Books for the Country 



NATURE STUDIES IN BERKSHIRE. By JOHN COI,EMAN ADAMS. 



With 16 illustrations in photogravure from original photographs 



by ARTHUR SCOTT. 8, gilt top, $4.50. 



A collection of prose pictures of skies and woods and fields, inter- 

 mingled with the reflections of a writer who is at once a philosopher 

 and a poet, one who enjoys profoundly the beauties of the Berkshire 

 Hills, and who possesses the art of enabling his reader to share in his 

 enjoyment. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Notes and Suggestions on Lawns 

 and Lawn-Planting, Laying out and Arrangement of Country 

 Places, Large and Small Parks, etc. By SAMUEI, PARSONS, Jr., 

 Ex-Superintendent of Parks, New York City. With nearly 200 

 illustrations. Large 8, $3.50. 

 " Mr. Parsons proves himself a master of his art as a landscape gardener, and 



this superb book should be studied by all who are concerned in the making of 



parks in other cities," Philadelphia Bulletin. 



LAWNS AND GARDENS. How to Beautify the Home Lot, the 

 Pleasure Ground, and Garden. By N. JoNSSON-RoSE, of the 

 Department of Public Parks, New York City. With 172 plans 

 and illustrations. Large 8, gilt top, $3.50. 



"Mr. J6nsson-Rose has prepared a treatise -which will prove of genuine value to 

 the large and increasing- number of those who take a personal interest in their 

 home grounds. It does not aim above the intelligence or aesthetic sense of the 

 ordinary American citizen who has never given any thought to planting and to 

 whom some of the profounder principles of garden-art make no convincing ap- 

 peal." Garden and Forest. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. For Garden, Lawn, and Park Planting. 



By Lucius D. DAVIS. With over 100 illustrations. 8, $3.50. 

 This volume is addressed to both scientific men, and that large 

 class of persons who, though interested in plants, have no knowledge 

 of Botany, and neither time nor inclination to acquire it. The 

 phraseology is plain and the descriptions are easily comprehensible ; 

 yet the book contains material never before presented, relating to 

 varieties of plants developed under cultivation. 



THE LEAF COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK AND HERBARIUM. 



An aid in the preservation and in the classification of specimen 

 leaves of the trees of Northeastern America. By CHARGES S. 

 NEWHAU,. Illustrated. 8, $2.00. 



"The idea of the book is so good and so simple as to recommend itself at a 

 glance to everybody who cares to know our trees or to make for any purpose a col- 

 lection of their leaves."^. Y. Critic. 



THE WONDERS OF PLANT LIFE. By Mrs. S. B. HERRiCK. 



Fully illustrated. 16, $1.50. 



" A dainty volume . . . opens up a whole world of fascination . . . full 

 of information. "Boston Advertiser. 



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