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THE AMERICAN GARDEN. 



[December, 



BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RECEIVED. 



Fiirman's Farming:.— A series of letters oil In- 

 tensive Farming, by the late Farish C. Furman. 

 Published by Home and Farm, Louisville, Ky. 



The Floral World is the title of a new monthly, 

 published by our contributor, H. Gillette, at High- 

 land Park, Ills. It is well tilled with interesting 

 matter pertaining to floriculture. 



Trichina;, microscopy, development, death, and 

 their diagnosis, audi reutnient of Trichinosis, by W. 

 C. W. Glazier, M. D. Published by the Illustrated 

 Medical Journal Co., Detroit, Mich. 



The Weather, by 8. S. Bossier. — A practical 

 guide to its changes, showing Signal Service Sys- 

 tem, and ho w to foretell local weather. Illustrated. 

 Price, 25 cents. Published by Robert Clarke & Co., 

 Cincinnati. 



The South, published by J. F. Biggs, Marshall, 

 Texas, is the name of a new monthly which intro- 

 duces itself to the farmers of the South. It is a 

 large quarto, ably edited, paper of twenty-four 

 pages, full of life and energy, and earnestly de- 

 voted to the development of the agricultural and 

 industrial resources of the South. 



Shirley L. Holt, Riverside, California, age nine 

 years, is the youngest editor in the world, and — 

 as we should say of new seedling Strawberry — 

 highly promising. He publishes the Rising San, 

 a neat and bright little monthly devoted to the in- 

 terests of boys and girls, which would do credit to 

 many an editor old enough to vote. Success to 

 you, brother Shirley ! 



Bulletin of the Iowa Agricultural College. — 



Experience with and investigations of North of 

 Europe Fruits, Trees, and Shrubs. An immense 

 amount of valuable information in regard to the 

 practicability of the successful introduction of 

 Russian fruits to the north-western States is here 

 presented by Prof. J. L. Budd. In a future num- 

 ber we shall refer more fully to some of its most 

 interesting parts. 



Copp's U. S. Salary List and Civil Service 



Rules This recently issued book is prepared by 



Henry N. Copp, a lawyer of Washington, D. C. 

 All the Government salaries are given from 

 President Arthur's $50,000 to postmasters with 

 $500, officials of the Treasury, Interior, War, and 

 Navy Departments, Custom-houses, post offices, 

 and fully 20,000 federal offices arranged by States 

 and Territories. Specimen examination questions 

 for admittance to the Civil Service throughout 

 the country are added. The price of the hook is 

 only 35 cents. 



Godey's Lady's Book for December closes the 

 107th volume of this magazine. It might with pro- 

 priety be called a souvenir number as it exceeds 

 in beauty anything that has heretofore been 

 issued by the present management of this publica- 

 tion. The attractive illustrations make it eagerly 

 sought on our book-table. A feature that will no 

 doubt interest the ladies is a proposition made 

 in the "Arm Chair" to allow subscribers in the 

 future to make their own selection of a full-size 

 cut-paper pattern from any fashion illustrated in 

 the magazine each month ; and as we count some 

 thirty illustrations of fashions in this number it 

 impresses us that the publishers have decided at 

 any cost to captivate all of their lady readers. 



Agriculture ; Its Needs and Opportunities, 

 an address by Prof. W. J. Bcal before the Ameri- 

 can Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 In this excellent paper, which we do not hesitate, 

 to pronounce one of the very best, most compre- 

 hensive, and yet condensed treatises on this sub- 

 ject ever printed in the English language, Prof. 

