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THE CANADIAN HOBTICDLTURI8T. 



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We will gladly give our candid ojnnion of any books, 

 magazines or catalogues received, especially if they 

 are likely to interest or benefit Canadian fruit 

 growers, but will not insert cut and dried reading 

 notices in fav^r of any publication whatever. 



The Bee-Keepers Guide, or Manual of the 

 Apiary. By A. J. Cook, Prof, of Ento- 

 mology in the Michigan State Agricultu- 

 ral College. 12th edition. Price, $1.25. 



We have no hesitation in giving this 

 book the highest commendation as a 

 complete manual for the use of apiarists. 

 It is the work of years. The first edi- 

 tion was published in 1876, and con- 

 tained the substance of the author's 

 lectures to his students ; but such has 

 been the demand that it has gone 

 through twelve editions, each time be- 

 ing enlarged and more and more fully 

 illustrated, until it is now the leading 

 treatise on apiculture, both from a prac- 

 tical and from a scientific standpoint. 

 After an interesting introduction, the 

 book is divided into two parts, the first 

 of which deals with the natural history 

 of the Honey-Bee ; and the second, 

 which occupies the greater part of the 

 book, takes up the apiary, its care and 

 management. We hope soon to tind 

 room for some extracts from this work. 



Twelfth Annual Report of the Montreal 

 Horticultural Society and Fruit Growers' 

 Association of the Province of Quebec. E. 

 J. Maxwell, Montreal, Secretary. 



A most valuable Eeport. Among 

 the subjects discussed at the Winter 

 Meeting were the following, viz. : Best 

 varieties of Russian apple introduced 

 by C. Gibb ; Tlie Spot Disease of the 

 Fameuse, introduced by Prof. Penhal- 

 low ; and some New and Useful Fruits 

 adapted to the colder sections of Canada, 

 by P. E. Bucke ; Grape Culture, by 

 Wm. Pattison ; Fuchsias, how to grow, 

 by S. S. Bain, &c., &c. It also con- 

 tains a paper on "The Fruits of Tuik- 

 estan," by A. Kegel, St. Petersburg!! ; 



and one on "Swedish Fruits," by C. 

 Gibb, of Abbotsford, Que. 



Night and Day. A Record of Christian 

 Philanthrophy. Edited by Dr. Barnardo, 

 18 Stepney Causeway, London, Eng. 



International Exhibition of Industry, 

 Science and Art, Glasgow, 1888. Pros- 

 pectus and Regulations. Patron — Her Most 

 Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. Secre- 

 tary — Wm. M. Cunningham, 27 St. Vincent 

 Place, Glasgow. 



HORTICJJLTURAL ArT JOURNAL. 



The August number, like all the issues 

 of this beautiful magazine, is a gem for 

 the parlor table of any gentleman of 

 taste, whether he be gardener, fruit 

 grower or florist. The four colored 

 plates in this number are (1) Rose, 

 Paul Neyron ; (2) Chickasaw Plum, 

 Quaker ; (3) Chickasaw Plum, Forest 

 Garden ; (4) Red Cheek Melicoton 

 Peach. The Journal is ably edited by 

 Mr. .T B. Jenkins, Horticulturist, of 

 Rochester. N".Y., and published by the 

 Stecher Lithographic Co. of the same 

 city. 



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" Every tree is subject to a disease," 

 said a speaker in a fruit-growers' con- 

 vention. " What ailment can you find 

 on an oak V asked the chairman, "A- 

 coru," was the triumphant reply. — 

 Boston Globe. 



" My dear," why are the eggs always 

 hard at breakfast now 1" asked Mi". 

 Snaggs. " They must be eggs of the 

 new hens," replied Mrs, Snaggs, 

 thoughtfully. " The new hens ! Why 

 sliould their eggs be hard V " They are 

 Plymouth Rocks, you know." — Pitts- 

 burg Chronicle. 



He — They have dropped their an- 

 chor. She (on her first) — Serves thein 

 right. It has been hanging over the 

 side all day long. 



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