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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 
The twenty-fifth annual report of the Fruit Growers 
Association of Ontario has been issued by the Ontario 
Department of Ag-riculture, at Toronto, by order of the 
Legislative Assembly. It is a valuable compendium of 
statistics regarding the fruit industry in the province. 
It is a book of 158 pages, comprising the constitution 
and by-laws of the association, a full report of the 
papers read at the annual'meeting with the accompany¬ 
ing discussions, and much valuable matter in seven 
appendices. Photo-engravings of the president, T. H. 
Race, and of the exhibits of Ontario at the World’s 
Fair are presented. Fruit growing has assumed large 
proportions in Ontario, and there is a marked improve¬ 
ment in the manner of fruit growing there as well as in 
the quality of fruit produced. The secretary-treasurer 
of the association, Linus Woolverton, is actively engaged 
in the advancement of the fruit growing interests of the 
province. He is editor of Canadian Horticulturist. 
“Spraying Crops,” by Clarence M. Weed, treating 
of spraying orchard fruits, nursery stock, small fruits, 
shade trees, ornamental plants and flowers, vegetables 
and field crops; “The Beautiful Flower Garden,” by 
F. Schuyler Mathews, giving a treatment of the garden, 
with special regard to the picturesque, with many illus¬ 
trations and with notes on practical floriculture by A. 
H. Fewkes ; “All About Sweet Peas,” a complete 
epitome of the literature of this fragrant annual, by 
Rev. W. T. Hutchins, are published in attractive form 
by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia. These books 
cover subjects more or less familiar but in a manner so 
interesting as to commend them to the attention of all 
who are interested in floricultuie and horticulture- In 
them the practice of accepted experts is plainly told. 
The fifth annual report of the Missouri Botanical 
Garden has been issued by Professor William Trelease, 
the director, under the direction of the board of trustees 
of the institution. The volume in its usual handsome 
form contains reports for the year 1893, anniversary 
publications, scientific papers and notes and observations 
by the director. There are numerous photo-engravings 
and carefully prepared plates. The volume is of special 
interest to botanists. There are in the herbarium 
222,420 specimens. During the year 1,320 volumes 
and 1,344 pamphlets have been purchased and many 
volumes and pamphlets have been added by donation 
or exchange. The library contains 15,486 works val¬ 
ued at $25,268 52. One of the annual events at the 
garden is a banquet to florists, gardeners and nursery¬ 
men. During the annual convention of the Society of 
American florists in St. Louis last August 300 delegates 
visited the garden. A valuable feature of the flfth annual 
report is the article by J. C. Whitten “ Phenological 
Notes for 1892 and 1893,” giving tables showing the 
time of leafing, flowering and fruiting of herbaceous and 
woody plants. 
^rom Various points. 
There is invested $800,000 in the culture of the prune 
in Idaho. 
The twelfth annual meeting of the American Seed 
Trade Association will be held this month in Toronto. 
The tenth annual meeting of the Society of Ameri¬ 
can Florists will be held at Atlantic, N. J., in August. 
A prominent business man of Erie, N. Y., has ar¬ 
ranged for the shipment to London, Eng., next fall of 
fifty tons of grapes. 
The twenty-fourth meeting of the American Pomo- 
logical Society will be held in San Francisco next winter. 
Grape growers to the number of 1370 have paid five 
dollars each for a share of stock in the Chautauqua & 
North East Grape Union. 
According to the Industrial American, the Ben Davis 
apple so largely planted in Missouri and elsewhere in the 
West, is a native of Kentucky. It originated on the farm 
of Mr. Ben Davis of Montgomery county. 
H. E. Van Deman, formerly pomologist in the 
United States Department of Agriculture, is contemplat¬ 
ing a great work similar to that of the late Charles 
Downing on fruits and fruit trees of America. 
Apples are something of a specialty in parts of Kansas 
and Nebraska. Shipments of 1,500,000 bushels from the 
latter state are announced for last year’s crop. The num¬ 
ber of apple trees in the state is given at five million. 
A suit brought by a nurserymen in New York state 
against a telephone company for cutting and disfiguring 
a half dozen evergreen trees that interfered with their 
wires, has been decided in favor of the plaintiff. 
• Myron A. Hunt, treasurer of the Society of American 
Florists, president of the American Rose Society, treas¬ 
urer of the Florists’ Hail Association and of the National 
Chrysanthemum Society, died at his home in Terre 
Haute, April 23d, aged 56 years. , 
Professor C. V. Riley, for nearly twenty years govern¬ 
ment entomologist, has resigned his position at the request 
of his family who think that he has earned a rest. Professor 
Riley urged the appointment, as his successor, of L. O. 
Howard, who has been his chief assistant sixteen years. 
Professor Riley will retain his connection with the National 
Museum. 
Arrangements have been made for the establishment 
of five fruit experiment stations in the province of On¬ 
tario, Canada. They will be located in Prince Edward, 
Simcoe, Huron, Wentworth and Essex counties, at an 
estimate expense of $1,000 for the first year. It is pro¬ 
posed soon to establish five other stations in the prov¬ 
ince. The work of each station will be devoted to a 
particular kind of fruit. 
