AMERICAN SEED CATALOGUES 



tions of the meaning of botanical terms or names 

 are as illuminating as they are unusual; in fact, it 

 is one of the only two of our catalogues approach- 

 ing the scientific. And for the constantly grow- 

 ing company of advanced amateurs catalogues on 

 the order of the great English lists, such as Barr's, 

 which are books of reference too, must soon be 

 forthcoming. For these gardeners no pictures 

 are essential. They are already acquainted with 

 form, color, and habit of their plant-subjects. 

 They know from experience all they need to know 

 concerning their soil and climate. New varieties 

 are the thing, new varieties of known species, or, 

 indeed, new species themselves. In the list of the 

 Palisades Nurseries we find forty varieties of hardy 

 asters and twenty-five of dianthus. 



Knight & Struck's list has many good features; 

 a bit too much quotation, perhaps. It is a wordy 

 list, and to the initiated may seem rather to overdo 

 the matter of enthusiasm. Yet the fact that a 

 color chart has practically been adopted by this 

 firm, the first American instance of the kind, places 

 this list far above all others in this one direction. 

 Mrs. S. A. Brown's short paper on color at the 

 beginning of the book is a document of real value. 

 For myself, I could be as happy if T. E. Brown's 



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