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HORTICULTURE 



December 21, 1918 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Pea61i Growing— By H. P. Gould.— H. 

 P. Gould is Pomologist in charge ot 

 fruit production investigation, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. This book is another and 

 valuable addition to the Rural Science 

 Series which now is quite a library in 

 itself, comprising between forty and 

 fifty volumes on practical farm and 

 garden topics, all edited by that inde- 

 fatigable worker. Dr. L. H. Bailey, 

 and published uniformly by The Mac- 

 Millan Company of New York. 

 The field covered is the general 

 one of growing peaches and placing 

 them within reach of the consumer. 

 The history and introduction of the 

 peach into the United States and the 

 development and present extent of the 

 commercial industry are treated com- 

 prehensively. Locations and sites for 

 orchards are discussed and the details 

 of propagation, also the preparation 

 of the land, handling of the trees 

 when received from the nursery, 

 planting, and similar operations. Un- 

 der orchard management are taken 

 up problems such as tillage, cover- 

 crops, green-manure and shade crops, 

 fertilizers, pruning, control of insects 

 and diseases. The final chapters con- 

 vey useful instructions on picking and 

 packing, transportation, storing and 

 marketing the fruit. The text is freely 

 illustrated by many line drawings and 

 photographs. 



Manual of Vegetable-Garden Insects, 

 By Cyrus Richard Crosby and Morti- 

 mer Demarest Leonard of the New 

 York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell University. — Another of the 

 Rural Manuals. One cannot escape 

 wondering, after a perusal of this 

 book where the next writer on the 

 interminable insect topic will find any- 

 thing new to say, beyond what has 

 been well-covered here. The infinite 

 variety of beetles and their wing 

 markings and spots as shown in the 

 several hundred figures which illus- 

 trate the text give to the novice some 

 little conception of the ever-present 

 insect menace and the need of such 

 a manual as a constant companion 

 for the alert vegetable gardener. The 

 principal insects which attack cab- 

 bages, cauliflowers, cucumbers and 

 melons, asparagus, potatoes, tomatoes, 

 celery and parsnips, lettuce, peas, 

 beans, beets, spinach, sweet potatoes, 

 sweet corn, etc., and the life-history 

 and habits ot each insect are given, its 

 injuries described and the methods of 

 control are discussed. A chapter on 

 insecticides gives an account of the 

 more important materials now em- 



ployed with directions for their prep- 

 aration and use. The classification of 

 the nineteen chapters is somewhat 

 novel and strikes us as a very decided 

 and practical improvement over pre- 

 vious efforts in this field — 391 pages. 



The Manual of Tree diseases, the 

 third of the new publications in the 

 Rural Manual series is by W. How- 

 ard Rankin, A. B., Ph. D., Assistant 

 Professor of Plant Pathology at Cor- 

 nell. — The diseases of the more com- 

 mon trees of the United* States are 

 treated in this volume. The discus- 

 sions of these diseases are grouped 

 into chapters under the common 

 name of the tree affected, and the 

 chapters are arranged alphabetically. 

 In a general chapter are included dis- 

 cussions of the diseases common to 

 all kinds of trees, such as damping 

 off of seedlings, temperature injuries 

 to leaves and woody parts, smoke and 

 gas injuries, wood rots and the like. 

 The species of trees affected, the 

 geographic distribution, destructive- 

 ness and symptoms of the different 

 diseases are presented in full. The 

 casual agent of the diseases is briefly 

 described, and when it is caused by a 

 parasite some details of the parasite's 

 life history and activities are given 

 with suggestions as to control. Special 

 attention is paid to tree surgery. This 

 work gives evidence of much patient 

 scientific research. The index alone 

 fills nearly twenty-eight double-column 

 pages in fine type. 398 pages, in 34 

 chapters and with 70 illustrations. The 

 price of this, also the two previously 

 mentioned, is net $2.50 a volume. 

 Horticulture can supply either or all, 

 at publisher's price. 



The Page Company, Boston, Mass.. 

 have the usual quota of splendid lit- 

 erature for the holidays. The ele- 

 ment of patriotism is very conspicu- 

 ous this year throughout the list and 

 while we acknowledge a prejudice in 

 favor of flowers as the ideal Christmas 

 greeting, yet we would accord to 

 good books the place next to flowers 

 and no one will make a mistake in 

 choosing either history or fiction 

 from the Page offerings. To our mind 

 the best book they have issued this 

 year is With Old Glory in Berlin, by 

 Josephine Therese, a very absorbing 

 account of a thirteen months' so- 

 journ and thrilling actual experiences 

 of the author (whose real name is 

 withheld, for obvious reasons) in the 

 heart of Germany during the war pe- 

 riod. There is a "Foreword" by Eliot 

 Harlow Robinson in which attention 

 is called to the fact that the author 



of the book did not go to Germany 

 as an observer, perhaps better so be- 

 cause her mind was open and uncloud- 

 ed and her observations have added 

 value for that reason. The story 

 shows her to possess a mind of un- 

 usual keenness with a quickness of 

 wit and innate poise, through the ex- 

 ercise of which she succeeded in go- 

 ing through what she did during that 

 dark year, in the grimly desperate 

 city ot Berlin, living its life and suf- 

 fering its deprivations and the still 

 harder lot meted out to the alien en- 

 emy and finally escaping and reach- 

 ing home. Her characterization of the 

 Hun, her conclusions as to his true 

 attitude of mind, and what the world 

 has to expect from him, are convinc- 

 ing and valuable. There are 18 su- 

 perb full page photograph reproduc- 

 tions and the volume, 319 pages, is 

 handsomely bound. Price $2.00 net, 

 from the publishers or from HoBTicin^ 

 Ti'RE Pub. Co. 



Teaching the Child Patriotism, by 

 Kate Upson Clark, is a thoughtful and 

 instructive treatise on a timely sub- 

 ject and can be unreservedly com- 

 mended. Old Glory stands out promi- 

 nently in its pages. The author 

 urges that a child should be taught 

 the value of his own country, how 

 dearly it has been bought, and his 

 duty to serve it; he should learn the 

 ideas of law and restraint and the 

 difference between good government 

 and bad government. Altogether it 

 is a book that shows a most laudable 

 aim in the training of future citizens. 

 It is punctuated with breezy sarcasm 

 and plain talk about the weak spots 

 In our political system and should 

 have a wide dissemination. Price net 

 $1.00. 



The Strange Adventures of Brom- 

 ley Barnes, by Geo. Barton, author of 

 The Mystery of the Red Flame and 

 The World's Greatest Military Spies 

 and Secret Service Agents. As the 

 foregoing indicates, George Barton's 

 forte in literature is in the way of 

 mysteries and their solution, and clev- 

 er detective work. The volume just 

 out is a series of twelve fascinating 

 narratives of this description, each 

 complete in itself and with plenty of 

 action, and thrilling situations, some 

 of them of international moment. 

 There are six, full page cuts. Any- 

 one who enjoys stories of startling ad- 

 venture will be interested in this 

 book. Price net $1.50. 



"The Story of the Red Cross As 

 Told To The Little Colonel" is another 

 book, the title of which fully sets forth 

 its scope. The author is Annie Fel- 

 lows Johnston, well known through 



