New Volumes in the American Nature Series 
PROSPECTUS OF SERIES ON REQUEST 
Fernow’s The Care of Trees in Lawn, Street and Park 
y B RNOW, ope gauche = Bogs * fe in the University of Toronto, _— of Sh Races of Forestry,” etc. 
377 Pb. ae pp. index Larg o. Illustrated. Probable price, $2.00 (May.) 
en for amateurs by a forester Atm to deal with trees in’ hes broadest aspects, 
this von eewutes information such as the owner of trees may need. s the only collective 
and comprehensive manual on the subject Trees in place may be odie pone imperishable 
by proper care and attention and the author gives all necessary details of the best methods o 
caring for the health of trees, of combating disease and insects, and he also develops the broad 
SU a a care, based on a knowledge of the biology of trees, in simple, yet accurate and 
defini 
tinctive feature are the exhaustive lists of trees and shrubs fit for ornamental planting, 
with helpful notes on their adaptations, systematized to facilitate the choice. 
Albee’s Hardy Plants for Cottage Gardens 
EN R, ae author of ‘‘Mountain Playmates.” Illustrated, 12mo, About 400 pp. Probable price, 
Hip ae. (May 
A personal ne very readable Setar om by photographs, of the author’s success 
cone Rp ciation limited area, the choi rieties of hardy shrubs, annuals, and perennials, so 
ranged as to give a succession of bloom of ues color in each bed. With a list giving manner f 
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growth, ceake time of blooming, exact color, special requirements of soil and moisture, ‘easy 
ways”’ taught by experience, and many et ceteras of vital impor 
book of exact information for the average woman, wh oe flowers but lacks knowle edge 
or oon ae and who plans to do the work herself, with hase ae an occasional lift from “the 
hired m 
Doane’s Insects and Disease 
A popular account of the way in whic’ 
By R. W. Doane, Assistant Professor op sha Pg in Stanford Unive. With 
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many or original illustrations 
from Ehotemmaphs, and an annotated bibliography. About 270 pp., zzmo. Probable price, $1.50 net. 
(March.) 
This non- techie work brings together the most eguratece t ena largely from sources " 
present inaccessible to the general reader and even to many physicians and ent tomologists, in het? 
to the development, shite, structure, life ‘Eiapabink, and methods ake extermination of the insects 
that are concerned. 
TEXT BOOKS 
Atkinson’s High School Botany 
By GeorceE E, ATKinson, Professor in Cornell University. eo in May.) 
e book is intended for ee first or spas ne in the high school. The study boas 
the seed, its germination, the examination of several types of seedlings the parts of aa an = 
function of parts in nutrition, Scie. mocha ete ~ reproduction, in sufficient detail . 
students of secondary sc ools. The relation of pla envir cis cat is emphasized througno 
the book, and several pepe are devoted almost katy to this subject. 
Salisbury’s Physiography for High Schools 
By rape D. oops, — in the University of Chicago.. (American Science 
viii+531 pp. Largezzmo, $1.5 
Series, Briefer Course:) 
ear 
This is aon to cover the work in physical geography as given in the first or second y 
of the high school. 
W. H. Hawkes, Ann Arbor (Mich.) High School:—“1 am of the opinion, after careful examination of e 
ee ge pee on ~ Se = at Sali sbury’s Br iefer Course of Phy: sig dyad is in the lead, in the meee ie 
trea specially in the ways in 
subject sMALLCE i Course I 
NE Perry Cook, Chicago (ih) 1 Normal School:—*W ing Salisbury’s Briefe ue Sapte acct yet he! 
Geograp “7 f the class-room b 
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