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BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. 

 Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Monthly 



crop report, containing acreage and estimated 

 yield by counties of Corn, statistics relating to 

 Potatoes, Sorghum, Fruit, Bees, Artificial Forests, 

 and the Meteorological Record of the month. 



Pease's Feathered World, a monthly journal 

 devoted to Cage Birds, Aquaria, and Pet Stock in 

 general, published in the interest of bird keepers, 

 etc., by Geo. C. Pease, Reading, Pa. This is an 

 ably managed paper, well calculated to meet the 

 wants of those for whom it is intended. 



Win. C. Barry.— New and noteworthy Trees, 

 Shrubs and Conifers. A paper read before the 

 American Association of Nurserymen, Florists, 

 and Seedsmen, at the annual meeting at St. Louis, 

 by Mr. Wm. C. Barry. This is a valuable contribu- 

 tion to the knowledge of many of the best and 

 most desirable novelties ; of special service to 

 collectors, as the descriptions, and statements 

 about hardiness are all from the personal obser- 

 vation and experience of the author. The re- 

 marks about the newer Maples and Conifers, to 

 some of which we shall draw more, attention in a 

 future number, are of special value. 



Edwin Alden & Bro's "American News- 

 paper Catalogue " is a large handsome volume 

 which contains a complete list of all Newspapers 

 and Periodicals publishedin the United States and 

 Canada. The chief aim in the getting up of the 

 work appears to have been to facilitate reference 

 to localities and papers. One is thus enabled to see 

 at a glance on the same line, place of publication, 

 name of paper, number of pages, length of adver- 

 tising columns, frequency of issue, class or de- 

 nomination, when established, and circulation ; 

 also — a very material item — whether coopera- 

 tive or not. To advertisers and those in search 

 of statistical information about journalism, this 

 is a, most valuable volume. 



Prospectus of tlie Correspondence Univer- 

 sity. This is an association of experienced in- 

 structors, who have been carefully selected, not 

 only for their knowledge of the subjects assigned 

 to them, but for their skill and ability in teaching. 

 Its purpose is to enable students to receive at 

 home systematic instruction, at a moderate ex- 

 pense, in all subjects which can be taught by 

 means of correspondence; whether the studies 

 be collegiate, graduate, or professional, or pre- 

 paratory for the higher institutions of learning. 



A public circular will shortly be issued, con- 

 taining the names of the instructors already ou- 

 traged, together -with a definite statement of the 

 subjects for which provision has been made thus 

 far. Applications for instruction s'-iould be made 

 to the secretary, Lucien A. Wait, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Horses : Their Feed and Their Feet. A 



manual of Horse Hygiene, by C. E. Page, M. D. 

 150 pp. 12mo, paper, 50 cents; extra cloth, 75 

 cents. New- York, Fowler & Wells, publishers, 753 

 Broadway. The work discusses very fully the 

 best means of putting horses in " condition " and 

 keeping them so. The relation of feed to work, 

 the best kinds of feed, when and how to feed with 

 the best results, including the care of work horses 

 and road horses. The causes of the various dis- 

 eases to which he is subject, with methods of 

 treatment, are given. In part second, Sir George 

 W. Cox discusses the common practice of shoeing 

 from a point of view of the objector, and makes a 

 good argument ; and Colonel M. C. Weld, who is 

 well known authority, follows with a second 

 argument in the same line, insisting with much 

 force that shoeing is unnatural and injurious. 

 There is also an illustrated chapter on the Signs 

 of Character and the Training of Horses. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 

 George S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y.— Descrip- 

 tive Catalogue and Price List of American Grape 

 Vines, Small Fruit Plants, Trees, etc.; also cir- 

 cular, descriptive of the famous Fay's Prolific 

 Currant. 



Woods, Beach & Co., New Brighton, Pa.— Cir- 

 cular of the new Altemanthera anrea nana, a 

 dwarf plant of compact habit and bright yellow 

 color, for which the introducers claim that it can 

 be relied upon to keep its color under the most 

 trying circumstances. 



A. Blanc, Philadelphia. — Catalogue of Engrav- 

 ings of which Electrotypes are for sale. This is 

 a large quarto volume, containing nearly 3000 en- 

 gravings of fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc., com- 

 prising all the leading varieties in cultivation and 

 many novelties. The illustrations are selected 

 with special reference to the wants of nursery- 

 men, seedsmen, and florists. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Lavender is easily grown, and requires not 

 more care than Sage. A rich, rather stiff soil 

 suits both. 



Christmas Roses need more protection here 

 than in England. They are best grown in frames 

 but will do outdoors in sheltered situations, cov- 

 ered with leaves and evergreen branches. 



Floral Inquiries.— S. P., Norfolk Co., Mass.— 

 Wallflowers need an abundance of water only 

 while growing vigorously. They delight in a moist 

 atmosphere, and do not reach perfection in dry 

 summers, however much water may be given to 

 the roots. 



