Book IReviews 
THE GARDENING BLUE BOOK. 
A MANUAL OF THE PERENNIAL GARDEN 
By 
Leicester P. Holland, 
Of the Architectural Department of the University of Pennsylvania 
This delightful book begins with a carefully prepared chart, list- 
ing a great number of plants according to height, color, period of bloom 
and habit ingeniously arranged for easy reference. It contains excel- 
lent descriptions of all the individual plants mentioned in the chart, 
giving the derivation and meaning of the botanical names, the natural 
habitat of the plant, and the order to which it belongs, with fine illus- 
trations of each. 
EVERY MAN'S GARDEN EVERY WEEK 
By 
C. A. Seldek 
Dodd-Mead & Co. 
"The business of a garden is an adventure with Nature herself." 
An interesting, useful and practical book on gardening and country 
living on a modest scale, containing directions for vegetable planting, 
cultivation and use, the care of grounds and simple suggestions for 
laying them out. 
THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF OUTDOOR ROSE GROWING FOR 
THE HOME GARDEN 
By 
George C. Thomas, Jr. 
J. B. Lippincott Co. 
Beginning with propagation (recommending budded plants as 
best), Mr. Thomas describes the development of new varieties by 
hybridizing, and includes the usual invaluable chart of varieties (with 
directions for pruning). Many beautiful color illustrations accompany 
the text. 
The enthusiastic information in this book will stir its readers to 
rose culture not limited by the desire to obtain roses to fill the flower 
vases. 
