May 29, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. 

 By Dr. L. H. Bailey. Volume III of 

 this great work is now out. This vol- 

 ume embraces pages 1201-1760. figures 

 1471-2047, and alphabetically F to K 

 inclusive. There are twenty-one full- 

 page plates of great beauty and in- 

 terest, three of them in colors. 



The scope and detail of the work 

 are greatly elaborated and enlarged, 

 as evidenced in the fact that the sub- 

 jects covered in this volume of 560 

 pages were embraced in 292 pages in 

 the original Bailey's Cyclopedia. An 

 entirely new and very useful addition 

 has been made in a list, with many 

 portraits, of North American horticul- 

 turists of note not now living, and a 

 history of horticultural literature with 

 a carefully compiled and very com- 

 plete list of American horticultural 

 books, magazines and other periodi- 

 cals, including names of authors and 

 other data of much value for refer- 

 ence, these topics alone filling over 

 eighty pages of fine print. The genus 

 Iris which in the first Cyclopedia filled 

 twelve pages spreads over twenty 

 pages in this 'mew work, which, as we 

 remarked in commenting upon Vol- 

 ume I., is to all intents and purposes 

 a new work and not merely a new edi- 

 tion of an old work. The topic of the 

 grape is extended from fifteen to 

 twenty pages, and all through will be 

 found many species and varieties of 

 plants not before listed. Dr. Bailey 

 has brought to his assistance the co- 

 operation of a host of specialists in 

 every line of horticultural industry, 

 science and art and through it all runs 

 the evidence of his own tireless 

 energy and painstaking effort. 



Those of our readers who have al- 

 ready acquired the first two volumes 

 and have been looking forward wist- 

 fully to the time when the third should 

 appear will be delighted to know that 

 it is now ready for them, and we 

 doubt not that impatience will grow 

 with each succeeding volume until at 

 last Z is reached and the horticultur- 

 ists of America have at their disposal 

 a full treasury of general knowledge 

 more complete than has ever before 

 been gathered together. The profes- 

 sional gardener who has not the Stan- 

 dard cyclopedia of Horticulture within 

 reach for daily consultation will cer- 

 tainly find himself handicapped. The 

 price is but $6.00 per volume, making 

 the cost of the full set when completed 

 $36.00. The publishers are MacMillan 

 & Co., New York City. The Cyclo- 

 pedia can be supplied from the office 

 of HoRTicur-TTJUE at publishers' price. 



"The famous historian. Charles Mor- 

 ris, has written in words of flame an 



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account of the great deeds that have 

 made the leaders and the rank and 

 file of the Netherlands famous to the 

 ends of the world for undying grit and 

 love of national liberty." The critic 

 who writes this of "Famous Days and 

 Deeds in Holland and Belgium," just 

 published by the J. B. Lippincott Com- 

 pany, says that "When King Albert, in 

 August last, determined to ask his 

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 was but carrying out the tradition es- 

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 are interested in the fate of Belgium 

 should read this book and obtain an 

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 people have made such a gallant fight 

 tor their independence and national in- 

 tegrity." It is a great story, greatly 

 told. 



Gentlemen: 



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Potato Breeding and Selection. By 

 William Stuart, Horticulturalist. Of- 

 fice of Horticultural and Pomological 

 Investigation — this is Bulletin No. 19.'i 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry at 

 Washington and is a professional 

 paper of much value to the market 

 gardening and farming interests. 





The West Virginia Experiment Sta- 

 tion has sent out a bulletin on Field 

 Beans, a profitable West Virginia crop, 

 by I. S. Cook. A very instructive 

 pamphlet. Also, an article on Apple 

 Rust or Cedar Rust, by N. J. Giddings 

 and Anthony Berg. 



"Tree Talk" for May has as a 

 frontispiece a handsome engraving of 

 the Beaman Oak, Lancaster, Mass., 

 said to be one of the largest of its kind 

 in New England. 



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y^ I R K E G A A RD'S 

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With Its 410 pages packed 

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 80 beautiful full-page se- 

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 It Is a genuine contribu- 

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Th e edition Is 

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