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Landscape Gardening. One of the plots was on the northwest 

 corner of the building and-the other on the northeast corner. On 

 this last corner I thought it best to plant sumach, viburnum, 

 deutzia, and dogwood, because they grow in shady places and make 

 a very effective background. I had to be careful not to plant the 

 sumach in front of the windows because of its height, so I planted 

 the viburnum in these places, allowing five feet for each plant. 

 Around the edge I planted ferns and lilies of the valley to fill in the 

 empty spots. 



The northwest corner also required plants that would grow in 

 shady places. Here I chose ninebark, weigelia, Dorothy Perkins 

 roses, Japan Quince, and Four o'clocks. I did this to have one side 

 in pink. The four o'clocks bloom early. 



After these plans were finished they were submitted to the 

 Patrons' Club and accepted. The work has already begun. The 

 children are helping pay for some of the shrubbery and the Park 

 Board for others. They are working hard and hope to make a 

 great success. 



William H. Eyster, of the Pennsylvania department of forestry, 

 is to be head of the science department and supervisor of nature 

 study at Cortland Normal, 191 6-17. 



Mrs. Anna Botsford Comstock addressed the teachers of the 

 City of Washington at Teachers' Institute of the District of Colum- 

 bia, Sept. 2 7th- 2 9th. 



Indian Why Stories, Frank B. Linderman, illustrations by Charles 



M. Russell, pp. XVI + 236. Charles Scribner's Sons. 



$2.00. 



Any people in as intimate contact as were the North American 



Indians with Nature are bound to have a folk lore full of nature 



mythology. The Indian's explanations of the familiar things 



about him are full of strange fancies. Herein they are related and 



many a winter evening will be beguiled for old and young alike 



with these tales. ' ' Why the Chipmunk's Back is Striped, " ' ' Why 



the Kingfisher Always Wears a War-Bonnet," "Why the Birch 



Tree Wears the Slashes in Its Bark," are sample titles. The book 



is a literary production of merit with a smack of Kipling's facile 



expression and the illustrations add much to its attractiveness. 



