J REiNQ Matter T«AT Deserves 



^ To BE WIDELY KNOWN, 



American Carnation Growers. 



— We learn that quite a large 

 number of carnation growers 

 have expressed themselves in 

 favor of forming a national car- 

 nation society. There is room 

 for such a society. Let the 

 good work go on ! 

 The Western New York Horticultural Society has se- 

 cured the premiums offered by the State Agricultural 

 Society, namely, |;2oo for largest display of fruits for 

 market purposes, and$ioo for best display of fruits for 

 domestic use. 



New York Chrysanthemum Show. — The premiums 

 offered bv the management of the show to be held at 

 Madison Square Garden, New York, in November, 

 amount in the aggregate to the modest sum of $6,500. 

 A statement in The American G.arden, September is- 

 sue, conveyed a wrong impression. It may be mentioned 

 in this connection that a preliminary chrysanthemum 

 show is being held at the United States nurseries. Short 

 Hills, October 26 to 31, which is in itself quite extensive, 

 Messrs. Pitcher & Manda having a magnificent display 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. — The annual 

 spring exhibitions of flowering bulbs, orchids, roses, 

 carnations, palms and other decorative and flowering 

 plants, cut flowers, table decorations, seasonable fruits 

 and vegetables, will be held in Horticultural Hall, 

 Broad street, Philadelphia, March 29 to April i, 1892 

 Very liberal premiums are announced. 



The California Florists. — At the semi-annual meet- 

 ing of the Florists' Club of California, in September, 

 the following officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year ; President, Emory E Smith ; vice-president, 

 F. Shiveley ; recording secretary, M. H. Wilkens ; fi- 

 nancial secretary, C. W. Shaw ; treasurer, Joseph 

 Carbone; directors, G E. Robinson, H B. McGowen, 

 S. H. Selling and E J Poyal 



Indiana Horticultural Society. — The annual report 

 for the year 1890, just received, makes a handsome 

 volume of 200 pages, superior in both text and general 

 make-up, edited by W. H, Ragan, secretary. A new and 

 highly interesting feature is the Appendix C, Catalogue 

 of the Birds of Indiana, by Amos W. Buller, contain- 

 ing 142 pages and a large number of life-like illustra- 

 tions. Altogether, this report is a highly commend- 

 able work. 



Royal Horticultural Society, England.— Among inter- 

 esting plants recently shown before this society was an 

 Aristolochia gra}idiJloya from the Royal Gardens at Kew. 

 The flat portion of the perianth measured sixteen by 

 twenty inches, with a pendulous filament three feet 

 long. It is reticulated, white and rich brown, the cen- 

 ter with velvety purple, interior of tube lined with re- 



flex hairs. The odor is very powerful Leaves six to 

 eight inches long, ovate cordate. 



Cactus-Growing. — Cactuses should have a sandy soil, 

 say one-third sand, and will endure the hottest sun. 

 Some kinds are best when grafted on some other variety. 

 The enemies of the cactus are the red spider and the 

 mealy-bug. Should the mealy-bugs become too num- 

 erous they will kill the plants. The best remedy is 

 hand-picking. The ravages of the red spider aregreatest 

 in a hot and dry room. Frequent spraying with 

 water is a good remedy. — Mrs. Florence E. Moore, 

 before' /hi' Miami Hortictilliiral Society. 



Cranberry Crop Short. — According to reports received 

 from all the cranberry growing regions of the country 

 by the ATisricm Cranberry Growers' Association the 

 crop will be 20 percent, smaller than that of last year. 

 This is attributed to the heavy frosts, both east and 

 west, last May. The New Jersey crop will show an 

 increase of 6,078 bushels, or 6,8 per cent. In New 

 England there will be a decrease of 16,596 bushels or 

 15.4 per cent. The eight reports received from the 

 west show a decrease of 8 per cent. 



A New Industry for 'Women. — An association of 

 women is about to start in business to undertake by 

 contract the care of London conservatories, window- 

 boxes, balconies and small gardens by the year, season, 

 or month. The members of the association will them- 

 selves attend to all orders, employing men for the dig- 

 ging and rough work only. Plants will be received 

 and tended by the association during the absence of the 

 owner from town. The title of this new business is the 

 Women's London Gardening Association. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. — The following 

 special prizes are to be awarded at , the annual chrysan- 

 themum exhibition, November 3 to 6 ; Offered by the 

 Boston Gardeners and Florists' Club, for the best ten 

 vases of chrysanthemums, of ten named varieties, ten 

 long-stemmed blooms of one variety in each vase, S75 

 second prize, %'^o ; offered by Peter Henderson & Co., 

 New York, for the best six cut blooms of chrysanthe- 

 mum Louise Boehmer, a piece of plate valued at $25. 

 .'Vlso, at the spring exhibition, 1892, offered by the firm of 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co., Boston, for the best two 

 pots of /.ilium Harrisii, a piece of plate valued at $15. 

 These prizes will make competition interesting. 



Protecting Trees from Rabbits and Mice. — A device 

 exhibited before the Indiana Horticultural Society by 

 Mr. Fess consisted of lath, and wire about the size of 

 bail-wire used in water pails, but more flexible. Three 

 laths were sawed in two in the middle, thus making six 

 slats. In fastening them together they are laid down on a 

 table, each lath about an inch from the next, and all 

 parallel. A piece of wire, long enough to go across- 

 all the slats and extend an inch or so beyond on each 

 side, is laid across them about six inches from the end 

 of the slats, and a staple is driven over the wire and 

 into each slat. Then one of the surplus ends of the 

 wire is bent into th ; form of a hook and the other into 

 the form of a loop. Another wire is placed in the- 



