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Time Gardens"t is neither one nor the other, but in a class be- 

 tween. It is a book to be kept near at hand and browsed through 

 and leisurely digested in any idle half hours that may come. As 

 its name indicates, the volume is principally concerned with the 

 gardens of our colonial ancestors, the flowers that grew in them 

 and the quaint facts and fancies about them that have been em- 

 balmed in the literature and folk-lore on both sides of the At- 

 lantic. Many an ancient favorite among the flowers comes back 

 to life at the touch of Mrs. Earle's pen, and many pages are 

 redolent of the mints and simples of the old-time gardens. 

 Modern gardens, however, are not overlooked, for the book con- 

 tains a large number of illustrations made mostly from photo- 

 graphs taken in the finest gardens of America. 



The increasing interest in forests and forestry has called 

 forth an excellent little book by G. Frederick Schwarz, entitled 

 "Forest Trees and Forest Scenery."! We have had plenty of 

 books on the trees as individual species, but this is the first 

 American book to treat of their esthetic aspects in the forests. 

 The author's style is singularly expressive and well calculated 

 to set forth the beauties of our forest scenery. The book is 

 totally devoid of the Herbarium flavor and reads as if it might 

 have been written in the woods in the presence of the very 

 species mentioned. Various forestry problems are touched upon, 

 but without the usual dry details. Several well-chosen illustra- 

 tions serve to bring out various features of the work. 



One can scarcely claim to know the trees if he can recognize 

 them only in summer dress. In winter, the leafless boughs give 

 an unfamiliar look to the commonest species, and frequently 

 make their identification a matter of difficulty by the use of 

 the ordinary Manuals, so that a book designed expressly for the 

 winter season is very welcome. This we have in "Studies of 

 Trees in Winter,"** a description of the deciduous trees of 

 north-eastern America, by Annie Oakes Huntington. The book 



tOld-Time Gardens, newly set forth by Alice Morse Earle, New York; 

 The Macmillan Co., 1901. 8vo. pp. 489. 



JForest Trees and Forest Scenery, by G. Frederick Schwarz, New 

 York; The Grafton Press, 1901. 12 mo. pp. 183; $1.50. 



**Stndies of Trees in Winter, by Annie Oakes Huntington, Boston; 

 Knight & Millet, 1902. 8vo. pp. 189; $2.25 net. 



