December 1, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



585 



Hedrick — published in 1915, and is a 

 fine example of the engraving and 

 printing art. There are 86 full-page 

 fruit plates, and six flower plates, all 

 in colors. A reproduction of a steel 

 engraved portrait of Andrew J. Down- 

 ing makes an appropriate frontispiece. 



Vegetable Forcing, by Ralph L. Watts, 

 dean and director of the School of 

 Agriculture, Penna., State College. 

 This book, just off the press of Orange 

 Judd Company, New York, comes at an 

 opportune time to meet the present 

 need for a practical up-to-date volume 

 on the forcing of vegetables. The 

 author's lite-time study and experience 

 in the subjects on which he treats is 

 well reflected in the contents of this 

 book and the claim that it is 

 the most complete, final and authori- 

 tative work on forcing ever issued 

 seems well authenticated and the 

 gardener and the student have now 

 at their disposal a complete manual of 

 the principles and practice involved 

 in the production of the various forc- 

 ing crops including clear and concise 

 Instruction covering greenhouse con- 

 struction, soil, preparation, insects, 

 diseases, marketing and cropping. 

 There are twenty-three main chapters 

 covering over four hundred distinct 

 subjects, occupying four hundred and 

 twenty-five pages and illustrated by 

 one hundred and fifty-eight engravings. 

 The chapters are arranged as follows: 

 A General View; Greenhouse Construc- 

 tion and Heating; Soils; Manures, 

 Lime and Fertilizer; Soil Preparation; 

 Soil Sterilization; Insect Enemies and 

 Their Control; Diseases and Their 

 Control; Starting Plants; Watering, 

 Heating, Ventilating and Shading; 

 Marketing; Asparagus; Rhubarb; Let- 

 tuce; Cauliflower; Radish; Tomato; 

 Cucumber; Muskmelon; Miscellaneous 

 Vegetables; System of Cropping; 

 Frame Crops; Mushrooms. 



The price of the book is $2.00 net, 

 postage extra. For sale by Hobticui/- 

 TCBE Publishing Co. 



Famous Discoverers and Explorers 

 of America; by Charles H. L. John- 

 ston. Each year about this time The 

 Page Company, Boston publishers, 

 send out a galaxy of new books of 

 especial interest to young people and 

 very suitable and acceptable as holi- 

 day gifts. This year's quota is fully 

 up to that of previous years in the 

 elements of popularity. The volume 

 under consideration is not a fiction 

 but a historically accurate account of 

 the voyages, battles and hardships 

 endured by the famous explorers of 

 America from Leif Kricson in the year 

 1,000 down to Robert Edwin Peary of 

 our day. The list as covered in the 

 various chapters Includes Leif Eric- 

 son, Christopher Columbus, Americo 

 Vespucci, .Juan Ponce de Leon, Vasco 

 Nunez de Balboa, Hernando Cortes, 

 Ferdinand Magellan, Giovanni Ver- 

 razano, FYancisco Pizarro, Herando do 

 Soto, Samuel de Champlain, Henry 

 Hudson, Pierre Esprit Radisson, 



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DAISIES 



Daisies (Bellis) MoDStrosa, white and 

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PEONIES 



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ROSES 



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" 'Twas the voice that called them 



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'Twas the voice that is calling still. 



And the voice will call till the end 



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 And the voice has a conquering 

 will." 



This is a book of 430 pages, with 16 

 full-page illustrations. Price $1.50. 



The Spell of China; by Archie Dell, 

 author of "The Spell of Egypt," "The 

 Spell of the Holy Land," etc., with 

 many illustrations from special photo- 

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 sights told in a most fascinating 

 style. There are fourteen chapters, 

 illustrated by fifty-five full-page en- 

 gravings of which six are in full color 

 and truly superb and among which the 

 gardens and landscapes centuries old 

 are given a prominent place. A fine 

 map of the Celestial Republic is In- 

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greatest writer of historical novels in 

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Sylvia Arden Decides; by Margaret 

 R. Piper, author of "The Cheerful 

 Book" and other interesting narra- 

 tives. Sylvia, who was the heroine in 

 the original Cheerful Book, is also the 

 leading character in this. The scene 

 of the new story is laid partly at 

 Arden Hall and partly in New York. 

 There is an abundance of merry 

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 455 pages; $1.35 net. 



Under the Witches' Moon : by Na- 

 than Gallizier. — A wierd and romantic 

 tale of tenth-century Rome, with the 

 scenes laid in the Eternal City. Full 

 of dramatic episodes and well justi- 

 fies the position given to Mr. Callizier 

 by many literary critics of being the 



What Allah Wills, A Romance of 

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FOR SALE 



FOR SALE — Greenhouse In Boston cen- 

 trally located, doing large prolltable retail 

 business. Two acres of land. 12,000 ft. 

 under glass. Building well stocked and in 

 good condition. For further particulars 

 write or cull J. H. BENTLEY, 95 Milk St., 

 Boston, Mass. Tel., Main 2S0. 



FOR SALE 



Complete set, nix volumes in pi'rfo<'t cun- 

 dltinii, of tlie ('.v<'lo|M-(liu of Aineriraii 

 llortiriiltiire l>y L. II. K:tiley. This is the 

 oriKiniil l!>(Ki edition piihlirilied h.\ Uouble- 

 iIh.v. TiiKe & Co., with the Synopsis of the 

 ^eKTctablo Klnsflom inHerted. Will sell 

 clieiip. 



Address Bailey, care IIORTICU1.TURK. 



