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they usually do this kind of thing better on the other side of 

 the Atlantic — possibly because they have been at it longer. A 

 volume that illustrates the ideas here expressed comes to us 

 from the press of Edw^ard Arnold, London. It is by Sir 

 Herbert Maxwell, and is entitled "Memories of the Months," 

 being the sixth in a series with this title. In it the author 

 touches upon a multitude of things connected with Scottish 

 natural history. Though various essays are arranged under 

 each month, they are entirely separate as to subject, and the 

 reader may browse about in the book much as he would go 

 afield, stopping whenever fancy or interest dictates. After 

 going through the 300 pages of this book, one is likely to wish 

 for the others in the series. The book is for sale on this side 

 by Longmans, Green and Co., New York, at $3.75 net. 



Twenty-one editions of L. H. Bailey's "Nursery Manual" 

 has been absorbed by plant propagators since its first appear- 

 ance in 1891, and now comes the twenty-second, which has 

 been entirely re-written to bring it into harmony with present 

 day practices. This is another of the Macmillan Rural Science 

 Manuals and, as might be expected, treats the subject of plant 

 propagation in a most extensive and thorough manner. The 

 fundamentals of the subject are comparatively few, but the 

 methods based upon these fundamentals are many and varied. 

 None however seem to have escaped the author. About half 

 the book (225 pages) is devoted to a list of some 1500 trees, 

 shrubs, vines, and herbaceous perennials, with specific direc- 

 tions for propagating each. In the first half of the book the 

 general practices of nurserymen are discussed. As usual, a 

 large number of illustrations aid in making the descriptions 

 clear. The book is one that practically everybody who owns 

 a garden will find useful. No matter what plant he may wish 

 to multiply, he is certain to find the best methods described. 

 While it claims to be merely a propagating manual, the book 



