Sept. 21, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
355 
THE OUTDOOR LIBRARY 
Seasonable books dealing with every phase of life 
in the Open. Handbooks of sport. Books that 
make “roughing it easy/ 1 Books for Fisherman, 
Hunter, Yachtsman, Canoeist, Camper, Nature 
Lover. Books of Travel and Adventure for 
Young and Old. 
FATTER BLUEBERRIES. 
While the New England blueberry is justly 
famous, its systematic cultivation until recently 
has been neglected, largely through the belief 
that it was impossible. 
The large bushes in the grounds of the 
Smithsonian Institution at Washington are prob¬ 
ably more than fifty years old, and many such 
bushes in the Arnold Arboretum near Boston 
demonstrate the fallacy of the idea that the 
blueberry cannot be transplanted and cultivated. 
Some years ago Dr. Frederick D. Coville, a 
Government botanist, started upon a series of 
investigations of the culture of the berries, 
which, according to the Scientific American, has 
continued to the present time with somewhat re¬ 
markable results. 
Proceeding with the idea that previous fail¬ 
ures along the same line had been due to a mis¬ 
understanding of the soil requirements of the 
blueberry, which are radically different from 
those of our common cultivated plants, the doc¬ 
tor, whose interest in the subject was attracted 
as far back as 1906, has made a careful study 
of the soil requirements with important results. 
The doctor found it necessary to devise a 
gauge. This huckleberryometer, or blueberry 
gauge, as it is more prosaically known in the 
Department, is used for measuring the berries 
and in noting the progress of the cultivation. 
The possibility of culture has not only been 
demonstrated, but the size development as well. 
Starting with a normal size of the opening No. 
11 of the gauge, the berries have been developed 
to size No. 15, and doubtless a further cultiva¬ 
tion will result in a much larger size, the flavor 
and fruitiness of the berry being improved rather 
than impaired by the cultivation. 
BUSHMASTER AND LANCEHEAD 
SNAKES. 
From R. R. Mole, who sends us many in¬ 
teresting South American reptiles and insects, 
we have just received a fine example of the 
fer-de-lance and a large specimen of the South 
American bushmaster. These two serpents rep¬ 
resent the deadliest species of reptiles of the 
new' world. The lance-head snake is about six 
feet long and the bushmaster is about eight feet 
in length. The latter is of a beautiful salmon 
hue, the body crossed by sooty-black bands. The 
scales are so rough as to suggest the surface of 
a pineapple. In his letter relating to these ser¬ 
pents, both of which were captured on the Island 
of Trinidad, Mr. Mole explains that the great 
pit vipers of that island are now becoming very 
rare, owing to the activity among their numbers 
of the Indian mongoose, which was imported to 
Trinidad some years ago. Despite its habit of 
killing poisonous snakes, the mongoose is not 
rated as a very valuable mammal in Trinidad, 
owing to its habit of frequently killing poultry.—- 
New York Zoological Society Bulletin. 
A LONG-LIVED BEETLE. 
Although the small insects are supposed to 
live for comparatively short periods, we have 
an interesting record of a beetle that was cap¬ 
tured on the borders of the Sahara Desert by 
a lady visiting the Pyramids. This lady picked 
up the beetle and placed it in what she be¬ 
lieved to be an air-tight tin box, her intention 
being to have the insect mounted upon arriving 
in America as a souvenir of her trip to the 
desert. She believed that the insect would die 
immediately after being placed in the box. Ar¬ 
riving in America three months later she dis¬ 
covered the box in her trunk, and upon open¬ 
ing it, was astonished to find the beetle, which 
had been all this time without food and water, 
in a lively condition. She presented the insect 
to the society, asking that it be installed in one 
of the cages of the insect collection. This creat¬ 
ure died on April 10 of the present year, after 
having been in our possession for seventeen 
months. Curiously enough it was seldom noted 
to partake of food during the period it was ex¬ 
hibited here, although it remained uniformly 
lively up to the time that it died.—New' York 
Zoological Society Bulletin. 
Uncle Lisha’s Shop. 
Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E. Rob¬ 
inson. Cloth. 187 pages. Price, $1.25. 
The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Lisha 
Peggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of sportsman’s 
exchange, where, as one of the fraternity expressed it, 
the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neigh¬ 
borhood used to meet of evenings and dull outdoor days, 
“to swap lies.’' 
Hunting Without a Gun. 
And other papers. By Rowland E. Robinson. With 
illustrations from drawings by Rachael Robinson. 
Price, $2.00 
This collection of papers on different themes con¬ 
tributed to P'oeest and Stream and other publications 
and now for the first time brought together. 
Forest Runes. 
Poems by George W. Sears (“Nessmuk”). With arto- 
type portraits and autobiographical sketch of the author. 
Cloth, 208 pages. Price, $1.50. 
American Big Game Hunting. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club: Editors: 
Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Illus¬ 
trated. Cloth, 345 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Trail and Camp-Fire. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. Editors: 
George Bird Grinnell and Theodore Roosevelt. 
Illustrated. Cloth, 353 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Like its predecessors, the present volume is devoted 
chiefly to the great game and outdoor life of Northern 
America; yet it does not confine itself to any one land, 
though it is first of all a book about America, its game 
and its people. 
