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The National Chrysanthemum Show. 
The remarkable popularity of the chrys- 
anthemum still increases and the public 
have been flocking in crowds to the numer- 
ous exhibitions of this delightful autumn 
flower. At the first show of the new 
American National Chrysanthemum So- 
ciety at Indianapolis last month, the na- 
tional prize, a silver cup given by Mrs. 
President Harrison, was won by Thomas 
H. Spaulding, of Orange, N. J., with the 
“ Ada Spaulding Thomas F. McFadden, 
of Cincinnati, took the first prize for cut 
blooms, exhibiting three hundred — twelve 
each of twenty-five varieties — which were 
said by Mr. John Thorpe to be the finest 
collection of such a size ever seen in this 
country . The v hole exhibition was a 
magnificent display. 
Tlie Society Meetings. 
At this season of the year there is little, if 
any, excuse for the fruit grower or gardener 
failing tr attend the winter meetings of the 
local, county or state horticultural societies. 
The amount of money necessary to carry 
him there can not be expended to better 
advantage. The amount of good that may 
be derived from contact and association 
with practical men of experience from 
diverse parts of the country is not very 
readily to be estimated in dollars and cents, 
but no one can afford to stay away. Make 
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Editorial Briellets. 
The Horticultural Department of the 
North Carolina College of Agriculture and 
Mechanic Arts will be glad to receive and 
place on file in the students’ reading room 
all catalogues of nurserymen, florists and 
seedsmen who will favor them with copies. 
Address Prof. W. F. Massey, Raleigh, N. C. 
Pomologist H. E. Van Deman says that 
the Satsuma plum is equal to Kelsey in size 
and quality. It is as red as blood inside. 
A month earlier than Kelsey and probably 
hardier, it may prove more valuable for the 
North where the Kelsev does not succeed. 
The Neunan strawberry furnishes fully 
four-fifths of all the strawberries shipped to 
the North from Florida. It is not large but 
very firm and quite acid. Its only rival for 
northern shipment is the Hoffman, which 
is less firm but handsomer and more regu- 
lar and uniform in shape. It is said to be 
quite free from the rust from which the 
Neunan suffers so severely and brings a 
better price in the northern markets. 
There is every indication that the prices 
for apples will be higher before they get 
lower. Really fine apples are scarce and 
well-known brands are bringing prices out- 
side and above quotations. The grower 
who has good apples to sell now is pretty 
certain of doing well in the market. 
The new native plum from Iowa and 
which has been named Hawkeye is said to 
be very large, deep red in color, very hardy 
and productive, of fairly good quality and 
promises to be valuable throughout the 
prairie region for family use and for market. 
The Department of Agriculture has be- 
gun the publication of <he Experiment 
Station Record. It will be published in 
numbers to be paged continuously, and will 
form a volume of six or more numbers for 
each year, including full indexes of names 
and subjects. It will contain such rapid 
and concise synopses of the contents of cur- 
rent bulletins and reports as will enable the 
busy worker to readily ascertain what is 
going on at the stations in various lines. 
Mr. J. J. Colmant of Miss., Chairman of 
the State Fruit Committee says that the pe- 
eanf Carya olivceformis ) will eventually be- 
come the most important fruit for the Gulf 
coast. Though it grows well in all parts of 
Mississippi, it is on the Gulf coast and in 
river bottoms that it attains perfection. 
Large groves of it are in bearing on the 
coast and more are planted every year. By 
selecting the largest, thin-shelled nuts simi- 
lar fruit is produced. On the coast the ap- 
ple, pear and peach are not as successfully 
grown as farther north in the State, and 
even the orange has failed in many localities 
on account of the severity of the winters a 
few years ago. The pecan, however, can 
be grown with almost never-failing success 
if properly cared for. 
Many copies of this issue of Orchard and 
Garden will be sent out as sample copies. 
Examine it carefully and remember that it 
costs but fifty cents a year — less than Jive 
cents apiece. 
Illinois State Horticultural Society. 
The thirty-fourth annual meeting of this 
society will be held in the City Hall, Ham- 
ilton, 111., on December 10, 11 and 12, 1889. 
