60 
the 
AMERICAN GABn^ 
[Mas 
others to show that bagging P’’" 
paid, apart of the profits resulting frji 
protection against birds, insects and eai y 
frosts. A thousand bags costing 4-1.60 could 
be pinned on in a day by an active girl. Mi. 
Kendel thought the Catawba ripened t^o 
weeks earlier now than when first intio- 
duced into Cleveland thirty-five years ago. 
Mr. G. W. Campbell thought the facts did 
not bear out Mr. Kendel, although it w as 
contrary to the laws of acclimation, the 
Catawba originating in Korth Carolina. 
A paper on Some Hints toward the Land¬ 
scape Improvement of Country Homes was 
read by L. B. Pierce of Ohio. Secretary 
Eagan said the paper filled a very important 
hiatus in the literature of the societj- and he 
was glad that it recommended the employ¬ 
ment of native trees and shrabs. The cost 
of such was less while the beauty of many 
could not be exceeded. The lack of beauti¬ 
ful surroundings was a marked fe.ature of 
too many homes in America and we should 
smile upon every effort and every word that 
threw fight upon the subject. President 
Earle said he was glad the paper had been 
presented. Many began wrong end first in 
planting their homes. He would plant the 
ornamental first, the fruit bearing ti-ees 
afterward. He could buy Apples, but he 
could hot buy the changing and wonderful 
beauty that his evergreen tj^es presented at 
all times of the year. 
E. T. Hollister of Missouri presented a 
paper on Fraternity; P. M. Augur of Con¬ 
necticut on Cranberry Culture : F. S. Earle 
on Fungoid Diseases of the Strawberry ; G. 
H. Wright of Iowa on Forest Planting in the 
Northwest, all interesting and aU followed by 
instructive and valuable discussions. 
Charles Gibb of Quebec and Prof. Budd of 
Iowa gave valuable information about Kus- 
sian Apples and other fruits. Veiy interest¬ 
ing and startling facts were given in refer¬ 
ence to the growth of Cherries in Korth- 
eastem Eussia. Prof. Budd thinks “the 
time not far distant when the whole North¬ 
west will grow Chen-ies as easily and plenti¬ 
fully as Tennessee grows Blackberries.” 
The tree agents became a subject of dis¬ 
cussion and resolution, but no one could be , 
found to condemn them totally, many think- i 
ing them to be something like the rum-laden ■ 
ship that took out the first missionaries, a 
combination of evil and good. Prof. Kii'ey 
gave an interesting lecture on insecticides. 
Dr. Maurice, Commissioner of .Jamaica, 
addres.sed the meeting on horticulture in 
that island. The Banana, he stated, was 
chiefly grown as a shade or nurse to ]>rotect 
young Coflee and Cocoa orchards; it cosfs 
$2.5 per acre to plant Bananas, and the return 
was from .$50 to .$75 in eighteen months, and 
about the same annually for five years, when 
they no longer bare good sised bunches, and 
the room was needed for the growing orch¬ 
ards. Oranges grow wild every where in 
cattle pastures, and the first step in estab- 
fishmga grove is to refrain f,om cultiv.v 
tion, when the young trees spring up and 
could be transplanted and grafted. A great 
many Cocoanuts are grown ^ 
"^f^oC fruits that attracted a great deal 
Among fruits ina persimmons, 
of attention was the j from 
!r=r’T'.S Lying 
next 
Cnlifornin and the South. Thou 
"lltgefc?month .1 Jimu.ty 1885, 
was not only a red-letter month m tlio his- 
toy of the American Horticultural Society, maelunery, cold storage, manufact, 
but in American Horticulture as well. 
will be spared to make the 
excel those in actual value. Xh ““‘hie 
are distributed only to member?®, 
names, with post-office, appear in 
umejand to patrons of the Business fr- ® 
The Business Directory contains 
and post-office of the leading fruit, 
nurserymen, florists, seedsmen 
fruit dealers and commission ’ m 
canning and preserving establishment’ 
ufacturers of horticultural imnio_ 
nts 
and 
Talljiadgjs. 
MASSACHUSETTS HORTIOULTUEAL SOOIETT. 
The Chairman of the Committee on Gul¬ 
dens, Mr. John G. Barker announces the 
following schedule of prizes for the year ; 
HUNNBWnLL TRIENNIAL PREMIUMS. 
Koran Est.ateof not less than four acres, whicli shall 
be laid out with the most taste, planted most judic- 
iously, and kept in the best order, for three consec¬ 
utive years, a prize of • * " ' 
For an Estate of not less than three acr§s, on tlie 
same conditions, . . - - - 
Second prize, 
In gratuities, 
society's PRIZES. 
