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OUS BOOK TABI.E. 
Massaohusetu HortlcUta^ So^c« y-^ ^ 
ule of prieea for ttie year ^ 
SC^rarirpUniBopeutoaO 
ToTLa coffee: X.efr PUyaica. 
,md Moral Effects on tUo f nelson 
Dr. A. .Ucott,witlJ notes and additions y 
Sizer. 16.UO, 118 pages; paper, P>-i<=® “ 
Fowler & Wells. Publishers, 763 Broadn y^ 
York. Dr. Aleott's work on the 
Coffee, lirst published many years “S ’ j 
much to caU attention to the effects of the use of 
these articles. In the new edition Mr. ®™r 1 
seated in the form of notes many 
brought out by the increased knoi> ledge 
“Horn MarslioU P. Wilder, 
ings at a banauet given by his friends on tas 
birthday, September 22d, 1883, to commemoiate 
the completion of his eighty-fifth year.-Tlus is a 
large, very handsome volume, containing Colonel 
Wilder’s address and all the speeches made on 
that memorable occasion, as well as the letters o t 
many persons who were unable to attend. A most 
exceUent portrait of Col. Wllder^^ and this, with 
some kind words and his autograph, written in a 
clear, firm hand on the fly-leaf, make the volume 
of precious value to us. May he be able to cele¬ 
brate many, many more birthday aunivei’saries 
in health and happiness; to receive the coup-atii- 
latiouB of his many devoted friends, as well as 
the well-deserved gratitude of a grateful nation. 
CATALOGTJES EECEIVED. 
Edward GUlett, Sottthiriek, Mass.—Catalogue of 
North American Plants, Orchids, Shrubs, Climbers, 
Alpine, Aquatic, and Bog Plants, Rai'e Ferns, etc. 
H, S. Anderson, Cayuga Lake Nurseries, Uiiioii 
Springs, N. Y. —Descriptive Catalogue and Price¬ 
list of all the leading new and older varieties 
of Small and Tree Fruits; also, ornamental trees 
and shrubs. It contains an elegant colored plate 
of the Duchess Grape, which is made a specialty 
here. 
Woods, Beach & Co., .Vcw BrigMon, Pa.— 
Illustrated and 'Descriptive Catalogue of Roses 
and Bedding Plants. This firm is head-quarters 
for the new AUkemanthera aurca nana, and 
makes a specialty of sending Roses by mail, in 
which branch they have reached an enviable 
reputation. 
John S. CoUins, Mooresiown. .V. Y.—Illus¬ 
trated Catalogue of Sm.all Fniitridants and Fruit- 
trees, with a colored plate of the Kieffer Pear. 
This is a complete list of all the most valuable 
varieties in cultivation. The most prominent 
specialty of the season is the Early Cluster 
Blaekberry. 
Hale Brothers, Smith Glaslonburg, C'onH.—De¬ 
scriptive Price List of all the leading new .and old 
Small Fruits. This linn pays special attention to 
pedigree in plants, and claims to have as carefully 
selected stock as can be found in the country. 
Mrs. Garfield Strawberry, a variety of unusual 
promise, and Pratt Peach, now introduced, arc 
the leading specialties. 
Woolson & Co., Passaic, .V. P—Catalogue of 
Hardy Perennial Plants, Bulbs, Ferns, and Climb¬ 
ers. This is a general collection of everything of 
value in this line. By making :in cxcliisivc spe¬ 
cialty of this class of plants, tills ffrin has been 
able to accumulate the most complete collection 
of its kind in the coiintr>-, and to do much to 
stimulate an interest in tlie cultivation of hardv 
Iicrcnnial plants. ■' 
E. & J. c. Williams, (Ihcslnul BUI Burscru 
^Iclmr, N. J.-Descriptive Catalogue of Small 
Fnxit Plants and other Nursery stock. This is 
what may be termed -• a catalogue for the busy,” 
iw it dispenses with all unnecessary talk and 
vrtth all inferior varieties, giving the rea: er 
g ance a summary of the very best varieties mdy 
of each class. Colored plates of Fay’s Prolific 
Currant and James Vick Strawberry. Hcalcm r 
ters for Montclair Raspberry. ^ 
AK8WEES TO C0EEE8P0NDENTS. 
fliihscriber, Oolurnbits, O 
-If Subscriber’ will send lier name, the dc- 
POBttil card. 
sired Infor inatlon will be'sent by'**”'*’ *'** 
art,, ,i.o«M “zrrri'tiS *f 
L.- 
Bose, 
O/iio.-Thc true 
yellow, sometimes 
luquincs 
full address 
not of suffleient 
ahswered by letter. F. 0. 
