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IRecent {publications. 
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, announce the publication of 
“ Birds That Hunt and Are Hunted,” by Neltje Blanclian; “ The But¬ 
terfly Book,” by Dr. W. J. Holland; “ Flame, Electricity and the 
Camera,” by George lies. 
The Gardeners’ Chronicle, London, England, issue of July 6th, will be 
treasured by rose growers and lovers of the rose generally. Its reports 
of the Temple show by the National Rose Society are especially valu¬ 
able. Its illustrations are of great interest, especially the beautiful 
half-tone engravings of the four-page supplement showing Climbing 
Devoniensis, Souvenir d’ Elise Vardon, Countess de Nadaillac, the 
Bride. Prince of Wales, Longworth Fairy. 
Architectural Group—Pan-American. 
“ The World’s Work” covers everything of important cotemporane- 
ous interest and achievement with no waste of words. Its illustrations 
are of generous size. It is sewed like a book. It is trimmed. No list 
of famous contributors has been sought—the idea of the magazine well 
carried out is relied upon to win respect. A section tells the busy man 
what are the tendencies in the chief businesses and professions, and 
without statistics or dry facts. 25 cents a number, $3.00 a year. New 
York: Doubleday, Page & Co. 
The issue of July 6th of the Gardeners’ Magazine, London, England, 
was a special rose number. A fine colored plate of the tea-scented 
rose, Madame Moreau, formed a supplement. Many interesting 
articles, profusely illustrated, describe roses from various standpoints. 
The exhibition of the National Rose Society in the Temple gardens is 
reported at length. In an article on “Some Eminent Rosarians” 
pictures and sketches of W. F. Cooling, H. P, Landon, G. Moules, 
B. E. Cant, G W. Piper, and R. Foley Hobbs are given. 
The Insect Book— By Dr. L. O. Howard (Chief of Division of Ento¬ 
mology, Department of Agriculture). A popular description by the 
foremost authority in this country of bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, 
flies and other North American insects. It has full-life histories, giving 
an intimate account of the most wonderful facts in that insect world 
all around us, which is so incompletely known, even to scientists. 
There is to day almost nothing that covers authoritatively, yet popu¬ 
larly. this vast field, so that the present volume has special importance. 
With the 300 text cuts and the 16 colored and 32 black and white pages 
made direct from the insects themselves, the subject is abundantly as 
well as beautifully pictured. Uniform with “ Nature’s Study books. 
Price, $3.00 net. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. 
The tenth annual report of the Missouri Botanical Garden, for 1901, 
has been issued under the direction of Dr. William Trelease the direc¬ 
tor. The contents include reports of the officers of the board and 
the director and scientific papers on the following subjects: A 
Disease of the Black Locust.” by Herman Van Schrenk; ‘ Cio. 
tons of the United States.” by A. M. Ferguson; “An Unde¬ 
scribed Agave from Arizona” by J. W. Tourney; “A Critate 
Pellea,” by Dr. Trelease, also, “ A Pacific Slope Palmetto, by the 
same author; and “ Garden Beans Cultivated as Esculents, by H. C. 
Irish. Each of these papers is illustrated by half-tone engravings. 
Including the border of the newly graded addition and the woody 
plants destined for the North American synopsis but yet in nursery, 
the Garden now contains 9,194 species and varieties of plants (including 
annuals which were cultivated in their season and are likely to be cul¬ 
tivated or replaced by others another spring) of which 5,547 are annuals 
or hardy perennials, and 3,647 are cultivated under glass. 
Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture, 1900. 
Pp. 888, frontispiece, pis. 87, figs. 88. As provided by law, the first 
part consists of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture. The 
second part contains thirty-one articles, five more than last year. While 
the Yearbook for 1900 is not specially devoted to a review of the sev¬ 
eral Divisions, it is distinctively representative of the work of the 
Department. With the exception of two articles prepared in the 
Division of Publications, every article covers some important line of 
work carried on in the Bureau. Division or Office from where it ema¬ 
nated. The two articles prepared in the Division of Publications, 
while not relating directly to the work of the Department or to practi¬ 
cal agriculture, will, it is believed, be found of interest to American 
agriculturists. The appendix contains the directory of the Depart¬ 
ment, the directory of colleges and experiment stations, lists of State 
officials in charge of agriculture, secretaries of State agricultural socie¬ 
ties, officers of various agricultural and kindred associations, statistics 
of farm crops, and other information of interest to the farmer. A new 
feature of the appendix is the publication of requirements for admis¬ 
sion to the agricultural departments of the land grant colleges, and the 
cost of attendance. The small quota (only 6 per cent.) of this publica¬ 
tion assigned to this Department is insufficient to supply even its regu¬ 
lar correspondents and coworkers, and miscellaneous applicants are, 
therefore, respectfully referred to their Senators, Representatives, and 
Delegates in Congress, to whom the other 94 per cent, is allotted for 
distribution. The Superintendent has them for sale at 75 cents per 
copy. 
DEMAND FOR BETTER APPLES. 
On the subject of marketing fruit, Professor Bailey says: 
My eyes were opened when I visited the old world. I had read 
about their painstaking methods of pruning and thinning, but it seemed 
to me trivial. I remember, on going to see a famous apple orchard 
that I was impressed with the large building in which the apples were 
kept and packed. It was a building with a floor space as big as this 
Pan American as seen from Tower. 
room, but there were only two acres of the orchard. The trees were 
trained on wire trellises, not more than six feet high and ten feet apart. 
The buds on the trees were all known and perhaps counted. Now, 
how could they make money on apples in that way ? I will tell you. 
They sold those apples for thirty to forty cents apiece. I do not think 
we have much demand for apples at that price, but there is demand 
for better apples than we raise. I heard a man say a few days ago 
that the best crop he had this year in New York was watermelons. 
Think of it—and Georgia watermelons sent all over the country ! The 
dealer said they were not so big as the Georgia melons, but it was the 
taste that sold them. We once grew hothouse tomatoes and thought 
we must get them on the market before February or March, because 
after that the Florida tomatoes would be in the market; but we found 
ours would sell for double the price of the Florida tomatoes at the 
same time. I believe thoroughly in Kieflfer pears, but I do not believe 
n growing them everywhere. We must grow those things that thrive 
in our locality, and that our special market wants. 
