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colored plate of Nellis' perpetual prize- 

 lettuce, which does not form compact 

 heads, but forms large bunches of leaves. 

 It is claimed for it that it is tender and 

 rich, and continues in use a long time. 



The Farm and Garden is published 

 monthly by Child, Bros. & Co., 125 

 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia, 

 Penn., at 50 cents a year. It is hand- 

 somely illustrated and neatly printed 

 on well calendered paper. Our own 

 pages have been occasionally enriched 

 with short articles from this valuable 

 monthly. 



The Western Ploughman, publish- 

 ed at Moline, 111., at fifty cents a year, 

 enters upon its third volume in very 

 handsome style. It has stories and 

 practical articles mingled together to 

 suit the tastes of various readers, but 

 gives little attention to the fruits and 

 flowers of its section of countiy. 



Gregory's Annual Illustrated 

 Catalogue of Vegetable, Flower and 

 Grain Seeds, warranted, grown and sold 

 by James J. H. Gregory, of Marble- 

 head, Massachusetts, 1883. A very 

 profusely illustrated, desciiptive pam- 

 phlet of sixty pages, with instructions 

 for planting and growing. 



The Farmer and Fruit-Grower, of 

 Southern Illinois, is published weekly 

 at Annia, Union County, Ills., at one 

 dollar per year. It is devoted to farm- 

 ing and fruit-growing and the develop- 

 ment of that portion of the State. It 

 is ably conducted, and full of interest- 

 ing matter. 



A. M. Purdy's Descriptive and 

 Retail Catalogue for spring of 1883, 

 of Small Fruits, Fruit and Ornamental 

 Trees, Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 

 An illustrated pamphlet of thirty pages, 

 giving very full descriptions of the fruit 

 and flowering-plants ofiered therein for 



John A. Bruce <k Co.'s illustrated 

 and descriptive Catalogue of Seeds for 



1883, Hamilton, Ont., is very hand- 

 somely illustrated, and contains much 

 valuable information regarding the 

 methods of cultivation and the quali- 

 ties of the different vegetables and 

 plants. 



The Farm and Garden for January 

 is full of information concerning vege- 

 tables, fruits and flowei-s. It is pub- 

 lished by Child Bros. & Co., 125 South 

 Fourth Street, Philadelphia, at Fifty 

 cents per annum, handsomely illustrated 

 and neatly printed on smooth paper. 



The Scientific American, a weekly 

 journal of practical information in art, 

 science, mechanics, chemistry and man- 

 ufactures, is published by Munn <fe Co., 

 at No. 261 Broadway, New York ; price 

 $3.20 a year. It is handsomely illus- 

 trated and full of information. ' 



Pacific Bural Press, published 

 weekly, at $2 per year, in San Fran- 

 cisco, California. The sample copy re- 

 ceived contains twenty pages, well tilled 

 with articles on rural matters, besides 

 literary articles and advertisements. 



The American Florist and Farmer, 

 published monthly by William E. Bow- 

 ditch, 645 Warren Street, Boston, Mass., 

 at $1 a year, contains twenty-eight 

 pages of reading matter, with illustra- 

 tions of new or interesting subjects. 



The Canadian Farmer, published 

 weekly at Welland, Ont., by the Wel- 

 land Printing and Publishing Company, 

 is under the able editorial care of Messrs. 

 W. P. Page and S. W. Hill. Price 

 $1 a year. 



The Sugar Beet, published quar- 

 terly in Philadelphia, Penn., at 50 cents 

 a year, is devoted to the interests of 

 sugar manufacture from the beet, and is 

 full of information on these subjects. 



The American Agriculturist, 751 

 Broadway, New York, is presenting to 

 each yearly subscriber a plate copy of 

 Dupre's last gi-eat painting, entitled 

 "In the Meadow." 



