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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Annual Report for the Year 

 1915 of The Chrysanthemum Society 

 of America has been distributed by 

 Secretary Johnson. It includes a full 

 account of the proceedings of the 

 fourteenth annual meeting, held at 

 Cleveland, Nov. 10-14, 1915, also a very 

 useful list of the varieties, foreign 

 and domestic, disseminated during 

 the year and a review of the work of 

 the examining committees. 



Bulletin of the American Dahlia So- 

 ciety—Published for the Society by J. 

 Harrison Dick, Brooklyn, N. Y. Vol. 1 

 No. 2. A regularly appearing bulletin 

 may be made a strong asset for any 

 society and the document here noted 

 is a good example of how it may be 

 done. There can be no question about 

 the interest such a publication will 

 create among the dahlia fanciers and 

 enthusiasts and its influence for the 

 upbuilding of the Dahlia Society. 

 There are eight pages of pertinent 

 matter including a complete list of the 

 members of the society. 



Bulletin of The New York Botanical 

 Garden, Vol. 9, No. 33, has been issued 

 under date of March 20, 1916. It is a 

 very complete document, giving the 

 reports in full of the various officials 

 for the year 1915. In the report by 

 George V. Nash, head gardener, we 

 learn that the collections in the her- 

 baceous grounds are rapidly growing 

 and now embrace no less than 3,095 

 species and varieties. In the conserva- 

 tories the collections of tender plants 

 number about 9,240 species and 

 varieties. Large additions have been 

 made during the year in the pinetum, 

 deciduous arboretum, and fruticetum. 

 Over 31,000 bulbs were planted in the 

 decorative beds. 



Nebraska Horticulture, Vol. 6, No. 1, 

 for March, 1916, is a volume of 276 

 pages, filled with good practical mat- 

 ter for the advancement of horticul- 

 tural knowled.ee and development of 

 gardening taste in that big state. J. 

 R. Duncan, secretary of the Nebraska 

 State Horticultural Society is editor of 

 this volume which is published month- 

 ly at the State Capitol Building, in Lin- 

 coln. We note with pleasure that dif- 

 fering from the tactics of most of the 

 western state societies the Nebraska 

 society devotes its energies to all 

 phases of horticulture— orcharding, 

 small fruits, market gardening, flori- 

 culture, home gardens, forest planting, 

 etc. Nebraska is to be congratulated 

 on having an organization so broad 

 gauge in its activities and in the years 

 to come tlie horticultural prosperity 

 of the state will surely bear testimony 

 to the wisdom, foresight and liberality 

 of the pioneers. 



Pa. Twelfth edition revised and en- 

 larged. Here is a book which will 

 delight the heart of any rosarian. 

 Seldom do we find so much "meat" 

 compressed in a 122-page book as in 

 this comprehensive little volume. 

 E\'ery phase in the literature, science, 

 culture and general knowledge of the 

 Queen of flowers is covered in a con- 

 cise straightforward manner. For the 

 beginner in the growing of roses we 

 should unhesitatingly recommend this 

 work as the one he should first pro- 

 cure for it answers about every ques- 

 tion and problem that will confront 

 him and by the time he has fully 

 learned and put into practice the in- 

 formation and advice found in it he 

 will be the possessor of a rose garden 

 of which he may be proud. 



In perusing its pages we find one item 

 alone on which we would raise a ques- 

 tion. In the list of Wichuraiana hybrids 

 the variety Lady Gay is classed as syn- 

 onymous with Dorothy Perkins. Well 

 authenticated history as to the origin 

 of these varieties and generally recog- 

 nized differences in color of bloom and 

 character of flower truss would seem 

 to call for the author's basis for his 

 conclusion. 



There are many beautiful illustra- 

 tions of which sixteen are full page 

 size in colors. The price of the book 

 is ?1.00. It may be ordered direct or 



through HOKTIOULTURE. 



How to Grow Roses. Published by 

 the Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 



The Cherries of Japan, by Ernest 

 Henry Wilson. This book is Publica- 

 tion No. 7 of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 issued March 30. 1916. One of the ob- 

 jects of the Arnold Arboretum expe- 

 dition to Japan in 1914 was an investi- 

 gation of the Japanese cherries, a 

 class of plants on which great con- 

 fusion had hitherto existed. These 

 cherries are of much garden impor- 

 tance and the disorder in their no- 

 menclature has really cheated our 

 gardens of much desirable material. 

 This work by Mr. Wilson, the outcome 

 of his journey to Japan, while tech- 

 nical in character will consequently 

 prove of much value to American nur- 

 serymen and the experiment stations 

 as showing what we have not yet got 

 in ornamental flowering cherries and 

 establishing a reliable nomenclature 

 for what we already have under vari- 

 ous names. It should awaken a 

 greater public interest in these beauti- 

 ful trees and in due time a lively de- 

 mand for them. The admiration 

 called forth by Prunus subhirtella var. 

 pendula. of which there are now 

 some notable specimens in the vicin- 

 ity of Boston, when in bloom in early 

 spring, is a foretaste of the coming 

 popularity of the many other lovely 

 species and forms which have been 

 the glory of Japan's springtime, as 

 soon as they become better known in 

 this country. The p\iblication now un- 

 der review is really Mr. Wilson's 

 miuiituiit npiitt >ip to this time and it 



will have a permanent place in our 

 botanical literature. There are eight 

 full-page pictures of cherry trees in 

 bloom. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Mt. Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, 

 Me.— Select List for Spring Planting. 

 Also List of Flower and Vegetable 

 Seeds. Two very useful and sugges- 

 tive publications. 



Van Gelderen & Co., Boskoop, Hol- 

 land—Wholesale Catalogue for Fall, 

 1916— Spring, 1917. A handsome il- 

 lustrated price-list for the trade of or- 

 namental shrubs, peonies, etc. 



Mount Desert Nurseries, Bar Har- 

 bor, Me.— Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs, 

 Vines, Fruits and Herbaceous Plants 

 for Northern Planting. This is a list 

 of great value to the planter or dealer 

 who wants material of assured hardi- 

 ness and sturdy vigor. We are espe- 

 cially impressed with the illustrations 

 in this very attractive book. They are 

 all from photographs taken on the 

 premises and are fine examples of 

 photography and engraving. The cov- 

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 a reproduction of a Japanese painting 

 of a pure white Iris huvigata on a soft 

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