Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-13

street lamps VIII be lighted at Cos p m. and
eXtinguished at 1890 a IN.
Citizens meeting In South Washington. See
advt.
The Association Of Patent Law students last
night elected officers as follows:-D ID. Kane,
president; X. y. Dyer, vfce-preStdent; +. d. NC
Cleary, secretary, and c. G. Poole, treasurer:
The funeral services OF the late Samuel b.
Kendig, who for several years was telephone
operator at police headquarters, TOOK place yes
tfrday, and the body was removed for inter-
nent to his old home at Geneva \. \. Rev L.
@. Addison, rector OF Trinity 7. E. church, con-
Quoted the services
The mass meeting of colOred citizens which
was to assemble last night at Bethel hall, to
consider the reply Of the fire commissioners In
relation to the nOn-appOintment OF colored fire.
men, did not take place. In consequence OF q
misunderstanding OF the committee as to the
tsme and place OF meeting and pOStpOnement
was made to next Wednesday night, at the
same place and hour.
The Grand council of Jonadabs will institute
In Georgetown council of the order TO be
known as InviHcible, next week. ON SATURDAY.
ed, the grand council and number OF men,
Ders OF the order Will go to Baltimore and orga-
ME council in that city.
At meeting OF the board of directors of the
Baltimore and Delta narrOw-gauge railroad. In
Baltimore, yesterday, the contract for grading
nine miles OF road commencing at Delta and
four miles commencing at the Gunpowder. was
awarded to Messrs. Ray, of this CITY, and For
wood, OF Hartford county, Md.
The Office of the National Associated Press,
Col. w III. Clarke agent, has been removed
from f4lS TO 141G street.
The president of the Potomac Fruit Growers
Association announces the following appoint
mentS on its scientific committee for lSi9:-E.
p. Rowland, ID. :. CuTtiSS, 5. y. III. Mckim.
Hiram Pitts, j. E. SnOdgraSS.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HORTICULTURAL
SeCIkTY met last night at Shea's hail. MIR j. A
Baker in the chair, and j. T. Q. Clark secretary.
Frank Hume and j. III. keuhling were elected
members. The following officers were elected:
President, John A. Baker; vice presidents John
saul. Thomas ". Fowler, IL. NJ. r. King: record
ing secretary, G. II. Chase; corresponding sec
rotary ID. ). Curtiss; treasurer. John I. G. CLARK
Executive committee - President, recording
secretary, corresponding secretary. and treas
urer, ex of1iciO; John saul, George Chorus.
Michael ESch. David /. Saunders. and John g
Judd Finance committee-Wm. Saunders
Matthias lIaggerty. and James Kerr.
Dr. Fasey, botanist at the Agricultural de-
partment, read paper on the relation OF bOta-
ny TO horticulture. He said that the popular
idea or botaniSt was man surrounded by
packages OF dried leaves, &c, while the hOrti-
cultur1sJ was one surrounded by living beauti-
full plants. He then sketched botany as having
had its birth in garden, noting that there Were
but few hundred plants known until in the
14th century public medical garden was eS-
tablished. After the discovery OF America the
number OF plants described were largely in
creased DIR. Nasey spoke OF the work OF Lin
neuS, whose father intended him for the minis
try, and OF the botanical results OF the Mexican
Boundary survey, the Pacific X. r. survey, and
the more recent government surveys, speaking
OF the late Dr. John TOney and Prof Asa GRAY
then referred TO the establishment OF botanical
gardens In this country, noticing those OF John
Barton on the Schuylkill; Humphrey Marshall
In Chester county. Pa; and Shaw, In ST. Louis
The government had done something In the es-
Enlistment Of the Botanical garden and the
Agricultural grounds here, but they had ap-
parently Just begun. The Agricultural grounds
containing 40 acres, should be extended to take
In the vacant ground OF the other parks and
converted into one vast garden. under one head,
where every known plant could be made to
grow and experiments made which would en-
large our productive powers.
MI. Mcpherson followed with paper In
which he said that the government here can eS-
tablish no garden which can accommodate
more than one-fifth Of the S0,000 known Speci
mems. He referred to the much maIigned arts
tOcratS OF the old world as having done much in
the encouragement of botany and horticulture
nentiOEedthat all the colonies OF Great Britain
have botanical gardens, and expressed the hop
that the government would continue to encOur
age horticulture. Col. Curtis remarked thar
LlDLeuS was not the only one who, intended for
the ministry, had engaged in botany and hort1
culture, referring to Mr.. Saunders, OF the Agri
cultural department. Mr.. Saul remarked tina
to grow good collection of American oaks TO-
acres would be required. MeSSrS Saul AM
Fowler made remarks on the flowers exhibite
at this meet1ng-a new tea rose, red orchid
cyeldmenS and others.