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Destined to Revolutionize Horticulture.— Please 

 accept thanks for copy of Prof. Scrlbner's new work on 

 Fungoid Diseases, and allow me to congratulate you, 

 not only upon the flue typography and binding of the 

 work, which are both nearly faultless, but especially 

 upon giving to the horticultural world a work wliich i? 

 destined to revolutionize several branches of horticul 

 ture. It would be easy to enlarge upon the particular 

 merits of this book, but I would like to say a few words 

 merely upon one phase of the subject and that is the 

 financial effect of difficulties and obstacles encountered 

 in any pursuit. It may be safely laid down as a rule 

 that the greater and more numerous these difficulties 

 and obstacles are, tbe greater the profit to those who 

 succeed ; and whenever any practical means of combat- 

 ing them are discovered those who avail themselves 

 of these discoveries and use them to the best advant 

 age are sure to make a financial success. The common 

 potato furnishes a pertinent illustration. When pota- 

 toes grew almost spontaneously, and any farmer could 

 readily grow all he had land and manure for, they af- 

 forded a valuable root food for stock at a small cost, 

 but as a product lor market they were uncertain and 

 rarely very profitable, but since the rot and Colorado 

 beetle have made careless culture impracticable, the- 

 well-informed and thorough cultivator can be nearly 

 certain to secure a liberal profit on this crop. I do not 

 hesitate to predict that a similar result will follow in 

 some of the fruits. A word to the wise is sufficient.— 

 Wm. F. Bassett. 



AN Apmirable Treatise.- I am much obliged for 

 the receipt of a copy of Professor Scrlbner's book upon 

 the" Fungus Diseases of the Grape and Other Plants.'"" 



It is indeed au admirable treatise, thoroughly scien- 

 tific and yet so clear and simple that it will be under- 

 stood by every cultivator. It is evident that a wonder- 

 ful advance has been made within a very few years, 

 both in understanding ilie nature of these diseases and 

 the efficient remedies which will control them. While 

 it is true that the enemies of fruit culture have largely 

 Increased within this generation, yet it is also true that 

 our means of coping with these enemies are now so ex- 

 tended that the prospects of successful and profitable 

 results were never more encouraging than at the pres- 

 ent time. For this i esult we are largely indebted to 

 our scientific investijrators.— Wm. C. Strong, Ex-Pres~ 

 idtnt Mass. HorticuUural Society. 



Deserves a Wide Circulation.— Accept my thanks 

 for a copy of Prof.Scribner's book on "Fungus Diseases, 

 of the Grape and Other Plants." I have read it all 

 through and am very glad to have it in this compact 

 form for ready reference. It ought to be very accept- 

 able to every intelligent fruitgrower, and I sincerely 

 hope it will meet with a wide circulation. It certainly 

 deserves it; and you have done a very commendable 

 work in bringing it out in such a shape. I trust you: 

 may be amply rewarded.— E. Williams, Ex-Sccretary 

 New Jersey Horticultural Societn. 



