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THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
of ninety-five trees and large shrubs of the State of 
Oregon together with description of their sahent features, 
use and range. The pamphlet is published in Portland, 
Oregon. 
Park and Cemetery, of Chicago, has added a most 
valuable feature in the form of a monthly index to the 
articles in other publications that are Hkely to be of 
interest to its readers. This list is made up from nearl}^ 
forty papers devoted to horticulture, floriculture, forestry 
and kindred subjects. The list is alphabetically arranged 
but v^re suggest that it would be improved by setting the 
titles in italic or capitals. 
''Flower Fables and Fancies" is the attractive title 
of an attractive little book by N. Hudson Moore which 
treats of several w^ell known flowers including the rose, 
lily, chrysanthemum, lilac, crocus, etc. The volume 
makes no claims to being complete, but tells in an enter- 
taining way with many extracts from the poets of the 
various fancies about the flowers. There are many 
illustrations from photographs and each page has a 
decorative border in color suitable to the subject of which 
it treats. (New York, The F. A. Stokes Co., $1.60 net.) 
The Japanese are great lovers of flowers and in an 
intelligent appreciation of them doubtless excel the people 
of our own land. Such an occurrence as' that of a whole 
nation ceasing work just to go out and look at the 
blooming cherry or plum trees could scarcely happen in 
bustling America. In the ''Japanese Floral Calendar," 
Ernest W. Clement has given us other glimpses of the 
Japanese regard for flowers. The art of arranging flowers 
in Japan appears to be most complicated. An English- 
man who has studied the theory of it required three 
hundred pages to properly describe it. Mr. Clement's 
little book treats of the flowers most popular in each 
month of the year, with many examples of Japanese 
poetry relating to flowers. There are a large number of 
excellent illustrations. (The Open Court Publishing Co., 
Chicago.) 
