December, 1891. 
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* A Request to Our Friends. 
Our friends — among whom ice trust are all 
the readers of Orchard and Garden— have 
it in their power to do us very substantial ser- 
vice during this subscription season by recom- 
mending this paper to their friends and neigh- 
bors who are not already subscribers. Or- 
chard and Garden aims at benefiting all 
wh i receive it ; its articles are original and 
practical; its tone is pure; its advertising 
pages are clean. The price is so low that there 
are none too poor to subscribe. We desire to 
place it in the hands of every person throughout 
the country interested in Horticulture, and we 
ask our friends to assist us in this endeavor. 
Please do it now, for this is the season when 
people select their papers for the coming year. 
Be sure that your friends include Orchard 
and Garden in their lists. If you will kindly 
send us the names and addresses of those 
£ /on think ought to have the paper, we wi l 
gladly send them specimen copies without 
charge. 
A Few Words as to Our Adver- 
tisements. 
There is a subject upon which we feel 
constrained to speak at this time when 
looking back over the past numbers of the 
closing year, and that is the clean and trust- 
worthy nature of our advertisements. As our 
readers are aware it lias not been our cus- 
tom to sound t lie praises of Orchard and 
Garden in their ears or to be continually 
telling of its excellence, but rather to let 
the paper speak for itself; and this modest 
lack of self-praise or self-assertion may 
have had its disadvantages in these days 
of competitive hornblowing and push. 
We fear, however, that our readers, and 
especially advertisers, do not always give 
us the credit we deserve and expect for the 
clean advertising pages we present and for 
the exclusion of the large amount of adver- 
tising we yearly refuse, apparently not too 
“ questionable, however, to be admitted to 
the pages of many other journals which go 
into the country home. Looking over the 
pages of a professedly “family journal” 
recently, we noted four pages of advertis- 
ing, among which there were but six adver- 
tisementsthat could have secured admit- 
tance to the columns of Orchard and 
Garden at any price. This exclusiveness 
involves much pecuniary loss, of course, 
for we refuse advertising every month that 
we do not think worthy of space in our 
columns, and could readily secure many 
pages of such business if we would insert it. 
But we have stood unselfishly by our sub- 
scribers’ interest in this matter and we w ant 
them to realize that we are willing to — 
and really do — make great pecuniary 
sacrifice to keep Orchard and Garden a 
perfectly safe journal for admittance to the 
home circle and for the reading of all its 
members. 
In our article upon “Insect Depreda- 
tions” last month the estimated loss of agri- 
cultural products in the United States by 
insect depredations should read $380,000,- 
000 instead of $3,800,000 as printed. These 
figures are based upon the estimate of our 
products at about $3,800,000,000, of which 
it is thought about one-tenth is lost by the 
ravages of insects. 
Our Plans for 1 892. 
Orchard and Garden for the coming 
year offers some new' and important fea- 
tures. We aim to make it a trustworthy 
guide and companion to all interested in 
horticulture, and it is hardly necessary 
for us to dwell at large upon its merits; our 
readers know all about this, and every page 
of the paper is testimony to its worth. But 
our plans for 1892 include the publication 
of many valuable articles prepared espe- 
cially for Orchard and Garden by some 
of the best writers and most trustworthy 
authorities upon the subjects. 
In the January number will be begun a 
series of papers upon birds and their rela- 
tion to the fruit grower and gardener, by 
Prof. Walter B. Barrows of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Washington, with re- 
liable illustrations. 
L. O. Howard, also of the Department of 
Agriculture, will furnish entomological ar- 
ticles adapted to the needs of our readers. 
Prof. Massey of North Carolina will con- 
tinue his monthly papers on the Vegetable 
Garden, and the Flower Garden will be con- 
tributed to regularly by the veteran horti- 
culturist, Peter B. Mead. 
Orchard articles will be furnished by Dr. 
T. H. Hoskins of Vermont, Prof. Buddof 
Iowa, T. T. Lyon of Mich., and other noted 
pomologists. 
Pi of. F. Lamson-Scribner of Tenn., will 
treat Fungous Diseases in his accustomed 
popular and able manner. J. J. Russell 
of Mass., will contribute papers upon Cran- 
berry Growing. The Household depart- 
ment will fie conducted by Mrs. Martha 
Clark Rankin. 
Among those who will contribute during 
the coming year are the following distin- 
guished writers and authorities: E. Wil- 
liams of N. J.. Prof. Georgeson of Kansas, 
Prof. Munson of Texas, Matthew Crawford 
of Ohio, Wm. Falconer of New York, Prof. 
Maynard of Mass., Samuel Miller of Mo., 
John Craig of Ottawa, Can., L. Greenlee 
of N. C., Thos. D. Baird of Kentucky. 
Nearly every subject incidental to hor- 
ticulture will be treated, embracing orchard 
and small fruits, vineyard, flower and veg- 
etable garden, ornithology, entomology, 
diseases and the remedies therefor, nut 
culture, etc. Noth withstanding the extra 
attractions and general improvement of the 
paper the price remains the same — fifty 
cents a year. 
Catalogues Received. 
The U. S. Wind Engine and Pump Co., Batavia, 
III. This tlrm has made the manufacture of windmills 
a specialty during the last thirty-seven years and is 
well and favorably known as extensive contractors of 
railroad water stations and water works for cities and 
villages. Their latest product is the Gem Steel Wind 
Engine which embodies beauty, simplicity, strength, 
power and durability to the highest degree. They also 
manufacture what is termed the Gem Steel Tower 
which is radically different from any other on the mar- 
ket. It combines the greatest strength with the min- 
imum of material; it is artistic in design, unique in 
finish, simple in construction and easily erected. The 
U. S. Wind Engine and Pump Co., manufactures also 
the celebrated Halladay Standard Pumping and Gear- 
ed Mills, the U. S Solid Wheel aDd Standard Vaneless 
Mills, which are used for pumping and power purposes, 
and which enjoy the most enviable reputation, both at 
home and in every foreign country. For further par- 
ticulars send for their catalogue and prices, and see ad- 
vertisement on another page. 
Fiei.d Force Pump Co., Lockport, N. Y. This firm 
manufactures the Double Empire Spraying Pump, 
which, for spraying potatoes or other field crops is es- 
pecially valuable, as the spray will cover a large area 
with but little waste of liquid; it stirs the liquid auto- 
matically and supplies two spraying nozzles thus en- 
abling two rows of trees or vines to be sprayed at the 
same time. They also make the Little Gem and Gar- 
Held Knapsack Sprayers with Vermorel nozzle. For 
full description of Perfection spraying outfits and prices 
send for catalogue. 
All Around the Year, 1892. Entirely new design 
in colors, by J. Pauline Sunter. This most charming 
calendar is composed of heavy, gilt-edged cards, tast- 
ily tied with white silk cord, and a delicate, silvered 
chain attached, by which they may be hung on the wall 
or elsewhere, and are so arranged on rings that they 
may be turned over as each month shall be needed for 
reference. Each card contains not only the calendar 
but a design both charming and appropriate, and an 
equally timely sentiment. Size by 5J4 inches. 
Boxed. Price 50 cents. Published by Lee and Shep- 
ard, 10 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 
William Stahl, Quincy, 111. Any one, upon appli- 
cation, may receive a catalogue of the Excelsior Spray- 
ing Outfits with considerable information on the sub- 
ject of spraying by addressing the manufacturers as 
above. 
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