THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



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and a pi'actical liorfciculturist. More 

 need not be said to denote the character 

 and vahie of this publication to all who 

 would keep abreast of the times in hor- 

 ticultural matters. 



Scientific American is devoted to 

 the dissemination of information in re- 

 lation to art, science, mechanics, chem- 

 istry and manufactures. It is very 

 fully illustrated and of especial value 

 to every one interested in the mechanic 

 arts. Published weekly by Munn & 

 Co., 361 Broadway, New York, at $3.20 

 a year ; by arrangement with the pvib- 

 lishers, we can supply it with the Can- 

 adian Horticulturist for $3.50 a year 

 for both publications. See advertise- 

 ment in this number. 



The American Agriculturist is a 

 monthly periodical of established repu- 

 tation, devoted to agricultural pursuits, 

 published by the Orange Judd Com- 

 pany, at ISTo. 75 1 Broadway, New York, 

 for $1.50 a year. It is ably conducted, 

 and numbers among its regular contri- 

 butors some of the best and most prac- 

 tical agricultural writers of the United 

 States. We club this with the Gana- 

 adian Horticulturist at $2.00 a year for 

 both papers, and for $2.40, the "Agri- 

 culturist Family Cyclopaedia," a valu- 

 able work of reference and general 

 information, will be sent in addition. 

 See advertisement in this number. 



Southern Cultivator and Dixie 

 Farmer. — We are in x-eceipt of the 

 January number of this sterling Agri- 

 cultural Joui-nal. It has been changed 

 in form, being made more compact — 

 magazine size —and can be handled 

 with greater satisfaction and preserved 

 in better condition than the old form. 

 This issue numbers over seventy 

 \)ages, and in quantity it is ahead of any 

 agricultural publication that comes to 

 our office, while in quality it is the 

 only journal of the kind that is fully 

 adapted to the needs of Southern 



farmers. The very best Southern 

 talent is employed in its columns. The 

 " Thoughts for the Month," and the 

 " Inquiry Department," are alone 

 worth the subscription price. The 

 jmper has pages for special departments 

 of farm work, and they are full and 

 interesting. Without enumeration of 

 the excellencies of this magnificent 

 journal, we advise each and every one 

 not a subscriber, to send $1.50 to Jas. 

 P. Harrison & Co., Atlanta, Ga., for a 

 year's subscription, or if they prefer, 

 we will send our paper and The Culti- 

 vator one year for $2.15. 



Educational Weekly, published by 

 the Grip Planting and Publishing Com- 

 pany, at $2 per annum, is devoted to 

 the educational interests of Ontario, 

 and will receive a hearty welcome from 

 all those that take an interest in the 

 education of the youth of our Pi'ovince. 

 We have been very fond of boasting of 

 oar system of education as unsurpassed, 

 and flattering ourselves that we had 

 attained to perfection in educational 

 matters. This is far from being the fact, 

 however. Our educational system is 

 very faulty, and needs the careful atten- 

 tion of our educationists. We are wast- 

 ing the time of the average child on 

 things of no practical use. Careful and 

 well considered reforms are very greatly 

 needed, and a decidedly more practical 

 turn given to the common school in- 

 struction of our children to fit them for 

 the battle of life. To do this, we will 

 have to reform our Normal Schools, and 

 fit our teachers for the work they should 

 do, for we submit that our teachex'S 

 have not been properly instructed in the 

 true object of teaching, namely, to fit 

 boys and girls for the realities of life in 

 this eminently practical age. How far 

 this new Canadian publication will con- 

 tribute to the accomplishment of much 

 needed improvements, remains yet to 

 be seen. 



