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attainments with a modest lavishness and an unwearied 

 patience, which appears to be to her their own reward.* 



Besides frequent contributions to Garden and Forest, 

 mentioned below, she has published, in book-form, and in a 

 style at once simple, polished and technically exact, the 

 following works : " Home Studies in Nature " ; " Chapters 

 on Ants " ; " Injurious Insects of the Farm and Garden ; " 

 " My Garden Pets," and " Through a Microscope." 



Mrs. Treat has described the various phases of plant 

 life as they have appeared in the pine barrens of southern 

 New Jersey in Garden and Forest : 



1. " Botanical Names," III : 206. 



2. "The Wild Garden," III: 442. 



3. "September in the Pines," III : 463. 



4. "October in the Pines," III ; 524. 



5. "Ornamental Fruits in the Pines," III : 534. 



6. " Evergreens in the New Jersey Pine Eegion, " III : 546. 



7. " The Pines at Christmas Time," IV : 14. 



8. "Insect Enemies of the Pitch Pine," IV : 62. 



9. "How to make a Wild Garden," IV : 188. 



10. " Notes from a Wild Garden," IV : 351. 



11. " Spring in the New Jersey Pines," V : 220. 



12. "Weeds in Southern New Jersey," V : 292. 



13. " Water-plants in Southern New Jersey," V : 363. 



14. " Climbing Plants in the Pines," V : 400. 



15. " Edible Fruits in the Pines," V : 435. 



16. "Late Autumn in the Pines," V : 567. 



17. " Native Plants for Winter Decoration," VI : 141. 



18. "Summer in the Pines," VI : 314. 



19. " Late Summer in the Pines," VI : 382. 



20. " The Pines in October," VI : 443. 



21. "Winter-blooming Plants in the Pines," VII : 102. 



* The facts for this sketch were furnished by one of Mrs. Treat's pupils r 

 M. E. Hall. 



