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ferent and generally inaccessible works, that it is no little trouble for any one to 
learn the histories of the plants he finds. In this only the polypetalous and gamo- 
petalous exogens are described, and of these the umbelliferac and composite are 
onimitted. Still it is the only cheap work accessible to students of the California 
llora, and is therefore valuable so far as it goes. — Gardener's Monthly. 
In the way of specialties we have Sereno Watson’s Revision of the North Ameri- 
can Liliacete, a most valuable addition to one of the most interesting families of 
plan ts. 
Cilah ace.e American.®, by Timothy F. Allen, M. D., No. 10 East Thirty-sixth 
street, New York City, is a large quarto work, issued in monthly parts, at 25 cents 
each ; five parts for $1.00; each part is illustrated with a finely colored plate. This is 
a strictly scientific work on one of the most interesting families of aquatic plants. 
But equally as instructive is Baron Ferdinand Yon Mueller’s “Native Plants of 
Victoria,’’ (Australia.) Scientific men usually are great workers; but few we fancy 
get through so much as Baron Von Mueller, the Government Botanist, of Melbourne, 
Australia. This time it is a valuable work, in cheap form, of the native plants of 
Victoria, comprising all known from Ranuncul acere to Polygonaceae, profusely illus- 
trated, and so well described that any one with the rudiments of botanj r can easily 
make out an unknown plant. The work is evidently intended for the “ people,” as 
there is an evident care to avoid all “ hard words ” except when certainly unavoid- 
able. — Gardener's Monthly. 
Wonders of the Flora, by H. Acosta Kresken, Dayton, Ohio, 12 mo., $1.50. This 
is one of the most valuable hand books published. But its title does not convey the 
full import of its contents, for although he gives many pages to the beauties and 
wonders of flowers, he also gives a valuable treaties on the art of preserving flowers 
with their natural colors. His chapter on the art of making wax fruit and flowers 
is not only valuable to the amateur, but shows a thorough knowledge of the sub- 
ject. He has treated the subject of ornamental grasses and mosses and their uses 
with a great deal of enthusiasm, while iiis directions for collecting butterflies and 
other insects will be studied with interest by many young collectors. 
The California Horticulturist is a capital monthly, of thirty pages, full of use- 
ful information relating to the productions of the Pacific coast; published at San 
Francisco, at $2.50 per annum. 
Tiie Canadian Horticulturist (see Horticultural Directory,) contains the reports 
of the Fruit Growers’ Association, of Ontario, and is a valuable publication for fruit 
growers everywhere. 
The following report of prizes awarded at the American Pomologieal Meeting 
was inadvertently left out of our Correspondent’s letter : 
“ We make the following awards of the Wilder medal, and have our action on the 
precedent established at former meetings of this society : 
1. For the largest and best collection of apples exhibited by a society — to the 
Iowa Horticultural society,' a silver medal. 
2. For the largest and best collection of apples exhibited by an individual — to 
E. Moody & Sons, of Loekport, N. Y., a silver medal. 
3. For the largest and best collection of pears exhibited by a society — to the 
Missouri State Horticultural society, a silver medal. 
4. For the largest and best collection of pears exhibited by an individual — to 
Ellwanger & Barry, of Rochester, a silver medal. 
5. For the largest and best collection of grapes exhibited by an individual — to 
F. S. Hubbard, Fredonia, N. Y., a silver medal. 
(>. I’o the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Boston, for a collection of pears, a silver 
medal. 
S. To J. II. Ricketts, Nevvburg, N. Y., “ Lady Washington ” grapes, a silver 
medal. 
H. E. Hooker, Rochester, for collection of grapes, a silver medal. 
10. To the Missouri State Horticultural Society, for collection of grapes a silver 
medal. 
11. To Fruit Growers’ Association of Nova Scotia, for collection of fruits a sil- 
ver medal. 
i j' m° ®^ wan S er & Barry, Rochester, for a collection of grapes, a silver medal. 
13. lo the Michigan State Horticultural society, for a collection of fruit, a bronze 
medal. 
14. lo W. B. Bateham, PainesVille, Ohio, for peaches, a bronze medal. 
Owing to the incomplete condition of the exhibits, your committee may have 
overlooked some meritorious fruits that would otherwise have been noticed.” ' 
