December, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



227 



This flower stand looks pretentious; the construction 

 is simple enough for a 14-year-old lad 



are in color and very exquisite. And 

 the whole book, pictures, stories, cover, 

 the nice paper and all just make you 

 happy. This costs a little more. Two 

 whole dollars must be sent for this. But 

 you do not have to send way over to 

 London for it. "Little Gardens and How 

 to Make Them" (Cassell and Company, 

 $0.35) is not really intended for children. 

 But the larger boys and girls would get a 

 lot of excellent understandable advice from 

 it. You can buy this in paper covers 

 for twenty-five cents. 



There is another English garden book 

 called "Children's Gardens" (Macmillan 

 Company, $1.75) by the Honorable Mrs. 

 Evelyn Cecil . This is written especially for 

 children. You will enjoy reading this 

 book. 



A good little book for small gardeners 

 is "Little Gardens for Boys and Girls," 

 (Houghton, Mifflin Company, $1.10.) It 

 is a beginner's book. It doesn't try at 

 all to teach everything about gardening. 

 First steps in gardening are taken up. 

 A little boy or girl could really read this 

 book. 



Information Books 



I SUPPOSE the most comprehensive book 

 published on children's garden work is 

 one written by Dr. Louise Greene. Perhaps 

 I ought to say most comprehensive for 

 American and Canadian work. It tells 

 not only of gardens all over the country 

 but gives minute details on the starting 

 of work, the price of tools and labor and 

 all those points concerning which many 

 questions arise. The Charities Committee 

 of the Russell Sage Foundation publish 

 the book at a price of one dollar and twenty- 

 five cents. It is entitled " Among School 

 Gardens." 



Mr. Henry Parsons of the DeWitt 

 Clinton Park Garden tells right out of 

 his rich experience in his garden book 

 " Children's Gardens for Pleasure, Health 

 and Education " (Sturgis & Walton 

 Company, |i.oo net) those things which 



have made his work a success. This is 

 a valuable book for those starting large 

 gardens. 



After reading Dr. Greene's book about 

 American gardens you should read The 

 Honorable Frances Wolseley's book on 

 "Gardening for Women." One gets a 

 good idea of what women may do, are 

 doing and have done in the field of garden- 

 ing. It looks over the whole field of 

 work in the broadest kind of a way and 

 gives many suggestions. 



Education Books 



IT would almost seem as if I were shut- 

 ting the other books out of the edu- 

 cational class. Not at all! But there are 

 some books which primarily are intended for 

 the class room. These I group together 

 by themselves. 



"Children's Gardens," (D. Appleton 

 and Company, $1.20) a book by Miss 

 Louise Klein Miller is written from this 

 educational viewpoint. It gives a bit of 

 real reason for the work. It tells of various 

 garden arrangements and different phases 

 of the work. It makes a strong point of 

 arboriculture. 



Another book, perhaps even more a 

 school book, is called "The School Garden 

 Book," by Weed and Emerson — (Charles 



This raflSia raat. made by a girl of eight, was used 

 to put under the flower pot saucer 



A helpful gift for a garden boy Is the magazine. 

 Add to this a few garden books 



The wicker jardiniere is suitable for piazza or tea 

 table. The pot rest for any place 



Scribner's Sons, •$1.25). Regular grade 

 work in gardening is taken up. Each 

 chapter has a helpful calendar. It is most 

 decidedly a teacher's book. 



Mr. Hemenway has written another of 

 these helpful books for teachers — " How 

 to Make School Gardens" (Doubleday 

 Page& Company, $1.10. This is simple, 

 straight to the point and well planned. 



An English book called "School Cottage 

 and Allotment Gardening," by J. Weathers 

 — (Longmans, Green and Company $0.60) 

 has splendid ideas on practical work. This 

 book could be used profitably in connection 

 with American books. 



For those who are interested in the agri- 

 cultural side there are these books, at 

 least, of interest to the schools, both the 

 rural and the city ones: 



"First Principles of Agriculture," (Amer- 

 ican Book Company, $.80) as the title 

 suggests, takes up the fundamentals of 

 agriculture. It is simple but compre- 

 hensive. Scattered through the book to 

 illustrate points are a number of experi- 

 ments, which are right to the point. 



Especially valuable for the rural com- 

 munities is "Agriculture for Common 

 School" (Charles Scribner's Sons, $1.00). 

 The rural High School or the advanced 

 pupils in the district schools would get 

 from this book not only practical and 

 instructive information and suggestions 

 but also the point of view for betterment 

 of farm life in general. 



"Practical Agriculture," (American 

 Book Company, vfi.oo), covers very com- 

 prehensively the rural agricultural problem 

 for schools. It not only takes up the 

 garden and cattle side of the work but 

 also the effect of climatic conditions in 

 regard to crops, pests and their control, 

 roads, forestry and many other equally 

 important subjects. This again is a 

 book for the older pupils. 



Therefore, I repeat, when making out 

 your list of Christmas " wants " don't forget 

 to include some interesting garden books. 



