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THE GARDENER'S MONTHL Y 



[November, 



high wall all around it, nor can he keep a senti- 

 nel day and night before it. He cannot catch 

 all, who took all between them ; he can only 

 " make an example" of the first one he catches ; 

 and then is the cry of " he only took one. He 

 is a respectable man." Herein we see that the 

 fruit or flower-grower is at a great disadvantage. 

 He is weak. He is as a child before the law, 



one little patch of garden, would like to keep 

 just one cow, if he could. This little book is de- 

 signed to show just how this can be done ; and 

 illustrations are taken from those who have been 

 successful, both in the North and the South, 

 where the winters are mild as well as where they 

 are severe. We may say of this, as of many 

 similar undertakings designed to show profits, 



and instead of leniency, the strongest efforts of that the illustrations are useful hints, though not 



the law should be put forth to protect him, and 

 he should not be made the butt of ridicule, as 

 now. In fact, the man who has the courage to 

 prosecute the thief who took " only a flower," 

 or " only one bunch," deserves the thanks of 

 the whole community, and the more so when 

 the offender is " a respectable man." 



Ampelographs. — This is the name the French 

 give to literary works on the vine. Mr. A. S. 

 Fuller is described as un savant ampelographe 

 Americain. 



C. M. HovEY. — On a recent visit to Boston it 

 was a great pleasure to meet this venerable hor- 

 ticulturist, still in good health, and full of energy. 

 As editor of Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture, 

 Mr. H. was for many years the chief representa- 

 tive of horticulture in America, and did yeoman 

 service in its cause. 



Noticing Catalogues. — We often get requests 

 to notice catalogues, which, had we space, we 

 should be glad to do. If we had but a local 

 circulation, and only a few score came to our 

 table, we might do it ; but few have any idea of 

 the imn)ense number that come to our table. 

 It would not be fair to notice some and not 

 others ; but to notice all would be to refer to 

 from one to two hundred a naonth. Occasionally 

 when we see some items of news which are not 

 likely to appear in regular advertisements, we 

 refer to such catalogues, and this is the only 

 principle which our confined limits allow us in 

 catalogue notices. 



The Town of Greeley. — Referring to our 

 recent notice of the remarkable growth of this 

 city of the desert, the Democratic Eye of that 

 city suggests that the name of Henry T. West 

 should pass into history with those of Meeker 

 and Cameron, as the three pioneers. 



Keeping one Cow. — New York : Orange Judd 

 Company. This little book may, perhaps, legiti- 

 mately come under the Reviewer's pen in a hor- 

 ticultural journal, as many a man, who has but 



always as examples. Take for instance the case 

 given of a " New York business man " who 

 made out verj^ well by his one cow. He was 

 fortunate enough to find a laboring man who 

 was willing to come morning and evening, every 

 day, and milk, clean, and feed the cow, for $1 

 per week. Very few would be so lucky as to get 

 such convenient attention. 



Most people find the cost of selling milk about 

 half the receipts. Nothing is charged against 

 the " profits" here, because the one cow owner 

 was fortunate to have members of his family to 

 attend to serving, and because the next door 

 neighbor took all to spare. Of course these ad- 

 vantages add materially to the " profit." Still it 

 is very useful to know what one man has done. 

 We may not have first his advantage, but almost 

 every one has some advantage peculiarly his 

 own if he will but look around to see just what 

 they are. 



Wheat Culture ; by D. S. Curtiss. Orange 

 Judd Company. New York : This little treatise 

 is issued to increase the product, improve the 

 quality, and decrease the cost per bushel of the 

 great staff of life — objects that will commend 

 themselves to many readers. 



Agricultural College, Sappora, Japan. — 

 Third Annual Report. — This institution, in 

 which Americans have been the chief teachers 

 under the Japanese Government, shows by this 

 report to be in an excellent condition. Professor 

 Penhallow has charge of Horticulture and Botany. 



QUERIES. 



Gladioli or Gladioluses. — M. B. asks : — " In 

 a recent number you say * Gladioluses,' when 

 referring to the plural of Gladiolus. Other papers 

 use Gladioli, which certainlj' is the Latin plural." 

 [We have been over this so often, it seems hope- 

 less to be understood if we are not already. We 

 use the word to represent an English idea, and 

 not a Latin one. We are not writing in Latin 



