THE NURSERY BOOK. By L. H. BAILEY. A complete handbook of 

 Propagation and Pollination of Plants. Profusely illustrated. This 

 valuable little manual has been compiled with great pains. The author 

 has had unusual facilities for its preparation, having been aided by many 

 experts. The book is absolutely devoid of theory and speculation. It has 

 nothing to do with plant physiology or abstruse reasoning about plant 

 growth. It simply tells, plainly and briefly, what every one who sows a 

 seed, makes a cutting, sets a graft, or crosses a flower wants to know. It 

 is entirely new and original in method and matter. The cuts number 107, 

 and are made expressly for it, direct from nature. The book treats of all 

 kinds of cultivated plants, fruits vegetables, greenhouse plants, hardy 

 herbs, ornamental trees, shrubs anr forest trees. 



CONTENTS : 



I. SKEDAGE. On Propagation by Seed. 

 II. SEPARATION. 



III. LAVERAGE. Propagation by Layering. 



IV. CUTTAGE. Propagation by Cuttings. 

 V. GRAFTAGE. Including Grafting, Budding, Inarching, etc. 



VI. NURSERY LIST. This is the great featnre of the book. It is an 

 alphabetical list of al! kinds of plants, with a short statement telling which 

 of the operations described in the first five chapters are employed in prop- 

 agating them. Over 2,000 entries are made in the list. The following en- 

 tries will give an idea of the method : 



Acer (MAPLE). Sapindacece. Stocks are grown from stratified seeds, 

 which should be sown an inch or two deep; or some species, as A. dasy- 

 carpum, come readily if seeds are sown as soon as ripe. Some cultural 

 varieties are layered, but better plants are obtained by grafting. Varieties 

 of native species are worked upon common or native stocks. The Japan- 

 ese sorts are winter-worked upon imported A. polymorphum stocks, either 

 by whip or veneer grafting. Maples can also be budded in summer, and 

 they grow readily from cuttings of both ripe and soft wood. 



Phyllocactus, Phyllocereus, Disocactus (LEAF CACTUS . Cactece. 

 Fresh seeds grow readily. Sow in rather sandy soil which is w r ell drained, 

 and apply water as for common seeds. When the seedlings appear, re- 

 move to a light position. Cuttings from mature shoots, three to six 

 inches in length, root readily in sharp sand. Give a temperature of about 

 60, and apply only sufficient water to keep from flagging. If the cut- 

 tings are very juicy they may be laid on dry sand for several days before 

 planting. 



VII. POLLINATION. 



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THE MODIFICATION OF PLANTS BY CLIMATE.-By A. A. CRO- 

 ZIER. An essay on the influence of climate upon size, form, color, 



fruitfulness, etc., with a discussion on the question of acclimation. 35 pp. 

 Price, paper, 25 cents. 



