July, 1907 



A M E R I 



CAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XXV 



and crushed. This jarring must continue from 

 the time the petals begin to fall until the fruit 

 is toughened, about eighteen days. Plum knot 

 must be removed as soon as the leaves are off 

 in the fall, and before the spores scatter — 

 which is done in late winter or early spring. 



I NEW BOOKS 



My Garden Record. New York: Dodd, 

 Mead & Co. Pp. 190. Price, $1.00 net. 

 This is a well-meant help to gain knowl- 

 edge by experience. It aims to provide a 

 record from one season to the next of suc- 

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 It is primarily intended for use with annuals, 

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Birds That Every Child Should Know. 

 The East. By Neltje Blanchan. New 

 York: Doubleday, Page & Co. Pp. i6-l- 

 281. Price, $1.20 net. 

 There is no need to argue that children 

 should be interested in the birds of the fields 

 and parks, but there is a real need for a book 

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 met by the present volume, the author of 

 which has long since demonstrated both her 

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 urgent necessity. The birds of the fields and 

 hedges are treated with sufficient fulness of 

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 May it have the same hearty welcome that 

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The Book of Camping and Woodcraft. 

 By Horace Kephart. New York: The 

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 Price, $1.50 net. 

 Offered as a guidebook for those who 

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 it is based on "sound 'horse-sense' " is amply 

 justified by the thoroughness with which every 

 aspect of camping and wood life is treated, 

 the practicability of its suggestions, the rea- 

 sonableness of its ideas. The author concerns 



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