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AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 having invited the American Pomological 

 Society to hold its next meeting at Philadel- 

 phia, the President, the Hon. Marshall P. 

 Wilder, gives notice that the nineteenth 

 session of this national association will be 

 held in that city, commencing Wednesday, 

 September 12, 1883, at 10 o'clock a. m., 

 and continuing for three days. 



This session will take place at the time 

 of the fifty-fourth annual exhibition of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall, Broad near Locust street. 



All horticultural, pomological, agricultu- 

 ral, and other kindred associations in the 

 United States and British Provinces are 

 invited to send delegations as large as they 

 may deem expedient, and all persons in- 

 terested in the cultivation of fruits are 

 invited to be present and take seats in the 

 convention. It is expected that there will 

 be a full attendance of delegates from all 

 quarters of our country, and that this will be 

 the largest and most useful meeting ever 

 held by the society. 



When we consider the great importance 

 of fruit culture in North America, its rapid 

 progress during the last thirty-five years 

 under the beneficent action of this society, 

 the great value and rapidly increasing de- 

 mand for its products at home and abroad, 

 we feel warranted in urging the attendance 

 of all who are interested in the welfare of 

 our country, and the development of its 

 wonderful resources in this branch of agri- 

 culture. 



Arrangements have been made with hotels 

 and some of the railroads terminating in 

 Philadelphia for a reduction of fare. In 

 most cases it will be best for delegations to 

 arrange for rates with the roads in their 

 localities. 



A local committee of reception has been 

 appointed, to whom are confided all matters 

 pertaining to the reception and accommoda- 

 tion of the members and delegates of the 

 society. The chairman is Hon. J. E. Mitch- 

 ell, 310 York Avenue, Philadelphia. 



At the last meeting of the society, it was 

 decided in future to encourage general ex- 

 hibitions of fruit as well as new varieties 

 or novelties. It is earnestly requested that 

 no duplicates appear in any collection, and 

 that none but choice specimens shall be 

 placed on exhibition. Exhibitors should not 

 fail to give notice, as far as possible, at an 

 early date what room will be needed for 

 their fruits. Six specimens of a variety will 

 be sufficient, except in fruits of unusual in- 

 terest. A limited number of Wilder medals 

 will be awarded to objects of special merit. 



Packages of fruit should be addressed to 

 Thomas A. Andrews, Horticultural Hall, 

 Broad street, Philadelphia, for the American 

 Pomological Society. Freight and express 

 charges should be prepaid. 



All persons desirous of becoming members 

 can remit the fee to Benjamin G. Smith, 

 Treasurer, Cambridge, Mass. Life member- 

 ship, twenty dollars ; biennial, four dollars. 

 Life members will be supplied with back 

 numbers of the proceedings of the Society 

 as far as possible. 



NEW-YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



The April exhibition of this society, held 

 on the 3d of the month, at Horticultural Hall, 

 26 and 28 West Twenty-eighth street, was 

 eminently successful. Favored by the most 

 inviting spring weather, a very large number 

 of persons visited the hall, — too many, in fact, 

 to enable one to examine comfortably the 

 many choice exhibits which loaded the tables. 

 The interest which the flower-loving inhabit- 

 ants of New-York take in horticulture is evi- 

 dently increasing rapidly, so that in the near 

 future it will probably be found advisable to 

 hold these exhibitions semi-monthly, if not 

 weekly, during the spring months. 



To describe or enumerate even all the 

 meritorious exhibits would far exceed the 

 limits of our space, and we can only name a 

 few of those which attracted our special 

 attention. Close to the entrance, at the 

 head of the center-table, Messrs. Woolson 

 & Co. displayed a charming collection of 

 hardy perennial plants in bloom, among 

 them many rare Alpine plants and several 

 varieties of the new Primula Sieboldii, vary- 

 ing in color from pure white to deepest red. 

 In general appearance these resembled some- 

 what the Chinese Primrose, but are smaller 

 and more graceful in flower and foliage ; 

 they are adapted for outdoor as well as pot 

 culture. Mr. Charles Webber exhibited six 

 Cinerarias, which, in variety and delicacy of 

 color, as well as size of flowers, exceeded 

 any we have yet seen ; some of the flowers 

 measured two and a half inches in diameter. 



The Orchids shown by several exhibitors 

 were truly superb. Those from Mr. George 

 Such, of South Amboy, N. J., were remark- 

 ably well grown, and attracted deserved 

 admiration. Among them we noticed : Den- 

 drobium Cambridgeannm, with bright, golden- 

 yellow flowers, each of which has in the cen- 

 ter a large blotch of very dark crimson. 

