THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Orange at 24s, and Gravenstein at 14s. 

 sterling. Some No. 1, Extra Ribston 

 Pippins, went as high as 28s. They 

 report 2,052 more barrels of Nova 

 Scotia apples to be sold on -JSth 

 November. 



SCOTCH DICTIONARY. 

 The Editor acknowledges, with many 

 thanks, the giacious gift of a Scotch 

 Dictionary from Mr. John Croil. It 

 is an old saw, that it is hard for 

 old dofs to leai'n new tricks. He 

 will study the dictionary with care, 

 but feai-s that it is too late for him to 

 acquire such a taniiliarity with this 

 most beautiful language as to enable 

 him to pass for a Scotchman. Thanks 

 too, a thousand thanks, for the poems. 

 Many of them are rich in beauty of 

 thought and expression. We copy one 

 for the benefit of our readers, who, 

 though not Sons of Scotia, will not 

 need the dictionary to appreciate its 

 touching tenderness. 



THE ROWAN TREE.* 



Oh Rowan tree ; oh Rowan tree, thou'lt aye be dear 



to me, 

 Intwined thou art wi' mony ties o' hame and infancy. 

 Thy leaves were aye the first o' spring, thy flow'rs the 



simmer's pnde ; 

 There was na sic a bonnie tree in a' the countrie side. 



How fair wert thou in simmer time, wi' a' thy clusters 



while, 

 How rich and gay thy autumn dress, wi' berries red 



and bright ; 

 On thy fair stem were mony names, which now nae 



niair I see, 

 But they're engraven on my heart, forgot they ne'er 



can be 



We sat aneath tliy spreading shade, the bairnies round 



thee ran ; 

 They pu'd thy bonnie berries red, and necklaces they 



Strang ; 

 My mither, oh, I see her still; she smil'd our sports 



to see, 

 Wi' little Jeanie on her lap, an' Jamie at her knee. 



Oh, there arose my father's prayei-, in holy evening's 



calm. 

 How sweet was then my mother's voice, in the martjT's 



psalm ; 

 Now a' are gane ; we meet nae mair aneath the Rowan 



tree, 

 iJut hallowed thoughts around thee twine o' hame 



and infancy. 



* Dictionary. — Rowan tree, the Mountain Ash. 



SMALL-FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 



The annual meeting of the Small- 

 Fruit Growers' Association of the 

 Counties of .Oxford and Brant will be 

 held at Burford Village, County of 

 Brant, on January 16th, 1885. All 

 who are interested in fruit growing ai-e 

 invited to attend and take part in the 

 discussion 



NEW MEAT CHOPPER. 



Having used the meat chopper made 

 by the Enterprise Manufacturing Corn- 

 pan}^ of Philadelphia, Penn., whose ad- 

 vertisement appeared in the December 

 number, we take the liberty of calling 

 the attention of those of our i-caders 

 who have occasion to chop meat of any 

 kind to this chopper. It is just com- 

 plete in every respect, doing its work 

 to perfection, simple in construction, 

 easily kept clean, and a great saver of 

 labor. 



THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



It will interest all fruit, flower and 

 vegetable growers to learn that the 

 American Garden of New York has 

 been sold to E. H. Libby, the well- 

 known agricultural journalist. Estab- 

 lished in 1872 as a quarterly, the 

 American Garden has become a hand- 

 some monthly magazine, and a leader 

 among horticultural publications. Un- 

 der its new management it is an inde- 

 pendent, illustrated, beautifully printed 

 magazine, still ably edited by Dr. F. M. 

 Hexamer and numbering as contribu- 

 tors many of the most successful fruit 

 growers and gardeners in this and 

 other countries. The coming volume 

 will be greatly improved in many wa5'S, 

 and worthy of the earnest and hearty 

 support of all who love fruits, flowers 

 and nice gardens, and all who make a 

 business of their culture. The price is 

 only $1 a year, including some choice 



