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muskmelons aro discussed in considerable detail, aud numerous miscellaneous vege- 

 tables capable of forcing are more or less bricHy described. 



Wliilc tliis manual discusses only the forcing of kitchen garden vegetables, the 

 principles set forth will apply with almost equal weight for producing blooming 

 plants. The ([uestions of starting plants for outdoor planting, hotbeds, and cold 

 frames are intentionally omitted, it being intended that only those plants which are 

 grown to maturity in glass houses should be considered. 



The book is based very largely upon work done at the Cornell Experiment Station, 

 but the results of various American workers have been extensively drawn upon, and 

 it presents in convenient form the best practices to be followed. 



This valuable work is one of the Garden Craft series, by means of which the pub- 

 lishers are doing so much to spread exact information relative to the plants of our 

 gardens. 



Principles of plant culture, E. S. Goff {Madison, Wisconsin : Published by the 

 author, lS07,i)p. 270, figs. 173). — This Avork is an elementary treatise designed as a 

 text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture, and is the outgrowth of the 

 author's experience in the lecture room and laboratory while giving instruction in 

 the short course of agriculture at the University of Wiscoiisin. Primarily intended 

 for students who have had little or no previous instruction in botany, the choice of 

 materials and methods of presentation are such that the underlying principles of 

 plant culture are plainly and accurately presented. The A^arious i)hases in the life 

 cycle are traced from germination to the decline of growth and rest, and the effect 

 of unfavorable environmental conditions upon plant growth are shown. The differ- 

 ent manipulations to be followed in plant propagation, transplanting, and pruning 

 are carefully described, and the methods of plant breeding are briefly given. Simple 

 experiments are suggested and a syllabus of laboratory work added as an appendix. 

 In the hands of competent instructors this book can not fail to be valuable, and the 

 general reader will find it a convenient means for informing himself ou the prin- 

 ciples underlyinti- i>lant growth. 



Vegetable gardening, S. B. Green {Webb Pub. Co., St. Paul, 1S96, pp. 224, figs, 

 lis). — This book is designed as a n)anual on the growing of vegetables for home and 

 market use. It was prepared especially for the use of classes in the School of Agri- 

 culture of the University of Minnesota, but it will undoubtedly be found adapted 

 to the requirements of vegetable groAvers in the northern part of the Mississippi 

 Valley. While much in the book has a local cast, it will prove a valuable work for 

 reference wherever A^egetables are systematically grown, the monthly calendar 

 being the principal chapter needing modification to be adapted to wide use. 



The subject is considered under the following headings: The vegetable garden, 

 irrigation and rotation, manures, tillage, seed sowing, transplanting, the farmer's 

 kitchen garden, seed and seed growing, glass structures, injurious insects, and 

 detailed descriptions of the various A^egetables. A monthly calendar for garden 

 work and various tables complete the work. 



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Tree planting in the western plains, 0. A. Keffer ( U. S. Bept. 

 Af/r. Yearbook ]S!)r>, pp. .Hil-Sdo). — Tbe author discusses tlio general 

 characteristics of the western plains aud the object of tree planting 

 and mentions the species valuable for planting in that region. Differ- 

 ent methods of planting are mentioned and tlie objections to the 

 use of a single species are ixnnted out. Kules are given for mixed 

 planting, and the relative shade endurance and the rate of the develop- 

 ment of various species are shown. The author recommends close 

 planting ou the western plains and suggests mixtures for adoption. 



