[May, 



BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. 

 National 3Iining and Industrial Exposition. 



— Programme for the First Annual Exhibition 

 at Denver. Will open August 1st and close Sep- 

 tember 30th. 



Proceedings of Meetings held at New- York 

 and London, to express sympathy with the 

 oppressed Jews in Russia. Printed at the In- 

 dustrial School of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, 

 New-York. 



New York State Experiment Station. — A 



photographic view of the buildings and grounds 

 of this newly established station, which, so far as 

 can be gleaned from the picture, seem to be well 

 adapted for their purpose. 



Practical Floriculture and Landscape Gar- 

 dening.— Synopsis of a course of Lectures de- 

 livered at the Ohio State University by Professor 

 Wm. B. Eazcnby. Also, Prospectus of a course in 

 Structural and Systematic Botany. 



Clieap Dwellings.— A series of neat and com- 

 fortable city and country residences, illustrated 

 and described by carefully prepared plans and 

 specifications, and accompanied by reliable esti- 

 mates of cost. Published by the San Francisco 

 Bulletin Company, San Francisco, Cal. 



Fungi Injurious to Vegetation, witli Reme- 

 dies. By Br. Byron B. Halsted. An address 

 before the Connecticut Board of Agriculture.— 

 The author gives a condensed natural history of 

 Fungi in general, and treats specially, and with 

 much ability and a thorough knowledge of the 

 subject, Spurred Rye, the Potato Rot, Wheat 

 Rust, Corn Smut, Onion Smut, Black Knot, Apple 

 Leaf Fungus, Peach Curl, Grape Mildew, Lettuce 

 Mildew, and Raspberry Fungus. 



Proceedings of tlie Twenty-seventh Annual 

 Meeting of tiie Western New-York Horticul- 

 tural Society. — A condensed report of this in- 

 teresting meeting was given in our February 

 number. We were much pleased to receive, by 

 the kindness of the excellent secretary, Mr. P. C. 

 Reynolds, this complete report, in a handsome 

 form, with all the. papers and essays read during 

 the session, many of which are of great import- 

 ance and permanent value to every horticult- 

 urist. 



Proceedings of the New Jersey State Horti- 

 cultural Society, at its seventh annual meet- 

 ing, held at Vineland January 11th and 12th, 1882 

 —William E. Ward, President ; E. Williams, Secre- 

 tary. As most of the members of this society are 

 practical and experienced fruit-growers, the dis- 

 cussions at these meetings are always noted for 

 their practical and instructive tenor. The 

 pamphlet contains, in addition to the minutes 

 of the meeting, the Fruit List recommended 

 for the State, and able papers on " Herbaceous 

 Plants," "Bulbs," "Winter Protection," "Graft- 

 ing Grapes," "Packing and Protecting Grapes," 

 " The Sweet Potato," etc. 



First (Juarterly Report of tlie Kansas State 

 Hoard of Agriculture— 1882.— This volume has 

 just been issued, and is a report of the condition 

 of agriculture in the State up to March 31st, In 

 addition to the regular crop and stock reports, 

 the book contains special reports upon the sub- 

 jects of forest-tree growing in Kansas, the raising 

 and management of sheep in different portions of 

 the State, a paper on the cultivation of tame 

 grasses, and the usual meteorological summary 

 for the quarter. 



The report is f<Jr gratuitous distribution, and 

 can be obtained, as long as the edition lasts, by 

 addressing the Secretary, William Sims, Topeka, 

 Kansas, and by inclosing the, postage — four cents. 



Ninth Annual Report of the New Jersey 

 State Hoard of Agriculture.— Aflne volume of Hi 

 pages, full of valuable information, and credita- 

 ble both to the Board and its Secretary, our 

 esteemed contributor Mr. P. T. Quinn. The Pres- 

 ident, Mr. Thomas T. Kinney, gives in his address 

 a comprehensive and clear resume of the agricult- 

 ural situation— of interest not only to the farmers 

 of the State, but to every one interested in agri- 

 culture. The volume contains several papers of 

 great value, among them Professor Cook's " Re- 

 port on the Agricultural College Farm"; Dr. J. 

 B. Lawes and Mr. H. Stewart on " Corn Culture " ; 

 the State Board of Health's " Report on Diseases 



of Animals"; "Contagious Diseases," by Dr. E. 

