THE GARDEN-CRAFT SERIES 
HE PRUNING-BOOK: A Monograph 
of the Pruning and Training of Plants as 
Applied to American Conditions. By L. H. 
BAILEY, Professor of Horticulture in the Cornell 
University. 
540 PAGES—332 ILLUSTRATIONS—$1.50 
Until the appearance of this book, there had been 
no complete and consistent discussien of pruning. 
Professor Bailey considers fully the philosophy of 
the subject, showing why we should prune, with 
such statements of experience and observation as 
will enlighten the reader. In his admirable treat- 
ment of the science he first states principles; and 
then the various practices of pruning are considered 
in full detail, and a vast fund of carefully collected 
data, embodying the experiences of many students 
in our own and other lands, is made serviceable to 
the reader. The illustrations are numerous and re- 
markably convincing. 
THE PRUNING-BooK includes The Philosophy of Pruning (Does 
Pruning Devitalize Plants?); The Fruit-Bud (The Bud and the 
Branch, The Leaf-bud and the Fruit-bud, The Fruit-spur, The 
Peach and the Apricot, Co-terminal Fruit-bearing, Grapes and 
Brambles, How to Tell the Fruit-buds, Summary Synopsis); The 
Healing of Wounds (Nature of Wounds, Suggestions to the Pruner, 
When to Cut, Dressings for Wounds, How to Make the Cut, 
Mending Trees); The Principles of Pruning (Top-pruning, Root- 
pruning, Variation of Habit, Watersprouts, Heading-in, Obstrue- 
tions, Checking Growth, Fruit-bearing, Girdling, ete., General 
Law); Some Specific Advice (Form of Top, Root-pruning, Subse- 
quent Treatment, Ringing and Girdling, Pruning Tools, Remarks 
on Specific Plants); Some Specific Modes of Training, American 
Grape Training, Vinifera Grape Training. 
