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NEW BOOKS FOR AMATEUR GARDENERS AND 

 NATURALISTS 



Among the books which have recently been acquired by The 

 New York Botanical Garden and placed on the library shelves for 

 the reference of the public are the following new volumes, all pub- 

 lished within the last few months : 



A Picture Book for Gardeners 1 



A new type of gardening book has just been prepared by G. A. 

 Stevens, who has apparently designed it to serve as a picture guide 

 for that vast crop of amateurs that springs up every year. 



It is like a glorified catalogue of flowers, in which one looks 

 vainly for the dealer's name. The colors at times are garish, though 

 no more so than one is accustomed to seeing in most of the seed 

 catalogues. 



Subjects are arranged alphabetically, from Abelia through 

 Zinnia, with a preponderance of roses, lilies, and tulips. The 

 index, a thorough one, is an aid to the perplexed reader who finds 

 some flowers listed by their common, and some by their scientific 

 name. Both names, however, are usually mentioned in the text, 

 which in most cases gives brief cultural directions for the plants. 



The illustrations are made and produced by the J. Horace Mc- 

 Farland Company. 



All about Terraria 2 



The first volume to appear since glass gardens assumed a place 

 of decorative importance in the home has been prepared by Mildred 

 Norton Andrews. First telling what glass gardens are, she pro- 

 ceeds to explain the principles underlying their construction, tells 

 how to make them, how to plant and care for them, and how to 

 use them in an indoor decorative scheme. The book is well illus- 

 trated, and in the appendix is offered a judging scale for gardens 

 in glass or for specimens in glass containers at flower shows. 



1 Stevens, (l. A. (ianlcn flowers in color. 320 pages, more than 450 

 illustrations in color. The Macmillan Co. New York. 1934. $3.75. 



? Andrews, Mildred Norton. Gardens in glass. Pp. uo, illust. A. T. 

 DeLaMareCo. New York. 1934. $1.50. 



