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full knowledge of all the material wilii which he is dealing, can 

 undertake." 



A very interesting article by Georgia Douglas Clarke in the 

 same number gives an account of the "Wild Flowers of the North 

 Shore" and the sand-dunes below Waukegan on Lake Michigan 

 telling of the charming flora of this region. 



Everett L. Millard tells of a " Municipal Wild Flower Preserve^^ 

 in Highland Park, also one of the suburbs of Chicago, stating 

 that "the park commissioners plan not only to encourage the 

 growth of the native flora in this beauty spot, but also to protect 

 it as a wild flower preserve. It is hoped that next spring, when 

 harmful picking would begin again, the experiment will make 

 good, and the region become a sanctuary for the oppressed 

 rarities of the native flora." E. G. Britton 



McFarland's My Growing: Garden * 



A very useful book on the making of a garden spot from an 

 old and practically abandoned property has been written by Mr. 

 McFarland, one of the chief horticultural printers and publishers 

 in this country. As a record, largely and confessedly personal, 

 of the joys and sorrow of planting; of breathless expectation 

 and final achievement, the book will delight those who have 

 passed through, or are in the throes of a similar enterprise. 

 Many practical hints and schemes for planting are outlined, 

 but the author does not fail to enlarge on that feeling for gardeners 

 and gardening which has filled English literature with delightful 

 reading from James Thomson to our own time. 



N. T. 



NEWS ITEMS 



Plans for an elaborate rose garden have been outlined in a 

 recent number of the Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 

 Many horticultural forms as well as wild species of roses will be 

 grown in the garden, work on which has already started. 



Joseph Rubinger, Assistant State Botanist, has been granted 

 eight months' leave of absence, beginning October i, which he 



* McFarland, J. H. My Growing Garden, pp. 1-2 16, plates 1-36, five in color. 

 The Macmillan Co., 1915. Price ;52.oo. 



