T. H. Forster, Librarian, sends us the annual report for 1882. It is as full of information as it is possible for a work of this kind to be. There are reports of intelligent discussions on almost every horticultural topic that could be mentioned. It contains a great amount of valuable information. Reports from many branch societies are embraced, giving it additional value. The Secretary's Portfolio is replete with valuable information. The following extract from the introductory note will show what he has aimed to do. " Again, during the year 1882,1 have been gathering from every available source facts, observations, experiments, and opinions in the field of horticulture, and from the great amount of material garnered, I have sifted and pruned, abstracted and epitomized, placing the results of this long and oftentimes perplexing labor in the condensed form which follows this prefatory note. A very large amount of very valuable information has been thrown out, not because it was unworthy, not because it was uninteresting, but lor the reason that everything could not be taken, and it was desirable to get such matter as would interest and instruct the largest number of enquirers." T. T. Lyon is President, and Charles W. Garfield, Secretary.