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tires of fashion; ty their strength 
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Put Silvertowns under ANY car 
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smartness and satisfaction. 
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A ;row of gardening books 
That the general principles of tree 
repair are the same for both sides of 
the Atlantic is clearly shown by A. D. 
Webster in Tree Wounds and Dis¬ 
eases (Lippincott). The book is Eng¬ 
lish throughout, but there is much in 
it that the American lover of trees 
can profitably take to heart. It is 
more comprehensive than the few 
previous volumes on the subject 
which have appeared from time to 
time, and includes special chapters on 
injurious insects and the care of fruit 
trees. It should be in every horticul¬ 
tural reference library which makes 
any pretentions to completeness. 
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The normal child never lived who 
did not love birds and animals, and 
we cannot conceive of one to whom 
colored pictures of these same crea¬ 
tures would not appeal far more 
strongly than mere printed descrip¬ 
tions. So in the Wild Animal Primer 
(New York Zoological Society) we training up trees, hedges, woody 
have what should prove a most ex- vines and cane fruits in the way 
cellent little gift book for the small they should go. Profuse illustra- 
boy or girl. There are in it forty- tions make every step clear, for they 
nine simply written animal stories show not only what should be done 
which should hold a child’s atten- but the various tools and appliances 
tion while at the same time giving wherewith to do it. 
information, and for each one is a 
colored photograph of the bird or ^ 
beast described. The pictures are 
made in stamp form and supplied in in Studies in Gardening (Scrib- 
a separate envelope, so that the child ner’s) Mr. A. Clutton-Brock has 
can paste them m their proper places, given to the flower loving world a 
The book has the official approval book which is as nearly exhaustive 
of Director Hornaday of the New in its particular field as any we have 
York Zoological Park, which is ample seen. With marked skill the author 
guarantee of its authenticity and edu- has combined charming literary style 
cational value. and ideas with practical information. 
If we wished to generalize, we might 
^ say that here is a book primarily of 
impressions and suggestions, rather 
than instructions. Secondarily, how- 
Better than ever is the new and ever, a careful reading will disclose 
revised edition of L. H. Bailey’s a fund of practical information which 
“The Pruning Manual” (Macmillan), is at once adequate and well pre- 
To say that the book is a standard sented. Unlike most English garden- 
is but an inadequate characteriza- ing books, the differences from our 
tion; rather is it the last word in American floriculture have been taken 
care of by the careful editing 
and footnotes of Mrs. Francis 
King, than whom we know of 
no one better qualified to judge 
of flower conditions on this 
side of the Atlantic. 
No gardener or student of 
landscape can pick up Stephen 
F. Hamblin’s IBook of Garden 
Plmis (Doubleday, Page & Co.) 
without seeing at a glance that 
it is a strikingly sane and sen¬ 
sible volume that is practical 
in the best sense of that over¬ 
worked word. Without a non- 
essential line the author pre¬ 
sents some twenty blueprint 
plans with their accompanying 
keys,_ a brief synopsis of the 
conditions to be met in each 
case, and numerous halftone 
illustrations showing the indi¬ 
vidual effects which can be ob- 
