i. 
CURRENT LITERATURE, 
BOOK REVIEWS. 
The Cyclopedia of American Horticulture. 
Tue second volume of Bailey’s Cyc/ofedia* has just been issued, including 
the letters E-M. The general design and scope of this important work of 
reference has been set forth already in these pages.? To this nothing need 
be added beyond the statement that the second volume is even better than 
the first, a natural improvement as the editors attained greater familiarity 
with their work and materials. 
Aside from the articles treating large and horticulturally important genera 
like Gladiolus, Iris, Mamillaria, etc., there are some notable articles on gen- 
tral subjects, which serve to illustrate well the wise plan of the book and the 
thorough treatment of topics. Forcing is discussed in its general aspects by 
tssor Bailey ; forcing vegetables, by C. E. Hunn; forcing fruits, by 
William Turner; and forcing hardy plants, by B. M. Watson. Ferns are 
teated botanically by L. M. Underwood ; growing hardy ferns, by Edward 
Gillett and F. W. Barclay; growing tender ferns, by N. N. Bruckner. 
Again, in the article Grafe, the editor writes of the general and historical 
aspects, while specialists in the various grape-growing regions of the north, the 
South, and the Pacific slope write of the practical phases of grape culture, and 
Sethe of grape growing under glass. In the same way the horticultural 
and historical features of the Greenhouse are treated by the editor; Lord ox 
tg am write of its structural details; glass for it is discussed by J. C. Blair; 
the methods of heating by L. R. Taft. ee 
Among the biographical articles, the one on Asa Gray, by the editor, sat 
a of what Such writing should be, for here Professor Bailey we = 
bie and with clear insight and appreciation. Morphological articel 
oo Wanting ; but perhaps these ought not to be expected. . 
ever, that fruits might have been discussed from this point of 
/nsects are well treated, and in part morphologically wis 
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for cult; eal L. H.: Cyclopedia of American Horticulture, comprising sugs' 
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a f horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, ¥ sr 
Btogra s *mamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, toge Ae 
Ses. 5 oe biographical sketches. Vol. II. E-M. 4to., PP: xiv-+ 5 e 
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