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The Rorists^ Review 



27 









Young Kentias Planted Out in Lath Houses, Part of the 400,000 Being Grown at Montebello 



been installed and are working satis- 

 factorily, more so than any of the sta- 

 tionary watering systems which have 

 been tried. 



Mr. Wilcox has purchased an addi- 

 tional five acres of land, on which he 

 proposes to build a fine residence, and 

 this seems to be the one thing neces- 

 sary to round out this important place. 

 Living close by, he will be able to give 

 even more of his time to the develop- 

 ment of his business, a business he has 

 worked up in a short time by clean and 

 up-to-date methods, a credit to him an<l 

 to everyone else concerned. H. R. R. 



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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



["The Little Garden," by Mrs. Francis King, 

 lioiiurary prexident of tlie Women's National 

 Farm and Garden ABsociation. Tublislied by the 

 Atlantic Monthly Press, Hoston, Mass. Size, 

 alH)iit 5V4x8Vi inches; ninety-four pages, besides 

 nine full-paKe half-tone illustrations. Tastefully 

 l>onnd in cloth.] 



As would be confidently expected, in 

 view of Mrs. King's past achievements 

 a.s a horticulturist and an author, this 

 hit est book from her pen possesses in a 

 notable degree the two highly desirable 

 qualities, instructiveness and easy read- 

 ablcness. This rare combination of 

 merits is due to the fact that Mrs. King 

 is not only familiar with the essential 

 principles of garden-making, but also 

 has a faculty of verbal expression with 

 which extremely few gardeners or land- 

 scape artists are endowed. She is an 

 artist in words as well as in flowers and 

 plants — an adept in the designing of 

 phrases and sentences as well as in the 

 laying out of grounds. Besides, in this 



book the infectious enthusiasm of the 

 successful noncommercial horticulturist 

 is manifestly present, but is held in con- 

 trol by the writer's keenness and ac- 

 curacy of insight into her subject. Her 

 zeal is sufficiently tempered by knowl- 

 edge. 



Such wholesome enthusiasm cannot 

 fail to contribute to the success of the 

 horticultural trades, by bringing the 

 dealers and prospective customers into 

 communication. "Almost every com- 

 munity," says Mrs. King's book, "has 

 its good nurseryman, while a postcard 

 brings that rainbow breath of summer 

 in January, the catalogue of flower 

 seeds. There is no excuse, none, for 

 leaving the ground empty and ugly 

 about our houses." 



Mechanically, too, the book is well 

 made; the type is large enough and 

 clear enough to be a comfort to tlie eye- 

 sight and yet is compact enough to keep 

 the volume within handy dimensions. 

 The illustrations, also, like the text, are 

 pleasing as well as informative. 



Mrs. King treats her theme, the mak- 

 ing of a small garden, in a thoroughly 

 systematic manner and as comprehen- 

 sively as is possible within the limits of 

 a hundred or so of good-sized pages. 

 She starts with the first possible step 

 in the process of garden-planning, the 

 selection of the home site, and describes 

 the successive stages of the work until 

 the completed grounds stand out real- 

 istically in the imagination of both 

 writer and reader. 



In comparing the present voliiino with 

 former works by the same author, the 



j)ublishers truthfully say: '"But her 

 new book is quite different in that it is 

 far more compact, more deliberately 

 practical, and less expensive than either 

 of her previous books." 



WELCOME TO CHATTANOOGA. 



G. A. Kimmell, president of the Chat- 

 tanooga Florists' Club, active in prep- 

 arations for the convention of the Ten- 

 nessee State Florists' Association, to be 

 held in that city November 1 and 2, has 

 received a letter addressed to members 

 of the state association from the secre- 

 tary-manager of the Chattanooga Cham- 

 ber of Commerce, calling attention to 

 the historic and other attractions of its 

 environs. 



' ' You have done the people of Chatta 

 nooga the honor of selecting this city 

 for your 1921 convention, November 1 

 and 2, and this organization in behalf 

 of the community at large wishes to as- 

 sure you of our appreciation and the 

 hearty welcome which awaits you. 

 Please feel certain that if there is any- 

 thing we can do to serve yon either be- 

 fore, or during, the convention, you have 

 but to command us. If you desire litera- 

 ture about the city, either to remove 

 any doubts that may be in your mind 

 about coming or to read up a little and 

 be able to understand more thoroughly 

 what you will see when here, please drop 

 us a line and interesting pamphlets will 

 be sent you promptly. 



"Our scenic, historic and other at- 

 tractions make Chattanooga wonderful- 



