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HOKTICULTURE 



May 5, 1917 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Bulletin of the New York Bo- 

 tanical Garden, Vol. 9. No. 35, has been 

 Issued under date of April 10. It in- 

 cludes complete reports of the work 

 of the various departments of activity 

 in the garden for the past year, lists 

 of members, etc., all showing commend- 

 able progress in the work of this great 

 institution. 



Proceedings of the Sixty-Second An- 

 ual Meeting of the Western New York 

 Horticultural Society, held at Roch- 

 ester, N. Y., .January 24-26, 1917. This 

 is a 168-page pamphlet edited and com- 

 piled by Secretary John Hall in his 

 usual thorough manner. A portrait 

 of the late president, Wm. C. Barry is 

 used as a frontispiece. A number of 

 very practical papers by eminent po- 

 mologists are included and the fruit 

 grower will iind this a most readable 

 and instructive book. 



Strawbeury Growing. By S. W. 

 Fletcher, Professor of Horticulture at 

 the Pennsylvania State College. The 

 Macmillan Company, publishers, and 

 L. H. Bailey, editor, have placed the 

 horticultural people under further ob- 

 ligations by the publication at this op- 

 portune time of this very practical 

 book on a very important and rapidly 

 growing branch of the small fruit in- 

 dustry. 



This work is not only a practical 

 guide to strawberry growing but also 

 a sketch of the evolution of the straw- 

 berry in North America, from the wild- 

 ing of Colonial days to its present 

 position as the most cosmopolitan of 

 American fruits, second only to the 

 apple in commercial importance. The 

 volume includes chapters on the early 

 history of the strawberry in the old 

 world and the new, the botany and 

 origin of the cultivated strawberry, 

 the rise of strawberry culture and the 

 different ways in which it is practiced 

 in different parts of the country, with 

 something of an attempt to elucidate 

 the principles that underlie these 

 practices. 



The volume adds one more to the 

 popular Rural Science Series which 

 have been issued from time to time. 

 325 pages, well illustrated. Price, $1.75 

 net. 



Technical details are omitted as far as 

 possible and an effort has been made 

 to present the matter in a popular 

 fashion. The price is $2.00 net. Three 

 more volumes in this series will soon 

 appear— The Manual of Milk Products, 

 which is in press, and the Manual of 

 Home-Making and the Manual of Cul- 

 tivated Plants, which are in prepara- 

 tion. 



Manu.m. op Fruit Diseases. By 

 Lex R. Hosier, A. B., Ph. D., Assistant 

 Professor of Plant Pathology, New 

 York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell University, and Herbert Hice 

 Whetzel, A. B., M. A., Professor of 

 Plant Pathology, New York State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture at Cornell Univers- 

 ity. This is the sixth publication in 

 the series of Rural Manuals, under the 

 editorial supervision of Dr. L. H. Bailey. 

 It comprises 462 pages of indispensable 

 information with reference to the com- 

 mon diseases of fruits, prepared prima- 

 rily for the modern agriculturist, the 

 farmer, the thinking fruit grower, but 

 also of inestimable service to all who 

 have an interest in plant di^pif^es The 

 fruits are taken up in alphabetical 

 order. The discussion of the diseases 

 proceeds in order of their importance 

 and prominence in the United States. 

 Particular attention is paid to the de- 

 scription and illustration of the symp- 

 toms, to the causes and to the gener- 

 ally accepted measures of control. 



a plan for payment by installments. 

 This privilege will also be extended to 

 those desiring it who may order the 

 Cyclopedia through the office of Horti- 

 cuLTURE. Price, $36 for the six vol- 

 umes. 



The Joyous Art of Gardening. 

 by Frances Duncan. Published by 

 Charles Scribner's Sons. The author 

 was for several years garden editor of 

 The Ladies Home Journal and is the 

 author of the popular story, "My Gar- 

 den Doctor." The book is designed for 

 the use of the amateur in gardening, 

 a most convenient compendium of use- 

 ful and absolutely reliable information 

 for the owner of a small place who 

 requires instruction and advice in the 

 planting, culture and general care of 

 garden annuals, perennials and shrubs. 



We can see how the nurseryman, 

 florist or seedsman could do much 

 toward promoting horticulture in their 

 neighborhood and increasing in a very 

 practical manner the knowledge and 

 demand for garden material among 

 their customers by recommending and 

 offering for sale at all times a book 

 such as this, for it answers the myriad 

 questions that perplex the wou'd-be 

 home gardener in a way that is thor- 

 ough and readily understood. 



