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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Herein are described and illustrated 

 a remarkably full list of novelties as 

 well as standard varieties of vegetables, 

 of which Mr. Gregory evidently makes 

 a specialty. We commend his cata- 

 logue to the special notice of market 

 gai-deners and florists who want the 

 newest introductions. 



A. G. Hull's Descriptive Catalogue of 

 Grape Vines and Small Fruit Plants, 

 St. Catharines, Ont., 1887. 



Certainly a very tidy pamphlet, and 

 contains a list of the most approved 

 and best tested varieties. 



A. M. Smith's Catalogue and Price List 

 of Fruit Trees, Grape Vines and Small 

 Fruits, St. Catharines, Ont., 1887. 



Mr. Smith is well known as a 

 thoroughly reliable Nurseryman, and 

 any one sending him an order will not 

 be disappointed. 



Steele Bros. Seed Annual, Toronto, 

 1887, Corner Front and Jarvis Streets. 



An excellent Catalogue of eighty 

 pages. 



A. C. Nelles &. Co.'s Descriptive Cata- 

 logue of Mohawk Valley Seeds. 1887. 

 64 Cortlandt St., New York City. 



Joseph Harris Seed Co.'s Illustrated Cat- 

 alogue. 1887. Moreton Farm, Roch- 

 ester, N.Y. 



Joseph Harris is well known every- 

 where through his " Walks and Talks " 

 in the American Agriculturist. His cat- 

 alogue of vegetable and flower seeds 

 overflows with the most viseful and 

 practical information, and is a valuable 

 handbook for that reason alone. 



The Folding Sawing Machine Co. send us 

 an illustrated Catalogue and Price List 

 of their useful machine. Their Canadian 

 factory is at Essex Centre, Ont. 



The Waters Stock Farm send us Catalogue 

 of thorough bred trotting horses, each 

 with complete pedigree, and careful 



description. The address is Genoa 

 Junction, Wis. 



CIRCULARS. 



John B. Moore & Son, Concord, Mass., 

 sends us a Cii'cular concerning his new 

 seedling Vjlack grape, the " Eaton," with 

 a large cut of the same, showing a clus- 

 ter measuring 4x8 inches. They claim 

 that it is larger and earlier than its pa- 

 rent, the Concord. 



Alex. Begg sends a Cii-cular concerning 

 a Canadian Exchange in London, Eng., 

 which he establishing. This will be of 

 great service to Canadians visiting Eng- 

 land, who will thus And a common cen- 

 are to meet business friends and acquaint- 

 ances, and for obtaining all needed 

 information. Canadian oflice. Room 19, 

 Corn Exchange, St. Sacrament Street, 

 Montreal. 



y)itm0r0itB. 



Two Students ring a hated professor's 

 bell at midnight. He ])uts his head 

 out of the window and wants to know 

 what's up. " One of your windows is 

 wide open." " Where f exclaims the 

 startled professor. '* The one you are 

 looking out of." — Fliegende Blatter. 



A Swiss Law compels every newly-mar- 

 ried couple to plant trees shortly after 

 the ceremony of marriage. The pine 

 and the weeping willow are prescribed, 

 but the birch is allowed as being pros- 

 pectively useful. 



Mrs. Greene: "Timothy, what have 

 you done with the letter that was lying 

 on the bureau V Timothy : "I put 

 it into the letter-box, ma'm." Mrs. G, : 

 " Oh ! provoking ! Didn't you see 

 there was no address on the envelope 1" 

 Timothy : " Yes, ma'm ; but I thought 

 you didn't want nobody to know who 

 you was writin' to." — Life. 



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