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culture of Michigan, and the twenty- 
fourth annual report of the Experi- 
ment Station are published jointly as 
a permanent cloth bound book of 544 
large pages giving reports of the 
various departments of the board of 
agriculture and many valuable bulle- 
tins on subjects pertaining to agri- 
culture and horticulture that have 
been published. The bulletins are 
complete illustrated monographs on 
various phases of agriculture and hor- 
ticulture. Addison M. Brown, of East 
Lansing, Mich., is secretary of the 
State Board of Agriculture. 
Fairmount Park Art Association of 
Philadelphia has issued its fortieth an- 
nual report, covering the work of the 
last year, and including a report of 
the annual meeting, a list of members, 
and of the works of art that have 
been presented to Fairmount Park by 
this organization. 
The Journal of the Cleveland En- 
gineering Society of Cleveland, O., 
March, 1912, has a number of interest- 
ing special articles on water purifica- 
tion by enginering and technical au- 
thorities and also communications of 
interest on this subject and on mod- 
ern machine shop practice. 
From Purdue University, Lafayette, 
Ind.: Twenty-fourth annual report of 
the Agricultural Experiment Station 
for the year ending June 30, 1911. 
Maine Experiment Station, Orono, 
Me.: Bulletin No. 195, “Insect Notes 
for 1911.” 
From the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture: Farmers’ Bulletin 483 on 
“The Thornless Prickly Pears”; Farm- 
ers’ Bulletin 486 on “Experiment Sta- 
tion Work”; Farmers’ Bulletin 485 on 
“Sweet Clover.” 
Bulletin of the New York Botanical 
Garden, Vol. 8, No. 27, issued March 
14, 1912, contains reports of officers of 
the Garden and of the administrative 
work of the year. 
CATALOGS AND TRADE 
PUBLICATIONS. 
“Make Your Orchard Show a 
Profit,” handsomely illustrated folder 
from the Deming Co., Salem, O., illus- 
trating many types of their sprayers 
and showing them at work on many 
kinds of spraying. 
Hopedale Nurseries, Hopedale, 111. 
Price List, Season 1912, to accompany 
descriptive catalog. 
The Elm City Nursery Company, 
New Haven, Conn. Handsomely illus- 
trated catalog for 1912. Lists are ar- 
ranged so they will be easily under- 
stood by the average person, the com- 
mon names being given prominence, 
Landscape Gardener of Repute 
WISHES AN ENGAGEMENT 
Executive ability, expert 
original designer. Hor- 
ticulturist throughout. 
Address: Box S. A., care of Park & Cemetery 
The Hoosier Cement Burial Vault Molds 
All steel, no wood to shrink, swell and warp, always 
ready, without repairs and good for a lifetime. Best 
cement proposition known, 500 per cent PROFIT. 
Telescopes and adjusts for making twenty sizes of 
sinks, bath-tubs, tanks and vaults with circle cor- 
ners, preventing cracks. Corners strongest portion 
of walls. 
Agents Wanted. For particulars address 
BALL & BROOKSHIER, Patentees & MTrs, Thorntown, Ind. 
Planting Contracts 
We are among the largest growers of ornamental 
trees, shrubs and plants in America. Hardy va- 
rieties a specialty. We employ a competent land- 
scape gardener for the service of our large patron- 
age. Cemetery and Park Organizations are Invited 
to correspond relative to eitherPLANNiNG or Plant- 
ing, or both. We will be pleased to make estimates 
on any proposition. 
THE JEWELL NURSERY COMPANY 
Est. 1868. Lake City, Minn. 1200 Acres 
Charles W. Leavitt, Jr. 
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THE CARE OF TREES IN LAWN, STREET AND PARK. 
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