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or they may discuss in a general way all the operations of the 

 gardener. The present book falls into the latter class. In 

 the preface the author tells us that it gives her garden exper- 

 iences of the past five years. We are therefore prepared for a 

 discussion of such subjects as Color Arrangements of Flowers, 

 Raising Flowers from Seed and Terraces and their Treatment. 

 The book is well written and will interest all who are endeavor- 

 ing to make a garden that is something more than a place to 

 grow plants. There are eight colored plates and nearly a 

 hundred other illustrations. The book is published at $2.00 

 net. 



A short time ago, we had occasion to call attention to 

 two books by Winthrop Packard and now chronicle another 

 with the title of "Wood Wanderings." Like the others this is 

 devoted to various phases of nature treated in a rather poetic 

 and sentimental vein but good reading withal, especially at this 

 time of the year when the season and book coincide, as such 

 titles as When Autumn Passes and November Woods indicate. 

 The book is published by Small Maynard & Co., at $1.20 net. 



"The Story of the Soil" as the title of a book might mean 

 a variety of things depending somewhat upon the author. In 

 the hands of Dr. C. G. Hopkins, Illinois' energetic and efficient 

 soil expert, it becomes a novel in which the hero applies the 

 knowledge learned in school to the practical work of improving 

 a worn-out farm and incidentally gains a wife and "they all 

 live happily ever after." Dr. Hopkins has been writing on 

 soil fertility for many years and has adopted the story form of 

 getting his facts before a lot of people that could not be reached 

 otherwise. It is a sort of sugar-coated treatise on improving 

 the soil and as such is likely to do much good in its way. The 

 book is from the Gorham Press, Boston and sells for $1.50. 



