THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
365 
Our Book Uable 
Alpine Flowers and Gardens, by G. Flemwell. 6 x g in. 
167 pages. Published by The MacMillan Co., New York. 
Price $2.00. 
The demand for works on flowers and gardens which are 
of themselves ornate and artistic is given additional emphasis 
by the appearance of this beautiful volume. Other works of 
its type are “The Flowers and Gardens of Japan,’’ “The 
Gardens of England,’’ 
“Dutch Bulbs and Gar" 
dens,’’ and “The Garden 
That I Love.’’ These 
are all sumptuous works 
in which the artist and 
the bookmaker have 
combined in an effort to 
turn out a beautiful pro¬ 
duct of bookmaking art. 
“Alpine Flowers” lives 
up to the high standard 
set by the others. It is 
introduced by a pleasant 
preface contributed by 
Henry Correvon of Gen¬ 
eva, Switzerland. The 
fact that this is present¬ 
ed in the native lan¬ 
guage of the writer, does 
not detract from its 
purpose. The Alpine 
flowers are always of 
prime interest to the 
English traveler, less so, 
I fear, to the pleasure- 
seeker from America; and 
many English travelers 
in going from point to 
point do so with due ob¬ 
servance to the floral ex¬ 
hibits which each region 
brings forth. The great 
natural show of narcissus 
at Glion attracts many 
visitors, as do the pri¬ 
mulas of Les Plans, and 
the crocus of the Lake 
Geneva region. When 
we say that the volume, 
beautifully illustrated by 
colored plates depicting 
scenes and flowers peculiar to the Alpine region, is a simple 
appreciation of the flower denizens of the Alps, we have 
covered the ground in a somewhat prosaic way, but have 
hardly rendered justice to this attractive volume. 
Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees, by George 
Massee. 5x8 in. 602 pages. Published by The Mac 
Millan Co., New York. Price $2.25. 
Plant pathology is a comparatively new science. A 
quarter of a century ago the plant doctor was not known, and 
the mycologist, as he was then called, concerned himself 
largely with studies of mushrooms, corn smut, wheat rust, 
and the like. The diseases of fruits, vegetables, and flowers 
represented unexplored avenues. 
Not long ago, we noted in these columns the appearance 
of an important volume on the diseases of plants by Dr. 
Duggar. This ]3aragraph is to record the appearance of 
another volume, the title of which is given above, in which 
the diseases of cultivated 
plants and trees are dis¬ 
cussed in the light of the 
latest knowledge avail¬ 
able on the subject. Mr. 
Massee has taken up in 
addition to the recog¬ 
nized diseases themselves 
a discussion of various 
troubles more or less 
understood which affect 
trees and plants. Among 
these difficulties are 
noted the following: stag- 
head trees, chlorosis, or 
the disappearance of the 
green coloring matter of 
plants, fasciation, injur¬ 
ies due to and arising 
from frost, hail, smoke, 
gases, and the like. 
The volume is pref¬ 
aced by a general dis¬ 
cussion of the relation 
of diseases to environ¬ 
mental conditions, a s 
climate and treatment. 
Then follows an aca¬ 
demic discussion of fungi, 
which is of special in¬ 
terest to the student. 
The body of the book is 
made up of accounts of 
the life histories of the 
principal diseases of the 
cultivated plants. The 
descriptions are technical 
and will be better appre¬ 
ciated by the student in 
mycology than the prac¬ 
tical gardener. The vol¬ 
ume is supplied with an 
excellent index and well illustrated. 
William H. Aloon, of the Wm. H. Moon Co., Glenwood Nurseries, 
Morrisville, Pa., called at the office of the National Nurseryman the 
last week of September. 
ANNOUNCEMENT 
Conyers B. Fleu, Jr., formerly with the Tree Seed Department of 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, desires to announce the establishing of a 
high-grade Tree Seed Business. 
Plate XIV.— Pear Stocks Affected With Canker. 
1. Longitudinal section of specimen sliown in Plate XTTT. 2. Cross-section of 
same two inches from lower end of canker. 3 and 4. Cross-sections of 
other stocks. (All figures natural size.) 
