1876.] 



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in 1873, without making any provision for bring- 

 ing before the world the results of the other por- 

 tions of the survery already in course of publi- 

 cation, and nothing for botany whatever. 



Fortunately some liberal and public-spirited 

 citizens already referred to, came forward with 

 the means. Their names are as follows, and we 

 are glad to place them on record in our pages, 

 that all may know to whose liberality in the the 

 failure of their own representatives we are so 

 much indebted for this valuable contribution : 

 Leland Stanford, D. O. Mills, Lloyd Tevis, J. C. 

 Flood, Charles McLaughlin, R. B. Woodward, 

 Wm. Norris, John O. Earl, Henry Pierce, Oliver 

 Eldredge, and S. Clinton Hastings. This volume 

 covers but half the work. It is sold by Mr. Se- 

 reno Watson, Cambridge, Mass., at $6. As soon 

 as enough has been sold to warrant it, the sum 

 80 received will be used to issue the second vol- 

 ume, So many of our most beautiful cultivated 

 flowers are Californian, that horticulturists as 

 well as botanists will be glad to secure a copy. 



Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario. — 

 Proceedings for 1875, from D. W. Beadle, Secre- 

 tary, St. Catharine's, Canada. 



This volume has colored plates of Mr. Arnold's 

 hybrid raspberries, and has many essays and 

 discussions of great interest to Canadian horti- 

 culturists. 



Insects of the State of Missouri. — Eighth 

 Annual Report of Prof. C. V. Riley, State En- 

 tomologist. 



Unfortunately the "Insects of the State of 

 Missouri" are the insects of most of the Union, 

 and yet it is fortunate that this is unfortunately 

 so, for Missouri is the only State that goes -to 

 work in a creditable way to make these terrible 

 enemies known, and we are all benefitted by 

 Missouri's labors. We never feel so much en- 

 thused for Missouri, and to do her some good by 

 voice or pen, as when we read these annual 

 reports. May she continue to be prosperous, 

 and the great and powerful State in the Union 

 she is to-day ! 



Williams' Pacific Tourist and Guide Across 

 the Continent.- A notice of this appeared in 

 our last — the work itself is now before us. The 

 writer of this, having been over some of the 

 ground described, can testify to the interest 

 attached to the places noted, and the accuracy 

 with which they are detailed. The tide of 

 travel to the great West of the present day is but 

 just setting in, and this guide is just the thing to 



help along and guide it. Henrj' T. Williams, of 

 New York, the former publisher of the Horticul 

 turist, is the editor and publisher. 



Life Histories of Birds. By Thos. G. Gen- 

 try. Vol. I. Published by the author, at Ger- 

 mantown, Pa. Price $1.75. 



Mr. Gentry is a comparatively young man, 

 Principal of one of the public schools in Phila- 

 delphia — an educational system which contains 

 amongst its teachers a large number of ladies 

 and gentlemen who for high intelligence and 

 worth are perhaps not excelled in the world. 

 There are but few Philadelphians who 'do not 

 feel pride in the teachers of their public schools. 

 Among these Mr. Gentry has been particularly 

 successful as a teacher, and it is no mean tribute 

 to his ability in this respect, that though natural 

 history is not one of the branches of public edu- 

 cation, a large number of his students have ac- 

 quired tastes for this delightful pursuit. It is 

 pleasant to find a gentleman endeavoring to 

 extend his sphere of usefulness by a work of 

 this kind. With much that is old, there is a 

 great deal that is new. It is good reading, espe- 

 cially for young people, and ought to find a place 

 in every rural home. 



Mr. Gentry is his own publisher, and if sup- 

 ported, as we hope he will be, in this effort, a 

 second volume will follow. 



QUERIES. 



Protection from tree Thieves. — A Philadel- 

 phia correspondent says: "The tree thief (re- 

 ferred to in the July number of the Gardener's 

 Monthly), should have been held for Malicious 

 Trespass. The law reads as follows : 



" ' Malicious Tresspass. The wilful taking and 

 carrying away of fruit, vegetables, plants, fruit 

 or ornamental trees, vines or shrubs,* whether 

 attached to the soil or not, shall be deemed, and 

 the same is hereby declared a misdemeanor, and 

 may be prosecuted and punished as such under 

 the laws of this commonwealth, and on convic- 

 tion thereof shall be fined not exceeding fifty 

 dollars and imprisoned not exceeding sixty 

 days,' &c. 



"You give the name of the Judge and of the 

 District Attorney. Who was the ' careful law- 

 yer?'" 



♦This law was originally confised to seven counties, but wm 

 afterwards extended throughout the State. 



