THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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Plums are short in New York State, but 

 a fair crop South and in California. 



Gooseberries are plenty, and lower. 



Peaches short in Delaware, Maryland, 

 and in the West, and have advanced 5c. 

 to 10c. 



Pineapple stock is fair ; no change. 



Pears. — Standard goods are lower by 

 5c., and new stock abundant. 



Raspberries. — A large pack in New York 

 State. 



Strav)berries not very abundant, and 

 pack light. 



VEGETABLES. 



Asparagus. — About fair stock, and 

 prices range from $2 75 to $2 90. 



String Beans. — A large crop, and lower 

 than ever before. 



Corn. — Reports from Maine and New 

 York State show backward condition of 

 the crop ; the output is large, and if 

 frosts hold off, the crop will be equal to 

 demands. 



Peas. — A very light crop, and large 

 stock of Junes lower than marrows. 



Pumpkins. — Fair crop. 



Squash. — Light crop, and prices higher. 



Tomatoes somewhat of a conundrum, 

 but believed to be about the same as last 

 year. 



BOOK NOTICES. 

 Lovett's Illustrated Catalogue 

 for Autumn of 1883, is very hand- 

 somely got up, with numerous nicely 

 executed cuts of fruits, <fec., and full of 

 information about new and old varie- 

 ties. 



Forestry is the title of a monthly 

 magazine, edited by Francis George 

 Heath, and published by Wm. Rider 

 <k Son, London, England, and to be had 

 of L. Van Nostrand, 23 Murray Street, 

 New York. The August number con- 

 tains among other very interesting pa- 

 pers on© from the venerable William 



Little, of Montreal, on the alarming 

 destruction of the White Pine in Ame- 

 rican forests. 



Science for August 24th has a very 

 interesting p^iper on the ice-huts of the 

 natives of North Hudson's Bay ; but 

 its great attraction is the papers read 

 before the American Association for 

 the advancement of science at its recent 

 meeting. It is published weekly at 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Moses 

 King. 



Milford's Microcosm, edited by A. 

 Wilford Hall, Ph. D., is published 

 every month by Hall & Co., 23 Park 

 Row, New York, at $1 per year. Its 

 scientific discussions are very interest- 

 ing, even though they strike often at 

 the root of our early lessons in philo- 

 sophy. It teaches that every force in 

 nature is as really substantial as are 

 the trees, rocks, &c., of the material 

 realm. For example, sound is not air 

 waves breaking upon the tympanum of 

 the ear, but a substantial entity. 



Dig Lewis' Monthly for August is 

 before us, in which many valuable sug- 

 gestions are given in a very readable 

 form, concerning the laws of life and 

 health. We are not convinced that 

 horseback exercise is an unfailing cure 

 for consumption, though we have no 

 doubt of its being a very healthful ex- 

 ercise. The Insane Asylum remini- 

 scence, it* not fiction, indicates that 

 these institutions need most thorough 

 supervision. We had supposed that 

 the foolish fashion of tight lacing was 

 exploded, and its injurious effects so 

 well understood that further lecturing 

 on this subject was not needed. We 

 commend the article on Woman's 

 figure to the perusal of those who favor 

 wasp-waists. The article on the func- 

 tion of sunshine deserves to be gener- 

 ally read and pondered. Published by 

 Clarke Bros., 68 and 69 Biblo House, 

 Now York. 