 M. Hunt ; " Milch Cows iu West Jersey," by Silas 

 Betts; "A Sussex County Farm," by P. T. 

 Quinn ; "Breeds of Dairy Cattle," by James Neil- 

 son; "Bee Culture," by J. H. M. Cook; "Silk 

 Culture"; Dr. George B. Loring's address, and 

 others. 



American Pomological Society. — Proceedings 

 of its eighteenth session, held in Boston Septem- 

 ber nth, 15th, and 16th, 1881. This is the first 

 volume edited by the new secretary, Professor 

 W. J. Beal, Lansing, Mich., and the members of 

 the Society, as well as all progressive poinolo- 

 gists, may be congratulated upon the excellent 

 manner and extraordinary promptness with 

 which it is published. These volumes have long 

 since gained a world-wide reputation, and are 

 everywhere prized among the most valuable 

 contributions to poinological science. The one 

 before us contains, in addition to a complete and 

 carefully prepared report of the discussions and 

 proceedings of the meeting, lists of the officers 

 and members, reports of the State Fruit Com- 

 mittees and the papers read, the Society's "Cata- 

 logue of Fruits," showing at a glance the vari- 

 eties of fruits best adapted for each State. This 

 in itself constitutes a work of the greatest value 

 to every one interested in fruit culture. These 

 biennial publications are not for sale, but are 

 printed for distribution among the members of 

 the Society. Biennial membership is 14.00 ; life 

 membership, $20.00, and any one may become a 

 member by remitting this amount to the Secre- 

 tary, which entitles him to this and as many of 

 the preceding volumes as are still at hand. 



The Rose. — A treatise ou the Cultivation, His- 

 tory, Family Characteristics, etc, of the various 

 groups of Roses, with accurate descriptions of 

 the varieties now generally known, by S. B. Ell- 

 wanger, of Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N. 

 Y. Published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. 

 It is with pleasure that we commend this neat 

 and elegantly gotten up ■v olume to every lover 

 and cultivator of the Rose. The author, as one of 

 the junior members of the famous firm of Ellwan- 

 ger & Barry, has had unusual facilities for the 

 practical study of his subject, which, as the work 

 before us shows, he has most happily improved. 

 Although many books on the Rose are already in 

 existence, they are mostly compilations from 

 foreign works, and there appeared to he a need 

 for a comprehensive work, from the American 

 stand-point, better adapted to the requirements of 

 American conditions and climate. To fill this 

 want has been the author's- aim, in the accom- 

 plishment of which he has been remarkably 

 successful. The Classification of Roses, which is 

 generally so difficult to master by the amateur, is 

 here so clearly explained that any one may he- 

 come familiar with its mysteries. Position and 

 Soil, Planting and Pruning, Manures, Insects and 

 Diseases, Propagation, Roses under Glass, Raising 

 New Varieties, etc., are all successively treated, 

 closing with an alphabetically arranged descrip- 

 tive catalogue of nearly one thousand varieties. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, 

 Squash Borers. — Prof. Tracy has found that a 

 small piece of -phosphorus placed in the ground, 

 near the junction of the stem and roots, keeps the 

 borers away. Some gardeners have used common 

 friction matches to the same effect. 



Chick-weed in La\vus,-('«^.£. TV., Beerjicld, 

 Mass.— Unless the ground is very wet the Chick- 

 weed may be pulled out, the bare spots dug or 

 raked up, and if deeper than the surrounding 

 lawn, raised by carting on new soil. On this, 

 Lawn Grass should bo sown thickly and raked in. 

 If this does not keep out the weed there is prob- 

 ably no other reined}' but drainage. 



Whitman's Fountain Pump. — Subscriber, 

 Hudson, X. r.— We have used this pump on our 

 own farm for several years, and find it almost in- 

 dispensable. If there was no other use for it than 

 the washing of windows it would pay well to 

 have one for this purpose alone, hut it is very 

 convenient in many other ways. A few weeks 

 ago fire was discovered between the chimney and 

 a partition in our house, and if it had not been 

 for the timely use of this pump, which enabled us 

 to throw water in the narrow fissure, the house 

 would, in all probability, have taken lire. 



