hotiobb of the fbess. 
. » model of beauty 
THE AMBBICAH GABDBN iS » 
and noataess.-J’ormcr’* Some. 
oneclal interest 
THE AMEBICAN of tbeU'OWB.- 
and value to all wbo ba,ve ^idons 
JBoslvn Saturday Evening Oa^ • 
The A31EBICAN ^“j^a^iu'^AMerlon.- 
cxeclleut pubUcatlons of its kind m Am 
Eortlirwestern Fa/'iner, Oregon. 
THE A.MEBICA 11 G.VBDES is invaluable toy 
gardener and fniit^growcr, its tcac 
sound and sensible .-and Oountty. 
THE AMEBIC-IH GABDEN “I’P®"™ 'steadily 
traetive shape than 
improving in litorniy (iuniit>. 
zi7ie, Lofidon, Siiglmid. 
THE Amebicas Gabdes IS a goin to be a^ied 
for its beauty and riebnoss of 
desiring to learn all about tbo 
fruits, aud vegetables, should subscribe for it. 
The Item. 
Wo are pleased to notice the success of The 
AMEBICAN Gabden, published by B. K. Bliss c- 
Sons, New-York City, and edited by thiit most 
genial and o.vpcricnced horticulturist, Di. F. il. 
Hexamor. This journal is earofuUj' edited, at¬ 
tractive in appearance, .and decidedly readable in 
all its departments.—Green’s Frtiil Secorder. 
II there is a better strictly horticultural journal 
published than The Amebicax Gabden we have 
not yet seen it, and it could not be otherwise 
under the skUlfiU, because practical, editorship of 
our good friend. Dr. Hexamer. When wo say he 
is uutiuestiouablc authority on matters of horti¬ 
culture, that’s enough; and his paper shows it.— 
Chatham Courier. 
real value proceedings the 
coniine hiniscl ypiio.-an epi ^,,^3 
cream of ' coinineudable 
country, so uidgment, a series ,,(,j.ticul- 
tion and sound judg-n ,opcdinot holt- 
nave mentioned in n, menibor of the 
c^modied in the vohim. “f,eport, tvhich in 
societyisentitied to hisjn^^^^^ ^,,„,ein 
itself is worth many 
ber’sfee. i.vStophon Beale, 
profitable Poiatiy-Kcopin^l>y py 
edited by Colonel Mason ' ^ place, lYcio- 
acorgcl!oulledgc<£ Sons,La/ J ^ 
Xorl Elegantly ^om'd m elo.h 
The 'tvc?y one. I'nvo ingratiated 
within the reach p,tTV-rni 8 or; and 
themselves to ‘having been 
they are to be 90 competent 
fortunate to sccuio t whoso oxteu- 
an editor as Colonel Mason miowledgo 
sive practical experience. „i.,iir'’nnaliiied for 
of the subject make those who 
the work. As a hand-book .ind guK 
intend to r.aiso poultry for piO '^^^^ 
pleasure, the work stands 
heartily commending it to ®'®ty y ^ 
r" r^hreS^r^Ce, take 
this book of Stephen Beale’s, study it ^‘•‘■eMly “ 
Whatever it is applicable to your “e.<;fS’ 
low it. You will find in it a safe gmdo, and you 
will almost surely come out well with yoiu- poul¬ 
try the first year.” 
“ AVliat and ’Wliy,” received from Col. Albert 
A. Pope, Boston, Mass., is a finely printed and 
unique little volume upon cycling matters. The 
contents are made ufi of information which will 
doubtless create a renovation among wheelmen, 
for within the pages of the book is an ocean of 
matter in a bucket. “ Some Common Questions ” 
are catechctically answered in the plainest and 
most concise language,—questions with answers 
which give a complete histoiy of cycling, its 
growth, usefulness, and popularity. A chapter 
christened “ Legal Lifts ” cites every bicycle case 
brought before the courts, aud fully explains the 
rights of wheelmen. The book also gives hints 
on what the cycler should wear; mentions the 
little conveniences which might be forgotten; 
gives comparative records in walking, ruuuiiig, 
rowing, skating, trotting, tricycling, and bicy¬ 
cling; and closes with extr.acts from the public 
utterances of leading professional and public 
men. The sprightly semi-humorous sketch en¬ 
titled “ A Preparation of Iron,” with .an unmis- 
OUS BOOK TABLE. 
Young yien’s Christian Association of New- 
York._Thirty-first Annual Eeport, showing the 
growth and present condition of this admirable 
institution. 
