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protoplasm, photosynthesis, etc. Numerous suggestive 

 exercises and questions are scattered through the lessons which 

 are further illuminated by more than 150 illustrations. Even 

 adults who would like some knowledge of plant life not com- 

 prised in the botanical manuals will find this a useful book to 

 have. The price is one dollar. 



"Nature-Study Made Easy" is, as its name indicates, an 

 attempt to simplify one branch of nature — ^botany — for the 

 lower grades of schools. Much of the text is in story form in 

 which the plants not infrequently hold conversations or express 

 opinions but this is possibly permissible in teaching younger 

 children. There are also a considerable number of poems 

 about plants and numerous illustrations. Like all books of this 

 nature it is likely to add its share toward making the subject 

 of botany interesting. The authors are E. B. Shallon and W. 

 A. Cullen. It is published by the Macmillan Co. at 40 cents 



itet. 



Some years ago Miss Ida D. Bennett gave us an interest- 

 ing volume entitled "The Flower Garden" and she has now is- 

 sued a companion to this in "The Vegetable Garden." Be- 

 ginning with chapters on the location and plan of the garden 

 we next have the construction and care of hot-beds and cold- 

 frames, seed sowing, transplanting and garden tools. Then 

 follows several chapters on growing staple vegetables, and — 

 somewhat unlooked for in gardening books — directions for 

 preparing these vegetables for the table. The information in 

 this book is such as may be relied upon, and it will no doubt 

 be a most useful book to the average gardener. We cannot 

 help regretting however, that the author did not include in the 

 book, the rarer vegetables, since these are the very ones, the 

 gardener or housewife has most need to look up in the books. 

 Perhaps the author may give us another volume of this na- 

 ture. There is certainly room for it among gardening books. 

 "The Vegetable Garden" is published by the McClure Co., 

 New York. 