For programmes, etc., address A. C. Ham- 
mond, Secretary, Warsaw, 111. 
New Jersey State Horticultural Society. 
The annual meeting of the N. J. State 
Horticultural Society will be held in the 
Slate House, Trencon, N. J., on December 
18tli and 19th, 1889. E. Williams, Secre- 
tary, Montclair, N. J. 
Missouri State Horticultural Society. 
This society will hold its thirty-second 
annual meeting in the Opera House, Leba- 
non, Mo., on December 3, 4 and 5, 1889, 
upon the invitation of the Laclede County 
Horticultural Society. L. A. Goodman, 
Secretary, Westport, Mo. 
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Our Book Table. 
First Report of the Secretary of Agriculture. This 
first report of Hon. J. M. Rusk— the first Secretary of 
Agriculture— is a brief but comprehensive one, occu- 
pying an octavo pamphlet of to pages and containing 
many suggestions and recommendations for the im- 
provement and complete reorganization of the Depart- 
ment and the introduction of some new features of 
value. It will well repay careful perusal and give the 
reader some idea of the work the department is doing 
and its present need of increased accommodations 
and financial appropriations. 
Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, 
Ala. Report of the Agricultural Experiment 
Station. Bulletin No. 7. Niw Series. Horticulture 
—Experiments with Vegetables. Dairy — Methods of 
Setting milk. Meteorology— Tables of Soil Tempera- 
tures. Biology— Directions for sending specimens of 
Diseased Plants, etc., to the Experiment Station. J. S. 
Newman, Director. 
Department of Agriculture of South Carolina. 
Monthly Report. New Series, Nos. 20 & 21. A. P. 
Bcn.KR, Com m issioner of Agricult ure, Columbia, S. C. 
Highway Improvement. An address by Col. Albert 
A. Pope of Boston, Mass., before the Carriage Builders’ 
National Association, at Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 1'. , 1889. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Sectinn of 
Vegetable Pathology — Quarterly Bulletin. Septem- 
ber, 1889. Vol. 5. No. III. The Journal of Mycology : 
Devoted to the study of Fungi, especially in their re- 
lation to Plant Diseases, by B. F. Galloway, Chief of 
the Section. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Office of Ex- 
periment Stations. Experiment Station Bulletin 
No. 2. Digest of the Annual Reports of the Agri- 
cultural Experiment Stations in the United States for 
1888. W. O. Atwater, Director. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Division of 
Chemistry. Bulletin No. 13. Foods and Food 
Adulterants, being investigations made under direc- 
tion of Dr. H. W. Wiley, Chief Chemist. Part Fifth : 
Baking Powders, by C. A. Crampton, Assistant 
Chemist. Bulletin No. 22. Record of Experiments at 
Des Lignes Sugar Experiment Station, Baldwin, La., 
during the season of 1888, by C. A. Crampton, Assist- 
ant Chemist. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Division of 
Entomology, Bulletin No. 20. The Root-knot Dis- 
ease of the Peach, Orange and other plants in Florida, 
due to the work of the auguillula ; and illustrated by 
twenty-one colored plates. Prepared under the 
the direction of the Entomologisl, by J. C. Neal, Ph. 
D., M. D. 
American Pomological Society. Proceedings of 
the Twenty-Second Session. Held in Ocala, Florida, 
February 20, 21, 22, 1889. This report of the last meet- 
ing of the Society is admirably compiled and made 
easy of reference by the addition of a trustworthy in- 
dex. The Catalogue of Fruits is full and complete 
and is supplemented by a Catalogue of Native and 
Introduced Species of Fruits and Nuts, in the United 
States and Canada. It also contains an excellent en- 
graving of Mr. P. J. Berckmans, the president of the 
society. The reports from committees and discussions 
thereupon will be found of much interest and value, 
and the next best thing to attending the meetings of 
this national society is to possess its reports. A. A. 
Crozier, Secretary, Ames, Iowa. 
Catalogues Received. 
Janesville Hay Tool Co., Janesville, Wis. Cata- 
logue of Hay Carriers, Forks, etc., etc. 
