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HOirn CULTURE 



June 26, 1920 



RAMBLING OBSERVATIONS OF 

 A ROVING GARDENER 



gardens and the like a vast amount ot 

 helpful service. 



I have spoken before of the value 

 which the Missouri Botanical (Jardon 

 Bulletin must be to residents of Mis- 

 souri and adjoining states. The list 

 of plants which I mentioned in connec- 

 tion with the April number of the 

 Bulletin is largely extended in the 

 May numiber, which has suggestions 

 for native trees and shrubs with con 

 spicuous flowers. Not only is the list 

 an extensive one. but it is made doub- 

 ly valuable by a key which indlcate.s 

 the particular kind of soil which each 

 plant prefers. The color ot the flow- 

 ers and the time of blooming is also 

 shown. As a matter of fact, an exam- 

 ination of the plants must show that a 

 large number of them might be plant- 

 ed with equal success in New England 

 and other eastern states. 



The same number of the Bulletin 

 contains an article which should be of 

 ■value to professional gardeners, de 



scribing as it does the grafting of 

 Mangosteen by inarching. The proc- 

 ess is also pictured, and is an inter- 

 esting one. 



Another good pamphlet which has 

 just come to hand is the Annual Re- 

 port of the Brooklyn Botanical Gar- 

 den. This is a paper covered volume 

 of a hundred pages and revfeals the 

 fact that this institution has been very 

 active the past year in proniotin.s; the 

 horticultural interests of the city and 

 in other ways. Less is heard about 

 the Brooklyn Botanical Garden than 

 about many oth3r similar institutions. 

 Possibly its press agent is a little U)is 

 energetic. As a matter of fact, how- 

 ever, the institution is carrying oi, a 

 remarkable v.-ork, especially along 

 practical lines, and is getting very 

 close to the public, bringing them 

 throiieli Ipctures. meetinss. children's 



A Book of Gardens, issued by John 

 Scheepers, Inc., o£ New York City, 

 marks a new epoch in catalogue mak- 

 ing. This is one of the most elab- 

 orate, costly and beautiful selling me- 

 diums ever put out in this country. It 

 is little less than a handbook, and 

 warrants the sub-title which has been 

 given it by Mr. Scheepers, A Treatise 

 on American and Foreign Bulbs for 

 Outdoor and Indoor Culture. The 

 word culture might well be applied to 

 the book itself, for it represents the 

 best thought of several distinguished 

 colaborators like Mrs. Francis King, 

 Mrs. Edward Harding, Mrs. Louise 

 Beebe Wilder and the Rev. Joseph 

 .lacob so that it is filled with literary 

 allusions, bits of poetry and choice quo- 

 tations which make it a delight to 

 men and women of cultivated minds. 

 The illustrations are superb and in- 

 clude many fine drawings and decora- 

 tions by Miss Beatrice Stevens. Mr. 

 Scheepers is certainly to be congratu- 

 lated on his enterprise in getting out 

 this elaborate production and the good 



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