October 
230 
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.Tte imeriGan harden, 
TO STEANGERS. 
This number of The Ajieuican G arden 
is sent to several thousand intelligent people 
who ought to be interested in its contents, 
and which to many of them ought to be 
worth a good many times the subscription 
price of only §1.00. “Ifow” is peculiarly 
the time to subscribe, for on January 1st the 
price will be raised to §2.00 a year, so great 
is the expense of making so good a maga¬ 
zine as this. Fiu-thermore, all subscribing 
now wiil get the numbers lor the rest of 
this year without extra charge. 
A CHANGE IN THE SUBSCKIPTION PEIOE 
Of The American Garden. 
After January 1st next, tlie subscription 
price of this magazine will be §2.00 a year. 
This change is made because of tlio great ex¬ 
pense of making such a journal as this, and be¬ 
cause we propose to continue making improve¬ 
ments and increasing its size as circumstances 
may dictate or retiuire. We feel sure that read¬ 
ers ■null endorse this movement, as many of 
them have already expressed surprise at tlte 
low price of the magazine. 
All present subscribers, even if their sub¬ 
scriptions expii'e after .Januarj' 1st, liave tlie 
privilege of renewing at §1.00, and also of 
subscribing lor 2, 3 or 5 years at •§! .00 a 
year, providing only that their orders are 
sent in before .January 1st. 
THE COMMITTEES 
FOR THE AWARD OF THE AMERICAN GARDEN'S 
TEX /SlOO FRIZES. 
The following gentlemen have been ap¬ 
pointed by the Society of American Florists, 
as the comiiiittee from that society to award 
the two .§100 prizes (Xos. 9 and 10) otTei’ed 
by The American Garden. The gentle¬ 
men are so well known that all will feel sure 
that their awards will be just. 
.John Thorpe, Queens, N. V.; Rob. Oral", ITiilii 
(lelphia. Fa.; Rob. Halihlay, Ualtimore, Mil.; K. G' 
Hill, Richinond, liul.; Harry .Siindeibnicli, Cin’ 
cinnati, O. 
THE CINCINNATI MEETING. 
Mr. John Thorpe, who has done so much 
nard work in the organization of the Society 
of American Florists, has reason to be proud 
of the great sueeess of the first annual meet¬ 
ing. In a private note exjiressing his regret 
at our enforced absence from the meeting 
he says: “We really had so much meat to di¬ 
gest there was more than enough for all. 
The work lias been heavy but the result has 
justified it, and I am satisfied. We shall 
have a glorious meeting at Philadeljdiia. 1 
never saw such harmony, such eagernc,ss for 
information and such talent at a new organ¬ 
ization before. The people of America will 
be benefited by the .Society of Amci'ican 
Florists’ transaetions to a great degree, and 
if only for that I shall not regret the labor 
spent in the work.” 
$600 TO $1,000 
OF PEOFIT ON AN ACRE OP LAND 
One thousand 
of ground may seem niciechble, 
it Tias been made a 
being made every year by T ■ jcala- 
how The celebrated Celery , 
mazoo, Michigan, a few 
bog-swamp without any va u 
until some enterprising Qgicry 
the ideli to drain the land and g 
on it. These fields are now as va '- ble “ 
any farming land in the State; a cai-lo.i I of 
Cefery is shipped from the place "very ch 
many thousand-dollar-prolits per acie av 
been made there, and manygio'vci. • 
retired with a fortune made, within a few 
years, by growing Celery. 
Mr. F. M. Augur's Strawberry field at 
iMiddlelicld, Conn., mentioned in our last 
number, ivhich yielded 16,000 quarts of ber¬ 
ries per acre, must certainly have yie tec a 
profit of over §1000. At Irvington, N. J., 
Mr. 1. E. Brown sold from a jiieceof ground 
a little short of an acre, planted with Great 
American Straivberries, §1,800 worth of 
berries. He manured heavily, using 100 
tons of stable manure, but the expense of 
cultivation was very light, so that after de¬ 
ducting all expenses, the profits amounted 
to considerably over .§1000. With the use 
of glass for hot-beds and cold-frames three 
and four crops of vegetables may be grown 
in one year, yielding under favorable condi¬ 
tions still larger ])rofits. 
Tliese instances of large profits are not 
cited with a view to induce anyone to leave 
a paying business and to embark in market 
gardening expecting to realize a fortune in a 
short time, but that they might serve as a 
stimulus to those who are [ilodding in old 
nits, barely earning a Ih'ing, and to shoiv 
them that by ])rogressing with the times, 
and by adopting iinproi'cd methods, they 
may increase the products and profits of 
their gai'dens. manifold. 
noticed in a recent number, was one of the 
founders of the Massachusetts Horticultural 
qocietv whose first meeting was held in his 
in Cornhill, Boston, in 1829. He was 
ODE $100 PRIZES FOE BEST VAEIETIES. 