Kansas State Hoard of Agriculture.- Report 
for April, containing a smmn.ary of reports of 
correspondents as to the condition of Wheat, Kye, 
and Fruit, together with a paper on noxious 
insects, pig-feeding experiments, the agricultural 
position of Kansas, etc. 
Godey’s Lady’s Book for June opens with a 
fine steel engraving of Alfred Ward’s portrait of 
Helen Mathers, the celebrated English authoress, 
whose new story, “ Dreeing of the Weird,” will 
commence with the July issue of the magazine, i takablc bicycle moral, by the author, Chas. E. 
”1110 pre.scnt number contains a gi-eat deal of j Pratt, Esq., is well worth rending. 
spirited .nnd readable matter. “The Ship of 
Fate,” by Constance Du Bois, is especially nota¬ 
ble; the theme of the story is a matter of history. 
In addition to the articles niciitioiicd, the maga¬ 
zine contains many interesting stories, poems, 
etc., besides the usual handsome illustrations 
and Bupiilemcnts. 
Home Science.—A monthly magazine, pub¬ 
lished by Selden It. Bopkins, 29 Warren Si., Eew- 
York. 'The initial number of tills elegant pub¬ 
lication is received, and it is witii mucli interest 
that we have perused its pages. 'Pliere is a wide, 
boimdlcss field for such a magazine, devoted to 
science in the home, and of the home, and the 
publislicrs os well as tlic editor seem w'ell pre¬ 
pared and amply capable to carry out this praise¬ 
worthy undertaking. We wish them full success 
In thelrcndeavor to “ sweeten as well as enlighten, 
to shed the fragrance as well as the brightness and 
wannth of living truth over every liomc.” Among 
the brilliant array of contributors to this numlier 
are: Bev. T. DeWltt 'Talinago, Rev. Roliert Col Iyer, 
Prof. Edw. P. Tliwlng, Dr. Dio Igjwls, Dr. Byron 
D. Hoisted, Rev. R. S, Storrs, Miss M, E. Winslow, 
Kathanicl .1. Allen, and otlicrs. ’ 
SUclilgan llorticuUiire. —Tlilrtcenth Amiiial 
Report of the Secretary of the State Ilortlciiltiiral 
Society, Of the many similar reports which rcncli 
our tabic, none .are more hlglily, appreciated and 
more frequently referred to than tlicso carcfnllv 
edited and elegantly finlslied volumes. Mr. Ciias 
W. Garilcld, the accomplished secretary, takes 
great Raiiis to embody lii his work only mutter of 
The June Continent contains an unusual A-.i- 
riety of interesting material from the pens of 
writers who are well and favorably known. 
Among them arc .Tohn Vance Clieney, who ivrites 
of Richard Henry Dana; Margaret Vaiidcgrift, 
who contributes a pleasant story, entitled’“A 
Pennanent luvcstinciit”; Mary N. Prescott and 
D, II. R. Goodalc, who have poems; Rose Porter 
who begins In tills numlier a short serial, “ Poelrv 
and Prose; or, A lloucymoou Dluiior”; Henrv C 
McCook the course of whoso “ Tenants of an Old 
Fann liriiigs liliii once more to tlio consideration 
of spiders, which arc ids specialty; A. W Tour 
gdc, wlio discusses In ids own vigorous wav 
tlons political, economic, and literary; and^othoit 
wlio liave interesting Hdngs to say am , 
.able way of saying llioin 'pi.,. 1 “ii agiee- 
edition of The Oo»H, cn(,iu admihTiHo m'' 
weekly numbers, is corlain^y !, , ,. 
stallments as tlds part for Timr. 1 'h'ob In- 
all tlie essentials of a wcll-sl'ockcilT ' * * 
Illustrations are genciuus 1 . "'hgartne. ’I’ho 
•l-allty, and are^rom h "lI 
of note. llluHtralors 
“ Everybody’s J’alnt Rook » „ . . 
to theartof ontdooraiid ln,lo,,;.p, S 
for the special use of those who wls o d' m""’ 
own work, and consisting of prac b „i , ’ 
plain painting, varnishing , 
paper-hanging, kalsondidng oi . f 
tlons for renovating furniture "’I 
artlstle work for Imn '"■>'« -> 1 , 
wltli a full description of the re,? "'K*itlnir 
■ nitwttBtea. 
Gardner. Prlco, one dollar. M. T. B. 
pablltoer, 7 Warren Street, New York. 
