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US in close proximity to the Author of all good — the Crea- 

 tor of the beautiful as well as useful. Write for the hor- 

 ticultural press, do it practically, truthfully, and with but 

 one object in view, i. e., the benefit of your fellow-beings. 



The Practical Entomologist. A Montlil}* Bulletin. Published at 

 518 South Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia. Price 50 cts. a year. 



The first volume of this very excellent work closed on 

 September 1st, 1866, therefore it may with propriety be 

 called a new publication of the year. 



The imj^ortance of disseminating practical knowledge in 

 regard to the insects injurious or beneficial to the agricul- 

 turist and horticulturist no one for a moment will question. 

 The " Practical Entomologist" appears to be just the work 

 needed to advance the science to which it is devoted. ISTo 

 such work has ever before appeared in this country, and 

 the publishing committee and editors are entitled to tlie 

 thanks of the public at large and a generous support. At 

 the A^ery low price at which it is published, 50 cts. a year, 

 the editors certainly can not receive any pecuniary reward 

 for their labors, unless the masses who are, or ought to be, 

 interested, come forward and lend their assistance to swell 

 the subscription list. The publishers ask' for only 5,000 

 subscribers for this year ; this is certainly a very small 

 number for a magazine devoted to such an important sub- 

 ject as Entomology. If the people could be made to un- 

 derstand their own interest, it would have fifty or one hun- 

 dred thousand subscribers before the close of 1867. With 

 such support the publishers could afford to increase its size 

 and give accurate and expensive illustrations whenever 

 required. 



