THE CANADIAN HOKTICULTURI8T. 



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Eandom Notes on Natural His- 

 tory is a monthly of eight pages, pub- 

 lished by South wick & Jencks, Provi- 

 dence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., at 50c. a 

 year ; devoted, as its title implies, to 

 the various departments of natural 

 history. 



The Rural Canadian has incorpor- 

 ated with itself the Canadian Farmer 

 and Grange Record. It is published 

 monthly, at $1 per annum, at No. 5 

 Jordan Street, Toronto, and is devoted 

 to the farm, dairy, apiary, grange, gar- 

 den and orchard. 



Popular Science News is published 

 monthly, at 19 Pearl Street, Boston, 

 Massachusetts, U.S.A., at $1 a year. 

 It treats of various interesting subjects 

 that may be arranged vmder the several 

 heads of familiar sciencje, practical chem- 

 istry, the arts, agriculture, medicine 

 and sanitary science. 



Schedule of Prizes offered by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 

 the year 18^^5. Competition open to all 

 persons. Robert Manning, Secretary, 

 Boston, Massachusetts. 'I'he annual 

 exhibition of fruits, flowers and vege- 

 tables will be held in Boston, Septem- 

 ber 15th to 18th, 1885. 



The Wide Awake, published by D. 

 Lothrop & Co., Boston, at $3 a year, is 

 a very interesting and instructive 

 magazine for children. There is a good 

 healthy moral tone pervading the whole. 

 Some of the articles seem especially 

 adapted to entertain and at the same 

 time instruct the youthful reader. 



Lovett's Guide to Fruit Culture 

 is a very handsome catalogue of fi-uit 

 trees and plants for sale by J. T. 

 Lovett, Little Silver, New Jersey. It 

 is very profusely illustrated with en- 

 gravings throughout, and adorned with 

 colored lithographs of fruits ; and con- 

 tains a great variety of useful informa- 

 tion concerning the difterent varieties, 

 methods of culture, and value for 

 market. 



Journal of the New York Micro- 

 scopical Society, is published in nine 

 monthly numbers, at No. 12 College 

 Place, New York City, price $1 a year. 

 Devoted to microscopical science, a 

 science that is throwing much light 

 upon the fungoid growths which i)lay, 

 apparently, very important parts in the 

 diseases of plants as well as of animals. 

 The January number contains a very 

 interesting paper upon the pi'ocess of 

 fertilization in plants. 



How TO Propagate and Grow 

 Fruit is the title of a pamphlet of 64 

 pages, by Charles A. Green, of Roches- 

 ter, N.Y., U.S.A., the pi-ice of which 

 is only 50c. It treats of propagating 

 the raspberry, blackberry, currant, 

 gooseberry, grape, quince, peach, cherry, 

 plums, pears, and apple ; tells the 

 author's experience in beginning, grow- 

 ing, marketing, etc.; treats of shipping 

 fruits, evaporating, &c., &c.; and will 

 be found very useful for consultation 

 and reference, especially by gi-owers of 

 small friiits. We will send it to any 

 of our readers, post paid, on receipt of 

 the price. 



Forestry Bulletin, published by 

 the Council of the American Forestry 

 Congress, and ably edited by Bernard 

 E. Fernow, Secretaiy, No. 13 Burling 

 Slip, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. Sub- 

 scription $1 a year, which may be sent 

 to Mr. Furnow. The ofiicers of the 

 American Forestry Congress are : Hon. 

 Warren Higley, Ohio, President ; Hon. 

 H. G. Joly, Quebec, 1st Vice-President; 

 N. H. Egleston, Washington, D.C., 2nd 

 Vice-President; B. E. Fernow, New 

 York, Corresponding Secretary. The 

 objects of this Congress are the advance- 

 ment of forestry in the United States 

 and Canada. Its funds are deiived 

 wholly from membership dues, which 

 are for life membership $10, annual 

 membership $2 ; with an additional 

 entniiico fee of f 2. 



