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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[July, 



tiles and fragments of a large beam of wood, 

 showing that the roof had been crushed in on 

 the lower stories. It is judged to have been the 

 shop of a seedsman, for besides some bronze 

 scales and weights, several large heaps of small 

 beans, grain and hemp seed came to light, with 

 portions of wooden casks and canvas sacks in 

 which they had been kept. One piece of sack- 

 ing which I had in my hand, still tied with a bit 

 of string, was wonderfully perfect, although quite 

 black." 



John W. Harden. — We learn by an obituary 

 notice in the Proceedings of the American Philo- 

 sophical Society, that this well known mining 

 engineer was born at Leicester in England, and 

 died in Philadelphia Nov. 8th, 1879. He was 

 educated as a gardener, and the laying out of the 

 gardens of Captain Cust at Wormleybury, and of 

 Sir Ralph Howard, both near London, was the 

 work of his hands. He settled in America in 

 1865, taking charge of the Plymouth Coal Com- 

 pany's works in Luzerne County. 



Flowers and Ferns of the United States. — 

 Charles Robson & Co., Philadelphia, Penna. 

 The second series of this work is now complete, 

 and the bound volumes ready for issue. This 

 makes now 192 of the handsome wild flowers of 

 our country that have been figured arid de- 

 scribed. A third series is now being prepared, 

 which will be ready for the press next spring. In 

 the past it was not thought financially wise to get 

 ready for a new series until it was found whether 

 the work would be permanently supported by 

 the public. This has necessitated a short inter- 

 val between the appearance of the first and the 

 second, and the second and the third. Now that 

 it is evident the work will be permanently popu- 

 lar, it is probable future series will follow each 

 other without any interval, as long as the editor 

 may have health or strength to continue them. 



Beet Sugar Culture.— By E. B. Grant, Phila- 

 delphia. Claxton, Remsen & HafFelfinger. "The 

 object of this book," says its author, " is to call 

 attention to the importance of beet sugar pro- 

 duction in the old world, and to demonstrate the 

 advantages and feasibility of establishing it in 

 the United States." As more than usual inter- 

 est has been taken in this subject of late, the 

 work is a very timely one. 



Success with Small Fruits.— By E. P. Roe. 

 Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. " Have you seen 

 Roe's ' Success with Small Fruits ?' " said the good 

 Col. Wilder, as the writer of this took his arm to 



walk into the old South Church. The reply was 

 that it had not been seen. " Then," said the en- 

 thusiastic pomologist, " don't fail to do so when 

 you return. It is a contribution to American 

 pomology we may all be proud of." On the 

 return home it was on our table, and we can 

 well understand Col. Wilder's pleasure on its 

 appearance on his. It has done for pomology 

 what the works of Downing, F. J. Scott and 

 others have done for other branches of garden- 

 ing. It has placed it among the fine arts. 

 While all previous works on fruit culture have 

 treated the subject rather as one ministering to 

 a material want, instructing us how to get the 

 greatest weight of fruit per acre, or so many 

 cents per pound, this does not rest there; 

 but while paying full respect to the dollar and 

 cent aspect of small fruit cultui'e gives us an in- 

 tellectual treat, rich and rare, which any one 

 might enjoy though he never set out a straw- 

 berry plant, or ate a berry in his life. It has 

 been among the weaknesses of horticulture in 

 our country, that too many of those who are 

 popularly esteemed horticulturists, and are looked 

 upon as leaders and shining lights in " horticul- 

 ture " are mere grovelers, and too neai'ly akin to 

 that ancient creature which was doomed to go 

 through the world henceforth eating dirt all the 

 days of his life. Every effort to elevate our 

 beautiful art must be welcome to its best friends; 

 and welcome, very welcome will be this beautiful 

 work of Mr. Roe's. The genuine lover of gar- 

 dening will extend thanks to author and pub- 

 lisher alike. 



Dairy Farming. — Part 11, from Cassell, Petter 

 & Galpin, New York, of this beautiful work is 

 devoted mainly to dairying; and those who 

 have been swearing by "Short Horns" may see 

 how they would look with " Long Horns " for 

 their idols. The chromo represents a fine group 

 of this breed. 



Annual Report of North Carolina Experi- 

 mental Station for 1879. From Dr. Ledoux, 

 Chemist. 



First Biennial Report of the State Board 

 OP Agriculture of Kansas. — From J. K. Hudson, 

 Topeka, Secretary. Applicants for these should 

 send 20 cents postage to the Secretary. 



Cemetery Gardening. — Mr. Robinson, the 

 well known editor of the Garden, and author of 

 the beautiful " Parks and Gardens of Paris," will 

 soon issue a work especially on cemetery gar- 

 dening. 



