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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[October, 



The Naturalist's Field Club Bulletin of 

 Buffalo. — No. 4 is before us, and seems to 

 promise for the work a long and useful life. Bot- 

 any has especial attention. There is an extended 

 note on Aquilegia chrysantha, the yellow aquile- 

 gia, showing that Grant Allen's pleasant specula- 

 tions about colored flowers being evolutions from 

 a yellow type, are not according to facts in many 

 Ranunculaceous plants. The other useful notes 

 are on the flowering of Asarum canadense ; on the 

 probability of the English Pansy being a true na- 

 tive of this country — or rather, a form named by 

 Michaux, Viola tenella ; on a new station for the 

 rare Clematis verticillaris; on the existence of two 

 distinct forms of the American crab, Pyrus cor- 

 onaria, with brief notes on Vitis cordifolia, Poten- 

 tilla paradoxa, Erythronium Americanum, and 

 Sisymbrium thalianum. 



Botany must be rapidly growing, as a popular 

 study, when so many periodicals give attention to 

 botanical notes. 



The Hand Book of Tennessee. — By A. W. 

 Hawkins, Commissioner of Agriculture, published 

 at Nashville, 1882. Tennessee has a Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture, and we suppose this very 

 valuable work is issued at the expense of the State, 

 though we see nothing between its covers to indi- 

 cate that it is a State document. It has a colored 

 map of the State, indicating where its leading 

 mineral riches lie, tells of its agricultural products, 

 its geographical points, and industrial statistics of 

 every description. Information of this kind must 

 be of inestimable value towards the prosperity of 

 the State. 



Barry's Fruit Garden. — By P. Barry. A 

 new edition, revised and brought down to date, by 

 the author. New York: Orange Judd Company, 

 1883. The march of knowledge about fruit, and 

 especially in fruit culture, has been very great of 

 late years, and a work which proposes to keep up 

 with this rapid march, and tell us all that it is im. 

 portant to know, will be very welcome to orchard- 

 ists everywhere. No one is better able to tell of 

 this advance than Mr. Barry — and the great favor 

 with which the original was received, will make 

 this new edition welcome everywhere. 



A Book About Roses : — By S. Reynolds Hole. 

 New York: Wm. S. Gottsberger, 1883. An Eng- 

 lish book which has seen seven editions in its own 

 country, is surely worth re-printing in America, 

 where the rose is such an especial favorite. Of 

 course there are some suggestions, well adapted to 

 the Old World, which will be of no value in this — 



but the book is so pleasantly written, that any one 

 who loves a rose will be interested in reading it, 

 though not growing a single plant. It is simply 

 enjoying a bouquet of "buds" to read it, aside from 

 its practical value. It comes to us through E. 

 Claxton & Co., Philadelphia. 



Gray's Synoptical Flora of North Am- 

 erica. — One part of this great work was issued 

 several years ago. It will delight all interested in 

 American plants to know that the other part, which 

 will include the very difficult Compositae, is about 

 to be put to press. 



Sportsman's Gazetteer and General 

 Guide. — By Charles Hallock. New York: Or- 

 ange Judd Co., publishers, 1883. We have re- 

 ceived a copy of the above from Messrs. J. B. 

 Lippincott & Co., and find it a handy reference to 

 all things pertaining to legitimate field sports. 

 The work first appeared in 1877, and has now been 

 through six editions. Since then the author has 

 revised it, and now presents it to the public in its 

 new form. 



It contains 1000 pages, and is profusely illustra- 

 ted. Gives descriptions of all game animals, birds 

 and fishes in North America ; the best methods of 

 catching or trapping them ; where they are to be 

 found, and the easiest and shortest way to the 

 places inhabited by them. It also tells what game 

 is to be found in the counties in the States and 

 Provinces. Maps of the latest editions direct the 

 hunter, or fisherman, over the principal railroads 

 crossing the continent. Altogether it is one of the 

 most complete works of its kind published, and is 

 a valuable book to every person, whether sports- 

 man or not. 



Dio Lewis's Monthly — New York: Clarke 

 Brothers, pubHshers. This made its first appear- 

 ance in August last, and is a large fat serial of 1 1 5 

 pages, yet we find nothing superfluous— except the 

 double s's in the title — and there is a very great 

 deal in it which will, doubtless, enlist many horti- 

 culturists among its readers. 



Dr. C. C. Parry. — This well known botanical 

 traveller, has returned to his home in Davenport, 

 Iowa. 



Dr. Geo. Engelmann. — This famous botanist, 

 long past three score and ten, left for his native 

 land in June, and, considering his age, it is feared 

 he may not return to his adopted country. 



The Germantown Telegraph. — On the ist of 

 October this well-known Agricultural weekly passes 

 from the ownership of Major P. R. Freas, to 



