. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1887. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE CANADIAN HORTI0ULTURI8T. 41 taste in the art of decorative gardening around the homes of our Canadian people. With such ends in view we invite the co-opei-ation of all the lovers of Horticulture both in extending the membership of the Fruit Growers' As- sociation of Ontario, and in contributing to these pages such items as may be of general interest and profit. Back Volumes I., II., III., IV., VII., and VIII of The Canadian Horticul- turist are in stock at this office, and will be sent to any address at 60c. ea


. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1887. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. THE CANADIAN HORTI0ULTURI8T. 41 taste in the art of decorative gardening around the homes of our Canadian people. With such ends in view we invite the co-opei-ation of all the lovers of Horticulture both in extending the membership of the Fruit Growers' As- sociation of Ontario, and in contributing to these pages such items as may be of general interest and profit. Back Volumes I., II., III., IV., VII., and VIII of The Canadian Horticul- turist are in stock at this office, and will be sent to any address at 60c. each, or with accompanying report for 75c. each. Any Subscriber failing to receive his copy of The Horticulturist at the proper time will please notify us at once of the failure that we may send it him before the edition is exhausted. A Package of Sample Copies of such num- bers as Vol. VIII. as can be spared, containing coloured plates, will be sent to any one who will distribute them with the view of getting new sub- scribers. Delay of January Number.—The following note from Messrs. Copp, Clai-k & Co., pi'inters of the Horticulturist, Toronto, will explain the delay of the January number :— "The January number of the Horticul- turist is all mailed (Jan. I2th). We had a break down in our calendering machine, which, we regret, occasioned the delay in its publication, and is not likely to again ; THE HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER. Whether we wish it or not we must at times lay down our spades and our pruning knives, and reflect upon the shortness of our stay among our beloved trees and plants. Already our readers will have read the sad intelligence of the death of the Hon. ]\I. P. Wilder, President of the Amei-ican Pomological Society, at his home near Boston on the 16th. of De- cember last. His birth away back in 2 the year 1798 reminds us of the days of George III., George Washington. HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER. and Napoleon Bonaparte. Early in life his taste for


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