Think of them — tall and bold, cloudy and fine; pink, white, deep 
blue, pale lavender — one sees the group and the color, and, with the 
data, may reproduce it at will. 
Mrs. King introduces us to many plants new to the ordinary 
gardener. Her color combinations are very delicate and full of surprises. 
Flowers of fine presence and beauty of form give emphasis to her com- 
binations. 
There is a chapter on "Gardeners," the first practical suggestion I 
have seen, looking toward the development and recognition of such a 
profession in the United States. 
But one turns back again and again to Color Harmony, Companion 
Crops, Succession Crops, and Balance with the feeling that a want 
has been supplied and that with this guide one may hope that dreams 
will come true, and a fairy godmother's wand will dress our little 
Cinderella in such lovely raiment that "all the company wonders at her 
beauty." 
It is to be noticed that Mrs. King does not depend for effects upon 
exotic plants, never using the vivid flowers and strong foliage of tropical 
vegetation in her plans. Four plans worked to a scale, and folded in 
the back of the book, offer examples of the planting of spring flowers and 
hardy borders which may be best used as given, but might be varied in 
many ways, while using the measurements and arrangement for height. 
The appendix on "Garden Clubs" does not give Mrs. King credit 
for having inspired the Garden Club of Michigan, of which she was 
the first President, and is the most distinguished member. 
Mary Anderson, 
Garden Club of Michigan. 
"THE PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT-GROWING" 
By L. H. BAILEY 
MacMillan Co.. 1 91 5 -Price $1.75 
This twentieth edition of a valuable book has been sent to us to 
review — and to say that it is complete in every detail to the purpose of 
the fruit grower is to repeat what must have been published about it 
many times. It is a manual of fruit growing for the professional, with 
careful suggestions to the amateur, and an appeal to the fruit-loving 
public to demand first-class fruit by educating themselves to an appre- 
ciation of it. 
"At one time," says Mr. Bailey, "a pleasant collection or museum 
of growing fruits was considered to be a part of a good private estate. 
Most fruit eaters have never eaten a first-class apple, pear or peach, and 
do not know what such fruits are; all this is as much to be deplored as 
a loss of standards of excellence in literature and music, for it is an 
expression of a lack of resources and a failure of sensitiveness." 
E. P. F. 