Lemon Verbenas, and similar plants that have 

 been touched by frost, should be cut back se- 

 verely, removing nearly all of this season's 

 growth, then lifted from the ground, potted, or 

 put in a box if too large, and placed in a cool 

 cellar, not necessarily a dark one. Water should 

 be given sparingly during winter, enough only to 

 keep the soil from becoming dust dry. 



Hot Water Apparatus for heating green- 

 houses, etc. — We have frequent inquiries about 

 the best heating apparatus for plant houses, 

 and, although we cannot single out any one as 

 superior to all others, we can recommend those 

 advertised by Thos. W. Weathered, 46 Marion 

 street, New-York, as first class and as giving gen- 

 eral satisfaction. 



Coal Ashes.— W. B., Keokuk, Iowa.— Both hard 

 and soft coal ashes are valuable on heavy soils. 

 They should be sifted through a coarse sieve, as 

 the large clinkers do no good, and are objection- 

 able rather. Most coal ashes, according to the 

 proportion of wood used in connection with" the 

 coal, contain also a considerable quantity of pot- 

 ash, acting therefore not only mechanically to im- 

 prove the soil, but as fertilizers also. 



Hardy Azaleas.— M. T. 0., Yarmouth, N. S.— 

 The so-called " Hardy Azaleas " will not stand the 

 winters of Nova Scotia without protection. After 

 the ground remains frozen, some strawy horse- 

 manure should be. spread around the bushes, and 



evergreen branches or long straw tied loosely 

 around the plants. This should not be done how- 

 ever before the end of this or beginning of next 

 month. 



Hardy Gladiolus — Several Readers.— None of 

 the Gladiolus varieties are entirely hardy in the 

 Northern States, but the so-called " Hardy " 

 kinds will winter outdoors very well when 

 planted deep in dry, well drained ground, and 

 when covered with leaves or straw or evergreen 

 branches during winter. We have frequently 

 wintered small bulbs of tender kinds even, out- 

 doors, by covering them thickly with leaves and 

 cornstalks. 



Mossy Lawns — Mrs. T. A., Pittsfleld, Mass.— 

 The most frequent cause of moss in lawns is 

 that the sbil is too wet. A poor and wet soil 

 is destructive to the growth of lawn grasses, 

 while it encourages the inroads of moss. 

 When moss occurs only here and there in isolated 

 depressions, the ground may be lightly spaded or 

 hoed, some new soil carted on, so as to raise the 

 spot slightly, and grass seed sown, giving at the 

 same time a dressing of superphosphate of lime. 

 Wood ashes have also a beneficial effect. Yet, 

 radical and permanent relief can only be pro- 

 duced by drainage. A single drain running 

 through the. lowest or wettest part of the ground 

 is often sufficient to drain a large lawn 



Superb Cauliflowers.— We acknowledge the re- 

 ceipt of several remarkably fino heads of Cauli- 

 flower from Mr. J. M. Lupton, Mattituck, Long 

 Island. They were of the Early Algiers and Sea 

 Foam varieties, and were, by all who saw them 

 on our exhibition table, declared the finest they 

 had ever seen. 



The Little Detective.— For a reliable and cheap 

 family scale, we do not know of anything more 

 satisfactory than the scales manufactured by 

 the Chicago Scale Company, and advertised on 

 another page. They are also very convenient for 

 office and store use and fully worth the price they 

 are sold for. 



The Centennial Fanning Mill, manufactured 

 by S. Freeman <£■ Sons, Eacine, Wis., is a perfect 

 separator and cleaner of all kinds of grains and 

 seeds. It is simple in its construction and so well 

 made in all parts that with fair usage it will easily 

 last a life-time. We have used one for many 

 years and find it as good now as the first day. 



A *115.00 Organ for W49.75 This was the 



unparalleled offer made by Bon. Daniel F. Beatty, 

 the great organ manufacturer, in our paper a 

 short time since. He has instructed us to re-insert 

 it and thus give those who failed to accept former 

 offer another opportunity. We think this organ 

 needs no further recommendation. See adver- 

 tisement in this issue. 



Egg Food.— The patent, together with the entire 

 business of this excellent and deservedly famous 

 article, formerly known as "Allen's Egg Food," 

 has since four years been owned by Mr. F. C. 

 Sturtevant, who continued the trade under the 

 old firm name. But hereafter the business will 

 be conducted under the name of the sole proprie- 

 tor and manufacturer, F. C. Sturtevant, as will be 

 seen by advertisment on another page. 



Growth of a Large Industry — Such has been 

 the growth of the business of Win. Enabe d- Co., 

 piano manufacturers, that even their immense 

 factories have not been large enough for them. 

 To accommodate this increasing business, they 

 have leased a large and convenient building just 

 opposite their factories. By this extensive ad- 

 dition the firm will be able to increase its pro- 

 duction to seventy pianos a week.— Baltimore 

 American. 



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COO elegant looms, tilted up tit a cost of one million 

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