JANUARY. 



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the Western Fruit GroiDer''s Guide, by F. R. Elliott ; a 

 Manual on the Strawberry, by R. G. Pardee ; and Victoria 

 Regia, by J, P. Allen, a superb folio, with plates of full size, 

 chromolithed by W. Sharp. Besides these there have been 

 American editions of Niell's Fruit and Flower Garden, edit- 

 ed by R. G. Pardee, and Fruit the proper Food for Man, 

 In periodicals several changes have taken place. The Horti- 

 culturist is now edited by J, J. Smith, and is published at Phil- 

 adelphia ; the Country Gentleman is to have the additional 

 aid of Luther Tucker, Jr. ; the Genesee Farmer has passed 

 into the hands of J. Vick, Jr. The California Farmer is a 

 new weekly journal, edited with much ability by J. L. L. F. 

 Warren, and is an able exponent of the progress of agriculture 

 and horticulture in that new and remarkable State. The Amer- 

 ican Agriculturist has been changed from a weekly to a 

 monthly. Many new journals have also been started in 

 various States, showing the increasing interest taken in eve- 

 rything relating to agriculture and its kindred arts. 



A FOREST PRESERVE. — A PROPOSAL TO STATE 

 AND CITY GOVERNMENTS. 



BY WILSON FLAGG. 



It has long been thought, by intelligent observers of the 

 changes lately wrought upon the face of the country, that 

 something must be done by legislation for the preservation of 

 our forests, and of the birds and other animals that inhabit 

 them. The proposal offered in this paper is designed to meet 

 only one of the wants created by the rapid disappearance of 

 our forests. In a future essay I shall present other considera- 

 tions, bearing more directly upon the planting and preserva- 

 tion of woodlands. The following views are addressed to 

 our State legislature and our City governments in particular, 

 and to all, in general, who are interested in this impoitant 

 matter. 



It is proposed that these public bodies should authorize the 



