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Among the changes found in this edition in comparison with 

 the previous edition are the following: A more complete treat- 

 ment of the laying out of the plantation and of the care of the 

 fruit plantation, a special chapter being devoted to accidents 

 and injuries. The chapter on spraying contains a valuable 

 addition in the form of a list of the more common fruit insects, 

 with suggestions on the treatment to be used. These insects are 

 grouped according to the fruits that they most commonly attack. 

 The list of American books on fruit growing has been omitted from 

 this edition. 



The book closes with the following sentences : 



"The fruit grower should first apprehend the principles and the 

 underlying reasons, and to teach this is the prime purpose of the 

 book, while still everywhere discussing the practice. If the 

 grower knows why, he will teach himself how." 



G. H. T. 



My Growing Garden. J. H. McFarland, pp. xiii and 216. Price 

 $2.00. Macmillan Company. 



The significance of the title is this, that the author has not had 

 made for himself a garden all at once, but it has gradually grown 

 under his care. It is an exceedingly interesting garden, for the 

 author has not only developed a variety of plants in it, but also 

 a happy philosophy. I quote a paragraph from the chapter on 

 Planting of all Sorts. "If there is anything more worth getting 

 wet in than a warm April rain, I do not know about it. It is 

 quite comfortable, thank you, to the normal out door human, and 

 it is seemingly exciting to most plant growth. I have been stand- 

 ing under the big Norway maple at the west end of the formal 

 garden, seeing things happen, and inhaling the intensified sweetness 

 that this sort of shower brings out. The maple blooms overhead 

 literally drip fragrance, and wherever in the borders the dainty 

 arabis is planted, there is a spot of white, faintly odorus. The 

 yellow perennial alyssum is like a spot of sunshine in the rain, 

 while the bells of the convallaria — a name so much easier to say 

 than lily-of-the-valley — have each a crystal hanging from them." 



From the quotation above it is evident that the book is more 

 than a bare statement of what to plant and when to plant; it is 

 this and more. The book is abundantly illustrated with color 

 plates as well as half-tones which add much to its fascination. 