For the Best Amateur Conservatory adjoining a 
Dwelling, 
Second Prize, ------ 
For the best collection of Hardy Biennial and Peren¬ 
nial Herbaceous Plants, .... 
Second Prize 
For the best arranged and best kept Flower Garden 
For the best Peach Orchard of one acre, with full 
statement of its planting, cultivation and produaion 
Second Prize 
For the best Vineyard of one acre, with a similar 
statement . . - 
Second Prize - 
>400 
>30 
30 
They bare at eight years from planting .and' 
yield an average of $22. There are many 
frmte pown in .Jamaica that might bTo^ 
lectB of export did they not come at a Jertol 
when American fruits were plentiful Ex 
penments are constantly going on in'reC 
ence to canning and preserving these, .and 
NEWXOEK STATE FOEESTEY ASS30LATI0M 
A meeting to form a State Forestry Asso¬ 
ciation was held in Utica on February 21st. 
Several interesting and valuable papers were 
read, and resolutions adopted to the ellect 
that it is the sentiment of the Association 
that the most careful legislation bo had 
bearing upon the forestry of the state, and 
that in view of tlie great interests involved, 
immediate legislation sliould be had boariug 
upon the preservation of tlie forests from 
destruction by fire. Tlie Hon. Andrew U. 
White, of Cornell University, was elected 
jiresident, Dr. E. B. Soutliwick, New York 
secretary. Among tlie vice-presidents we 
notice the name of the eminent veteran hor¬ 
ticulturist, Patrick Bai-ry of Koclicstor. 
A OHiEITY FLOWEE SHOW, 
-laiclifi .md continue three aftcnioons and 
bo given by D,.. Klundcr at 
and Iwonty-eiglitli streets A 
fruit and vegetable packages, manX?® ®^ 
of labels and nurserymen’s supplies 
the country. The volume will also ®*^‘’ 
roster of officers of all the principal t'"® 
cultural and pomological societies in'!v' 
country and the British Provinces x 
one engaged in business related to’hort'®”^ 
cultural and agi-icultural interests* th' 
ume will be invaluable, 
The annual fee of membership is §2011 
.and all applicants, to insure the publicat' 
of names in the forthcoming volume sho'n 
be made early, to the secretary, Pmf w 
H. Eagan, Green Castle, Ind. ’ ' 
NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF HONHAEY. 
In connection with this exhibition, which 
will take place at Budapest, this summer 
will be held an International Exhibition of 
Seeds, Cattle Food and Fertilizers. Thespec- 
ial programme which has been received 
states that the object of ibis International 
Exhibition is to acquaint the Hungarian 
agriculturists with foreign products, and in 
the interests of the interchange of seeds, 
also with tlie foreign places of import, be¬ 
sides to furnish information of the foreign 
agricultural situations, and to facilitate 10 
foreigners the securing of favorable markets 
for tiieir products. 
will 
Fifth avenue 1 
bciielited by the oiitortiii 
mnciit. 
to be 
ameeioan hoetiohltueal society 
Under its new till,. 11 
usofuliicHs will bo gi’eali' bold of 
«'in-y,ngfe,.w,ar,l the work , 
/A’bo firnt .and second 
tioiiK now before the world"? 
fbe highest comn.en.lationH 
CHOICE SLIPS. 
In former years all hot-beds were simkeii 
in tlie ground, now the usual method is to 
build tlioiii oil the level ground, except when 
made during winter, in which case they 
kecj) longer w.arm when lowered. 
It is said that Potatoes when dug in an 
unripe slate may be at times watery, and 
not fit to eat, but if spread as thinly as pos¬ 
sible ill a diy, airy place, they w'ill in time 
become as mealy .as if loft to ripen in the 
ground. 
Any one wlio has a spring or running 
stream 011 liis land may have a delicious and 
wliolosoine salad the year round, by planting 
early in .s]iring some slips of Water-cress 
along the margins. 
Plant the most mature and perfect seeds 
of l.lio most hardy, vigorous and valuable van- 
oties, and as a. shorter process, insuring mow 
certain and happy results, cross and hyb*' 
ize our liiuistkinds for.slillgroatoro.KOolloooo. 
Bo says the Hon. Alarsliall P. WWor. tho 
vonorablo president of tho American Pomo¬ 
logical Society. 
'I’o ])revont Hickory seedlings from fo'"’ 
ing sl.rong tap roots which make Iransplao 
ing very precarious, a writer states iij ', 
New York Triliuiie that lie places a st.nl> 
fin ill tliuiiottom of a troiicli about ten iae '^ 
deep, fills up with soil in wliicli 
pressed three inolios iloop. When tb® 
root roaciios tlio tin, ho says, instoBtl 0 
iiig down it will make small fibres, aim 
tree can bo tiansplautod safely. 
