The Modem Gladiolus Grower, published monthly (50 cents 
a year) by Madison Cooper, Calcium, New York, is an exhaustive 
and valuable little paper, and necessary to all growers of this lovely 
flower. 
"Saxifrages," by Walter Irving and Reginald A. Malby, Head- 
ley, London, 2s. 6d. net, is very highly recommended to us. 
Mrs. Francis King writes: "I beg you to get, read and enjoy one 
of the loveliest garden books in the world to my thinking, "Our Senti- 
mental Garden," by those charming Castles, and published in our 
country by your own Lappincott. Probably you have it, but don't 
miss a word!" After this who does not long to read it at once? 
Upon request the Garden Club of America has sent BULLETINS 
in exchange to the Arnold Arboretum, the American Civic Association 
and the University of Illinois. We also have on file bulletins of the 
Zoological Department of Pennsylvania, etc 
The Committee on Garden Literature is compiling a catalogue of 
useful and interesting books which will be at the service of members 
when finished. 
Gen lessons in (Batten HDafeing 
MISS ELIZABETH L. LEE, 10 East 18th Street, Philadelphia 
The lessons will consist of references for reading, and explanatory 
papers. Students will be asked to write reviews, and give abstracts 
from their reading. The course may be begun any time after January 
1st, and pursued as suits individual convenience, provided it is finished 
by May 1st Fee for the course, $10.00. A group of ten students 
may take the course for $8.00 each. Tentative synopsis: The placing 
of the garden, general design, boundaries, backgrounds, steps, paths, 
the home fruit garden, rock garden, small trees and shrubs, perennials, 
annuals, roses, bulbs and their culture, the soil and fertilizers. 
The New York Flower Show will open on March 1 7th at the 
Grand Central Palace. Professor Powell regrets that he will not be 
able to meet the Garden Clubs personally, as he will be on the Pacific 
Coast. 
The Annual Meeting of the Garden Club of America will be 
held in Baltimore in the first or second week in May, and our hosts, 
the Green Spring Valley Garden Club and the Amateur Gardeners* 
Club, are making preparations for a most delightful two days. If a 
number of the members desire to see Annapolis or Mt. Vernon at this 
time the Baltimore clubs will very gladly arrange convenient visits for 
the third day. 
