 



Herbert J. Webber, formerly assistant in botany at 

 the University of Nebraska, has been given an assistant- 

 ship of botany in the Missouri Botanic Gardens. 



The Office of Experiment Stations, of the Department 

 of Agriculture, proposes to publish in the Experiment 

 Station /Record, abstracts of foreign experiments in horti- 

 culture. 



Gray's Field, Forest and Garden Botany is to be 

 revised by Professor C. R. Barnes, of the University of 

 Wisconsin. It is expected that the revision will be 

 completed by the close of the year. 



A FROST about Tampa Bay, Florida, on the night of 

 December 29th, killed the winter crops of tomatoes and 

 egg-plants. The leaves of other tender plants were 

 badly nipped. No serious damage was done to fruits. 



An exploring expedition to the Death Valley, in 

 Southwestern California, has been sent out from the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, under the directorship of Dr. 

 C. H. Merriam. The intense heat and dryness of this 

 valley have given it its suggestive name. 



W. M. Munson, assistant horticulturist at Cornell, 

 and who is familiar to our readers from his writings 

 upon the forcing of vegetables, takes the professorship 

 of horticulture in the Agricultural College cf Maine 

 He enters upon his duties there this month. 



The Hartford county (Conn.) Horticultural Society 

 issues an attractive report and catalogue of exhibitions. 

 Aside from schedules, it contains much unusually good 

 matter concerning horticultural practice. The society's 

 exhibition of spring flowering bulbs will be held about 

 March 19th. 