There are 27 chanters, some of them 

 written from rather unusual view- 

 points, and thus presenting the subject 

 in a fresh and unique light. I'p-to- 

 date lists, charts and calendars pre- 

 sent in convenient condensed form for 

 ready reference a vast amount of cul- 

 tural knowledge and this is illumined 

 by 48 line engravings. The book sells 

 for $1.75 net and it should be a good 

 seller if properly pushed by the retail 

 trade. 



Standard Cyci.oi-edia of Horticut,- 

 TURE By L. H. Bailey. Macmillan 

 Company," New York, publishers. This 

 greatest of American horticultural 

 works is at last complete and the 

 sixth and final volume has been de- 

 livered. During the several years 

 since the appearance of Volume 1, ex- 

 tended notices have from time to 

 time been given in Horticultitre as 

 each successive volume was issued. 

 Author and publisher have faithfully 

 kept their promise made at the begin- 

 ning and he who has a set of the 

 Standard Cyclopedia on his book shelf 

 may well feel proud of his possession. 

 Volume 6 includes S to Z alphabeti- 

 cally, pages 3043 to 3639, figures 3516 

 to 4056, 19 full page plates of which 

 4 are in color; also supplementary 

 lists of additional species recorded 

 since the work was begun, list of col- 

 laboratos. cultivators' guide to the 

 practice articles, new combinations in 

 Latin names, finding— list of trade 

 names and an index to the six volumes, 

 of synonyms, vernacular names, and 

 others not in regular alphabetic se- 

 quence. Nothing has been left undone 

 to bring this work as near perfection 

 tor its purpo.se as human effort could 

 mal:e it and its author has done an 

 inestimable service for American 

 horticulture. In order that the Cyclo- 

 pedia mav be within the reach of 

 everyone the publishers have arranged 



The Book of the Peony, by Mrs. 

 Edward Harding. 44 illustrations in 

 color and black and white. Octavo. 

 Handsome cloth. J. B. Lippincott 

 Company. Net, $6.00. "The Book of 

 the Peony" appears in response to the 

 large demand for authoritative infor- 

 mation — historical, descriptive, practi- 

 cal — on this foremost flower. The 

 peony has grown in popular favor in 

 recent years, and today boasts two na- 

 tional organizations devoted to its 

 cult. This is the first book of its kind 

 ever published and it will undoubtedly 

 enjoy a large sale. It is thoroughly 

 up-to-date in every detail that the 

 grower of peonies, whether amateur or 

 commercial, should know. 



Mrs. Edward Harding, the author, is 

 a practical gardener, and her peony 

 garden ranks among the finest in this 

 country. Her thorough knowledge as 

 to the flower is set out in a way at 

 once exact, practical and helpful. She 

 writes with the convincing enthusiasm 

 of the flower-lover, and the complete 

 and detailed information of the expert. 

 Her lists, covering every desirable va- 

 riety, contain a storehouse of authen- 

 tic information. 



Charmingly written, the book will 

 beguile the flower-lover into giving 

 some portion of the garden to the won- 

 derful effects described and pictured 

 by the author. The preparation of 

 soil, selection of colors and varieties 

 for desired effects, the characteristics 

 of each variety, when and where to 

 plant, cultivation, propagation, how to 

 purchase, extending the period of 

 bloom, are among the topics treated 

 with fullness and exactness. The tree 

 peony is given special attention, also 

 an entire chapter has been devoted to 

 the mythology, ancient and modern 

 history of the peony. References are 

 made to art'cles on the peony and to 

 books on subjects connected with the 

 peony. A lecture on diseases of the 

 peony delivered by Prof. H. H. Whet- 

 zel before the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society is reprinted, with his 

 permission, as an appendix. 



The volume leaves nothing to be de- 

 sired in make-up. binding and illustra- 

 tion. It might well be classed among 

 art pub'ications, despite its intensely 

 practical nature. Our garden litera- 

 ture is greatly enriched by this notable 

 addition. 



The Page Company, of Boston, al- 

 ways on the snot at this season of the 

 year with light vacation fiction for the 

 young people, present this week an at- 

 tractive sto'-y entitled, "Virginia of 

 Elk Creek Valley." by Mary Ellen 

 Chase, author of "The Girl from the 

 Big Horn Country," to which story it 

 conies as a sequel. It is a story full of 

 life and absorbing interest and abound- 

 ing in exhilarating who'esome enter- 

 tainment. The he'-oine is the same 

 breezy, frank-hearted girl from Wyom- 

 ing who made so many friends in the 

 previous story. The young lady who 

 has worked faithfully at the flower 

 counter or cashier's desk all winter 



