LITTLE NUT PEOPLE. 



LD Mistress Chestnut once lived 

 in a burr, 

 Padded and lined with the 



softest of fur. 

 Jack Frost split it wide with 



his keen silver knife, 

 And tumbled her out at the 

 risk of her life. 



Here is Don Almond, a grandee from Spain ; 

 Some raisins from Malaga came in his train. 

 He has a twin brother a shade or too leaner, 

 When both come together, we shout " Phil- 

 opena ! " 



Little Miss Peanut, from North Carolina, 

 She's not 'ristocratic, but no nut is finer : 

 Sometimes she is roasted and burnt to a 



cinder, 

 ]n Georgia they call her Miss Goober or Pin- 

 dar. 



Little Miss Hazelnut, in her best bonnet. 



Is lovely enough to be put in sonnet. 



And young Mr. Filbert has journeyed from 



Kent, 

 To ask her to marry him soon after Lent. 

 This is old Hickory, look at him well, 

 A General was named for him, so I've heard 



tell. 



Take care how you hit him. He sometimes 



hits back ! 

 This stolid old nut is a hard nut to crack. 



Old Mr. Butternut, just from Brazil, 

 Is rugged and rough as the side of a hill ; 

 But like many a countenance quite as ill- 

 favored. 

 He covers a kernel deliciously flavored. 

 Here is a Southerner, graceful and slim, 

 In flavor no nut is quite equal to him 

 Ha, Monsieur Pecan, you know what it 



means 

 To be served with black coffee in French New 

 Orleans. 



Dear little Chinquapin, modest and neat. 

 Isn't she cunning and isn't she sweet? 

 Her skin is as smooth as a little boy's chin. 

 And the squirrels all chatter of Miss Chin- 

 quapin. 



This is Sir Walnut ; he's English you know, 

 A friend of My Lady and Lord So-and-So. 

 And now my dear children, I'm sure I have 



told 

 All the queer rhymes that a nutshell can hold. 



- -Pearl Rivers, in Christian Observer. 



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JOURNALS. 



First Lessons in the Scientific Princi- 

 ples OF Agriculture for ■ Schools and 

 Private Instruction, by Sir Wm. Dawson, 

 C.M.G., LLD., F.R.S., late principal of 

 McGill University. Published by W. Drys- 

 dale & Co. , 2,32 James St , Montreal. Price, 

 75 cents. 



For those who wish to thoroughly under- 

 stand the principles of agriculture, and like 

 them put in a clear and concise manner, this 

 work is admirably adapted. 



Annual Report of the Bureau of Indus- 

 tries for Province of Ontario, 1896. 



Journal of Applied Microscopy (monthly). 

 Volume 1, No. 1, of a very useful journal for 

 students of the microscope. Bausch & Lamb 

 Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y. 



Fifth Report of the Dept. of Agriculture 

 of the Province of B. C, 1895-6. 



Official Hand Book of the Dominion of 

 Canada, published by the authority of the 

 Minister of the Interior, August, 1897, 115 

 pages, beautifully illustrated. 



Annual Report of the Pomological and 

 Fruit Growing Society of the Province of 

 Quebec, 1896, Secretary, W. W. Dunlop, 

 Ontremont, P. Q. 



CATALOGUES. 



H. H. Groff, Simcoe. Cannas, Gladioli 

 and Clivias. The Steele Briggs Seed Co., 

 Limited, complete catalogue of famous seeds, 

 plants, bulbs, etc., Toronto, 1898 A. M. 

 SmilKs complete catalogue of fruit trees, 

 plants and vines, 1898, St. Catharines, Ont. 

 James J. H. Gregory tfc Sons, Marblehead, 

 Mass., catalogue of home grown seeds, 1898, 

 free to all. Kennie Seeds, 1898, Wm. Rennie, 

 Toronto. 



Hersee's Ca'alogue of Fruit and Ornamental 

 Trees, Roses and Shrubs. Edwin Hersee, 

 Woodstock. Midi's Annual Catalogue Fruit 

 and Ornamental Trees, Roses, Shrubs, etc., 

 grown and for sale by A. S. Hull & Son, St. 

 Catharines. /. A. Bruce' s Cata'ogue of Seeds 

 for 189S, Hamilton, Canada. 



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