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did not see half a dozen apples with 

 a sign of a worm upon them. The 

 proportions were half a teaspoonful of 

 Paris Green, and one tablespoonful of 

 Carbolic acid to about two-thirds of a 

 pail of water, and a little lime to save 

 the leaves. I used it on some plums 

 twice and the leaves began to die ; I 

 stopped its use, but did not save all 

 the plums. 

 Bloomfield. J. P. Williams. 



STYKAX JAPONIC A. 

 Several years ago, a plant named 

 Styrax Japonica was introduced from 

 Japan, Plants were advertised and 

 sold for two years, since which time 

 only one firm has had the plant cata- 

 logued, so far as I am aware. The 

 reason for this is that the plants never 

 flowered, though they were represented 

 as bearing beautiful flowers. Many 

 complaints followed, and the propaga- 

 tion of the plant was consequently stop- 

 ped. Briefly, I wish to rescue the 

 Styrax Japonica from its undeserved 

 condemnation and place it where it 

 rightly belongs, among our fine orna- 

 mental shrubs. I had one of the first 

 plants sent out ; and though it did not 

 flower for several years, I kept on grow- 

 ing it for the sake of its fine form and 

 beautiful foliage. I have had my reward. 

 For two years past it has been covered 

 with its beautiful pendulous, bell-shaped 

 flowers, which are as white as pure 

 snow. The flowers are succeeded by 

 numerous white, oval berries nearly an 

 inch long, which hang suspended to the 

 branches till killed by frost. The 

 plant is beautiful in flower and in fruit, 

 and ornamental at all times. It is by 

 no means the only plant that will not 

 flower till it has a few years of age. 

 Any one who is willing to wait can not 

 fail to be pleased with this plant at its 

 maturity. Its propagation should be 

 resumed by somebody. — Rural New- 

 Yorker. 



GRAPE VINES AT SARNIA. 

 Mr. Peter Wellington reports that 

 the Moore's Early and Worden were 

 both killed by summer frost, and that 

 the Concord, Clinton, and Delaware 

 are the principal varieties grown in 

 that part of the country. 



BOOKS &c. 



Native Grapes of the United States, 

 an exceedingly valuable and exhaustive 

 paper, read before the American Hor- 

 ticultural Society at its last meeting, 

 by T. V. Munson, Denison, Texas. 



The National Journal of Carp Cul- 

 ture is the only journal in the United 

 States devoted to the subject of carp 

 culture. It was established in 1885, is 

 issued monthly, at fifty cents a year. 

 Those interested in carp culture can 

 obtain a sample copy free by addressing 

 L. B. Logan, Akron, Ohio. 



The Maryland Farmer, published 

 at Baltimore, Maryland, by Ezra Whit- 

 man, at $1.00 a year, is a monthly 

 magazine of 32 pages, devoted to agri- 

 culture, ably edited by a veteran agri- 

 culturist. It begins the year 1886 in 

 beautiful style, with new cover of hand- 

 some design, new type and superior 

 paper, giving it a very attractive ap- 

 pearance. 



North East Europe Fruits are ex- 

 haustively treated, so far as our know- 

 ledge of them at present extends, in a 

 Bulletin of the Iowa Agricultural Col- 

 ledge just issued. It contains a revised 

 list of names, with notes on some of the 

 fruits, trees, and shrubs from Nort East 

 Europe on trial in the College grounds, 

 and which have been sent out for trial 

 during the past six years. 



Vick's Floral Guide for 1886 comes 

 as usual in beautiful and attractive 

 garb. The cover is a most artistic thing 

 of itself, the interior a charming pic- 

 ture book, and the reading matter in- 

 teresting and instructive, such as the 



