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don, C. E. Zimmermann, H. P. Daly, R. Clark, Her- 

 man Claire ; Alex. M. Thompson, John N. Young, Alfred 

 Johnson, John P. Reynolds, Henry Lombard, Geo. 

 Gerts, E. S. Taylor, Geo. Lill, Andrew McNally, C. R. 

 Williams, Andrew Dunning, G. A. Kennicott ; John C. 

 Ure, Jonathan Periam ; Edgar Sanders, A. Harms, L. 

 A. Budlong, Hugh A. White, Hugh Ritchie, A. H. 

 Blackall, A, C . Cameron, D. R. Cameron, P. J. Pro- 

 beck, Philip Holman, O. F. Dubois, Cuthbert Mc- 

 Arthur, J. A. Pettigrew, David Wylie, Alexander Reid, 

 J. C. Craig, E. M. Page. 



Temporary officers have been chosen as follows : 

 Jonathan Periam, Chairman ; C. W. Crossman, Secre- 

 tary ; William H. Chadwick, Treasurer. A committee 

 on permanent organization has been appointed. This 

 committee is instructed as follows : First, to incorpor- 

 ate under the laws of the state of Illinois. Second, to 

 prepare an address setting forth the aims of the pro- 

 posed organization, which address shall be mailed to 

 such citizens as the committee may deem eligible, from 

 their known interest in horticultural pursuits and other 

 reasons, to be a father to the new enterprise ; together 

 with an invitation to attend a meeting at such time and 

 place as the committee may fix, and to become charter 

 members of this society. 



The Columbian Horticultural Association was 

 organized at Chicago, August 27. The object of this 

 organization is to promote the horticultural interests of 

 the World's Fair, and it is to remain in active operation 

 " until the close of the World's Columbian Exposition," 

 and "all elected officers shall be permanent until the 

 close of the exposition." 



The convention which resolved itself into this asso- 

 ciation was composed of over 50 delegates from various 

 leading horticultural societies in the United States and 

 Canada, who assembled in response to a call issued by 

 the Illinois Horticultural Society. Societies which did 

 not wake up in time to send delegates to this first meet- 

 ing can secure membership at any future meeting of 

 the association. A resolution was adopted requesting 

 each society represented to contribute $25 towards a 

 "contingent fund to defray expenses of permanent 

 organization." A memorial was adopted for presenta- 

 tion to the National Commission, which sets forth the 

 importance of holding a distinct horticultural exhibition, 

 coordinate with other leading divisions of the exposi- 

 tion. It' also urges the Commission to appoint the fol- 

 lowing officers to superintend the horticultural interests : 

 Parker Earle, Mississippi, Commissioner of Horticul- 

 ture ; G. B. Brackett, Iowa, Superintendent of Pomol- 

 ogy ; J. D. Raynolds, Illinois, Superintendent of Flori- 

 culture and Landscape Gardening ; George B. Thomas, 

 Pennsylvania, Superintendent of Nursery and Forestry 

 Products ; J. C. Vaughan, Illinois, Superintendent of 

 Seed and Vegetable Department. 



The permanent officers of the association are as fol- 

 lows : President, S. M. Emery, Lake City, Minn. ; 

 Vice President, C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, Iowa ; 



Secretary, H. B. Beatty, Oil City, Pa. ; Assistant Sec- 

 retary, G. L. Grant, Chicago, 111. ; Treasurer, M. A. 

 Thayer, Sparta, Wis. 



The Society of American Florists convened in its 

 sixth annual meeting in Horticultural Hall, Boston, on 

 the morning of August ig. The number in attendance 

 was large, probably 700 members being present ; but 

 after the first session no meeting had over half the num- 

 ber present. The addresses of welcome were made by 

 the Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts and Mayor 

 of Boston, and were responded to by Robert Craig, of 

 Philadelphia. President Jordan's address urged the im- 

 portance of education to the florist, advised that park 

 and boulevard systems be extended far into suburbs, or 

 even into the country, as a means of educating the mass- 

 es, suggested that wealthy men emulate the example of 

 the late Henry Shaw in establishing permanent and pub- 

 lic horticultural institutions, and spoke of the import- 

 ance of "some measure of qualification for young men 

 entering into the employment of florists to learn the 

 business." 



The secretary made his report, and indicated the 

 membership of the Society as 775, which number paid 

 dues for i88g, and the treasurer's report showed a bal- 

 ance in the treasury of I554 on the first of last July. 

 J. D. Raynolds, of the Nomenclature Committee, stated 

 that instances of dishonest mis-naming of plants are few. 

 Much of the improper nomenclature comes from the 

 mixing of labels and the disregard of botanical nomen- 

 clature, "Of the cases of the supposed misnaming 

 submitted, by far the larger number — fully 75 per cent. 

 — are simply cases of mistaken identity." He thought 

 that the experiment stations should not be called upon 

 to aid in determining synonyms, as their officers are not 

 competent to undertake the work. Professor Bailey 

 said that there would be little trouble from incompetence 

 of station officers in such matters as this, but that most 

 of the stations are not yet equipped for undertaking 

 work in floric,jilture. W. H. Manning, Massachusetts, 

 sent in a sensible paper contending for the adoption of 

 botanical nomenclature, and recommending the formula- 

 tion of rules to govern the naming of florists' varieties. 

 D. B. Long, Buffalo, read an invaluable paper upon 

 methods of keeping accounts and facilitating business, 

 and the necessity of more systematic business methods 

 among florists. James Dean, New York, discussed the 

 Easter trade. Liliitni Harrisii, azalea, hydrangeas (es- 

 pecially H. Otaksa), cytisus (C. Cannriensis C. race- 

 mosiis), hyacinths, tulips, narcissus and lily of the val- 

 ley are the best plants for the Easter trade. B, F. 

 Critchell named the following as the twelve best house 

 plants for window gardening : Aspidistra lurida, var. 

 varicgatti, Chinese or Indian azaleas, calla, DraciHa tci-- 

 minalis and D. indivisa, Livisloiiia auslialis, and Z. Chi- 

 ncnsis, Kentia Belmoreana and K. Forstei iana , Finis clas- 

 tica, Pteris /remtila, Nephroh-pis Diiffi. Rob't Veitch, 

 Connecticut, regards the following as the best berry- 

 bearing plants for autumn : Ardisia crcnaia, Ainpelopsis 

 tricolor, several capsicums, bittersweet [Ctdaslnis scon- 



