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backwards ; they are covered with long 

 stiff hairs; the extremities of the feet 

 are provided with long bent hairs, which 

 are each terminated by a knob. The 

 legs and feet appear to be only used in 

 drawing out the threads and weaving 

 the web. The thread is secreted by a 

 nipple or spinneret situated near the 

 apex of tlie body on the undei-side. The 

 upper surface of the body is sparingly 

 covered with long stiff hairs. — The 

 Garden. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Ameri- 

 can giape vines, small fruit plants, etc. 

 Geo. S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y. 



Illustrated Catalogue of Green's 

 Nursery Company, Kochester, N. Y. 

 for 1884, with hints on fruit culture. 



Descriptive Catalogue Spring, 

 1884, of the Moorton Fruit Garden, 

 Moorton, Delaware. Caleb Boggs, 

 Proprietor. 



Industrial News, published by the 

 Inventor's Institute, Cooper Union, 

 New York, in the interest of inventors 

 and the producing classes. 



Hints on Landscape Architec- 

 ture as applied to the Home, Parks, 

 Public Institutions, etc., by A. N. Car- 

 penter ; L. A. Gallesburg, Illinois. 



Descriptive Catalogue for 1884 of 

 seeds, plants and trees, with coloured 

 plates of Crimson Beauty Raspberry, 

 and Jumbo Strawberry. A. M. Purdy. 

 Palmyra, N. Y. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Dun- 

 reith Nursery ; new pears, quinces, 

 grapes, small fi-uits, new strawberry, 

 catalpas, etc., etc. E. Y. Teas, Dun- 

 reith, Henry Co., Indiana. 



Catalogue of live seeds. Fred N. 

 Lang, Baraboo, Wisconsin. Mi*. Lang 

 says : " I guarantee the seeds I sell, 

 insomuch that in any case of their fail- 

 ure to germinate under fair conditions, 

 I will return the money paid for them." 



Retail Catalogue of Warranted 

 seeds, vegetable and flower, for 1884, 

 grown and sold by James J. H. Gregory, 

 Marblehead, Massachussetts, copiously 

 illustrated. Sent free on application. 



Seed Annual 1884, D. M. Ferry & 

 Co., Windsor, Ont. A very neat and 

 handsomely illustrated catalogue of 

 vegetable, tree, farm and flower seeds, 

 with description of their seed farms, 

 trial grounds and packing rooms. 



Catalogue, Illusti'ative and Descrip- 

 tive of choice Farm, Garden and Flower 

 seeds, selected from my own stocks and 

 those of the most celebrated European 

 growers. Wm. Evans, 89-93 McGill 

 Street, Montreal. 



Wilford's MicrocoSxM for March is 

 to hand. It is published monthly by 

 Hall & Co., 23 Park Row, New York, 

 at one dollar a year. The Editor seem- 

 ingly has no confldence in the wave 

 theory of sound. Wonder what his 

 views are on the motion theory of heat 



Schedule of Prizes offered by the 

 Massachussetts Horticultural Society 

 for the year 1884. Among the prizes 

 offered we notice one of $-^0 for the 

 best essay on the use and economy of 

 chemical fertilizers on fruits, plants 

 and vegetables, as influencing the 

 o-rowth and quality. The essay to give 

 a detailed account of actual experiments 

 and results during three years. As 

 competition is open to all, perhaps some 

 Canadian can step in and take the prize. 

 Sixty dollars is offered for the best 

 seedling pear originated since 1876, and 

 a like amount for the best seedling 

 ai)ple and for the best seedling hardy 

 o-rape. Thirty dollars is offered for the 

 best seedling early potato, also for the 

 best late potato, and for the best other 

 seedling vegetable. Any one wishing 

 to compete can obtain a copy of the 

 prize list giving full particulars by ap- 

 plying to the Secretary, Mr. Robert 

 Manning, Boston, Mass. 



