﻿XXVI 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
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  the 
  

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  of 
  such 
  topics 
  as 
  hunting, 
  fishing, 
  

   trapping, 
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  manage- 
  

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   theme 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  general 
  one 
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   the 
  more 
  useful 
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  of 
  how 
  to 
  live 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  

   what 
  to 
  take 
  with 
  one, 
  how 
  one 
  should 
  be 
  

   clothed, 
  how 
  to 
  build 
  shelters, 
  how 
  to 
  avoid 
  

   pests, 
  what 
  to 
  do 
  in 
  emergencies, 
  in 
  fine, 
  how 
  

   to 
  live 
  apart 
  from 
  civilization 
  and 
  yet 
  with 
  

   due 
  regard 
  to 
  health 
  and 
  comfort. 
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  is 
  a 
  

   book 
  of 
  practical 
  directions 
  and 
  suggestions, 
  

   very 
  detailed 
  in 
  its 
  treatment, 
  as 
  is 
  quite 
  

   imperative 
  from 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  view 
  of 
  utility. 
  

   Illustrations, 
  both 
  photographs 
  and 
  diagrams, 
  

   are 
  used 
  when 
  needed 
  to 
  elucidate 
  the 
  text. 
  

   The 
  camper 
  and 
  the 
  lover 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  

   will 
  find 
  it 
  an 
  invaluable 
  companion 
  in 
  their 
  

   wanderings, 
  and 
  a 
  book 
  that 
  may 
  safely 
  be 
  

   consulted 
  on 
  every 
  aspect 
  of 
  life 
  in 
  the 
  wild. 
  

  

  The 
  Garden 
  Month 
  hy 
  Month. 
  By 
  

   Mabel 
  Cabot 
  Sedgwick, 
  assisted 
  by 
  Rob- 
  

   ert 
  Cameron. 
  New 
  York: 
  Frederick 
  A. 
  

   Stokes 
  Company, 
  1907. 
  Pp. 
  18+516. 
  

   Price, 
  $4.00 
  net 
  ; 
  postage, 
  30 
  cents. 
  

   This 
  is 
  a 
  remarkable 
  book, 
  summing 
  up 
  al- 
  

   most 
  every 
  possible 
  floral 
  knowledge 
  required 
  

   for 
  the 
  garden 
  in 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  able 
  and 
  

   available 
  manner. 
  The 
  publishers 
  are 
  quite 
  

   justified 
  in 
  designating 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  library 
  of 
  gar- 
  

   dening 
  condensed. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  concerned 
  with 
  flowers 
  only, 
  and 
  hence 
  

   garden 
  vegetables 
  are 
  wholly 
  excluded 
  from 
  

   its 
  scope. 
  The 
  treatment 
  is 
  by 
  month, 
  the 
  

   flowers 
  being 
  arranged 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   months 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  bloom 
  and 
  then 
  sub- 
  

   divided 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  color. 
  While 
  this 
  

   arrangement 
  is, 
  in 
  a 
  measure, 
  arbitrary, 
  it 
  is 
  

   at 
  least 
  logical, 
  and 
  as 
  its 
  purpose 
  is 
  to 
  enable 
  

   the 
  gardener 
  to 
  choose 
  his 
  plants 
  in 
  a 
  proper 
  

   order 
  of 
  succession 
  and 
  arrange 
  his 
  colors 
  ar- 
  

   tistically, 
  no 
  better 
  scheme 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  

   followed. 
  The 
  text 
  is 
  presented 
  in 
  tabular 
  

   form 
  throughout, 
  the 
  first 
  column 
  giving 
  the 
  

   color 
  of 
  the 
  flower; 
  the 
  next 
  its 
  English 
  name; 
  

   then 
  its 
  botanical 
  name 
  and 
  synonyms 
  ; 
  then 
  a 
  

   brief 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  with 
  cultural 
  

   directions 
  wherever 
  needed 
  ; 
  then 
  the 
  height 
  

   and 
  situation 
  best 
  adapted 
  to 
  its 
  growth 
  ; 
  and, 
  

   finally, 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  bloom. 
  It 
  is 
  obvious, 
  

   therefore, 
  that 
  a 
  book 
  arranged 
  on 
  this 
  plan 
  

   is 
  not 
  only 
  easy 
  of 
  reference, 
  but 
  presents 
  

   the 
  chief 
  points 
  of 
  information 
  that 
  may 
  

   be 
  required 
  of 
  any 
  plant 
  in 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  

   complete 
  way. 
  The 
  colors 
  are 
  indicated 
  in 
  a 
  

   carefully 
  prepared 
  colored 
  plate, 
  in 
  which 
  

   sixty-three 
  shades 
  are 
  accurately 
  given, 
  and 
  by 
  

   which 
  every 
  possible 
  color 
  is 
  listed 
  and 
  de- 
  

   termined 
  in 
  the 
  text. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  chapters 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  

   garden 
  month 
  by 
  month, 
  in 
  which 
  detailed 
  

   information 
  is 
  given 
  for 
  each 
  month, 
  from 
  

   March 
  to 
  September 
  inclusive 
  — 
  the 
  great 
  

   blooming 
  months 
  — 
  there 
  are 
  supplementary 
  

   chapters, 
  arranged 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  on 
  the 
  

   best 
  herbaceous 
  plants, 
  water 
  plants 
  or 
  

   aquatics, 
  bog, 
  garden 
  or 
  marsh 
  plants, 
  plants 
  

   conspicuous 
  for 
  their 
  foliage, 
  vines 
  and 
  climb- 
  

   ers, 
  and 
  ferns, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  selection 
  of 
  

   special 
  lists 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  helpful 
  to 
  

   those 
  desiring 
  to 
  grow 
  representative 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  certain 
  kinds 
  of 
  plants. 
  A 
  full 
  index 
  

   enables 
  the 
  readers 
  to 
  locate 
  each 
  flower 
  by 
  

   name. 
  The 
  illustrations, 
  which 
  are 
  exclusive- 
  

   ly 
  from 
  photographs, 
  number 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  

   hundred. 
  Both 
  the 
  amateur 
  and 
  practical 
  

   gardener 
  and 
  flower 
  lover 
  will 
  find 
  this 
  vol- 
  

   ume 
  of 
  immense 
  utility 
  and 
  value, 
  and 
  it 
  must 
  

   immediately 
  take 
  a 
  leading 
  place 
  in 
  all 
  libra- 
  

   ries 
  and 
  collections 
  of 
  books 
  on 
  gardens. 
  

  

  