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some phase of gardening — spading, raking, sowing, cultivat- 

 ing, thinning, weeding, transplanting and the like, while the 

 rest of the page tells exactly how each act is to be performed. 

 Among the photographs the cutworm is shown in his lair, 

 cold-frames, hot-beds, and seed flats are seen in operation 

 and fields of thrifty plants are displayed. The principle veg- 

 etable crops are illustrated in colors. It is difficult to see 

 where the book could be bettered. And it only costs $1.25. 

 This is the first book one should recommend to the beginner. 

 It is entitled "Home Vegetable Gardening from A to Z," and 

 is published by Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. 



Whenever a beginner in the study of trees applies to the 

 reviewer for help, it is his custom to take down Emerson and 

 Weed's "Our Trees : How to Know Them" and tell his 

 questioner to turn over the leaves until he comes to his speci- 

 men. It is pretty hard for even the novice to go astray in this 

 book, for each specimen is shown in flower, in fruit and in the 

 winter condition. If any doubt remains, the full description 

 of the plant, including much popular information, should make 

 the identification certain. The book has thus far run through 

 four editions and a new enlarged edition has recently appeared. 

 The additional text is in the form of an introduction which dis- 

 cusses the growth habits of trees and mentions some of the 

 newer kinds in cultivation. In the new edition there are 290 

 pages including 149 illustrations. It is published by the J. B. 

 Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, at $3.00 net. In our 

 opinion it is the best tree book yet published. 



Dr. Edna Mosher has issued a very thorough account of 

 the grasses of Illinois, as Bulletin 205 of the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station of the University of Illinois. In addition to 

 the scientific description of each species, there are given records 

 (if its occurence in various parts of the State. There are a 

 number of excellent illustrations as well as usable keys, but 

 the use of a brand of nomenclature, not sanctioned by the 



