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Our Book Uable 
“The Avocado” is the title of an attractively illustrated 
pamphlet recently received from the West India Gardens 
of Altadena, California. It is quite-a complete monograph 
on the history, culture, propagation, and food value of this 
interesting tropical fruit. 
Scottish Gardens, by Sir Herbert Maxwell. Longmans, 
Green & Co., New York. ($2.25 net.) 
This book contains 32 colored plates from pastel draw¬ 
ings done especially for this work by Miss M. G. W. Wil¬ 
son, member of the Pastel Society and of the Scottish 
Society of Artists. 
A Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter. 
Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. Illustrated. 
Fixed price $1.20 (postage 12c). 
This book was published two, and a half years ago and . 
plans have been completed for printing the 189th thousand, 
which shows it holds the public interest. 
How TO Grow and Market Fruit, published by Harrison’s 
Nurseries, Berlin, Md. 130 pages. 
We are in receipt of an attractive volume from the 
Harrison’s Nurseries, under the above title. This is, in 
fact, a handbook of orcharding. It covers the various 
details of planting, cultivating, pruning, suppressing insects 
and diseases, in addition to the handling and marketing of 
the fruit. The volume has been prepared by the McFarland 
Publicity Service, and reflects credit upon the makers. It 
will undoubtedly be greatly appreciated by the planters of 
Harrison’s goods. 
Beginnings in Agriculture, Albert Russell Mann. Pub¬ 
lished by the Macmillan Company, New York, 1911. 
5 X 7^ inches, 341 pages. Illustrated. Price, $.75. 
In this day of agricultural education in graded and high 
schools, such an interesting and valuable contribution to the 
list of text books in agriculture as is Professor Mann’s recent 
voltune cannot fail to attract attention. This book is 
intended for use in the seventh and eighth grades, and one- 
might think the writer had had years of experience in teach¬ 
ing children of that age, so well suited is the style of the book 
to their understanding. However, it is so pleasantly written 
that it furnishes agreeable reading for old as well as young. 
There are four main divisions of the book, all profusely 
illustrated: The Affairs of Agriculture; The Soil; Farm 
Plants; Farm Animals. Each of the forty-one chapters 
is concluded with a few problems, which form an applied 
review of the lessons presented in the chapter. Observation 
is one of the main things sought after in the volume. While 
the problems given are presented from the standpoint of 
the farmer’s boy, the lessons which are taught thereby are 
ones which the city child too should know, and which he 
would not have the same opportunities to learn by him¬ 
self that the country lad would. 
What England can Teach us About Gardening, by 
Wilhelm Miller, Ph.D. Published by Doubleday, Page 
& Company, 1911. 7^^ io>^ inches. 351 pages. 
Illustrated. $2.50. 
The adjectives “interesting” and “attractive” seem but 
weak and ineffective when used to describe this work from 
Mr. Wilhelm Miller’s pen. Not only are the illustrations a 
delight in themselves, but every one of the twenty-six 
chapters contains good reading, even for persons who are 
not actively engaged in gardening. The reader who has 
not visited England is filled with a great desire to see this 
country of gardens; the one who has witnessed these scenes 
of beauty is once again thrilled with pleasure in glancing 
through the pages of this volume; and he who has never had 
the subject called to his attention may be vastly surprised 
to learn how far England has outstripped us in ornamental 
gardening. 
One of the chief ideas Mr. Miller would leave with his 
readers is that Americans must use American productions 
to secure satisfactory effects, and not the great quantities 
of foreign-grown nursery stock, so much of which never 
fits into its surroundings in this country. Another note¬ 
worthy fact is that a large number- of plants which play a 
part in English gardening effects are natives of the United 
States, and do better here than they do across the sea. 
Mr. Miller lays stress on the importance of water in garden¬ 
ing, for its own charm, and for the beauty of the flowers 
which, when planted beside it, are mirrored in its depths, 
repeating their loveliness. A delightful chapter is that on 
English effects with long-lived bulbs. This notes the vigor 
of this class of plants, which, together with the fact that they 
are so inexpensive, ought to attract more people to them. 
It is stated that there is a daffodil held near Trenton, New 
Jersey, which has been blooming annually for a hundred 
years without care. Chapter three on “Living Outdoors” 
tells “how each one of us can get more fun out of life and 
better health without loss of efficiency or waiting for an 
increased income.” 
The make-up of the book is very attractive. It is a 
large volume, bound in a pleasant shade of green, with good 
coarse print. As to illustrations, there are over one hundred 
photographic plates and eight plates in color, picturing the 
different kinds of gardening described in the volume. 
Dr. Miller has performed an excellent service for American 
Horticulture. 
FLORIDA CITRUS EXCHANGE 
Indicative of the progressiveness of the Florida Citrus Exchange, we 
learn that this organization has contracted with the McFarland Publicity 
Service of Harrisburg for an extensive advertising campaign on behalf 
of grape fruit, oranges, and other subtropical fruit grown in Florida, 
and marketed through the Exchange organization. The McFarland 
Publicity Service is rapidly developing new connections, and with a 
strong staff of experienced men, it is extending its service very rapidly. 
A considerable number of nurserymen are already using this bureau in 
connection with their advertising. 
Mr. Wallace of D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, Iowa, called on Rochester 
Nurseryman on his annual eastern trip, the latter part of November. 
“Of course, I want The National Nurseryman.” 
New York. D. S. George. 