American Big Game in Its Haunts. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club for 1904. 
George Bird Grinnell, Editor. 490 pages and 46 
full-page illustrations. Price, $2.50. 
This is the fourth and by far the largest and hand¬ 
somest of the Club’s books. It opens with a sketch of 
Theodore Roosevelt, founder of the Boone and Crockett 
Club, and contains an extremely interesting article from 
his pen descriptive of his visit to the Yellowstone Park 
in 1903. Other papers are on North American Big 
Game; Hunting in Alaska; The Kadiac Bear; Moose; 
Mountain Sheep; Game Refuges, and other big-game 
topics. 
My Friend the Partridge. 
By S. T. Hammond. Cloth, 150 pages. Postpaid, $1.00. 
An inimitable study of ihe noblest of our game birds, 
following the ruffed grouse deep into his haurts, de¬ 
tailing the experiences of more than 60 years in the 
field, and throwing much light on the habits, life history 
and habitat of the game. A most delightful reminder 
of happy days with upland game. 
Inter-Ocean Hunting Tales. 
By Edgar F. Randolph. Cloth, 200 pages. Postpaid, $1 00. 
A collection of stories such as are told about the 
camp-fire. Mr. Randolph offers a hunting experience 
bounded only by the two oceans, replete with incident, 
interesting from its novel viewpoint, and dealing with 
every kind of game that falls to the rifle of the American 
sportsman. 
The Spaniel and Its Training. 
By F. H. F. Mercer. To which are added the American 
and English Spaniel Standards. Cloth. Illustrated. 
Price, $1.00. 
Men I Have Fished With. 
Sketches of character and incident with rod and gun 
from childhood to manhood: from the killing of little 
fishes and birds to a buffalo hunt. • By Fred Mather. 
Illustrated. Price, $1.50. 
Training the Hunting Dog for the Field and 
Field Trials. 
By B. Waters. Cloth, 2S1 pages. Price, $1.50. 
This is the latest and best manual on the subject. A* 
an owner and handler of field trial dogs, and one having 
had an exceptionally wide experience in the field and at 
field trials, Mr. Waters was admirably equipped to write 
such a work. It has already taken its place as the 
standard authority. 
American Duck Shooting. 
By George Bird Grinnell. Cloth, 630 pages. With 5$ 
portraits of North American Swans, Geese and Ducks, 
Plans of Boats and Batteries. Fifty Vignettes in the. 
text and a chart of the topography of a duck’s plumage 
Price, $3.50. 
My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, 
Trading and Indian Fighting. 
By W. T. Hamilton (“Bill” Plamilton). With 8 full- 
page illustrations by Chas. M. Russell. New York. 
Cloth. 233 pages. Price, $1.50. 
Manual of Taxidermy for Amateurs. 
A complete guide in collecting and preserving birds 
and animals. By C. J. Maynard. Illustrated. New 
edition. Price, $1.00. 
“The Long Shooters” and the Origin of 300 
Yards Revolver Shooting. (New.) 
Bv Wm. Brent Altsheler. Price 75 cents. Postage 4 
cents extra. 
Interesting alike to civilian and soldier, amateur and 
professional. A neatly bound volume; illustrated from 
photographs of shooters and shooting scenes. 
Woodcraft. 
By Nessmuk. Cloth, 200 pages. Illustrated. Postpaid. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
No better book was ever written for the help and 
guidance of those who go into the woods for sport and 
recreation. It' is simple and practical, and withal a 
classic, written with a rare and quaint charm. 
Houseboats and Houseboating. 
By Albert Bradlee Hunt. The book contains forty 
specially prepared articles by owners and designers of 
well-known house-boats, and is beautifully illustrated with 
nearly 200 line and half-tone reproductions of plans and 
exteriors and interiors. A most interesting chapter i> 
devoted to houseboating in England. Extra heavy paper, 
buckram. The price is $3.00 net. Postage, 34 cents. 
Some Native Birds for Little Folks. 
By Dr. W. Van Fleet. Illustrated by Howard H. 
Darnell. Cloth. 146 pages, with 14 photogravure 
plates. Price, $1.00. 
Describes the wood duck, the great horned owl, rufted 
grouse, killdeer, plover, bobolink, blueiay, chickadee, cedar 
bird, meadow lark, robin, woodcock, kingfisher, crossbill, 
and nuthatches. 
The Anglers’ Workshop. Rod Making for 
Beginners. 
By Perry D. Frazer. Cloth, 180 pages. Four full-page 
illustrations, 60 working drawings. Postpaid, $1.00. 
A complete, simple and thoroughly up-to-date work 
for the guidance of the amateur rod maker, carrying him 
from first principles through all phases of successful rod 
making. There is no theorizing or speculation. Ail 
terms are simple, and all kinds of rods and woods are 
treated of. 
Modem Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 
By Fred Mather, author of “Men I have Fished With,” 
with a chapter on Whitefish Culture by Hon. Herschel 
Whitaker, and a chapter on the Pike-Perch by Jame» 
Nevin. Illustrated. Price, $2.00. 
My Angling Friends. 
A Second Series of “Men I Have Fished With ” By 
Fred Mather. Cloth, 369 pages, with 13 illustrations. 
Trice $1.50. 
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