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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



the very best in every respect, and we 

 trust many of our readers will procure 

 it and find its perusal both interesting 

 and profitable. 



Ornamental and Timber Trees not 

 Native of the Province of Quebec. 

 By Chas. Gibb, Esq., Abbotsford. — 

 Mr. Gibb has been at great pains, not 

 only to introduce hardy fruits into the 

 Province of Quebec, but also such orna- 

 mental and forest trees as are likely to 

 prove valuable in that province. This 

 little pamphlet of nearly eighty pages 

 is full of information of great value, not 

 only to the Province of Quebec, but 

 also to those in the Province of Ontario 

 who live in the colder latitudes. We 

 note that he desires particularly to call 

 attention to the Russian mulberry. He 

 says it has been introduced into Minne- 

 sota, at latitude 54, where it has suc- 

 ceeded perfectly. It begins to bear 

 fruit at two years old, that the fruit is 

 valuable, and is produced in large quan- 

 tities, that the timber is good for build- 

 ing purposes, and lasts a long time when 

 made into fence posts or railway ties, 

 and its leaves are the best food in the 

 world for silk worms. We commend 

 this pamphlet to the careful perusal of 

 all who are interested in the growth of 

 forest and ornamental trees in the nor- 

 thern portions of Ontario. 



The Prize List of the Industrial 

 Exhibition of Toronto has just come 

 to hand, from which we learn that the 

 Exhibition is to take place from the 

 11th to the 22nd of September next. 

 The grounds and buildings will be open 

 to the public on Tuesday, tha 11th 

 Sept., at 9 o'clock a.m., and continued 

 open each day from 9 o'clock a.m. until 

 10 o'clock p.m., up to the evening of 

 Friday, the 31st September. The show 

 of agricultural and dairy products, fruit, 

 cut-flowers and vegetables, will take 

 place the second week, during which 

 every branch of the exhibition will be 



in full operation. Dui'ing the first week 

 railway tickets, good to return any day 

 up to close of exhibition, will be issued 

 for a fare and a third, and on the second 

 week return tickets will be issued at 

 single fare, good to return up to the 

 close. Admission for adults, or two 

 children under twelve, twenty-five 

 cents. Copy of prize list and entry 

 form can be had on application to H. 

 J. Hill, secretary, Toronto. 



Transactions of the Massachu- 

 SETS Horticultural Society for 

 1882.— We are indebted to P. H. 

 Manning, Esq., the Secretary, for the 

 second report of these transactions. The 

 Massachusets Horticultural Society is 

 one of the oldest on the Continent, and 

 its transactions are always filled with 

 valuable information. We have already 

 given our readers some of the discus- 

 sions relating to vegetables, and shall, 

 as opportunity off'ers, lay before them 

 such portions of these proceedings as 

 seem to us most likely to be of service 

 in our climate. 



Transactions of the Illinois 

 State Horticultural Society for 

 the Year 1882. — This valuable report 

 contains some very interesting papers 

 which were read before the society, par- 

 ticularly those upon " Some Vegetable 

 Poisons," " Ornithology as Related 

 to Entomology," "Raspberries and 

 Blackberries," "Vegetable Gardening," 

 *' Gathering and Marketing Fruits and 

 Vegetables," "Experiments in Horti- 

 culture," and " Trees for the Park, 

 Avenue and Street." It is well worthy 

 of careful study. 



The Cane Journal is a monthly 

 publication devoted to the growth and 

 manufacture of the surgar cane, pub- 

 lished in Clinton, Ont., at fifty cents'' 

 per year, of which Mr. S. J. Andrewsr 

 is the editor. As its title indicates, it? 

 is filled with information relating to* 

 the growing of the sugar cane in this* 



