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  wrapping 
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  they 
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   cessfully, 
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   notably 
  the 
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  red-hot 
  poker 
  plant 
  

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  scarlet 
  cardinal 
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  A 
  Bachelor's 
  Cupboard. 
  Collected 
  by 
  A. 
  

   Lyman 
  Phillips. 
  Boston 
  : 
  John 
  W. 
  Luce 
  

   & 
  Co. 
  Pp. 
  210. 
  Price, 
  $1.00. 
  

   The 
  writer 
  of 
  this 
  book 
  undoubtedly 
  in- 
  

   tended 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  handbook 
  for 
  bachelors 
  of 
  all 
  

   classes, 
  for 
  his 
  second 
  chapter 
  — 
  and 
  perhaps 
  

   the 
  one 
  that 
  will 
  most 
  attract 
  the 
  reader 
  — 
  

   is 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  "Impecunious 
  Bachelor," 
  

   while 
  further 
  on 
  is 
  a 
  price 
  list 
  of 
  wines, 
  rang- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  every 
  possible 
  manner, 
  from 
  $60.00 
  

   per 
  dozen 
  down. 
  A 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  human 
  

   beings 
  may 
  thus 
  find 
  something 
  of 
  interest 
  

   here, 
  even 
  if 
  the 
  suggestions 
  are 
  not 
  equally 
  

   applicable 
  to 
  all 
  alike. 
  The 
  bachelor 
  whose 
  

   ideas 
  of 
  bachelor 
  home 
  life 
  centers 
  in 
  food 
  and 
  

   food 
  supplies 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  preparing 
  

   and 
  cooking 
  food, 
  with 
  perhaps 
  a 
  thought 
  or 
  

   two 
  of 
  clothes, 
  may 
  find 
  not 
  a 
  little 
  amuse- 
  

   ment 
  and 
  some 
  instruction 
  in 
  this 
  cheerful 
  

   book. 
  To 
  such, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  the 
  cooking 
  recipes 
  

   will 
  seem 
  eminently 
  useful. 
  

  

  The 
  English 
  Flower 
  Garden 
  and 
  Home 
  

   Grounds. 
  By 
  W. 
  Robinson. 
  New 
  

   York 
  : 
  Imported 
  by 
  Charles 
  Scribner's 
  

   Sons. 
  Pp. 
  14+974. 
  Price, 
  $6.00 
  net. 
  

   That 
  ten 
  editions 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  called 
  

   for 
  of 
  this 
  large 
  and 
  important 
  book 
  is 
  the 
  

   highest 
  testimony 
  to 
  its 
  value. 
  That 
  it 
  is 
  writ- 
  

   ten 
  for 
  and 
  is 
  exclusively 
  concerned 
  with 
  Eng- 
  

   lish 
  gardens 
  makes 
  its 
  utility 
  in 
  America 
  nec- 
  

   essarily 
  somewhat 
  secondary, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  filled, 
  

   from 
  cover 
  to 
  cover, 
  with 
  a 
  host 
  of 
  valuable 
  

   information, 
  admirably 
  arranged 
  and 
  con- 
  

   densed, 
  and 
  is 
  so 
  complete 
  in 
  its 
  treatment 
  

   that 
  no 
  garden 
  lover 
  can 
  wisely 
  omit 
  it 
  from 
  

   his 
  shelves. 
  

  

  The 
  book 
  consists 
  of 
  two 
  parts. 
  The 
  first 
  

   deals 
  with 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  design, 
  the 
  aim 
  

   being 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  garden 
  a 
  reflex 
  of 
  the 
  beauty 
  

   of 
  the 
  great 
  garden 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  itself, 
  and 
  to 
  

   prove 
  that 
  the 
  true 
  way 
  to 
  happiest 
  design 
  is 
  

   not 
  to 
  have 
  any 
  stereotyped 
  style 
  for 
  all 
  flower 
  

   gardens 
  — 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  world 
  of 
  truth 
  in 
  this 
  

   single 
  comment 
  — 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  best 
  kind 
  of 
  gar- 
  

   den 
  should 
  arise 
  out 
  of 
  its 
  site 
  and 
  conditions 
  

   as 
  happily 
  as 
  a 
  primrose 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  cool 
  bank. 
  

   This 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  is 
  treated 
  in 
  nu- 
  

   merous 
  chapters 
  with 
  ample 
  fulness. 
  The 
  sec- 
  

   ond 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  dictionary 
  

   catalogue 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  and 
  plants, 
  

   hardy 
  and 
  half-hardy, 
  that 
  thrive 
  in 
  English 
  

   gardens. 
  Like 
  the 
  earlier 
  portion, 
  this 
  part 
  

   is 
  amply 
  illustrated, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  identification 
  

   of 
  any 
  plant 
  should 
  be 
  easily 
  made. 
  The 
  book 
  

   is 
  thus 
  a 
  veritable 
  treasure-house 
  of 
  English 
  

   garden 
  lore, 
  much 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  equally 
  adapta- 
  

   ble 
  to 
  America 
  and 
  American 
  conditions. 
  

  

  