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are followed by a systematic arrangement of the plants with 

 keys to the species under each genus. The more one uses it, the 

 more remarkable it seems that so much of real information and 

 help in identifying species could be condensed into such small 

 space. The booklet is so pretty in its brown leather-like binding, 

 with leaves outlined on it, that one would enjoy carrying it around 

 in one's pocket even if one did not use it so constantly. 



The Apple Tree. L. H. Bailey. 117 pp. Illustrated. The 

 MacMillan Co. Price $1.50. 



The Apple Tree which has figured in history and development 

 of mankind since the Garden of Eden has at last found a worthy 

 biographer. Certainly Professor Bailey has a wide knowledge of 

 all apple trees, but what is more important, he has a love for the 

 apple tree and an understanding which has foimd expression.through 

 his skillful pen in this little volimie. The titles of the chapters 

 show its scope. Where There is no Apple Tree; The Apple- 

 Tree in the Landscape; The Bud on the Twigs; The Weeks Be- 

 tween the Flower and the Fruit; The Brush Pile; The Pruning of 

 the Apple-Tree ; Maintaining the Health and Energy of the Apple- 

 Tree; How an Apple-Tree is Made; The Dwarf Apple-Tree; 

 Whence Comes the Apple-Tree; The Varieties of Apple; The 

 Pleasant Art of Grafting; The Mending of the Apple-Tree; The 

 Apple Tree Regions; The Harvest of the Apple-Tree; The 

 Appraisal of the Apple-Tree. Of all these interesting chapters, 

 we confess a preference for the "Apple Tree in the Landscape." 

 The orchardists have left to the artists the appreciation of the 

 apple tree unpruned and uncultivated, and we are glad that Pro- 

 fessor Bailey is an artist as well as a horticulturist for he has done 

 full justice to the beauty of this useful tree. However, the 

 volume is full of practical information concerning the care of the 

 apple tree and directions for judging apples at the exhibition are 

 carefully given. After reading the book, we are sure that all will 

 agree with the author that "The Apple Tree is a living thing, not 

 merely a something that bears apples." 



