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tt contains ehapters on the nature of soils, preparation of soils, tillage experiments, 

 influence of climate, irrigation and fertilizers, seed time and harvest, cereals, legumes, 

 root crops, forage plants, textile plants, sugar plants, dye plants, oil-producing and 

 aromatic plants, arboriculture, zootechny and breeding, and agricultural machinery. 

 The hist two subjects are treated with greal brevity, occupying only 2\ pages of the 

 pamphlet. 



Horticultural education, V. A. Waugb I Trans. Peninsula Hort. Soc. [Del.], 18 

 {1905), />/'. /.'■■' ISO). A paper showing recent progress in methods of horticul- 

 tural instruction and bringing oul the educational factor in horticulture. 



Agriculture in the schools, 1". II. II \i i. I School A'< ws and Pract. Ed., 19 I 1905), 

 No. 8, />/>. 118, 119 i. A discussion of some of the things Illinois has done to promote 

 the teaching of agriculture in the public schools. 



Nature study, F.Overton and .M *i:y E. Hill I New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago : 

 American Book Co., 1905, pp. 14$, figs. 66). The design of this hook is to furnish a 

 year's work in uature study for pupils from 8 to 1 1 years of age upon subjects con- 

 aected with everyday lit'-' and easily procured, even in the larger cities. 



The subjects are arranged in the order of the seasons, a*nd the lessons an- intended 

 to throw light on the unfamiliar side of familiar things as a basis for future scientific 

 studies. Under each subject the work of one lesson is outlined quite fully, then sug- 

 gestions are given for supplementary work intended to cover several lessons. The 

 hook thus embodies two valuable feature-, i 1 | concrete and detailed directioi 

 certain^mount of work in connection with each subject considered, and (2) ques- 

 tions and suggestions which are presented in such a way as to stimulate continued 

 observation and study on the part of both teacher and pupil. 



Mrs. Anna B. Comstock, of the Bureau of Xatmv Study, Cornell University, has 

 written an introduction to the work. 



Nature teaching, F. Watts and W. G. Freeman i New York: E. /'. Dutton& Co., 

 1904, pp. 198, figs. 20). — This is a revision of an earlier work, prepared by Francis 

 Watts for use in the West [ndies, to adapt it to conditions existing in the British 

 Island-. 



The hook is intended for use in schools and is quite strongly agricultural in its bear- 

 the following list of chapter subjects indicates: The seed, the root, the stem, the 

 leaf, the soil, plant food and manures, flowers and fruits, weeds, and animal | 

 plants. Numerous experiments which will demand some originality on the part of 

 both teacher and pupil are suggested. A glossary is given and appendixes which 

 contain suggestions for courses of study and a list of apparatus and materials required 

 for the work outlined in the hook. 



Nature study, W. X. Hutt {Md. Agr. Col. Bui., 1 {1905), No. 8, pp. 20, figs. 

 10). — Nature study is defined and it- purposes in the scl I are discussed. The 



writer also tell- how to teach nature study, how to prepare material, and gives sug- 

 gestions for nature study work at different seasons of the year. 



A nature study of Maryland plants. V. II. Blodgett {Md. Agr. Col. Bui, .' 

 . No. /./>/>. 26, pis. 14).r- Numerous common plants of Maryland are taken up 

 iu the order of blossoming and their habitat and some peculiarities are described. 

 The bulletin i- adapted to the use of the teacher and the numerous questions inter- 

 spersed through the text are intended to aid in an intelligent study of the incidents 

 in the lives of plant-. 



Report of the committee on school gardens and native plants for the year 

 1904, II. s. Ai»\M- {Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc, 1905, 11. pp. 995-317, pis. ; (.—This 

 report includes an account of school gardens, children's home gardens, children's 

 herbariums, and collections of native plants, all of which are encouraged by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society by mean- of prizes and gratuities, amounting in 

 1904 to $225. Detailed reports are given of school gardens in Framingham, 1 1 

 and Lynn, Mass. 



