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degrees below zero. No, he will say 

 there is no such variety. Well, Lost 

 Rubies is just the berry that fills the 

 bill. Plant it in a field apart from all 

 other varieties, and it will not exhibit 

 its remarkable productiveness, yet it 

 will yield well there. But plant it in 

 blocks, with a row of Cuthbert every 

 ten or twenty-four feet, and if your soil 

 is anything like mine you will see the 

 largest yield of fine fruit imaginable. 

 I have not found anything to equal it. 

 It ripens with the Brandy wine, and con- 

 tinues in bearing several weeks in fa- 

 vorable seasons; not a few scattering 

 berries, but large pickings for market. 

 One need not wait a year to see its fruit. 

 If a few inches of the old cane is left 

 on at planting it will bear fine specimens 

 the season planted — an indication of its 

 vitality and productiveness. Having 

 tested almost every popular variety, the 

 Lost Rubies takes the lead over all for a 

 profitable market berry. — Fruit Grower. 



T. C. Robinson, of Owen Sound, 

 says : " No one can convince me that 

 Lost Rubies is akin to foreign sorts ; 

 the leaf and cane are as plainly native 

 as our Canada thistle. I want to plant 

 more of it." 



BOOK NOTICES. 



In Press. Hough's Elements of Fore.stry. 

 Designed to aflford information concerning 

 planting and care of Forest Trees for orna- 

 ment or profit, and giving suggestions upon 

 the creation and care of woodlands, with 

 the view of securing the greatest benetit 

 for the longest time. Particularly adapted 

 to the wants and conditions of the United 

 States. By BVanklin B. Hough, Ph.D., 

 Forestry Division, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D.C. 1 vol., 12mo., 

 illustrated. 



This work is designed to present a 

 concise outline of the general subject of 

 Forestry in its various relations, and 

 e8i)ecially to afford directions for the 

 planting and care of trees in groves, or 

 as windbreaks, or for ornament. 



Although the range and capabilities 

 of species will be noticed, with reference 

 to the whole country, and the special 

 interests of other regions will be inclu- 

 ded, particular attention will be given 

 to the subject of tree-planting in the 

 Western States, and on the borders of 

 the great plains, with suggestions as to 

 the methods best adapted for securing 

 success under the difficulties there en- 

 countered. 



The work will be illustrated by en- 

 gravings in the text, as the subject 

 may require. Technical details will be 

 avoided, and the greatest care will be 

 taken that the definitions and terms 

 used are concise, plain, and easily under- 

 stood. No theoretical discussions wil[ 

 be introduced, and no statements but 

 those founded upon approved authority. 



The author has been several years, 

 and is now, engaged under an appoint- 

 ment from the General Goveniment in 

 investigating the subject of Forestry in 

 the Department of Agriculture, and his 

 reports, published by oi-der of Congress, 

 have received the approval of the high- 

 est authorities upon Forestry in Europe. 

 They were awarded a Diploma of Honor 

 at the International Geographical Con- 

 gress at Venice last autumn. Robert 

 Clarke & Co., Publishers, Cincinnati, O. 



Blackberkies. — The Snyder is gaining 

 popularity on account of its great hardi- 

 ness and productiveness. Ellwanger & 

 Barry regard it the best for family use, 

 for although only moderate in size, it 

 ripens thoroughly throughout without the 

 unripe core of some other sort.«i, and it is 

 very pleasant in quality. The Kittatinny 

 had become a general favorite before it 

 was known to be so liable to the yellow 

 rust, the fruit being better and the canes 

 hardier than the Rochelle. Wilson has 

 long been the great market blackberry of 

 New Jersey, but farther north it does 

 not endure the winter. Our plants, after 

 bearing a few times a large and not very 

 good berry, gradually perished during the 

 successive winters. — Country Oentleinan. 



