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and certain parts of California and the Northwest. The 

 industry is likely to spring- up anywhere in reach of the 

 large cities. "Strawberry Growing" is much more than 

 a manual for the cultivation of the fruit. It discusses at 

 length packages, picking, packing, marketing, and similar 

 subjects, while in the cultural part of the book, every essen- 

 tial from soil and fertilizers to pollination, mulching, and 

 the selection of the best varieties are considered. There 

 are 24 plates and an equal number of other illustrations in 

 the text. The book contains more than 300 pages and is 

 likely to become a classic in strawberry growing. It is 

 published by Macmillan & Co., New York, at $1.75. 



Charles Francis Saunders, an eastern man who has 

 been in California so long that he acts like a native, has 

 issued a little book with the title "Finding the Worth 

 While in California." If anybody knows how to find worth 

 while things in California it ought to be Saunders, for he 

 has wandered up and down the State on many roads camp- 

 ing and tramping in the out-of-the-way places studying 

 the flowers and the birds, the missions, the Indians and 

 the other natives, and sampling the hotels and boarding 

 houses. What he has to say, therefore, is backed up by 

 personal knowledge and made readable by the experience 

 gained in making several other books on his adopted State. 

 The book is published by Robert McBride & Co., New 

 York, and costs a dollar. We are of the opinion that the 

 information it contains will save several times its cost to 

 the tourist, and we imagine it is likely to be found in the 

 packs of all who know about it. 



'The Mysteries of the Mowers" is the title selected 

 by Herbert W, Faulkner for an excellent volume on the 

 pollination of flowers. This subject is one that has not 

 been overworked from the popular side — in fact, with the 



