Book Reviews 



Sweet Peas, bv Horace J. Wright. Frederick A. Stokes 

 Co., New York, lie pp. $0.70. 



This is one of a series of hand books on garden flowers 

 in color, a series that dehghts the heart of the amateur enthusi- 

 ast as well as the specialist, for each flower is written up by 

 an ardent admirer and successful grower. Each book is there- 

 fore eminently practical, and is illustrated with some exquisite 

 colored plates. Among the chapters are those on "The His- 

 tory of the Sweet Pea." "Making Xew \'arieties," "General 

 Culture." "Enemies and Diseases," and a bibliography. 



.lyricuitiire Through the Laboratory and School Garden, 

 bv C. R. Jackson and Mrs. L. S. Daugherty. Orange Judd Co., 

 Xew York. X— 450 pp. $1.50. 



The new text books that are appearing in agriculture be- 

 gin to assume a distinctive character. The early school-texts 

 on the subject seemed merely a selection of chapters from 

 school botanies and school zoologies, with a smattering of in- 

 formation on farm and garden. Actual agricultural material 

 makes up the bulk of this volume, and it seems well organized. 

 About a hundred pages are devoted to soils, some fifty pages to 

 plant nutrition, nearly one hundred fifty pages to practical han- 

 dling of plants, propagation, pruning, etc. Farm animals receive 

 treatment in some forty pages. The book seems well written, 

 is well illustrated, and should prove a valuable addition to the 

 available texts in agriculture. As would be expected from the 

 title, there are many practical exercises in the book, and the 

 directions are suflFiciently explicit so that children can follow 

 them. 



Principles of Vegetable Gardening, by L. H. Bailey. The 

 ]Macniillan Co., New York. X 458 pp. $1.50. 



This is the latest volume in the Rural Science Series edited 

 by Professor Bailey. The excellent character of the preced- 

 ing volumes in this series, together with the fact that this ap- 

 pears with Professor Bailey's name as author, assures a valu- 

 able book from the outset. It is primarily a book for the com- 

 mercial gardener, but it will prove of large value to the teacher 

 of gardening, for one may be sure that the directions and data 

 furnished the practical man are entirelv reliable. 



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