Books for the Country 



NATURE STUDIES IN BERKSHIRE. By JOHN COI^MAN ADAMS. 

 With 16 illustrations in photogravure from original photographs 

 by ARTHUR SCOTT. 8, gilt top, $4.50. Popular edition, illus- 

 trated, 8, $2.50. 

 "The book on the whole is a sane and sympathetic tribute to nature, a tribute 



that is much enhanced by the accompanying beautiful photographs." Chicago 



Tribune. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Notes and Suggestions on Lawns 

 and Lawn-Planting, Laying out and Arrangement of Country 

 Places, Large and Small Parks, etc. By* SAMUEL PARSONS, Jr., 

 Ex-Superintendent of Parks, New York City. With nearly 200 

 illustrations. Large 8, $3.50. Popular edition, $2.00. 

 " Mr. Parsons proves himself a master of his art as a landscape gardener, and 



this superb book should be studied by all who are concerned in the making of 



parks in other cities," Philadelphia Bulletin. 



LAWNS AND GARDENS. How to Beautify the Home Lot, the 

 Pleasure Ground, and Garden. By N. JoNSSON-RoSE, of the 

 Department of Public Parks, New York City. With 172 plans 

 and illustrations. Large 8, gilt top, $3.50. 



"Mr. Jonsson-Rose has prepared a treatise which will prove of genuine value to 

 the large and increasing number of those who take a personal interest in their 

 home grounds. It does not aim above the intelligence or aesthetic sense of the 

 ordinary American citizen who has never given any thought to planting and to 

 whom some of the profounder principles of garden-art make no convincing ap- 

 peal." Garden and Forest. 



ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. For Garden, Lawn, and Park Planting. 

 By LUCIUS D. DAVIS. With over 100 illustrations. 8, $3.50. 



" Mr. Davis writes with authority upon his chosen theme. . . . The book is 

 11 of information upon the subject of which " 

 tions that will prove helpful." -- N. Y. Times. 



full of information upon the subject of which it treats, and contains many sugges- 



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THE LEAF COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK AND HERBARIUM. 



An aid in the preservation and in the classification of specimen 

 leaves of the trees of Northeastern America. By CHARGES S. 

 NEWHAU,. Illustrated. 8, $2.00. 



"The idea of the book is so good and so simple as to recommend itself at 9 

 glance to everybody who cares to know our trees or to make for any purpose a col- 

 lection of their leaves." .V. Y. Critic. 



THE WONDERS OF PLANT LIFE. By Mrs. S. B. HERRICK. 

 Fully illustrated. 16, |i.5o. 



" A dainty volume . . . opens up a whole world of fascination . . . full 

 of information. "Boston Advertiser. 



THE HOME LIFE OF WILD BIRDS. A new method of the study 

 and photography of birds. By FRANCIS H. HERRICK. With 141 

 illustrations from life. A new edition entirely rewritten and 

 issued in a form suitable for use as a field book. 8, net, $2.00. 

 " Mr. Herrick has perfected an invention that brings the birds beneath his eye, 

 and beneath the eye of his camera, in a way hitherto unheard of. At an actual 

 distance of about 2 feet from the nest, the author and his camera stand. From that 

 point of vantage they watch and record every movement of the bird family. 



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