New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-01-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

rr,r opcuIns OF NEw.ENGLAND. Popular Mon
oeraph BY HENRY BALDWIN. svo,pp' loo' NEW
York: John Wiley sons) $40,
Recanse ITS author chooses TO style this neat lItte
work popular it must not be understood that the
subiert Is treated without fulness of botanical
koowledce or scientific accuracy of statement.
Novertbeless in the descriptions of the plants, and
in the interesting ex PLANTATION of the contrivances
for the fertilization of the flowers. there is no array
of technical teras to terrify the ordinary reader'
The stories are told in language that can De coh-
rrehendel by all and the appearance ana oehaVior
of the different species set forth IN moSt alao
tive way Of the Gfty-nnc species ana varieties VI
this family found north of tennessee ana Nol'"
Caro,ino and east of the Mississippi. many as
tortv-seven are at home in New-Engiand ana
although the representatives of the family are hum
BILE and plain in the cold North as compared with
their grotcsgue and gorgeous relations in the Iorild
Zone. there i. enough of beauty and oddlty in the
cronp not to sneak of their botanical interest 10
justify this special treatment.
To make n still more attractive TO the general
reader the species arranged not IN the oIuer Vi
their tribes but according to their time OF blossom
ing specifc dates beng given to aid collectors VINO
can make the necessary corrections Tor variations OF
latitude and exposure. list OF stations where the
different varieties may abe looked for is also ADDED
although Mr. Baldwin hestates about revealing the
been driven not only by the axe and drain tile but
by the greed of so-called boansts. There is class
of collectors who grow rapacious as spoil be-
comes rare and unless organized protection is FUR
uished for these and some other wEngand wild
flowers they will soon be extermnated OF al ieast
found only in cultivation or fatened out IN nero
ariums But cultivation will hardly save all inc
varieties although some of them take kindly TO the
proaered protection. The first bloom of Rattlesnnke
plantain we was III the WINDOW OF a
country sittng-room IN winter. This plant thriyes
in Warlan cases. Some successful attempts at
DEMONSTRATING the different species noted. but ii
may be said that few people will take the pans 10
prepare proper place for them. They can ali Dc
crown with the exception of Cypreped nm doaate
(which flowers we'll enough the first year and then
pines away) 4rettusa bubosa and the pogonias Give
most of the others sandy peat soil in partially
shaded spot and with few like Cyprepedum Spec
table moist spot and they can be grown with some
success We have seen Cyprpelam pu6esoens, the
larger yellow ladies' slipper, much at home under
q group of ounce trees as an It's native woous'
Allusion to the habitat of this flower gives oppor-
tunity to quote q sentence or two which will convey
some idea of the quality of Mr.. Baldwins work.
81 sometimes find this species under cvergreens but
its preference is for naples beeches and particularly
butternuts and for soping or hlly ground. and
ALWAYS look with glad suspicion at knoll covered
with ferns cohoshes and trilums, expecting to see
n clump of this plant among them. Its sentlne-ilKe
habit of choosing slightly places leads it to venture
well ND on mountain sides, and am often startled
when climbing a gloomy moss-draped cliff by
coming face to face with one of its colonies"
The book is beautifully printed and illustrated,
and copious index is added to very complete
bibliography.
A dainty little volume entitled Text and Verse
for Every Day in the Year" tHoughton. Miiiiin d
Coz, contains various Biblical texts with the
poctical illusions which Mr.. Whittier has made to
them. IL shows that the Quaker poet has been q
diligent student of the Bible.
4 slightly abridged edition of Charles Klngsley's
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q
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