animals the explorers hunted and the Indians with whom they 
lived; and the pages breathe of courage and the vigor of 
adventure and primitive life. The final chapter tells about 
trappers in the Northwest today, their methods of trapping, 
how the love of adventure and the wilderness persists in them 
and how they, too, are trailmakers. 
E. G-. Britton. 
The Little Garden. By Mrs. Francis King. 
The Atlantic Monthly Press. Price $1.75. Boston. 
In ' ' The Little Garden ' ' Mrs. King has set forth in condensed 
form the knowledge that has come to her through many years 
of gardening. She gives, generously and enthusiastically, to all 
who have or would have a little garden, the concentrated essence 
that has made her a great gardener, for as our English confreres 
would say, ' ' She is very great on gardening. ' ' 
Those who have wide experience will realize that knowledge 
is shown no less by what she has included than by what she has 
excluded. Her lists are not long or complicated, she does not 
frighten with cultural details, elaborations of technique are left 
for a later, sadder day. One bit of pathos she admits ; the story 
of the first packet of Delphinium seeds which produced such 
splendid specimens as seldom since have been seen. This is 
significant to the time-worn and case-hardened gardener, but 
sounds only an encouraging note to the happy novice. 
In matters of taste the book is an excellent guide, insisting 
as it does on simplicity and quiet harmony. The chapters on 
enclosing the garden and on furniture and accessories give the 
best of advice in the confident manner that usually insures 
acceptance of such advice. Those on the choice of flowers and 
color reduce these subjects to a simple form and must inevitably 
influence the beginner. Insistence upon a definite and strictly 
followed plan is another well-taken point. 
K. L. B. 
Plant Emigrants. By U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Perhaps the most interesting to horticulturists of all the 
bulletins issued by the United States Department of Agriculture 
is Plant Emigrants, a multigraphed booklet issued monthly 
under the supervision of David Fairchild, agricultural explorer 
in charge. Plant Emigrants deals entirely with new species of 
flowers, fruits, vegetables, trees and shrubs as sent to the office 
of foreign plant introduction by government explorers, foreign 
correspondents and international bureaus for trial at Washing- 
ton. 
Brief descriptions of these plants and their possibilities are 
given and, when stock permits, plants or cuttings of these new 
or strange plants are distributed to applicants. In the main, 
plant experimenters and breeders receive preference in these 
distributions. 
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