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BOOKS AND WRITERS. 



The Plant World, profiting by a good example, has de- 

 cided to go west and hereafter will be issued from Denver, 

 Colo. Like this same good example it will also be issued on 

 the fifteenth of each month. 



This is the season when garden books are in greatest 

 demand. In most sections it is a bit too early to proceed to 

 actual garden-making, but it is not a bit too soon to get the 

 garden plans under way. It may be said at the outset that 

 books are not half so valuable to the beginner as a single 

 season of actual experiences, yet books are not to be disdained 

 even by the gardener who no longer considers himself a novice. 

 There are hints and ideas to be gained from almost any book. 

 Two helpful new books of this kind have appeared in time 

 for use during the present season's planning. The first is 

 from the press of Charles Scribner's Sons and is entitled "The 

 seasons in a Flower-Garden," by Louise Shelton. After some 

 preliminary chapters on soils and planting the book plunges 

 into the season in September when the good gardener really 