There .seems to be some misunderstanding 
of our offers (seepage2-17). Inafew words, 
our plan is simply this: to have these valu¬ 
able prizes given to the best varieties, as 
named, which may not have been ollercd 
for sale previous to Alay 1, ISSo. The con¬ 
ditions named are only for the imrpose of 
getting as fair and In-oad tests of the varie¬ 
ties a.s |)ossible. • We believe that the com¬ 
mittees will judge and award with impar¬ 
tial fairne.ss, and i.ossibly they may consider 
that the conditions we have given will rc- 
fpdre modification. We doubt if any mere 
technical j.oints of form will be .allowed by 
the committees to stand in the way of Uic 
fair competition of any variety. They will 
undoubtedly sec that the bral will he given 
llieir due honors. 
HOW 
THE 8U00ESSFUL FRUIT GROWERS 
AND GARDENERS 
HAVE WON THEIR GREAT SU00ESSE3, 
Will be told in a serie.s of artiele.s soon to be 
begun in these columns. 'I'hey will i„. 
written by the “kings" of horti.adture, and 
will i.oint the way plainly I',,,- 
.'ind do likewise, 'fhere is 
all of the lirst-cl.ass on 
j.roducts that can he grown 
g(. 
» demand for 
nil’ll aiai garden 
fhineas BEOWN hovby. 
Mr. P- P- Hovey, whose death we briefly 
its vice president five years, chairman of its 
committee of arrangements ten years, and a 
member of its fruit committee twenty-four 
veai’S. All his life he took an earnest inter- 
est in the promotion of horticulture, begiu- 
nine- as a boy to know and cultivate flowers 
for very love of them. He began his busi¬ 
ness life as a florist, and in 1834 became the 
head of the firm of Hovey & Co., seedsmen 
and nurserymen, which est.ablished its store 
in Cornhill street, and was afterwards for 
twenty years at Mo. 7 Merchants’ Row, 
finally moving to the present stand of the 
house at 16 So. Market Street, and with 
which he remained until 1883. In all those 
years Mr. Hovey was a recognized leader in 
horticulture, and his advice was often sought 
by those interested in similar pursuits. Mr. 
Hovey re.aehed the honorable age of eighty- 
one years, nine months, and the society with 
which he was so long connected took appro¬ 
priate means of recognizing their loss. 
THE DEACON LETTUCE. 
Mr. Goff’s article on Lettuces has brought 
so many calls for the “Deacon’" that our 
good friend Mi’. Joseph Harris of Rochester, 
X. y., its introducer, kindly offers to send 
a package of the “Deacon" seed to any 
readers of the Garden who will send him 
their names. 
A GLADIOLUS EXHIBITION. 
The large, commodious warehouses of P. 
Henderson & Co., in Cortlandt St., Xew 
York, presented a brilliant scene on the 23th 
and 2Gth of last month, ivhen the firm treated 
its friends and patrons to one of the finest 
Gl.adiolus shows held in this city. Every 
.available space was made use of in embel¬ 
lishing the place with flower spikes. All 
the leading varieties, old and new, were rep¬ 
resented, and, being plaiiil}^ labeled, offered 
a convenient opportunity for stud}’’ as ivell 
as a guide to those desiring to nmke selec¬ 
tions. 'The massive effect of the large groups 
of mixed varieties was almost dazzling. 
In addition to Gladioluses, although these 
formed the leading feature, were several 
tastefully arranged collections of IJlies, Ver¬ 
benas, Asters, Petunias, Phloxes, Uvarias, 
Foliage Plants, etc. We noticed also some 
choice collections of vegetables, twenty-four 
varieties of T'omatoos, twelve varieties of 
Peppers, seven varieties of Cucumbers, Egg 
Plants, (!tc.,all of great perfection. 
Alany of our iirominent professional and 
auiateur horticulturists were among the visi¬ 
tors. 'The effect of such exhibitions cannot 
hut be beuellcial in developing a taste for 
tile culture of llowers. 
FENNSYLVANIA HORTIOULTUBAL SOCIETY. 
'I’he annual (Mirys.autheimnuExhibition will 
lie held in Horticultural Mall, Pliiladelphla, 
from November 10th to 131,h. ThePrcmiuui 
1/ist is very complete, and the prizes so lib" 
eral tliat an exhibition of extraordinary ex- 
eelleuce may he counted uixm. Premium 
Mists may be obtained on ap]ilication t** 
tlie Secretary, A. W. Harrison, llortloult- 
"I'lil Hall, I’hlla-delplila. 