 Beal shows that until within a comparatively 

 recent period but very little of the best thought, 

 even of civilized nations, has been devoted to 

 subjects intended to advance agriculture, and 

 that notwithstanding the large sums of money 

 expended by our National and State, governments 

 in support of science, but a small sum, consider- 

 ing its importance, has been appropriated in the 

 interest of agriculture. As one of the principal 

 needs of agriculture, the author considers more 

 trained minds to work in her interests, and as a 

 step in this direction he suggests that the Society 

 for the Promotion of Agricultural Science name a 

 good man for Commissioner of Agriculture, thus 

 freeing the position from politics. He calls the 

 attention of those working for the advancement 



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| of science to the grand opportunities for making 

 j discoveries regarding the various plagues of our 

 domestic animals, economical feeding, injurious 

 and beneficial insects, bees, fish-breeding, the 

 introduction of new grasses of value for meadows 

 and pastures, irrigation, cross fertilization, inju- 

 rious fungi, and other subjects. In conclusion, 

 he points to the good work done by experiment 

 stations, with the hope that their number may 

 soon increase, and that all societies working in 

 the interest of science may render valuable serv- 

 ice by encouraging experiments in the various 

 departments of agriculture. 



CATALOG-TIES RECEIVED, 

 The Higganum Manufacturing; Corporation. 



—Descriptive catalogue of Leading Tools for the 

 Farm and Garden. 



J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, N. J., has secured 

 the entire control and sale of the Jessica Grape 

 throughout the United States. This is considered 

 the earliest white Grape known. 



Bush & Son & 3Ieissner, Bushberg, Mb.— Illus- 

 trated descriptive catalogue of American Grape 

 Vines. This handsome pamphlet of over one hun- 

 dred and fifty pages is not, as its title might indi- 

 cate, a mere nurseryman's price list. In fact, it con- 

 tains no prices at all, but is a complete manual, 

 treating of everything pertaining to the treatment 



' and culture of Grapes. The descriptive list of 

 varieties, up to the present time, is the most com- 

 plete and reliable work of the kind ever pub- 



j lished. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 I Raising Cabbages in Pots., A. P., Union 

 ! Springs, N. Y. — There would be nothing gained by 

 • planting Cabbages in pots now, as the plants have 

 to be kept merely dormant during winter. In 

 | our last March number a case of successful raising 

 of Cabbages in pots is described. 



Polish Wheat, Oh. W. B., Pine Yalley Mill, 

 Ftah.— The grain sent is not a new variety, but a 

 very, very old and distinct species of Wheat. The 

 i kernels being very large and handsome, and com- 

 i paratively little know, it is every few years 

 palmed off under a new name. Diamond Wheat, 

 Wheat of Taos, Montana, and Nevada Bye are a 

 I few of the many names under which it has been 

 known from time to time, but its proper name is 

 Polish Wheat. For general culture it is of little 

 value, as its yield is small and uncertain. 



Amaryllis not Flowering, Y. L. I., Mantua, 

 O.— Rest after blooming, or after the leaves have 

 attained their full size is the essential point in 

 Amaryllis culture. Water should be withheld 

 gradually, and entirely so after the leaves are 

 drying off. During summer and autumn the bulbs 

 are to be kept entirely dormant. When wanted 

 to bloom again they are re-potted in sandy loam 

 and leaf mold, put in a warm place, and moder- 

 ately watered. As soon as the leaves appear, and 

 especially during the blooming season, water has 

 to be given in abundance. 



Heating a Small Plant House, IT. T. Y. Z., 

 New-York.— A house 11x4 feet and eight feet high 

 is too small to be warmed advantageously with 

 ordinary greenhouse heaters. The great objection 

 to connecting pipes with a kitchen boiler is that 

 the heat cannot always be regulated according to 

 the outside temperature. As in this case the 

 greenhouse is connected with the dining-room by 

 a large glass door a proper temperature can 

 probably he maintained through the door, except 

 iu extremely cold weather, when a kerosene stove 

 might be used without detriment to the plants. 



Music Everywhere.— That wonderful musical 

 instrument, the Okganetta, is advertised in this 

 issue by the Mass. Organ Co. It is the ideal home 

 instrument. You can dance to it ; you can sing to 

 it ; a mere child can play it ; it inculcates a love of 

 music in old and young, and develops and culti- 

 vates the car. The music is perfectly accurate, 

 and the wonderful Org anetta will play any tune. 

