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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



fruit grower. In the Horticultural 

 Report are papers on such subjects as 

 " Horticulture as an Educator," " First 

 Principles of Flower Culture," " Small 

 Fruits," " Our Russian Fruits," " Home 

 Adornment," " Farmers' Garden," "Me- 

 chanical Injuries to Trees by Cold," 

 " Raising Seedling Strawberries," etc. 



Transactioms of the ' American Horti- 

 cultural Society for the year 1886. 

 Parker Earle, Cobden, 111., President ; 

 W. H. Ragan, Greencastle, Indiana, 

 Secretary. 



The following are the titles of some 

 papei's included, viz., " Nut Culture 

 for Pleasure and Profit " (Lovett), 

 " Small Fruits in New England " 

 (Hale), " Better Culture of Grape 

 Vines " (Campbell), " Selling Fruits by 

 Auction " (Corsa), " Orchard Rusts " 

 (Seymour). 



Twelfth Annual Report of the Ontario 

 Agricultural College and Experimen- 

 tal Farm, 1886. James Mills, 

 Guelph, President. 

 The report of the Professor of Natu- 

 ral History, contains much that is in- 

 teresting to horticulturists, as for in- 

 stance the results of six years testing 

 of some four hundred trees and shrubs 

 planted on the College grounds, and of 

 rive years testing of some ninety-six 

 varieties of grapes. 



Bulletin of the lovia Agricultural Col- 

 lege Experiments. Ames, Iowa, 

 1886. 



Contains some valuable notes on the 

 habits and uses of various gi'asses. 

 Journal of the Columbus Horticultural 

 Society, published monthly. W. S. 

 Devol, Columbus, O., Secretary. 

 This interesting little monthly is 

 published at 50c. per annum by the 

 Society. 



Agricultural Science. May, 1887. Pub- 

 lished at Geneva, N.Y., at $2 per 

 annum. 



A high-class journal, edited by 

 Charles S. Plumb. 



Practical Turkey Raising, Chicago, 



1881. 



A pamphlet compiled by R. B. Mit- 

 chell, 69 Dearborn street, Chicago. 

 Price, 25 c. 



List of Premiums of the Montreal Hor- 

 ticultural Society. E. J. Maxwell, 

 Secretary. 



The Exhibition will be held in Mon- 

 treal, in July, September, November, 

 1887. 



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THINGS ONE WOULD RATHER HAVE LEFT 

 UNSAID. 



Herr Professor — " Yat a vonderfoll 

 Dree ! " f 



Lady Godiva— " Yes ; isn't it. I 

 love it better than any tree in the place. 

 It's full of sweet and tender associations 

 for me !" 



" Herr Professor — " Ach ! Zoh ! 

 Your Latyship has perhaps blanted it 

 yourzellff ! Yes ?" — Punch. 



PRINTED AT THK STFAM PRESS KSTABLISHMRKT OF THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY (LIMITED), TORONTO. 



