58 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



information on gardening subjects that everyone who loves 

 plants will be glad to have. It was begun in September 1909 

 and is edited by S. Mendelson Meehan. We wish the maga- 

 zine all success. 



A series of booklets, each devoted to a single tree species, 

 has been begun by Sarah W. Maury. Three numbers devoted 

 to the Beech, the Gingko and the Holly respectively have al- 

 ready appeared. These are small square volumes bound in at- 

 tractive stiff covers and quite appropriate for use on arbor 

 days and the like. Each is well illustrated partly in color and 

 the text sets forth the merits of the subject in an interesting 

 way. We shall welcome a full series if as well done as the early 

 numbers. The booklets are published by the John Lane Com- 

 pany, at New York, at 30 cents each, postpaid. 



Fernow's "The Care of Trees in Lawn and Park" recently 

 issued by Henry Holt & Co., bear some of the ear-marks of a 

 book made to order. The author says in the preface that it 

 was due largely to accident that it was compiled and elsewhere 

 in the book, authority for various parts are disclaimed. After 

 a careful reading of the book, however, the reviewer finds little 

 that needs apology. The author is professor of Forestry in 

 the University of Toronto rind thoroughly informed on his 

 subject and aside from a rather halting literary style, has made 

 a very good volume. About two-thirds of the nearly four 

 hundred pages are devoted to the diseases of trees, whether 

 caused by insects, fungi, soil conditions, or due to obnoxious 

 gases, electricity or mechanical injuries, and the improvement 

 of trees by fertilizing, pruning, etc. The remainder of the 

 book is taken up with lists of trees and shrubs commonly 

 planted with notes on their habitats, appearance and other 

 characteristics. There are upwards of one hundred illustra- 

 tions. The book sells for $2.00 net. 



