THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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BOOK NOTICES. 



We have received from the publish- 

 ers a copy of a new book on Roses, by 

 H. B. EUwanger, of Mount Hope Nur- 

 series, Rocliester, N. Y. 



It contains 300 pages of most useful 

 information necessary to the successful 

 cultivation of the Rose, the results of 

 the experience and observation of many 

 years of one who is himself an enthu- 

 siastic and most successful cultivator. 

 It treats in a full and most compre- 

 hensive manner of soil, planting, pru- 

 ning, manure, insects, diseases, and the 

 varieties best adapted for particular 

 purposes, as bedding and forcing, and 

 those for bleak and very cold situa- 

 tions, with an exhaustive catalogue of 

 varieties now in general cultivation. 



Much pains has been taken with the 

 classification, so that valuable distinc- 

 tive features may be preserved and yet 

 simplicity maintained, so as not to 

 confuse and perplex. 



The book is issued in very handsome 

 style, by Dodd, Mead & Co., New 

 York, 16 mo. cloth, $1.25. 



Hubbard's Newspaper and Bank 

 Directory of the World. 



This most comprehensive work of 

 2,591 pages is issued in two Volumes, 

 Vol. I. being devoted to America, Vol. 

 II. to Foreign Countries. 



It contains lists of all the American 

 newspapers and of the British Pro- 

 vinces, maps of the World, a line map 

 of North America, much interesting 

 and instructive reading matter, fac- 

 iimiles of English, French, Spanish,. 

 Egyptian, South American and Aus- 

 ti-alian newspapers, articles descriptive 

 of the several States and Territories of 

 the United States; also a sf^ries of 

 Gazetteer articles, descriptive of all 

 foreign countries, and maps of all 

 foreign nations. There is also a list of 

 the responsible Banks of the World, em- 

 bracing about twenty thousand Banks. 



The whole work is a most astonish- 

 ing compendium of valuable informa- 

 tion, which should be in the hand of 

 every business man. 



Published by H. P. Hubbard, New 

 Haven, Conn. Price $10. 



GRAFTING THE GRAPE. 



Though I have practiced grape-graft- 

 ing for thirty years, and was one of the 

 first to make it practicable, I am study- 

 ing and experimenting with the subject 

 yet. After testing with the utmost 

 care, at various seasons, with apparent- 

 ly good wood, upon good stock, my 

 success has been diverse, and I can fix 

 on no particular season as positively 

 better than another, yet my choice now 

 is just before the buds begin to swell. 

 If the stump at the cut bleeds, it will 

 do no harm. On young vines, with a 

 smooth place to operate, there need be 

 but little failure ; but with old stocks, 

 the rough knotty butt is a serious draw- 

 back ; but if the vine is laid down, say 

 a foot deep, three feet or more distant 

 from the stock, and then grafted on a 

 smooth place, held in position with a 

 peg, the earth pressed firmly around 

 both stock and graft, with one bud of 

 graft only above the surface, the chances 

 of success are much better than when 

 worked at the root of the vine ; but in 

 this case the shoots must be rubbed off 

 as fast as they shoot up around the base 

 of the stock. If the graft takes, the 

 vine laid down will, by taking loot, 

 greatly help its growth, and after the 

 second season the young plant can 

 thrive on its own roots, and the old 

 stock may be grubbed out. 



The grafting of the grape on pieces 

 of gra|)e roots, in the house, in winter, 

 with those that will not succeed from 

 cuttings, is a simple and successful me- 

 thod, of which I will send you an illus- 

 tration if desirable. — Samuel Miller, 

 in the Fruit Grower. 



