EDITOR'S TABLE. 

 Meteobological Jottrnal, foe the Teae 1S52. By T. S. Pakvin. Muscatine, Iowa. 



"We are indebted to Mr. Parvin for a copy of his excellent journal, and extract from it 

 the following " miscellaneous remarks," which give some idea of the climate of Iowa : 



Lowest temperature, January 19th, — 23*^. Highest, July 28th, 94o. Range of temperature 111. 



lowest height of Barometer, Feb. 24th, 28.75 inches. Thermometer (attached,) 40". Greatest 

 height of barometer, March 2d, 30.60 inches. Thermometer 21o. Range of barometer, 1.85. 

 Mean height, 29. .5.5. 



Mississippi closed December 18th, opened Febiniary 24th. Closed 70 days: last year 22. 



First frost, September 26th ; last, May 20th. Cherry flowered May 9th, Apple and Peach, 

 May lOtli. 



Total quantity of rain in inches, 58.7 ; 13.7 less than in 1851. 



March 16th, hail storm P. M. In one hour preceding 3 P. M., the thermometer fell frem 53o 

 to 24". On the 29th, at 9 A. M., for one hour it was very dark, (fowls retired to their roosts,) 

 followed by rain, with thunder and lightning. 



AprU 1st, ice one inch thick ; and on the 4th a heavy sleet, very destructive to fruit buds. 



September 26th, ice -^th inch thick. 



November 19th. The only clear day in the month, and none for a month preceding and fol- 

 lowing it, and none in the month of December. 



December loth. From 2 to 3 P. M. the thermometer fell from 42*' to 22", 



The Farmer's Companion and Horticui.tcral Gazette is the title of a new monthly 

 journal published in Detroit, Mich. Edited by Charles Fox and Charles Betts. Linus 

 Cone Corresponding Editor. .J. C. Holmes Editor of the Horticiiltnral Department. 

 Price 50 cents a year. This is the second agrici;ltural monthly in Detroit — a good indi- 

 cation of the prospects of rural art in Michigan. We wish it ample support. 



The Western HoRTicrxTURAL Review, for January and Februaiy is on our taWo. Pub- 

 lished in. the wine-making section of the country, on this subject the Review is particularly 

 interesting. Its editor. Dr. Warder, has done much to call attention to our native wine. 

 Published at Cincinnati, by John A. Warder, M. D. $3 a j'ear. 



The " CoiTNTRT Gentleman," Mr. Tucker's new weekly journal " for the Farm, the 

 Garden and the Fire-side," is issued in beautiful style, and ably conducted. It is an excel- 

 lent family paper, well deserving a place at the fire-side. $2 a year. 



The Florist antj IIoRTicuLTrRAL Journal for January is received. It is published at 

 Philadelphia ; edited by H. C. Hanson. The matter in this journal is good, but the pub- 

 lisher has hardly done it justice. Monthly, at $2 a year. 



Catalogues. — Descriptive Catalogue of Foreign and Native Evergreen and Deciduous 

 Trees and Shrubbery, for shade and ornamental planting, by David J. Geiscom, Proprietor 

 of the Evergi-een Xursery, Woodbury, N". J. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Hardy Trees and Shrubs, cultivated and for sale by Robert 

 Buist, Nurseryman and Seed Grower, Philadelphia. 



R. Buist's Select Catalogue of Rare and Popular Flowering Green-House, Hot-Houso 

 and Hardy Plants, including new species lately introduced. 



R. Buist's Catalogue of Select Roses, and a Supplement of new and rare plants. 



Those who intend to plant this spring, will find in these catalogues, and in our advertising 

 sheets, abundant information as to where the various articles are to be found. 