Plants plants that will not 
There are comparatively 1 g,o„nd 
thrive in a sunny the roots maj 
is deep, mellow, aiif > nioistm'o and 
penetrate sufficiently to Variegated 
Calailiums, Ivy, etc., „ j, b S., Forest, 
with coppery ’ 
j:i;;”nd7;;;y finc wuen Perh^L «.s apt to P^ 
duce some malfonncd ! ov’Cis, yet t 
unsatisfactory as desenbed. 1 . 
have sufficient root '■’1’“^ f in 
and a liberal supply of 
bud, will probably correct the ‘'’'“onltJ 
then n-'aiu the phmt may not be the true 2Im . 
'ZX- Sevm-al other varieaes, Soacen, 
d’Elisc especially, behave as described. 
Gr.apes for Utoli, C., Salt Lake Citi/.-To deter¬ 
mine which varieties succeed best in so pecidtai a 
climate ns that of Utah, there can be no reliable 
guide but actual experiment. 'Hie list given in 
our Fruit Department may be of some service: 
but if there arc any Grapes grown successfully in 
the i-icinity, these are the varieties to be depended 
on. and others should be planted only as an ex¬ 
periment. Two-year-old vines, severely cut back, 
arc generaUy the best, and early spring, as soon 
as the ground is lit to work, is the best season for 
planting. 
Propagation.— B. T. L., Astoria, B. P. — Mitli- 
oiit a minute knowledge of all the conditions 
under which plants are placed, it is impossible for 
any one to teU why cuttings fail to grow. A fre¬ 
quent cause of failiu'e is that the cuttings arc tak¬ 
en from wc.ak or sickly plants; another, that the 
propagatuig bed is not warm enough — it should 
be kept at a temperature of from sixty to seventy 
degrees, and the house at about fifty degrees; then 
the sand in which they are placed should never 
become dry —110 subsequent watering will make up 
for the d.amage done thereby. Fuchsias, Helio¬ 
tropes, and similar pLants, if under proper con¬ 
ditions, .should root in ten days. 
Japan Clover, Lespedesa striata.—Some item 
extolling the praises of this plant has been exten¬ 
sively published, and consequently brought a 
number of inqmries. This is an annual, legumi¬ 
nous plant of low growth, coarse, h,ard wooded, 
with small, scant foliage. It is not a Clover 
proper, does not look like it, and is not in tlie least 
roots, and so on until the box is filled. The, 
tant point In this operation Is to keep the *"'*’®*' 
and lo.ave8 free from contact with damn’^“’^‘‘ 
The roots only should he kept damp 
leaves and he.arts of the plants as dry as n« 
Now nail up with strips not closer togetw?®- 
is necessxiry to prevent the plants from f m " 
out, in case the box is tunicd over. Plants 
in this way should, at this season of i^o 
keep a month. There is another precaution if*!' 
ever, when they .arrive at their destination •’s '*"' 
station agents make it a i-ule —well meant”"’* 
doubt-to throw a pailful of water over cv’1”^ 
box of plants th.at arrives, and consequcntlvwn 
half of tliem. Instruct your agent beforehand nr 
to water your plants when they iu-rlve. 
The Acme Pulverizing Hai-row, 
l,y Bash lO Bro., Millington, N. J., is, without 
c.xecption, the most valuable and most eillciei t 
implement for leveling and pulverizing the soil 
that has ever been invented; in fact, there is 
nothing in c.xisteuce nt all to be eompafed with 
it. We have had personal experience with all 
the le.ading harrows introduced within the last 
twenty years, but would give the whole lot of 
them —a dozen or more—for one Acme. It would 
be superfluous to specify the good qualities of an 
implement that combines in tlie highest possible 
dcgi'ee every point attainable in its class. Those 
who doubt the correctness of these statements 
had better send for the new pamphlet just issued 
by the .above firm. This contains the testimony 
of over two thousand farmers who have been and 
arc using the harrow; and if, before you h.ave 
read halt of it, you do not send for an Acme, 
don’t complain if yom- brother farmers make 
tanning pay better than you do. 
