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operation must be deferred until the sap commences to move. Nearly all the 

 species and varieties ofPicea and Pinus are best propagated from grafts ^vhen 

 seeds are not to be had. The Silver Fir, Abies {Picea) pedinata, is an 

 excellent stock for all the finer varieties of Silver Firs. The numerous 

 species oi Pinus grow well on stocks of the different types which they most 

 nearly resemble. For example, those species and varieties which resemble 

 the common Scots pine {Pinus sylvestris) grow well on that species as a 

 stock, but still better on P. Aiistriaca ; while P. Monticoh, P. Lamberiiana, 

 and their allies do best on P. excelsa, or on the Weymouth Pine {P- 

 strobus), and P. pinaster is a good stock for P. lemoniana and allied 

 kinds. Nearly all the Abies or Firs take kindly on the common Spruce as 

 a stock ; while Biotas and Thujas, as a rule, succeed well on the Chinese 

 Arborvitte, Cupressiis Laivsoniana, which is easily raised from seed, and is 

 of a clean free habit, forms an excellent stock for the different species and 

 varieties of Cypress. Pseudolarix Kmmpferii^ best propagated by grafting 

 scions on its own roots, moderately thick pieces well furnished with fibres 

 giving the best results. This mode of grafting may be used with advan- 

 tage in the case of other rare Conifers which are difficult to propagate by 

 cuttings. 



" Grafting is largely practised in most of the trade collections of Conifers, 

 especially for the multiplication of variegated or distinct varieties of any 

 species. Some cultivators object to grafting specimens of Coniferaj ; but 

 while acknowledging seedlings to be decidedly preferable as a rule, one 

 cannot gainsay the evidence afforded by the fine grafted specimens worked 

 by Mr. Fowler at Castle Kennedy, and other well-known cultivators of 

 these useful and highly ornamental plants and trees." 



Upon the oak, ash, beech, birch, elm, lime, maple, poplar, chestnut, 

 walnut, holly, thorn, rhododendron, and all other trees and shrubs culti- 

 vated either for their useful or ornamental properties, similar instructive 

 details are given of the best modes of propagating them, and many 

 excellent suggestions made for the improvement of their varieties. The 

 work is rendered additionally attractive and instructive by many well- 

 executed woodcuts illustrative of the text, and showing the method of 

 performing some of the operations descriljed, in a much clearer and easier 

 understood manner than mere words could do. An excellent and com- 

 prehensive index is given of the contents of the book, and on the whole, 

 for a first edition of a new work, seldom so much praise can be bestowed, 

 and so little fault found. 



Tlie Eighth and Ninth Annual Reports of the Noxious, Beneficial, and 

 other Insects of the State of Missouri, U.S.A., by Charles V. Riley, State 

 Entomologist, St. Louis, Mo. These valuable Eeports for 1876 and 1877 

 have just reached us, and contain nearly 200 pages each of carefully worked 

 out details of the important work performed and investigations conducted 

 by that skilful and indefatigable entomologist, into the life, economy, 

 and history of the various destructive insect pests which of late years have 

 proved such a terrible scourge to farmers and others in Missouri, and 



