Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-10

ne y, improved and only se nsible form, for
= monthly magazine, are the handsomest
specimens of = horticultural and g4rde ling
magazine ever Published in this country.
The size Of page 10 about that of the Cen
fury magazine, the columns being some
what wider, two columns to the page
Each number has . full page frontispiece
on plate paper, several full page and
considerable number Of smaller engravngs,
head and tail pieces and initials. all very
srtistically grouped upon the pages. The
articles are all interesting, readable and
practical, from the pens of some of the
best known floral. gardening and horticul-
tural experts Of the day. and embracing q
wide range Of subjects. The numbers are
Just splendid from front to last page. and
We do not see how any person who loves
fruit or garden. can get along without
this magazine. They certainly cannot after
they have once seen it. New York: 10
Spruce St; 81 90 per year.
Atthe annual meeting of the New England
Agricultural Society in Boston on Tuesday
only trustees were elected, the elections of
executive officers being postponed to come
future date. As to the election Of trustees
the dispatches in ths public journals leave
one in some doubt as to the gentlemen rep
resenting Maine, two different lists having
been published. One list gives the trustees
from this State as IF. II. Briggs, Auburn;
f. Baker. Poland; W. NJ. Robie, Gorham;
II. L. Whitney, Hebron" Another paper
gives it as ~. A. Gilbert, Greene; W. H.
Strickland, Bangor; J. r. Bodwell, Halo
the latter list would seem to be more in &C
guidance with the spirited and wide awake
policy of this Society, the former is proba-
bly, the correct one as it contains only the
names of gentlemen now living, and repre-
sents besides so large q section Of the ter
ritory of the great agricultural State of
Maine, and the names are those of sgricul-
turalists of such high and well known dis
tinction. We are a little in doubt as to
who NV. NJ. Robbie" is but he is undoubt
eddy some good granger, and thus fully
eligible to the position.
The dreaded gypsy moth, about which
something has recently been said in the
Journal, was lately the subject of a hear
:. haf g., tkn LAT
a, which many influential citizens of Med
ford Mass, were present. That is the
town which has been so seriously rsvaged
by this new insect pest the past two or
three years, and Hon. B. F. Hayes opened
the case for the petitioners, stating the
great damage done in Medford by this in
sect, last year, and the very great danger
there was of immense damage being done
vegetation of all kinds unless radical meas
submitted bill providing for a
commission to take necessary action,
but that municipal authorities be given
authority to enter upon lands to destroy
the insect Professor Charles II. Fernald
of the State Agricultural College spoke in
detail upon the habits and characteristics
Of the moth, and urged that some action he
taken to protect the interests Of the farmers
and others interested in agricultural and
horticultural property. The hearing was
closed, but the committee may 60 out to
Medford and view the premises where most
damage has been done BY them. The ques-
ton Of Legislative action upon this matter
is one which all farmers and gardeners will
watch with great interest Since the above
was written it is reported that at the annual
meeting Of the Massachusetts State Board
Of Agriculture q vote was passed to petition
the Legislature to take measures for the
determination of the gypsy moth.