THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
IRecent publications. 
“ Principal Insects Liable to be Distributed on Nursery Stock.” 
Prepared under the direction of the entomologist, by Nathan Banks 
assistant entomologist. Pp. 46 , figs. 43 . (Bulletin No. 34 , new series 
U. S. Division of Entomology.) Price 5 cents, 
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, New York and Chicago, announce 
the publication of volumes XIII. and XIV. of “ The Silva of North 
America,” the monumental work by Professor Charles Sprague 
Sargent. These volumes complete the work, the cost of the fourteen 
volumes being $ 350 . 
The proceedings of the Iowa Park and Forestry Association have 
been issued by the secretary, L. H Pammel, Ames, la. The associa¬ 
tion was formed last fall to encourage the establishment of parks, 
beautify cities, care for cemeteries, preserve forests, etc. Silas Wilson, 
Atlantic, la., is the treasurer. At the first meeting held December 11 , 
12 , 1901 , papers on subjects in accordance with the purpose of the 
organization were read. It is a foregone conclusion that such an asso¬ 
ciation will do much to encourage the planting of trees. 
Country Life in America for August follows the changing year with 
superb pictures and articles on gardening, birds and wild flowers, 
vacation pastimes and many things of the outdoor world during the 
month. The home-making series deals this month with external 
features of the house, and the making of water-garden, with beautiful 
flowers and vegetation. There are beautiful pictures of the plants and 
the animal life in the water. Other articles deal with “ The Redemp¬ 
tion of the Low-Ground,” “The Back Yard Problem” in garden¬ 
making, and many things that have to do with outdoor occupations, 
sports and nature study. In all, the magazine is a unique and beauti¬ 
ful tribute to the growing outdoor feeling. 
The proceedings of the twenty-seventh session of the American 
Pomological Society, held in Buffalo, September 12 , 13 , 1901 , have 
been compiled by the secretary, William A. Taylor, Washington, D. 
C., and published by the society. Charles L. Watrous, Des Moines, 
la., is the president of the society. The executive committee includes 
William C. Barry and G. L. Taber. On the finance committee is J. J. 
Harrison, Painesville, O., and among the state vice-presidents are the 
following well known nurserymen : W. F. Heikes, Luther Burbank, 
George L. Taber, P. J. A. Berckmans, jr., Charles G. Patten, J. W. 
Manning, C. J. Monroe, J. Van Lindley, J. J. Harrison, H. H. Chase. 
There are biographical sketches of T. T. Lyon, William Saunders, 
Thomas Meehan, Robert Manning. The stenographic report of the 
proceedings is of great value to all who are interested in fruits, as are 
also the fruit reports. The entire matter is indexed. Appended to 
the report is the revised catalogue of fruits recommended by the 
society for cultivation in the various sections of the United States and 
British provinces. 
A second edition of one of the most delightful books on the rose, 
“ The Book of the Rose,” by the Rev. A. Foster-Melliar, M. A., rector 
of Sproughton, Suffolk, England, has been issued by Macmillan & Co., 
L’td. of London. The author states that not only from the British 
Isles, but from all countries apparently where roses are grown he has 
received kind expressions of approval and commendation. The pres¬ 
ent edition has been thoroughly revised in the light of the wisdom 
gained during the seven years that have elapsed since the first edition. 
The book is as fascinating as a novel. The author writes for the en¬ 
thusiast, for those who make a regular hobby of their roses, and 
think of them as fondly and almost as fully in January as in June. 
A good rose, he says, should stand in the vase by itself as a queen 
should ; then let any other flower or combination of flowers rival her 
if they can. The author, after an introduction, gives the history and a 
classification of the rose. Chapters are devoted to situation and soil, 
laying out beds and protection, pruning, stocks, propagation, pests, 
roses under glass, exhibiting, manners and customs, selections and a 
calendar of operations. No grower of roses should be without Rev. A. 