The United States Mutual Accident Associa¬ 
tion, 320 and 322 Broadwng, Bew-York, continues 
to extend its usefulness to evei-y i)art of our 
country. With steam-bo:its blowing up eveiy 
little while, as a matter of course, and cyclones 
sweeping away houses and whole villages, pra- 
dent people seek, naturally, to make some pro¬ 
vision for themselves and their families in case of 
accident before it is too late. The honorable and 
fair dealing of this comp.any with all its patrons 
h.as established for it so enviable a reputation, 
that no one who tleslres to insure agahist accident 
— and every wi.se person should—need hesitate 
to entrust his policy to this company. 
J. B. Sardy & Son, 141 Water street, Beio- 
York, offer in our advertising coliunns $50 pre- 
raiurn to the one who raises the largest crop of 
Potatoes from half an acre of ground fertilized 
to be compared with it as a forage plant. Being an I with their Phospho-Peruvian Guano; and $25 for 
anmi.al,thoplantdiesdowaievcryyear,butsi)riii"s ‘ 
up and spreads freely the following season from 
self-sown seed. The priucipal point in its 
that it grows in poor and sandy soil, .and in such 
places, where nothing better can be raised, it inay 
be of some value, and worthy of a trial, in the 
Itis nra n^^^ *' “ot thrive at tlm Nc h 
It is not a new plant, however, which impression 
it seems intended to make, but hn.s been known in 
our country for forty years or monr That the 
valuable and wonderful qualities allecoii i 
very probable. ^ 
SbipplngStrawbcrry Plants Great Dlslnneos 
I,i.y Jiiiy. .iiirtyu |„i„ y.,. ’I’"’. 
cold weather. There is very fill I. 
suffer from eold, when pr!,pm.,v'nam' ;''! 
gieatdealorbeeonilTmiiMin.',ra ■ a 
sl-ould be packed in fiat i!, ’'’’“'T 
respond with t he lengl li of I he , i , o'"'- 
” t>.e Plants h.ave u, be anafl 
should be made small, no't ove 
ench. It Is also imporlani ii.,„ ^ 'o 
together evenly, so that all lied 
;*no,andnotsm’neon:;L:'a:er;:'^ 
leaves and others burled amm, Jn ' 
packing, the box is set up eu ' "'hen 
•lamp moss spread on the Lid b" ‘“y-X "t 
rowofbumUesof plants aid ‘"■"’“'“1 tlien a 
tl>e tops Of the iLive el' 
'■PPM’ side Of the box. Aimthorl 
the next best crop. This seems an easy way to 
_ , make money in addition to a paying crop. This 
The priucipal point in its favor is \ fertilizer is highly recommended b.v Alfred Bose 
and other well-known agi'iculturists. 
IMPORTANT. 
When you visit or leave New-York City, save Bag* 
Expres8{i#ro and Caniago liiro, and stop at.tlio 
Gmiifl Union Hotel, opposite Grand Coutitd Depot* 
000 clofraiit rooms, lilted up at a coat ot one million 
dollarn, reduced to $1.00 ana upward por day. Eur<h 
poan Plan. Elevator. Restaurant supplied with tJio 
i>08t. Uorse cars, stages, and elevated railroad to mi 
depots. Families can live better for loss money at tao 
Grand Union Hotel than at any other llrst-classhoiti 
iu the city. 
brain and nerve food. 
I'ltO.M TIlK NEIlVn-OrVING I'KINCIW.ISS OP TII8 
OX-nilAIN ANT) WHEAT OEKM. 
Vitalized I’liospliitos.—Restores the cnerg) 
lost, by iiorvoiisiiesB, weakness, or iiidigoi>tioiG 
relieves liisslliulo and iienriilgia; refreshes the 
nerves tired liy worry, oxoitoimnit, or exeeesivc 
soiislilvciioss. and siroiigllions a fulling iiioiiiory. 
It aids wondorfully in tlio iiiontul and bodllj 
ki'owlli oriiifaiils and elilldroii. Under its use the 
leetli come eiislor, tlie bones grow botler. Iho skin 
snioollier, tlio broln iieqnires iiioro I’ohilily 
sleeps more sweetly. An ill-fed brain learns up 
lessons, and Is peovisli. it gives a more Intel' 
lee.tiial and liaiiplor elilldliood. Not a score 
remedy; foriniila on overy laliol. For sale b.t 
Druggists, or mail, $ 1 . F. Citosnv * Uo. 
(101 & 000 Sixth Avo. Now-Yorli. 
TAKE NOTICE. 
Per f)0e. (in stiiiiiiiH) 200 hllegant Scrap Pletuiw- 
No two alike. F. WHITING. 60 Niissaii St., N. * 
