THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
143 
Our Book Uablc 
The Modern Culture of Sweet Peas, Thomas Stevenson. Pub. 
by The Cable Printing & Pub. Co., Ltd., London. 5^ x 8^-4". 
Illustrated. Price, $.75. 
The amount of literature on sweet peas in the form of entire books 
devoted to the subject and giving careful directions for the culture of 
this flower is lamentably small, considering what a favorite it is, alike 
in the humble garden of the cottager and in the landscape-architect- 
planned creation of the wealthy country gentleman. The volume under 
consideration is, therefore, aside from its own merits, a most welcome 
addition to sweet pea literature. Mr. Stevenson’s book is written from 
the standpoint of a personal experience covering nearly twenty years; 
and it is on knowledge gained in this manner that he dwells, rather than 
on a historical dissertation which would possess little value or interest 
to the grower whose chief concern is to produce vigorotrs plants, prolific 
of bloom, and free from pests. 
Starting at the beginning, the book discusses soil and its preparation, 
time of sowing, and subsequent care, then takes up the subject of sweet 
peas for exhibitions, for garden decoration, for market and indoor use, 
and includes a chapter on enemies. There are a dozen illustrations, six 
of them being colored plates of as many varieties of sweet peas appearing 
in 1910. The book is both up-to-date and practical. 
THE AMERICAN BOY FOR APRIL 
“Marcus Aurelius Fortunatus Tidd was fifteen years old and 
weighed one hundred and eighty pounds. He reminded one of those 
figures which are drawn solely with a pair of compasses.” 
That is the description of the fat boy about whom Clarence B. 
Kelland has written an April Fool story. The tale is just about as 
funny as is the subject and you cannot help laughing at the way in 
which Marcus Aurelius turns the tables on Binny, Tallow, Plunk, and 
the rest of the conspiring jokers. 
Ralph Craig, the world’s champion sprinter, contributes an interest¬ 
ing article on “How to Train for the Hundred and Two-Hundred- 
Twenty Yard Dashes,” and Cyrus Townsend Brady’s splendid serial, 
“The Young American Treasure Hunters,” is continued jn this issue. 
Besides these features, there is an attractive array of short stories, 
special articles, and the usual instructive and interesting departments. 
Don’t fail to get this number. $1.00 a year. 
Detroit, Mich. The Sprague Publishing Company. 
P. A. Dix, president of the Pacific Coast Association of 
Nurserymen, is planning for at least one Pullman coach load 
of nurserymen from the Pacific Coast to attend the meeting 
of the American Association, to be held in Boston, Mass., 
June 12-14.— Northwest Horticulturist. 
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