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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY. 
May, 
knW how to spell it properly, made it Private. 
TheWinter was not aware that we hold our- 
selvesiopen to a challenge from the champion of 
any “Spelling Bee ” in this country, or he 
would nV have dared to alter the orthography 
of that Word. 
Bose Catalogue of E. Y. Teas.— We note 
that in thi\ fine list, there is one named E. Y. 
Teas, by the celebrated French Bose Grower, Eu¬ 
gene Verdier. “Jlere also is the Bose with “such a 
name,” as one of our exchanges expressed it. 
Deuil de Paul l^ontaine was not of course 
written Devil by Mt*. Teas. It was our cotem¬ 
porary’s own blunder, and he was reflecting on 
its own mistake. \ 
Fourth Annual Report of the Ohio 
Agricultural Colle&p.— This gives a good 
account of the doings of thC college for the past 
year. Among other items, We notice that credit 
is given to our excellent correspondent, Mr. 
W. T. Harding, for what he ha§ done in his 
department. And this moves us t&say that our 
agricultural and educational colleges; might do 
excellent service to horticulture by niaking the 
office of chief gardener rank with that of the 
regular Professors,—so that they couldVreport 
themselves on their own doings, and receive pay 
and position accordingly. Of course there . are 
numerous “ gardeners ” who would be as much 
out of their element in a position of this kind as 
a bull in a china shop,—but then there are also^ 
“Professors ” of all sorts of things, with whom 
the genuine ai tide would be ashamed to asso¬ 
ciate. Intelligent gardeners of this class, fit for 
such positions, are not numerous,—but there 
are quite enough for a start,—and if the/Way 
were open for these, with due rewardsf there 
would soon be a good field to seleet from. 
History of the Cabbage.— Perhaps the 
earliest mention of the cabbage f)y ancient 
English writers is by Sir Arthur ^Jhley Johnson. 
A contemporary of Ashley speaks of the “great 
ordinarie cabbage, knowne everywhere, and com-, 
monly eaten all over the ^mgdome.” This in 
1636. 
Political Geology.— We see by the Wes¬ 
tern papers that Dr> I. A. Lapham, whom the 
whole world hoi^6 for his distinguished knowl¬ 
edge and services in geology, botany, and kindred 
sciences, haaHbeen removed from his position as 
State geoJp|jist in order to make way for another 
gentleman, who—so the papers say—can be of 
moremse to the “ party in power.” It so hap- 
pe|i that we do not know what “ party ” in poli¬ 
tics Dr. Lapham affiliates with, nor do we kn^w 
what party holds the “ power,’’ so we are free to 
offer our opinion that it will be a bad da#both 
for politics and science when such considera¬ 
tions as this reported in Dr. Lapham’s ease, be¬ 
comes general. We hope for the credit of science, 
that there is some mistake in the pport. Dr. 
Lapham is certainly removed,—apd if for politi¬ 
cal reasons, as stated, it will be tb the disgrace 
of Wisconsin as a State, and probably the first 
case on record in this country, ^here any man’s 
religion or politics entered into a , question of 
science. We should as soon think of bringing it 
into the Gardener's Monthly as of expecting to 
see it made an element in the appointment of a 
State Geologist. 
Mr. William MeehAn.— When the enthusi¬ 
asm over California frffit broke out, a large num¬ 
ber of the best gardeners of Philadelphia started 
for the golden land/and among them a younger 
brother of the editor of this magazine, who was 
at that time gardener for E. H. Hopkins, of 
Bristol. 
As the history of these early horticultural 
pioneers has always been a matter of interest to 
| those who knew them, we may be pardoned for 
giving place to the following from the Marysville 
(California) Appeal: 
“ Intelligence has been received of the death 
of William Meehan, a former resident of this 
.citgf, who died at his home in Germantown, Pa., 
bn the 7th of November last, aged 41 years. 
; T^e deceased was a gardener in the employ of 
Charles Covillaud, the pioneer, for many years. 
Subsequently he became associated with Julian 
Trambly, purchased a tract of the old Covillaud 
garden, located on the Simpson lane, and there 
carried om4he business of gardening for several 
years. Sorhe years ago Mr. Meehan’s health be¬ 
came impaired, and after combating his disease 
for a long time, he disposed of his interest here 
and sought a change of climate in the hope of 
beneficial results. But consumption had gained 
too strong a hol^ and the result is now an¬ 
nounced. The deceased was a native of England. 
His death, though ni$ unexpected, will be re¬ 
gretted by all who kne^y him intimately.” 
Bopp’s Beady Beck^ner, published by C. 
Bopp, Jr., Bloomington, Illinois. This is an ex¬ 
tremely valuable idea, and? just suited to the 
wants of gardeners, farmers, nurserymen, and 
everybody in fact that may have to make calcu¬ 
lations, and want the readiest and quickest way 
of going about them. The tables are so arranged 
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