GARDEN BOOKS 



only. I remember, when this book appeared, how 

 eagerly I wished for it because of the new and 

 valuable color chart. And it was a disappoint- 

 ment to have to fall back again upon the French 

 publication. 



An American color chart which has been warmly 

 received by those interested in this matter of 

 proper naming of colors is Doctor Robert Ridg- 

 way's " Color Standards and Color Nomenclature," 

 a convenient and beautifully arranged chart, a 

 boon to the lover of accurate color description of 

 flowers — a rather costly book, too costly for the 

 general public; therefore it will be good news to 

 many that a small edition of this chart is now 

 in course of preparation, to be offered at a mod- 

 erate price. When this is done, the first impor- 

 tant step taken in America toward this highly im- 

 portant matter to the American gardener will 

 have been accomplished. 



Among luxuries in garden books must be set 

 down an imposing volume containing some price- 

 less suggestions concerning color arrangement by 

 Miss Margaret Waterfield, of England — "Gar- 

 den Color." Here I first learned of certain beau- 

 tiful tulips used separately or in lovely combina- 

 tions described in Miss Waterfield's own chapters 



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