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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 



Allen French, whose book "How to Grow "X'egetables"" has 

 been of much service to amateur gardeners for a number of 

 years, has issued a more elementary volume entitled "The Be- 

 ginner's Garden Book." The title describes it as a textbook 

 for the upper grammar grades but we are somewhat inclined to 

 doubt whether it will find much use for this purpose. The cur- 

 riculum is already too crowded to admit of the use of an ad- 

 ditional book of TOO pages. As a reference book for children 

 in the upper grades or for the teachers of these children, it is 

 likely to be of real service. It is written in understandable 

 language and illustrated with appropriate pictures of gardens, 

 plants and plant parts. There are four sections in the book 

 devoted to Autumn AA'ork, AA'inter V\^ork, Gardening- Under 

 Glass and the Real Garden, thus following the seasons from 

 autumn to summer much as the school course does. In an 

 appendix the commoner vegetables and flowering- plants are 

 listed with notes on their cultivation, etc. The book is pub- 

 lished by The ^lacmillan Company at $1.00 net. 



