A very pretty hill is Cumorah, between Palmyra and Canandaigua, New York. Besides its beauty, it has interest from being the place where Joseph Smith reported he found the plates from which he wrote the Book of Mormon.

Gardening for Young and Old, by Joseph Harris : New York, Orange Judd Company. In the preface, Mr. Harris says he would particularly urge young people to turn their attention to seed growing, not that he wishes to see horticulture diverted to a mere money-making business, aside from its refining and nobler influences, but would like to see both kept in view. The work seems to have for its main object the encouragement of horticulture among the young, and because of this very style will be welcome to older folks. Many of us who are whitening with age, learn more when we are taught as if we are children than in any other way. We regard this as a good, useful book, even though it may tell nothing new to those who have already had an extended experience.

Colorado as an Agricultural State, by N. E. Pabor: New York, published by the Orange Judd Company. Those who only know Colorado by reading about it, imagine a dry, barren country, and think of what such a country must be for agriculture; while those who see it for the first time do not think much of Colorado from first impression of the agricultural prospect. But a short acquaintance dispels the illusion. Irrigation does better than nature. It does not pour when enough has already been provided, and refuse a drop to earnest supplication. By irrigation we can water when we please, and stop whenever we please, and the plant enjoys this good treatment so much that it does its best in return. The writer of this has seen fifty bushels to the acre from wheat on the Arkansas, and there is scarcely an agricultural crop common in the East but may be made to yield considerably more in Colorado than an Eastern farm ever knew. It is evident, however, that it requires a greater amount of intelligence to farm on this plan, than it does on the " trust to nature" system. A work like this of Mr. Pabor's is just what the man of intelligence needs.

It will be a necessary companion to the Colorado immigrant, unless he is willing to spend years in learning for himself what he could here get the track of by a few hours reading. Not only the agriculturist but those interested in any pursuit will profit by a perusal of the work.

Forestry Bulletin No. 23, United States Census, has just been issued. It gives an estimate of the consumption of wood as fuel in the United States during the census year. Also a map of the United States showing the character of the fuel used on the areas marked on the map. Over 32,000,000 people use wood yet for domestic fuel, and for these no less than 7,361,992 cords, $15,067,-651 in value, in the great coal state of Pennsylvania alone. We have to look in the future for something else besides fence posts and railroad ties.