HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1913 
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ered thoroughly. Not only are directions 
given for feeding so as to win the best 
immediate results, but feeding for the fu¬ 
ture is considered and for an ultimate de¬ 
velopment that will require several gen¬ 
erations of poultry to complete. The sec¬ 
ond part of the book, which is more scien¬ 
tific than the first part and intended for 
those who intend to go more deeply into 
the subject, discusses the chemical prob¬ 
lems and more technical matters concern¬ 
ing poultry foods. 
“What is a Dry-fly?” These are the 
opening words of Mr. Emlyn M. Gill’s 
book entitled “Practical Dry-fly Fishing” 
(Charles Scribner's Sons, $1.25), in which 
the author gives a very thorough answer 
to the question. 
Dry-fly fishing was developed in Eng¬ 
land for use on slow, clear, placid streams, 
so that it is not surprising that until re¬ 
cently only a few Americans had used 
these methods, which in brief are designed 
to deceive the fish by artificial flies made in 
such a way that when cast they will float 
on the surface like the real insect. 
Mr. Gill shows that this method can be 
used with equal success on the more tur¬ 
bulent streams of America. He contrasts 
the difference between English and Amer¬ 
ican methods, which is largely due to the 
different characters of the streams. Many 
instances are quoted in which the dry-fly 
proved successful where the wet-fly had 
failed. 
The choice of tackle is very thoroughly 
dealt with; and a chapter is devoted to the 
artificial fly and the living ephemeridae. 
An appendix is given showing the equip¬ 
ment for a dry-fly angler. 
Royal Gardens. By Cyril Ward, B. A. 
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 
$5 net. 
We look to England as the origin of 
our gardening knowledge, and it is inter¬ 
esting historically to know of the old gar¬ 
dens that existed centuries previous to the 
Declaration of Independence. 
“Royal Gardens” is a large work, care¬ 
fully illustrated in water color by its 
author, showing what has been accom¬ 
plished in the royal houses of England. 
It takes up nine such places, including the 
Norman Tower Garden at Windsor Castle, 
Hampton Court, Holyrood Palace and 
others equally interesting. An historical 
description is given of each place and of 
the garden, which is accompanied by il¬ 
luminating remarks by the head gardener 
on the gardens in his charge. The col¬ 
ored illustrations are arranged after an 
interesting scheme, in that the gardens 
were painted at different seasons of the 
year, and now are placed so as to show a 
sequence of English bloom from spring to 
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