 At the price, $3.50, it is within the reach of all. 



The American Agriculturist, advertised on an- 

 other page, continues to be recognized as the lead- 

 ing agricultural monthly of the world. Every 

 number contains nearly one hundred columns of 

 original reading matter by the leading rural 

 writers of the country and a large number of 

 engravings by the best artists in these specialties. 

 A progressive farmer would as soon think of fann- 

 ing without the use of a mowing machine, as do 

 without the American Agriculturist. 



Japanese Persimmons. — Our thanks are due 

 to the Hon. P. J. Berkmans, Augusta, Ga., First 

 Vice-president of the American Pomological So- 

 ciety, for several superb specimens of several 

 varieties of this beautiful fruit which seems to 

 thrive splendidly in the Southern States, hut un- 

 fortunately is not hardy at the. North. Mr. Berk- 

 mans has devoted many years' time and a great 

 deal of attention to the cultivation and improve- 

 ment of these fruits, and was, we believe, the first 

 one who introduced them here. 



Kieffer Pears. — We acknowledge the receipt of 

 a few remarkably handsome specimens from 

 Judge Win, Parr?/, Parry, A r . J. They were well 

 ripened and of better quality than any Kieffers we 

 have tasted before. Mr. P. says : " They are prov- 

 ing all that we have ever claimed for them for 

 health, vigor, early bearing, and productiveness 

 of handsome fruit which sells readily in market at 

 four to five dollars per bushel." For canning we 

 have found them remarkably well adapted, and 

 for this purpose should prefer them to any other 

 variety. 



The Chickering Pianos are so favorably known 

 throughout the. world, have stood their ground so 

 invariably against all competition, and are of such 

 excellent quality and workmanship in every de- 

 tail that the manufacturers feel warranted to 

 guarantee every piano made and sold by them for 

 five years. By referring to their advertisement 

 on another page, it will be seen that over sixty- 

 five thousand pianos have, already been sold, and 

 the elegant illustrations give a clear idea of the 

 leading styles manufactured by Chickering <& 

 Sons. 



The Marvelous Singing Doll. — This charming 

 novelty is advertised iu this issue by the Mass. 

 Organ Co., and certainly nothing will appeal more 

 quickly to the, children than a Doll that will sing 

 a song. The price is very reasonable, the Doll is a 

 beautiful affair, and the ingenious singing attach- 

 ment will delight the young and amuse the old. 

 The little girl who finds a Webber Doll "in her 

 stocking " at Christmas time will be, the envy of all. 



Bear Sir : The beautiful Singing Boll came 

 safely, and far exceeded my expectation of what a 

 Singing Boll could be. Our little folk were charmed 

 with its beauty ; but when it sang, their delight ivas 

 unbounded. It will be to them a thing of beauty 

 and a constant joy. Sincerely yours, 



EEY. J. B. ABBOTT. 



Medford, Mass., Aug. 13, 1883. 



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 gage Kxpresssige anil Cairiasc aire, and' stop at the 

 <Ud and I nioii Hotel, opposite (ii and ( entral Depot. 



COO elegant rooms, tilted up at a cost of one million 

 dollars, reduced to SI. 00 and upward per day. Euro- 

 pean Plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with the 

 best. Horse cars, stages, and elevated railroad to all 

 depots. Families can live better for less money at the 

 ' > rand Union Hotel than at any other first-class hotel 

 in the city. 



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Vitalized Phosphites. — Restores the energy 

 lost by nervousness, weakness, or indigestion ; 

 relieves lassitude and neuralgia; refreshes the 

 nerves tired by worry, excitement, or excessive 

 sensitiveness, and strengthens a failing memory. 

 It aids wonderfully in the mental and bodily 

 growth of infants and children. Under its use the 

 teeth come easier, the bones grow better, the skin 

 smoother, the brain acquires more readily and 

 sleeps more sweetly. An ill-fed brain learns no 

 lessons, and is peevish. It gives a more intel- 

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