 Dendrpbium crassmode, deriving its name 

 from the thick joints which stand out at 

 intervals of about an inch. The flowers 

 are creamy-white, tipped with purple. Den- 

 drobium crepidatum. — This produces on its 

 drooping stems many lovely flowers of white, 

 or blush-white, tipped with pink, and having 

 a yellow blotch on the tip. These flowers last 

 in perfection for a month or more. Dendro- 

 biutn cln-ijsoto.ni w. — An evergreen Orchid, 

 throwing out from the top of bulb, or stem, 

 a spike, containing numerous light-yellow 

 flowers of great beauty. Dendrobium Devoni- 

 anum. — The exquisitely beautiful flowers of 

 this Orchid are produced from long, droop- 

 ing stems ; the blossoms are white, stained 

 with pink and purple, the lip having two 

 large blotches of orange-yellow. Dendrobium 

 thyrsifloruin. — Evergreen; it produces enor- 

 mous clusters of flowers, which are white, 

 with an intensely rich yellow center. The 

 plant had six clusters over a foot in length, 

 each containing over fifty single flowers. 

 Dendrobium Wardianum. — This Orchid, like 

 all those mentioned above, comes from the 

 East Indies. It produces, from long, droop- 

 ing stems, many flowers of large size, being 

 three or four inches in diameter. They are 

 white, tipped with lilac or purple, the lips 

 being blotched with orange and deep crim- 

 son. Angrwcum titration. — A small Orchid, 

 from Madagascar. It sends out long spikes 

 of creamy -white flowers, set in a close 

 double row on the stem. Cymbidium Loivi- 

 anum. — This has long and narrow bright- 

 green leaves. The flowers are on a long, 



drooping spike, their color being yellowish- 

 white. There is a deep band of maroon or 

 crimson-maroon on the lips of each flower. 

 Cypripcdium biflorum. — This is one of the 

 large family of Lady-dippers, but it is rather 

 rare. The name biflorum comes from the 

 fact that the plant often has two flowers on 

 one stem. The color of the flowers is a fine 

 mixture of shades of brown, purple, green, 

 and black, all set off with white. They last 

 for fully two months. 



Boses were, of course, in full force ; and 

 if we have ever seen better Cornelia Coolis, 

 Catherine Mermets, Perle tics Jar dins, and 

 Niphetos, than those exhibited by Mr. John 

 Smith, gardener to Mr. James B. Colgate, it 

 has slipped from our memory. Mr. Joseph 

 Dunbar exhibited six pots of remarkably 

 well grown and prolific Seth Boyclen Straw- 

 berries. A large number of Autlnn iiini Seher- 

 zerianum (Flamingo plant), which attracted 

 much attention ; Carnations, Geraniums, 

 Azaleas, Pansies, Violets, Lilies, and Lilies 

 of the Valley, Cyclamens, Lilacs, and many 

 i of them of great excellence, made up the 

 remainder of this gorgeous show. 



The paper on "Management of Lawns," 

 by Mr. Charles E. Parnell, assigned for the 

 day, will be published in the proceedings of 

 the Society. The next exhibition will be 

 held on the first Tuesday in May, and prom- 

 ises even greater attractions than this one. 



MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



This excellent society has for some years 

 been awakening sentiment looking toward 

 the ornamentation of country school prem- 

 ises, and to some purpose, as shown by the 

 many school grounds that have been embel- 

 lished with flowers. From a circular just 

 received from Secretary Charles TV. Garfield, 

 it appears that the society is not disposed to 

 give up the work by any means, but pro- 

 poses this year to offer an additional induce- 

 ment in the way of premiums to the school 

 districts that will make the best exhibits of 

 flowers produced under the care of the chil- 

 dren itpon the school premises. The follow- 

 ing is the exact wording of the offer as it 

 will soon appear in the premium list : 



" For the largest and best collection of cut 

 flowers grown by pupils in school grounds of 

 any school-house in any district in this State : 

 First premium, $15 ; second premium, $10 ; 

 third premium, $5 ; fourth premium, $3." 



The State Fair, where the flowers are to 

 be exhibited, will be held in Detroit in Sep- 

 tember next, and the State Horticultural 

 Society will undertake to receive the flow- 

 ers, display them, and see that a proper 

 viewing committee passes upon the relative 

 merits of the various exhibits. 



This is a most praiseworthy undertaking, 

 deserving imitation in every State of the 

 Union. The bringing about school-children 

 a variety of trees, shrubs, and plants will 

 awaken observation, lead them to become 

 better acquainted with the things about 

 them, and quicken their tastes in apprecia- 

 tion and employment of simple, natural 

 objects in the embellishment of not only 

 their school-grounds, but their homes. 



The school-teachers in rural schools should 

 heartily cooperate in a scheme of this sort, 

 and will quickly see that heroin lies a pleas- 

 ant field of instruction, in which pupils and 

 teacher can take the keenest enjoyment. 