Tills book has evidently been wrltt^ to s ' 
jlio wants of that numerous class who ^ I' ' 
giiunot afford to employ the services of a ' 
Bi'onal painter, or who, for economical rel"*'*’ 
prefer to do odd jobs of painting about the h“*’ 
themselves. Groat care Is manifest through'^ 
the 190 odd pages, of which it is comprised- to 
sent each topic treated so clearly andfiiy,^®- 
,10 one need fall in any job of Painting k* 
.^isli to undertake from lack of cxpUcitdlreetlo 
The farmer may learn from this book how ton!!'*' 
Ills implements, wagons, and buildings, andT 
ladies are told how to renovate fumltnro, pictu ® 
frames, etc., aud make them look like new ^ 
chapter on spatter work shovys the girls howto 
make a variety of beautiful pictures atatrinij, 
expense. Altogether, the book, which is sold at! 
reasonable price, may profitably find a place ia 
every household. It is printed on fine paper 
handsomely bound, .and copiously Illustrated. ' 
Agrloiiltiiro of Massachusetts.—Annual fie 
port of tbo Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, 
with returns of the finances of the Agrlcnltiiral 
Societies. Like its predecessors, this handsome 
volume is full of interesting and valuable inter- 
inntioii. It gives a full account of the proceedings 
of tlic annual meeting of the board, held at Lowell 
ill Dcccnibor last. President Varnum’s opening 
address, all the papers read during the session, 
aud the discussions thereon. We have only space 
to meutioii a few of those which appeared fo us 
most interesting: Veterinary Problems of the 
D.ay, by Dr. D. E. Salmon; Experiments witli 
Fertilizers, by John W. Pierce; Market Gardea- 
iug, by J. B. Moore; Jersey Cattle in America; 
their Present and Future; Fertilization of our 
P;inus, by Elbridge Cushman; Cranberry Cul¬ 
ture, by Winfield A. Stearns; Report on Cora-’ 
iiierci.al Fertilizers, by Professor C. A. Goessmim. 
Then follow the Annual Report of the Director 
of the State Agi-icnltural Experiment Station at 
Amherst; a paper on Sunshiue on the Farm,tif 
Dr. James R. Nichols; the report of the Martla’s 
Vineyard Agricultural Society ; and the report of 
the Massachusetts Agricultiu-al College. Not tie 
least interesting part of the volume are Secrctarj- 
Russell’s iutroductory remarks, which, although 
I occupying but four pages, give as clear nnd com- 
pi’clicneivo fi stiitciiiciit of Massacluisetts agrit • 
ture as would liave takeu niauy a man a ™e 
I volume to make Itnown; but then the sccreta^ 
has a peculiar knack of putting bulky matter m 
iint-sheUs. He lays special stress upon the im- 
iiortauce of devising means for countorbaliuicing 
droughts, which aro constantly becoming uiotc 
frequent aud diaastrous in Now Eugland; i™Sh 
lion, manuring, and especially better eultiva 0 
are suggested. 
iiilxliig 
OATALOGTTES EEOEIVED. ^ 
Suniinlt Lawn Poultry-Book, 
showing Fowls, Plans, Houses, etc., 
the yards of E. B. Mitchell, at Arlington y. 
HI. Tills handsome catalogue contains, n ^^^^ 
t loll to descriptions and lu-lces of the stoc ® ‘ 
for sale, a gi'catdcal of Interesting aud' a 
liirormiitiou. 
Clias. .1’. Willard & Co., 280 to 28i ^'''1,,. 
Street, Chicago .— Illustrated oatuleguo an 
li.sl. of Crcniiiory Apparatus, General 
idles, Stemii Engines and lk'llor8>/*'^“”®,,.„|ioii 
Farm Mills and Feed Cutters. ^1’®®,' Vtlor 
Is iuvltod to their eeiehrntcd “Elgl'* 
Tubs.” 
. __Tholi***' * 
Tlio Aiiiei'Icaii J?i-nU Evaporatoi. jr,.nit, 
some Iltliograpliio Miimial on Hvaporat I'S 
sent free by l.lio American Manufaeiui i' 
pang, Wngneshoro, 1‘enn., slioiild bo pul 
I'rult-growors. It coiitntiis much iutora” _(„iit 
elHiiwhero found In l.lils iirolltablo a"“ " 
Indiisl.ry. Houd for It. ffolkhf 
The Nortlioni Sugur-Caiio 
AviMi lUmcrlptirtuSi wul 
Cane Mills, .liviipoi-alors, Kettles, iiiu* 
•Iideo Pumps, Horse Powers, Steam 
bthoi- Auierlcau Sugar-Cane Mai'hiucry ^ 1,0 
turod by George L. Squtor, Rulfill®’ 
I’l'eiitlso on the Northern SagiH'-®'’’'® 1# 
by PrnrosBors Wohor and Seovoll, eo. 
ibis pamphlet, Is of groat value to nl 
lu this ludustry. 
