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PARK AND CEMETERY 
Evergreens : Hoze to Grove Them. 
By C. S. Harrison. Webb Publishing 
Co., St. Paul, Minn. There is a lack of 
practical information on the subject of 
evergreens, so far as it relates to their 
selection, care and management for the 
average grower. And yet this is a 
class of trees, in a large measure very 
ornamental, and in very many situa- 
tions extremely useful, speaking of 
such trees apart from their commercial 
value. They occupy a distinct place in 
the landscape, and in the improvement 
of the farm or residence property they 
may be made to serve purposes of both 
utility and beauty, accentuating the 
planting schemes of either requirement. 
Their variety is a remarkable character- 
istic of the class, but like all plants, it 
should be borne in mind that they must 
have natural conditions as to soil and 
climate in which to thrive, and that ever- 
greens which grow well in one locality 
or soil will fail in another where con- 
ditions are not congenial. Evergreens 
of most of the desirable kinds for orna- 
mental planting are, however, wonder- 
fully adaptive in their nature, and their 
number makes it quite an easy matter 
to secure a selection suitable for al- 
most every section of the country. Mr. 
Harrison’s little book affords a fund 
of instructive suggestions and knowl- 
edge in this direction, and it is par- 
ticularly explicit on the proper methods 
of not only growing evergreens from 
seeds and by propagation, but also on 
handling them during their collection 
in the mountains and forests and in 
packing them for transportation. The 
latter is a most important matter and 
its neglect or ignorance of requirements 
has caused both loss to the purchaser, 
and what is worse, neglect on the part 
of those having opportunities to use 
them from venturing to do so. We 
would suggest to both Mr. Harrison 
and his publishers that they exercise 
more care in the proofreading, for care- 
lessness in this regard unfortunately 
usually reflects on the book instead of 
the producers. 
The Transactions of the Illinois 
State Horticultural Society for 1905, 
which has just been published, contains 
a complete report of the fiftieth or 
semi-centennial meeting of the state 
society, and also reports of the three 
district meetings, with much other val- 
uable matter. There is also a large 
amount of valuable historical matter, 
which was collected especially for the 
semi-centennial meeting. This report 
is mailed free to all members of the 
society. For further information, ad- 
dress the secsetar}^ L. R. Bryant, 
Princeton, 111 . 
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LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
BY F. A. WAUGH 
An adtnirable treatise on the general principles , 
gover 7 iing ont 'oor art, with many suggestions \ 
Jor their application to the commoner problems i| 
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