*^* The American Garden stands for simplicity , good taste, and correctness in names of varie- 

 ties. In general botanical nomenclature, it follows Bentham and Hooker and Nicholson' s Dictionary 

 of Gardening. In the names of fruits, it adopts the catalogue of the American Pomological Society, 

 and in vegetables the Station Horticulturists' revision iji Annals of 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 uses capital initials for all specific and varietal latin names which 

 are derived from proper nouns. 



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This is perhaps the best, as it is the costliest issue of 

 The American Garden jj/i-^ published. But the January 

 number will be superior in several respects. Its most im- 

 portant new feature will be a colored frontispiece of new 

 seedling begonias. IVe may be disappointed, but ive are 

 looking for the most natural, and tlierefore the most beau- 

 tiful, floral plate seen in many years in any American 

 horticultural journal. 



The series of studies of Japanese fruits is expected to be- 

 gin in that issue, and the acco7npanying illustrations are 

 executed with that remarkable fidelity to nature that char- 

 acterizes Japanese art. 



Other features will speak for themselves. Suffice it to 

 say, that we believe no reader of these pages will be disap- 

 pointed with the magazine in A. D. i8gi. 



The buildings of the Minnesota Experiment Station 

 were destroyed by fire October 5. 



Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, New Jersey, are 

 erecting several new orchid houses. 



A garden of native plants is proposed by Professor 

 Bastin, of Chicago, for the World's Fair. 



The Botanical Gazette for October prints an excellent 

 likeness of J. B. Ellis, the well-known American my- 

 cologist. 



The " FIRST flower show and chrysanthemum exhi- 

 bition," of Williamsport, Penn , was held at Chaapel's 

 Flower Store, November 12 to 15. 



E. Williams has resigned the secretaryship of the 

 New Jersey Horticultural Society on account of ill 

 health. The society has lost a good secretary. 



Sereno Watson revives Hooker's genus eriogynia, 

 formerly held as a section of spiraea, and refers three 

 western plants to it as E. cu-spitosa, E. pectinata and E. 

 unifiora . 



The Lumholtz Mexican exploring expedition has en- 

 tered upon its labors. C. W. Hartmann, of Sweden, 

 is the botanist. The expedition expects to be out until 

 the fall of 1892. 



The Society of Minnesota Florists held a chrys- 

 anthemum exhibition November 12-14, t'^s New 

 York Life Building, Minneapolis. An attractive premi- 

 um list was offered. 



Our correspondent, Charles Howard Shinn, of 

 Niles, California, has been made Inspector of Cali- 

 fornia Experiment Stations, to succeed Mr. Klee. 

 This IS a worthy promotion. 



The Bowker Fertilizer Co., Boston, issues an attrac- 

 tive and useful little illustrated pamphlet on window 

 gardening, prepared by Professor S. T. Maynard, of 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



E. F. Ladd, formerly of the New York (Geneva) Ex- 

 periment Station, becomes chemist to the North Da- 

 kota Station. 



An American park association is suggested by Gar- 

 den and Forest. Such an association would occupy an 

 open and useful field 



F. W. Anderson, a botanist known for his work in 

 Montana and elsewhere, has become assistant editor of 



the American Agriculturist . 



James Morton, manager of Evergreen Flower Lodge, 

 Clarksville. Tennessee, took all the flower premiums 

 at the Piedmont Exposition at Atlanta. His display, 

 both of plants and cut flowers, is said to be one of the 

 best yet made in the country. 



The American Florist has recently become a weekly. 

 It was formerly semi-monthly. It has been a bright 

 and vigorous journal from the first, and we are glad 

 that it is to make itself twice as useful by coming twice 

 as often. The subscription price remains the same. 



