OUK BOOK TABLE. 



Ai'i'LK Culture, and distinct lists of apples suit- 

 able for Ontario and Quebec, with descriptions of 

 varieties by W. T. Micoun, horticulturist, Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 



This i^ one of the most practical and generally 

 popuIarofthebuUetins sent out by the Experimental 

 Farms, and since it may be had by simply writing 

 a pist card to Prof. Macoun, surely no apple grower 

 in Ontaro will lose the opportunity. The pamphlet 

 consists of 75 pa^es, and deals with Apple Culture, 

 the Nursery, ihe Orchard, Varieties, Pollination, 

 Pruning, Cover Crops, Renovating Orchards, 

 Packing, Marketing, etc, etc. 



Fruit Culturk and Forestry is the subject mat- 

 ter of Prof. Macoun's evidence before the Select 

 Standing Committee on Agriculture for 1901, and 

 iscertainlyof much value to fruit men. The system 

 of questions and answers adopted, brings out a 

 large number of interesting particulars regarding 

 the various fruits. 



Kindergarten of Landscape Gardening. — 

 " What is a Kindergarten? ' is written as the first 

 part of a series " Park and Pavement." It is the 

 forerunner of a new departure in landscape gard- 

 ening where the association of plants with plants, 

 and plants with mankind will receive the foremost 

 consideration. Under Kindergarten I compass a 

 spot as Froebel would have selected and equipped 

 in extending his indoor kindergarten. 



Thi book contains nothing borrowed from cover 

 to cover, and is as valuable for the teacher as for 

 the house builder, for the student of child character 

 as for the philanthropist. 



This book is by George Hansen, landscape arch- 

 itect, Berkeley, California, and may be purchased 

 for 75 Cents from this office. 



Export of Cheese and Apples. ^Evidence of 

 J. W. Robertson, Commissioner of Agriculture and 

 Dairying before a select standing Committee on 

 Agricultural, 1901. 



This pamphlet contains much information re- 

 lating to the apple trade in England, and the best 

 methods of storing, handling, and exporting apples. 



Report OF the Director, Wm. Saunders L. L. 

 D , of the Central Exper. mental Farm Ottawa. 



This is Dr. Saunders' fourteenth annual report, 

 and shows the result of very much careful experi- 

 mental work with such farm crops as wheat, oats, 

 barley, peas, potatoes etc. 



It concludes with a most interesting account of 

 the Doctor's visit to Great Britain and France. 



The Macmillan Company, who were the for- 

 tunate publishers of Elizabeth and her GernuDi 

 Gardt')i, will issue another anonymous work 

 shortly. This time "f American out-door life that 

 bids fair, so sav those who have read it, to rival 

 Elizibeth's bo )k. The Garden of a ConDnuter' s 

 Wife — Ihe record of a garden that began in 

 Autumn, will appear in time for the holiday 

 season. It is now m press. 



Purest and Best for Table and Dairy 

 No adulteration. Never cakes. 



Seton-Thompson and the Bluejay. 



"The author of 'Wild Animals I Have Known" 

 has a gleeful way of wrecking conventionality. ' 

 writes Myra Emmons, who describes a day in tli3 

 woods with Ernest Seton-Thompson, in Th* 

 Ladies' Home Journal for September, " with some 

 unexpected, boyish, utterly frank, natural and 

 human word, look or j rank. When we had fin- 

 ished luncheon on Ab's Rock he went to see how 

 the painters were progressing on his new house 



" ' Those window frames must be a li.ght peac ck 

 blue on the outside,' he instructed them. The 

 head painter demurred. He could not mix i-uch 

 a color. 



' ■ If I mix it you can cop}' it, can't you?" asked 

 the naturalist. 



" ' Oh, yes.' 



" 'Then bring your colors.' 



" In a few minutes he was blending yellow, b'i:e 

 and green in a masterly way and trying the efl'ect 

 on a piece of board. Suddenly he looked up, 

 laughed and went on painting. 



" ' Did you hear the bluejay? ' he asked. ' As I 

 hit the right shade he said, ' Bl-loo 1 Bl-loo I 

 That's it 1 That's it I' " 



The Trumpet Creeper 



The finest creeping vine for porch or 

 screen, with its fine large velvety shaped 

 flowers, too little known in Canada. 



Fine Plants sent postpaid for 25 cents 

 each, or 6 for $1.00, express prepaid ; 

 extra large at 50 cents, prepaid. 



Adaress, 



P BLANCHARD, 



GRIMSBY 



How Sankey Composes His Hymns. 



As he sings, so ^Ir. Sankey composes the tunes 

 for his hymns inspired by the feeling of the mo- 

 ment. Often he will stop suddenly in the mid-t 

 of reading or talking to jot down on the ever-ready 

 music-paper Fome bit of melody that comes to him. 

 These jottings he gathers together and develops 

 at his leisure, sometimes fitting them to poems pre- 

 served in his scrapbook, sometimes getting Fannie 

 Crosby or another hymn-writer to write words 

 especially for his music. He once said : "Good 

 words will soon attract a good tune," He believes 

 in melody always over harmonv as a power to> 

 move people. — November Ladies' Home Journal. 



