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ment of the grape. In this pamphlet of eight- 

 een pages he gives a detail of his forty years of 

 work. He is now offering a large number of 

 the best kind for sale in order that they may be 

 tested in other locations He is sending theni 

 out by numbers, which has been found by ex- 

 perience to be a great mistake. There is, how- 

 ever, no mistake in the good quality of some of 

 his varieties, as we can testify to from personal 

 experience. 



TriE English Winter. — This seems to have 

 been a rather open one. The Isle of Wight 

 Observer gives lists of plants blooming all winter, 

 as among the curiosities of the day. 



On Parasitic Fungi. By Prof. T. J. Burrill. — 

 There is no more valuable study than that which 

 relates to microscopic fungi. It is gratifying to 

 find so many Americans engaged in it. This 

 little tract is from the Bulletin of the Illinois 

 Museum of Natural History. It describes and 

 figures many species found on well known plants. 

 We congratulate cultivators that so good a sci- 

 entist as Prof. Burrill is working so well in this 

 direction. 



An Essay on New South Wales, by G. H. Reid ; 

 Railways of New South Wales, by John Roe. — 

 From Wiley, Publisher, New York. — The 

 Australian colonies did good work for them- 

 selves by the excellent part they took in our 

 Centennial. No one in America knew their re- 

 sources were half so great as they are. The 

 colonies are following up their advantage by 

 issuing a series of works on their industrial de- 

 velopments, of which these are two. Those 

 who desire to know how much New South Wales, 

 the "mother colony," has prospered, will do well 

 to get and study them. 



The Nurseryman's Directory and Refer- 

 ence Book for 1877. By D. Wilmott Scott, Ga- 

 lena, III. — This, started by Mr. Scott as an expeii- 

 ment, has become a necessity to every one in 

 the nursery business. It contains a list of the 

 leading nurserymen, florists and seedsmen of 

 the world, with notes of their specialties. The 

 price is $10, and may be had of the publisher of 

 the Gardener's Monthly, at this ofiice. 



The Industries of Philadelphia. By Lorin 

 Blodget.~The intimate connection r.f Mr. B. with 

 the industries of Philadelphia is well known. Few 

 men have done more for their development, or 

 to make their prosperous condition known. His 

 position as Appraiser General of the Custom 



House has given him particular opportunities 

 of knowing whereof he writes. In this all the 

 different industries of the great city are detailed; 

 the number of hands employed, value of pro- 

 ducts, and similar matters of interest being 

 given. This is the second edition of the work, 

 which was issued last year. 



Catalogue of S. B. Parsons & Co., Flushing, 

 L. I., N. Y. — An interesting peculiarity of thia 

 catalogue is the large list of Japan Maples, and 

 indeed of other rare Jap in plants. 



Ellwanger & Barry's new descriptive cata- 

 logue of roses gives full cultural directions. 

 Though so old a flower, there is always some- 

 thing new in rose management, and Ellwanger 

 & Barry have endeavored to bring the subject 

 down to the present time. 



Catalogue of Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas, West 

 Chester, Pa. — The number of catalogues that 

 come to us is so enormous, that reluctantly we 

 had to abandon "notices" for want of space — 

 unless there were some remarkable peculiarity 

 in it. In this admirable one the interesting 

 point is the strict accuracy of the names. In 

 this regard it may be taken for " authority " to 

 decide disputed points. 



The Meeting of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science.— This will 

 be held this year at Nashville, commencing on 



the of August. There are no classes in the 



community that take so much interest in sci- 

 ence as the horticultural class. The meetings 

 of the Association are always pleasant as well 

 as intellectually profitable ; and we are glad to 

 find an increased number of horticulturists 

 among these pleasant people with each recur- 

 ring year. 



Mr. Wm. Saunders. — We were very much 

 suri^rised to note by the public papers last Sum- 

 mer that the salary of this gentleman in connec- 

 tion with the Department of Agriculture had 

 been cut down considerabh'. The particular 

 section with which he is connected is one of the 

 most valuable to horticulturists in the whole 

 Department, and Mr. Saunders himself one of 

 the hardest of enthu-siastic workeis. No man 

 in the whole series is better known through the 

 whole country, or his knowledge and services bet- 

 ter appreciated. During the Centennial he rep- 

 resented the govcriunent admirably. Never 

 having so much work to do but that he was 



