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March 6, 1911 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Proceedings of the Sixteentli 

 Annual Convention of the American 

 Asisorlatlon of Park Superintendents, 

 held at Newburgh, N. Y., August 24-27. 

 1914, has been received from Secre- 

 tary CotterlH. Full page portraits of 

 President Amrhyn and the secretary 

 are Inserted as well as a page of por- 

 traits of six vice-presidents. An Inter- 

 esting volume. 



West Chicago Park Commissioners. 

 The 55th Annual Report of the work 

 on this great park system Is, as usual, 

 very interesting and profusely illus- 

 trated by full page views of objects of 

 Interest In the park, planting scenes, 

 playground activities, etc. A. C. 

 Schrader is superintendent and engi- 

 neer and Jens Jensen is consulting 

 landscape architect. 



Bulletin 160 of the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station of the Rhode Island 

 State College deals with the compar- 

 ative effect on different kinds of plants 

 of liming an acid soil. Experiments 

 covering many years are described and 

 results summarized. These tabulated 

 facts with the illustrations accom- 

 panying them will be found very valu- 

 able by those of our readers interested 

 in soil fertility problems. Copies may 

 be had free upon request to the Col- 

 lege, Kingston, R. I. 



The Brooklyn (N. Y.) Botanic Gar- 

 den is doing some excellent education- 

 al work by the issuance from time to 

 time of leaflets on various subjects of 

 horticultural interest. "Heredity, Vari- 

 ation and Environment." "Hedge 

 Plants," "Window Boxes," "Grafts. 

 Grafting and Graft Hybrids." are ex- 

 amples of the titles of some of those 

 most interesting to the professional 

 gardener. Current numbers of these 

 leaflets are free to all who wish them. 

 The back series, complete, may be 

 had for 50 cents. 



Practical Talks on Farm Engineer- 

 ing. By R. P. Clarkson, B. S., Profes- 

 sor of Engineering at Acadia Universi- 

 ty, Nova Scotia. In this volume, 

 Doubleday, Page & Co.. have added 

 one more very useful book to the 

 series of practical works on horticul- 

 tural subjects for which this publish- 

 ing house is well known, for it is by 

 no means a book of value to the farmer 

 alone but will interest and instruct 

 anyone who has to deal with the prop- 

 er preparation, planting and general 

 care of grounds of any great extent 

 whether for utility or beauty. The 

 contents of the book are based largely 

 on matter previously written by the 

 author for various periodicals. The 

 list of topics includes Farm Buildings 

 and Building Materials. Water Supply 

 and Sewage Disposal. Mechanical Pow- 

 er, Drainage and Irrigation, Road 

 Building. Orchard Heaters, etc., cov- 

 ered in detail in twenty-five chapters. 

 There are forty-three illustrations and 

 seven useful tables for engineering 

 calculations which will be found very 

 useful for frequent reference. The 

 cost of the book is $1.20 net. Copies 

 may be obtained from the office of 



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CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Clifford E. White, Grosse He, Mich. 

 -Condensed Catalogue of Dahlias. 



tects Only. Trees, Shrubs, Evergreen 

 Vines and Roses. 



P. & F. Nurseries, Springfield, N. J. 

 —Trade List of F. & F. Department of 

 the American Nursery Co. 



Wm. Toole & Son, Baraboo, Wis.— 

 1915 Guide to Pansy Culture and Cata- 

 logue of Seeds and Plants. 



Moore Seed Co., Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 "Wholesale Price List of Seeds for 

 Market Gardeners and Florists." De- 

 voted exclusively to market garden 

 and farm seeds. Florists' Wholesale 

 Price List Is published separately. 

 Covers In red Ink. 



George H. Walker, North Dighton, 

 Mass.— Catalogue of Dahlias, accom- 

 panied by 1915 Supplement. 



J. F. Noll & Co., Newark, N. J.— 

 Annual Catalogue of Seeds, Plants, 

 Bulbs and Poultry Supplies. 



W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa. — 

 War Bulletin. Seeds of which supply 

 has been received since 1915 catalogue 

 was sent out, 



E. Neubert.Wansbek, near Hamburg, 

 Germany — Illustrated W'holesale Price 

 List of Ferns, Begonias and other 

 florists' plants. 



Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomlsslng, Pa. — 

 Illustrated Price List of Hardy Garden 

 Plants. This is one of the daintiest 

 and most "classy" catalogues that 

 reaches our desk. This year It Is bet- 

 ter, if that were possible, than any of 

 its predecessors. Irises and peonies 

 figure largely in the contents and the 

 lists are a standard by which the 

 hardy garden planter may be safely 

 guided. A number of full page illus- 

 trations in natural colors add beauty 

 and interest to the book. 



F. H. De Witt & Co., Wooster O.— 

 Catalogue and Price List of Pelargo- 

 niums and Geraniums for 1915. Con- 

 tains an attractive color plate of fancy 

 Pelargonium Wurtembergia. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 

 City — Farmer's Manual for 1915. An 

 attractive catalogue with characteris- 

 tic originality and boldness of exterior 

 and very complete in its scope. 



Wm. H. Moon Co.. Morrisville. Pa. — 

 1915 Illustrated Catalogue of Hardy 

 Plants for Every Place and Every Pur- 

 pose. A beautiful publication, embel- 

 lished with many handsome illustra- 

 tions. 



At the monthly meeting of The Med- 

 ford (Mass.) Horticultural Society on 

 February 23, Wm. N. Craig of Brook- 

 lyn gave a lecture on "The prepara- 

 tions of soils for spring planting; 

 how, when and what to plant" Mr. 

 Craig spoke tor about an hour, strong- 

 ly condemning the slipshod manner In 

 which farm and garden soils are quite 

 often prepared for planting. His re- 

 marks on insects and other pests, with 

 remedies for combating them, were es- 

 pecially instructive. His experiences 

 with various manures and fertilizers. 

 In the growing of crops and dressing 

 of lawns, was one the members of the 

 society, were greatly interested in, as 

 they had discussed the question at 

 previous meetings. Mr. Craig answered 

 questions for nearly an hour after his 

 lecture, on troubles in the garden. 

 Georue F. Siew.\rt. 



Rockmont Nursery, D. M. Andrews, 

 Boulder, Colo. — 1915 Catalogue of 

 Western Grown Ornamental Trees, 

 Shrubs and Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 

 An illustrated catalogue of exceptional 

 interest. 



Framingham Nurseries, Framing- 

 ham. Mass. — 1915 Spring Catalogue 

 and Trade Price List for Nurserymen. 

 Dealers. Florists and Landscape Archi- 



One of the many good features of 

 "HORTICULTURE" is, that those who 

 contribute to its columns always "say 

 something" when they write. I take 

 this opportunity to offer sincere con- 

 gratulations. "May your shadow never 

 grow less." 



Sincerely yours, 



P. F. 



New York. 



