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Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, and of Mr. William K. Fowler. State 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction of Nebraska. 



We wholly agree with Mr. Fowler when he takes the view that school 

 work may profitably be correlated with instruction in agriculture and 

 nature study, and we would say that a school garden, with the actual 

 work intelligently directed, not onh' " might " but will prove an inspir- 

 ation to harvest toil and better living. It is to be hoped that Mr. Fowler's 

 indirect suggestion will bear fruit. 



The book deals, in twenty short chapters, with plants, insects, birds, 

 other wild animals, and the weather in their relation to the form, and 

 with the breeds of plants and animals of chief agricultural importance. 

 The presentation of these topics discussed by five different authors (the 

 names of only three appear on the title page) is clear but brief — too brief 

 in some parts qf the book. The chief lack will without much doubt be 

 found in the inability of the teachers themselves to give the work in the 

 schools in such practical form as will make it educative in the best sense. 

 Mere information will not give teachers the necessary ability. They 

 must have some sound training in these lines, else the text-book method 

 of studying natural history as regards the farm will prevail. f. e. l. 



Systematic Pomology. Treating of the Description, Nomenclature and 

 Classification of Fruits. By F. A. Waugh. Illustrated. New York : 

 The Orange Judd Company, 1903. 



Professor Waugh 's compact little volume, received some weeks ago, 

 has been compelled, owing to the pressure of other reviews, to await the 

 notice which it merits. It is the first work on pomology which has 

 seemed to us to approach the popular ideal, and the information which 

 it gives to growers as to the proper method of drawing up and publishing 

 descriptions of varieties is distinctly a valuable feature of its contents. 

 The author does not enter into any discussion of the many horticultural 

 varieties on the market, nor does he deal at all with methods of culture ; 

 but chapters are devoted to the classification of each of the important 

 groups of fruit, as apples, peaches, pears, etc., with full discussion of the 

 characters to be observed and the principles to be followed. The rules 

 of the Lazy Club and the code of the American Pomological Society are 

 given in detail. The book contains both photographic and diagrammatic 

 illustrations. It is thoroughly modern in treatment, and is to be highly 

 recommended to amateur and professional fruit growers. c. l,. p. 