Chufa.— Z. W. I. M., Stony CreeJc, Ta.— Chufa, 

 or Earth Almond (Cyperus esculenlns), has been 

 highly recommended, a few years ago, as a profit- 

 able forage crop, and it is now cultivated to 

 some extent in the Gulf States ; but, in this lati- 

 tude it did not come up to expectations, and is 

 not worth cultivating. 



Navy lieans.— M. B., Bed Wing, Minn.— Beans 

 do generally well on newly broken ground. They 

 should not be planted before all danger from frost 

 is over, in this latitude from the 10th to 20th of May. 

 The 1st of June will probably not be too late for 

 your State. It requires about one bushel of Navy 

 or Pea Beans to sow one acre. P. T. Quinn's 

 " Gardening for Profit " gives all the desired in- 

 formation about market gardening. 



Ahutilon.— TF. B., Jamaica Plains, Mass. — 

 Abutilons are of the easiest culture and need not 

 more care than a Geranium. They are propagated 

 by cuttings of half-ripened wood. If planted in 

 sand, kept moist, moderately warm, and shaded 

 they will strike root in a few weeks, when they 

 should be transplanted in ordinary potting soil. 

 Cuttings made in spring and kept in healthy con- 

 dition during summer will produce flowering 

 plants the following winter. 



Large Onions. — J. B. B., Hartstown, Pa.— Giant 

 Rocca and Giant Tripoli, both Italian varieties, 

 are the largest Onions, but for market purposes 

 we would not recommend to plant these more 

 than for experiment. Large Red Wethersfield, 

 Yellow Danvers, and White Globe are probably 

 the best for your locality. Our March and April 

 numbers contain an excellent and exhaustive 

 article ou Onion growing, from the pen of the 

 veteran Onion grower, Mr. Wm. J. Comstock. 



Manure for House Plants. — F. S. W., Moores- 

 town, N. J.— A spoonful of fine bonedust or super- 

 phosphate of lime scattered on the surface of the 

 soil and worked in lightly makes a good fertilizer. 

 The Mapes complete manures are also valuable. 

 A solution of a tablespooiiful of Peruvian guano 

 in a gallon of water, applied once a week, has an 

 excellent effect on all kinds of plants. In all 

 cases it is better to apply small quantities of fer- 

 tilizers at intervals than to give all in one strong 

 dose. 



The Striped Bug. — P. L. T., Proctorville, O — 

 This insect pest seems to be on the increase in 

 many localities, and proves very destructive to 

 young Melon and Cucumber plants. A daily 

 sprinkling of bonedust over the hills, from the? 

 time when the plants make their first appearance 

 —and this is the most critical moment— until 

 they arts large enough not to tempt the bugs, has 

 generally the desired effect. Watering with a 

 decoction of Tobacco stems is also an efficient 

 preventative. 



Millet. — T.A.F., Westbrook, Conn— German, or 

 Golden Millet, is a valuable forage plant and 

 makes good hay. In seasons of scarcity of hay it 

 can be made to furnish a valuable supplement, as 

 it may be sown as late as the middle of July and 

 yield a fair crop. The seed is sown broadcast at 

 the rate of half a bushel to three pecks per acre, 

 and harrowed in. The best time to sow the main 

 crop for hay is the latter part of May. If it is 

 wanted for feeding green, several sowings should 

 be made, similar to corn for fodder. 



White Grub.— E. M., Manistee, Mich— Neither 

 salt, lime, nor plaster will drive away the Grub, 

 unless applied in such quantities as to kill the 

 Strawberry plants, too. The grubs are most 

 numerous in freshly-turned grass laud, and dim- 

 inish after it has been cultivated a few years, as 

 the female May-beetle, the larva of which the 

 Grub is, does not deposit its eggs in plowed 

 ground. Strawberry plants should, therefore, not 

 be planted in ground that has not been cultivated 

 during the two or three previous seasons. 



Plant lor Name,-Jfrs. M. B. S., Stamford, 

 Conn.— The plant sent is Phlox subulala, the 

 Ground or Moss Pink, one of our prettiest spring 

 flowers. It grows wild ou rocky mountain sides 

 and sandy banks from Southern New York to 

 Michigan and southward, and is frequently found 

 cultivated in gardens. Its dwarf habit, growing 

 rarely more than six inches in height, forming 

 dense matted tufts, and its profusion of starry 

 pink and purple flowers with which it is covered 

 in early spring, make it admirably adapted for 

 edging. 



