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gardener "Week by Week" from early February through October. 

 Beginning with directions for planning various types of gardens 

 and the buying of seed in February, the starting of seeds indoors 

 in March, and all the outdoor work from April on the book is for 

 gardeners who do all their own work in small gardens. The book 

 will be valuable for the beginner starting her first garden and with 

 no knowledge of how to proceed, also for the more seasoned 

 gardener who wishes a more successful garden than in the past. 

 The preface is a gem in itself, as witness — "Growing plants is a 

 vice that attacks at any age ; there is no cure, and the victim may as 

 well realize that she will always have a lame back and dirty hands — 

 but a beautiful disposition, if she is not called in to answer the 

 telephone!" 



The second book by Mrs. Abbott is for "The Indoor Gardener." 

 Simple, easily-followed directions are given for all the work neces- 

 sary for successfully growing plants in pots or boxes in the house. 

 The plants described are the ordinary ones that everyone can secure 

 and grow. There is advice on how to care for gift plants and how to 

 grow miniature gardens under glass. Eighty drawings aid in the 

 identification of common house plants. In addition there are formu- 

 las for insect sprays and for fertilizers. The book is attractively 

 printed and bound and will be a delight as well as a guide to all 

 those who try to keep plants in good condition in their homes. 



FIELD TRIPS OF THE CLUB 



Trip of March 8 to Pine Brook, N. J. 



The rally trip scheduled for Sunday, March 3, was postponed 

 because of snow, and held the following week in a temperature that 

 hovered about the freezing point, aggravated by a violent gale. 

 After a few hours, the eight members present found conditions un- 

 bearable, and the trip was abbreviated. Mr. Beals reported no 

 mosses except what would be expected in that area. The fungi were 

 few and of little interest. 



Lichens were better represented. The many fine specimens of 

 Ilex opaca in Hockhockson Swamp had their bark covered with 