Foster-Melliar’s book. Cloth, 8vo., illustrated, $ 1 . 75 . London: Mac¬ 
millan & Co., L’td. New York : The Macmillan Co. Rochester, 
N. Y.: Scrantom, Wetmore & Co. 
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The Year Book of the Department of Agriculture for 1901 has been 
issued under the direction of Secretary James Wilson, and under the 
editorial supervision of George William Hill. The book is one of 
great value to any person who is directly interested in the tillage of 
the soil. A large amount of information is contained in the 608 pages 
of the work. The original articles contributed to the work are mainly 
general in character and in application, and there is much that is of 
direct interest to the nurseryman. Secretary Wilson calls attention to 
the importance of fruit growing. There is an especially valuable 
article on commercial orcharding by U. S Poraologist G. B. Brackett. 
The apple is discussed in a number of parts of the book, as are other of 
the standard fruits. Fruit and shade trees in general are subjects of 
discussion by experts. There are articles on progress in plant breed¬ 
ing, little known fruit varieties considered worthy of wider dissemina¬ 
tion, the home fruit garden, etc. A large amount of statistical matter 
is presented in the appendix. The American Association of Nursery¬ 
men heads the list of horitcultural and kindred societies, and all the 
sectional nursery organizations are listed ; but the Western New York 
Horticultural Society, one of the oldest and largest in the country, 
does not appear there. 
The World’s Work for August gives a large portion of its pages to 
the seasonable subject of “ The Whole People at Play.” A series of 
strikingly interesting stories and experiences, descriptions of recreation 
country, articles on striking development of the continental - wide 
business of vacation-making, all filled with the spirit of the American 
summer, are written by Walter H. Page, Julian Ralph. Lindsay Deni¬ 
son, Charles F. Holder, E. T. W. Chambers, Arthur Goodrich, W. G. 
Cunniff and Ray Stevens. And the hundred illustrations which ac¬ 
company this special feature of the number help the text to bring the 
reader into the midst of the Great North Woods, the varied New Eng¬ 
land resorts, by Wisconsin lakes, over the Rockies, by the shores of 
Santa Catalina. And many of the photographs are extraordinary bits 
of picture-making. Besides the usual March of Events and Among 
the World Workers there are additional features. Russell Doubleday, 
who wrote “A Gunner Aboard the Yankee,” tells of the new 20 hour 
trains between New York and Chicago a striking chapter in Ameri 
can progress—and O. P. Austen, chief of the Bureau of Statistics at 
Washington, discusses the future of the American commercial inva¬ 
sion. Among the portraits are a unique picture of Joe Jefferson rak. 
ing in his garden, and a portrait of John Burroughs by his son. 
Forestry in Minnesota, by Samuel B. Green, professor of horticul. 
ture and Forestry in the University of Minnesota. This is one of the 
most attractive books of the kind that we have seen in point of typog¬ 
raphy, arrangement, classification, illustration and comprehensiveness. 
Issued primarily for the classes in the University of Minnesota, it has 
been received in such favor in the fourteen agricultural colleges in 
which it is the chief text book on forestry, and in normal and high 
schools, that the first edition was quickly exhausted and a second and 
revised edition has been prepared and issued. The work has been 
divided into the following chapters in part one : The tree, the forest, 
forest influences, tree planting on prairies, forest regeneration and 
treatment, propagation, nursery practice, forest protection, rate of 
increase, forest mensuration, forest problems in Minnesota, wood and 
its uses, durability of wood, forest economics. Part II. treats of trees 
of Minnesota and part III. of forest trees of the United States. There 
is a glossary and an index. The seeker after information regarding 
the propagation of forest trees will here find just what he wants. The 
result of long and patient study of the subject is apparent upon every 
page, as is also a marked ability for the transmission of information. 
Practical forest problems are presented with answers in detail The 
book is a working manual and should be of great value in a large field. 
It is published at 25 cents per copy, postage 12 cents, by the Geolog¬ 
ical and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, and is worth five times 
the price. It has been copyrighted by the author, Professor Samuel 
B. Green. The book, while primarily for Minnesota conditions, is, of 
course, applicable to a wide range of country. 
L. J. Farmer, Pulaski, N. Y., May 2 , 1902 —“Your paper is one of 
the very few we have time to read from cover to cover and the only 
one that we pay for. The others are all sent gratis.” 
