American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . cattle to canary-birds and honey-bees, are discussed, as well as our lead-ing culinary and other plants, malting it a work of thegreatest interest. Its importance to agriculturists, breeders, scientificmen, and the general reader, will he seen by its scope asindicated in the following partial* enumeration of itscontents: Pias, Cattle, Sheep, Goats; Dogs andCats, LIorses and Asses ; Domestic Rabbits ; Do-mestic Pigeons ; Fowls, Ducks, Geese, Peacock,Turret, Guinea Fowl, Canary-bird, Gold-fish ;Hive-bees ; Silk-moths. Cultivated Plants
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . cattle to canary-birds and honey-bees, are discussed, as well as our lead-ing culinary and other plants, malting it a work of thegreatest interest. Its importance to agriculturists, breeders, scientificmen, and the general reader, will he seen by its scope asindicated in the following partial* enumeration of itscontents: Pias, Cattle, Sheep, Goats; Dogs andCats, LIorses and Asses ; Domestic Rabbits ; Do-mestic Pigeons ; Fowls, Ducks, Geese, Peacock,Turret, Guinea Fowl, Canary-bird, Gold-fish ;Hive-bees ; Silk-moths. Cultivated Plants; Cereala>d Culinary Plants ; Fruits, Ornamental Trees,Flowers, Bud Variation. Inheritance, Reversionor Atavism, Crossing. On the Good Effects ofCrossing, and on the Bvn Effects of Close Inter-breeding. Selection. Causes of Variability, Lawsof Variation, etc, etc Published lu two Volumes of nearly1IOO pages. FINELY ILLUSTRATED. SENT POST-PAID PRICE $ ORANGE JUDD & CO.,245 Broadway, New York Olty. MEW AND BEAUTIFUL WORK. THE BOOK OF JOSIAH HOOPES, Westchester, Pa, Including Propagation, Cultivation,Description of Varieties and theirAdaptability to Different Situations. This is a long needed work, us in it the present state ofour knowledge upon the cone-bearing plants, orConiferte,of the botanist, is posted up. Mr. Hoopee is one of thosepersons rarelymet with—a practical cultivator, and a manof science at the same time. While his work gives usall the Conifene arranged in the classification of thebotanist, it at the same time treats of the experience, notonly of the author, but of American cultivators generally,with this large and important family of plants. Evergreens play so interesting a part, not only inornamental planting, but in what may be termed eco-nomical planting, (i. e. hedges, screens, wind-breaks,etc.), that we are sure a work which treats of their propa-gation and culture, describes in both popular and scien-tific language the many species, an
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