The March freeze has blasted all prospect of a fruit 

 crop here. — J. L. Normand, Marks'<ille, Louisiana. 



The cold snap of March damaged the fruit interests 

 badly throughout the South, as well as in the North. 



The summer meeting of Missouri State Horticultural 

 Society was held at Poplar Bluff from June 3d to 5th. 



The Buffalo Florists' Club announces a show next 

 fall (date not given), and offers an extensive and varied 

 premium list. 



Our next issue will be largely devoted to cacti. It 

 will be a novel and interesting number. The leader will 

 be from the pen of Professor W. J. Beal, upon "Some 

 Relations of Botany to Horticulture." Apple and orchid 

 issues are in preparation. 



The Market Florists' Association is a new organi- 

 zation in New York numbering some 500 members. 

 The association aims to direct somewhat the marketing 

 of flowers, and a permanent market in Union Square is 

 desired. John Nicol, president ; George Darsely, sec- 

 retary. 



Thomas Meehan, dear to every lover of gardens and 

 plants, made his first contribution to horticultural lit- 

 erature and his first scientific endeavor just a half cen- 

 tury ago. His life has been rich and versatile. Honors 

 in civil affairs have been as great as those in his intenser 

 labors. 



The New York Italian street fruit-venders have or- 

 ganized into a society for mutual benefit and protection. 

 It is said that there are over 4,000 of these street ven- 

 ders in New York City. The president of the new or- 

 ganization is Antonia Zucca, and the secretary is J. B. 

 Roachi. 



The Michigan State Horticultural Society will hold 

 another exhibition with the Detroit exposition this year. 

 Its display last year was exceptionally good. A large 

 premium list for American tropical and sub-tropical 

 fruits is offered this year. The exhibition occurs from 

 Aug. 26 to Sept. 5. 



W. H. Rand, contributor of practical papers to this 

 magazine, and sometime connected with its office force, 

 recently returned from a trip to Bermuda, whose garden- 

 ing roused his enthusiasm to writing heat, and he prom- 

 ises our readers an illustrated paper on his observations 

 there. 



The New York Florist Club is preparing to give a 

 great floral exhibition in November to fill the void left 

 by the New York Horticultural Society. Friends of 

 horticulture about the metropolis are invited to interest 

 themselves in the project, and to subscribe to it. W. A. 

 Manda, Short Hills, N. J., is chairman of the committee 

 in charge. 



Fruit in Georgia. — Advices from Georgia, the peach 

 center of the South, say that there will be about a fourth 

 crop of peaches in the middle sections of the state, and 

 even fewer in the southern parts. The Le Conte pear 

 industry, which is very great in southern Georgia, will 

 probably not reach over one-third its usual dimensions. 

 For fifteen years the prospects have not been so poor. 



The remaining special exhibitions of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society for the year are as follows : 

 Annual exhibition of plants and flowers, August 19th 

 to 22d ; annual exhibition of fruits and vegetables, 

 September 17th and i8th ; exhibition of autumn fruits 

 and vegetables, October 4th ; Exhibition o f winter 

 fruits and vegetables, November 8th ; Chrysanthemum 

 Show, November iith to 12th. 



Charles Gibb, whose death we recorded in the May 

 issue (page 311), was on his way home, when he was 

 taken with la grippe at Aden, on the Red Sea. He con- 

 tracted pneumonia, and died at Cairo, Egypt, on the af- 

 ternoon of March 8th. The remains were interred two 

 days later in the British Protestant cemetery. His death 

 removes one of our best and most devoted horticultur- 

 ists. He had been to the orient to investigate the fruits, 

 with a view to introducing valuable kinds. 



The State Floral Society of California recently gave 

 a spring exhibition, which was in every way a great 

 success Many fine plants were shown. Some of the 

 things conspicuously mentioned were Yucca Whipplei, 

 Rainbow and La France roses, and Bride gladiolus. 

 There were 55 exhibitors, and nearly every class of cul- 

 tivated flowers and ornamentals was represented. Col- 

 lections of wild flowers were also conspicuous. Ad- 

 dresses were given by Professor E. J. Wickson and 

 Emory E. Smith. '■• 



