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HORTICULTURE 



January 25, 1913 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Book of Grasses, by Mary Evans 

 Francis. This elaborate volume, just 

 published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 

 merits more than passing notice and — 

 we must frankly and regretfully ac- 

 knowledge — a much more intelligent 

 review than we feel qualified to give 

 to it. We realize, however, that we 

 are far from being alone in our very 

 imperfect knowledge of the grass fam- 

 ily for the genera] ignorance regard- 

 ing this, the most common, most mul- 

 tiform and most widely distributed of 

 Nature's verdure, embraces horticultur- 

 ists of all classes and even the great 

 majority of those who sell the seed. In 

 the few prominent commercial kinds, 

 as well as those who buy and plant it 

 for grain, pasture or lawn purposes. 

 The very commonness of grass is a 

 chief reason, undoubtedly, for the prev- 

 alent indifference to its study, while 

 even the sight of a mere list of the 

 species recognized and classified by the 

 botanist is enough to appall the would- 

 be student. Yet there are many for 

 whom the grass in its manifold aspects 

 has a resistless charm, to whom al- 

 though "it bears no blazonry of bloom 

 to charm the senses" — quoting the elo- 

 quent words of the late John J. Ingalls 

 — "its homely hue is more enchanting 

 than the lily or the rose." 



The little that has been written about 

 our common grasses has dealt chiefly 

 with their value to the agriculturist or 

 has been so intricate and technical as 

 to repel anyone but the most patient 

 scientist This book is the first of any 

 consequence written for the amateur 

 which takes up in a simple yet compre- 

 hensive manner the common and rare 

 species of grass. The author's popular 

 descriptions, although accurate, are in 

 simple terms and fascinating language 

 which betokens the love which the au- 

 thor plainly cherishes for her subject 

 and are followed in each case by tech- 

 nical descriptions which are the results 

 of careful observations as well as close 

 study of the leading scientific works 

 on the subject of grasses. The Sedge 

 family and Rushes are fully covered as 

 well as the true grasses. 



The illustrations are very beautiful, 

 all from original photographs. Sixteen 

 of these have been reproduced in full- 

 page color plates and sixty-four are in 

 black and white. There is an index to 

 English names and one to Latin 

 names; a calendar of the common 

 grasses according to their seasons of 

 most abundant blooming and a list 

 of grasses according to the locations 

 where they flourish, also a complete 

 analytical key. 



The price of this volume, 350 pages, 

 is $4.00 net, postage 35 cents. It can 

 be obtained from the publishers, 

 Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, 

 N. Y., or from the office of HORTI- 

 CULTURE. It should have a place on 

 the book-shelf of every gardener. 



The Annual Proceedings and Bulle- 

 tin of the American Rose Society 

 which has just come to hand is a very 

 creditable publication and will prove 

 of great interest and value to the rosa- 

 rian and all who desire to know more 

 about the culture in America of the 

 Queen of Flowers. It is handsomely 

 illustrated with views of the great ex- 

 hibition at Detroit last spring and oth- 

 er interesting pictures. By all means 

 join the American Rose Society and 



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Secretary Benj. Hammond, Fishkill, N. 

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Sweet Peas Up-to-Date (with appen- 

 dix). This useful little volume, first 

 published by W. Atlee Burpee in 1910, 

 hag, as its name indicates, been fully 

 revised and witli( the appendix which 

 gives a complete description list of the 

 new Spencer varieties, by whoever in- 

 troduced, here or abroad, becomes an 

 indispensable handbook for anyone de- 

 sirous of being "up-to-date" in the 

 Knowledge of this fascinating flower. 



City of Boston, Department of Parks. 

 37th Annual Report of the Board of 

 Commissioners. A very interesting 

 story of a very busy year. The cost of 

 maintenance and various improve- 

 ments for the year was $404,974.71. Bos- 

 ton's park and plavground debt is $7.- 

 482,347.39. 



American Gladiolus Society Bulle- 

 tin, No. 6, has come to hand. Like its 

 predecessors it contains some excel- 

 lent material of interest to the gladio- 

 lus fancier. Eugene N. Fischer con- 

 tributes a general cultural article of 

 much value. 



The Annual Report of the Park Com- 

 missioners for the City of Haverhill. 

 Mass.. just published, contains a very 

 interesting narrative of Pentucket 

 cemetery, over 250 years old, which is 

 under the care of the park commis- 

 sion. 



New York Agricultural Experiment 

 Station Bulletin No. 350 is on "Some 

 New Apples from Known Parents." 

 Popular edition, summarized by F. H. 

 Hall from Bulletin by U. D. Hedrick 

 and Richard Wellington. 



Felix & Dykhuis, of Boskoop. Hol- 

 land, announce that on January 1, 

 1913, the firm of Van Balen & Co., of 

 Boskoop, was combined with their 

 firm. This can undoubtedly be called 

 a happy combination. Mr. Dykhuis 

 will now devote all his time to their 

 American trade. Mr. Alb. van Balen, 

 who is favorably known all over Eu- 

 rope, will take care of their European 

 trade, and Mr. B. B. C. Felix will as 

 before devote all his time and energy 

 to the nursery department, which has 

 been constantly increased and im- 

 proved, and now considered the best 

 in Boskoop. 



OBITUARY. 



"Garibaldi" Tricola. 

 A familiar face will be missed from 

 the Chicago flower market for Mr. Tri- 

 cola. commonly called Garibaldi, 

 passed away last Sunday. He occupied 

 but a humble place in the trade, ped- 

 dling the flowers he bought, but will 

 be kindly remembered. 



Mrs. William Aherne. 

 Mrs. William Aherne, wife of Wm. 

 Aherne, the well-known florist of Co- 

 lumbia, Pa., died on the Gth inst., aged 

 03. Mrs. Aherne was a lady of most 

 estimable character, highly educated, 

 of unusual culture, chaiacter and men- 

 tal attainment, a forceful writer, and 

 always at the forefront in the civic du- 

 ties of her neighborhood. She was 

 much loved by everybody who knew 

 her. Her husband, four sons, and four 

 daughters survive. 



The Crowl Fern Co. will move their 

 headquarters from Millington to 

 Springfield, Mass.. in the coming 

 spring. They have several million 

 ferns in cold storage. 



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