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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



REPLY BY J. H. MORTON, WINGHAM. 



No appreciable benefit, unless first 

 calcined, as the lime contained in the 

 shells is their chief value, the very 

 small proportion of phosphoric acid is 

 not in a condition immediately availa- 

 ble as plant food. Being powdered, 

 calcining will be difficult, and if any 

 other economic purpose can l)e foun 1 

 for them, we would not advise their 

 use as a fertilizer, as the same quantity 

 of available plant food can be supplied 

 at less trouble and expense. 



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We loill gladly give our candid opinion of any books, 

 magazines or catalngiies received, especially if they 

 are likely to interest or benefit Canadian fruit 

 growers, but will not insert cut and dried reading 

 noting in favur of any publication whatever. 



A. B. C OF Bee Culture. A Cyclopsedia 

 of everything pertaining to the care of the 

 honey-bee. By A. I. Root. Medina, 

 Ohio, 1887. Price, $1.25. 

 A book of over 300 folio pages, and 

 containing about the same number of 

 excellent illustrations. The subjects 

 are all treated in a complete and sys- 

 tematic manner, and are arranged alpha- 

 betically, so that a person needing infor- 

 mation on any subject connected with 

 bee culture, can immediately turn it up, 

 without the loss of time which is in- 

 curred in looking through various 

 books and papers. 



Smithsonian Report. 1885. Part I. 

 Being the Annual Report of the Board of 

 Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 showing the operations, expenditures and 

 condition of the Institution to July, 1885. 

 Also, 



The Transactions of ihe New York 

 State Agricultural Society. 1882 to 

 1887. 

 Both these volumes caine through 



the Smithsonian Institution. 



GuKLPH Scientific Societv. Report of the 

 Secretary for the first year (1886), with an • 



abstract of papers read at the regular 

 meetings. James Goldie, President; Robt. 

 Gausby, Corresponding Secretary. 



CATALOGUES. 



Fall Catalogue of Rare Bulbs, Plants and 

 Fruits. 1887. John Lewis Childs. i^loral 

 Park, Queen's Co., N.Y. 



Descriptive Catalogue of Northern Grown 

 Fruit and Ornamental Trees grown by J. 

 H. Wismer, at his nurseries, in Port 

 Elgin, Ont. 



pumorouB. 



Guest (rising excitedly from the 

 table, after tasting an olive for the 

 fii-st time), " It's sorry I'd be to dis- 

 turb the hilarity of the meeting, but I 

 believe some joker's been salting the 

 gooseberries ! " — Judy. 



" Speaking about the artist who 

 painted fruit so naturally that the birds 

 came and pecked at it," said the fat re- 

 porter, " I drew a hen that was so true 

 to life, that after the sage threw it into 

 the waste basket, it laid there." — Pea- 

 hody Reporter. 



A Washington lady, was can- 

 ning and pickling peaches, and her 

 little two-and-a-half-year-old daughter 

 was endeavoring to assist her in every 

 available way. Finally a package of 

 whole cloves was produced, which were 

 to be inserted in the fruit for spice, 

 when the little one suddenly exclaimed : 

 " O mamma, let me put in the tacks ! " 

 — Farm and Fireside. 



"Sam, you are not honest. Why do 

 you put all the good peaches on the top 

 of the measure and the little ones 

 below 1" "Same reason, sah, dat 

 makes de front of your house all marble 

 and de back gate chiefly slop Viar'l, sah." 



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This the apple, large and round, 

 That always on the top is found. 



O This is the apple, small and mean. 

 That's often at the liottom seen ! 



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