. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. utiful Daffodil now namedCountess of Annesley was first discoveredgrowing by the thousands in the and Rhododendrons and Bamboosare here special features and as a rarityamong the last named is Dendrocalamnssikkimensis, introduced by the Earl ofAnnesley from India a few years ago. It isgrowing in an intermediate house and isabout twelve feet in height, not being sohardy as the Japanese and Northern Chinesekinds.—London Gazette. evidently have convinced the grower thathe is
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. utiful Daffodil now namedCountess of Annesley was first discoveredgrowing by the thousands in the and Rhododendrons and Bamboosare here special features and as a rarityamong the last named is Dendrocalamnssikkimensis, introduced by the Earl ofAnnesley from India a few years ago. It isgrowing in an intermediate house and isabout twelve feet in height, not being sohardy as the Japanese and Northern Chinesekinds.—London Gazette. evidently have convinced the grower thathe is put face to face with new problems,and that he must bestir himself if he wantsto save his crops in future. Among the exhibits was the usual finedisplay of Pears, Apples and Barrys Anjou Pears were ful-ly as fine as ever. The Field Force PumpCompany of Lockport, this county, had oneof their Knapsack sprayers in the hall. Itappears to be like a serviceable implement. Election of Officers. The followingofficers were elected for the ensuing year:President, Wm. C. Barry, of Rochester;. Western New York Fruit Growers inCouncil. We have been present at many horticul-tural meetings of both National and StateSocieties, but we have never seen a gather-ing so numerous or so enthusiastic as wasthe thirty-sixth annual meeting of theWestern New York Fruit growers held atRochester, N. Y., Jan. 38th and 29th of thisyear. The large hall was filled to its ut-most at every session, and there must havebeen a thousand or more people in attend-ance at both days. This large attendance alone is a hopefulsign. The disaster that has overtaken someof the fruit crops of the past two seasons,and the uncertainties concerning the future GLIMPSE AT AN IRISH GARDEN. 1st Vice-president, Willard, of Geneva;Secretary and Treasurer, John Hall, ofRochester. Vice Presidents Address. Mr. D. says the failure of the Apple cropin 1890 was the most complete ever knownin the history of
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