The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-08-09
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Average Daily Issue Last Week Was
325 Volumes.

The number of volumes ISSUED during the
week ending August 0, 1857, is 1851, a daily
average Of BIS
Among the recent additions ares "Arnud's
Masterpiece" by Walter @. Larned, l76l 252 /:
"The Ancient Hebrew Tradition" by Fritz
Hommei 5007. .l2g: "Brother Azarias." by
John Talbot smith, 3O,s56 l37; a copy Of the
text of the Dingley tariff act. sl482; and THE
Principles of Fruit Growing" by Professor
l.. ii. Bailey, 100000.
Other references. chiefly on fruit growing
In general. COMPRISE the following: 'The
Management of Fruit Trees" ISs9. by q.
Jaques sOl0.5; 1.-THE American Fruit Book, =,
lsi9. by g. W. Cole. 7Ol06; "The Fruit Gar.
den." 1851, by p. Barry, 70l0. i6; Practical
and Scientific Fruit Culture" 1906, by O. X.
Baker, 7Ol0.89: "The Fruits and Fruit Trees
Of America. 4" 1879. by A. J. Downing, 70l0. 81 ;
''Small Fruits; Their Propagation and Guilt
vation," 1885, by W. ii. Hills, 1910 277; Fruit
Culture" 1855, by w. G. Strong, 70l0. %;
American Varieties Of Fruit Culture by
L. III. Bailey. Garden and Forest. Nov. 2
1892, p. 5lS. 75l85; "New Types of the Gull
ture Of FRUITS" Garden and Forest. May TO-
1893, p. D6 75l.8.6: Methods Of Setting Out
Fruit Trees" by Il. III. Hoskins, Garden and
Fore st, April iS. 1894 p. l55, 75L3.7; "Form-
ing the Heads of Fruit Trees" by Il. II. Hos
kins, Garden and Forest. July II, 1894. y.
277 75l37; value OF Bud Varieties In
Fruits" by q. II. Powell, Garden and
forest, Dec. %. 1896, p 5l3 s5L39; EARLY
Ripening OF Fruit" by K. NJ. Kellogg, Ameri-
can Gardening, July "a 1897 p. 522; Fruit
Culture In Florida Garden and Forest, May
o, 1894, p. ls9, 75i.37: ''Fruit Culture In Cali
fornia," by II. Marshall, English Illustrated
Magazine. Jan. 1892. p. 3i5, 05i6l.9: Fruit
Culture in California" by W. Roberts, Fort
nightly Review. Nov. 1892, D. 62l. 05i. 90 So
New Fields in Fruit Growing in California, 4"
by w. ii. Tsdale, Garden and Forest June %,
1895, p 25s 75l.3s; california Fruits" Gar
den and Forest Dec. ., 1885, y. 5l2, 75I.3s;
Insects Injurious TO Fruit Culture" Garden
and Forest. Sept. %. and Oct. l2 1892. D. 4J7
and 49O. 75l.35; "The Spraying OF Plants, Z"
1896, by f. u. Lodeman,, 70l057; Spraying
in Fruit Culture" by 7. II. Hoslins Garden
and Forest, Aug g. 1892. p. $40, 75l. 3.5;" ;"spray-
ing Apple Orchards" Garden and Forest
Jan. H. 1884, p. 20, 75l3.7 also two earlier vol
umes entitled "A Treatise ON the Culture
and Management of Fruit Trees" 1902, by W.
Forsyth, 7Oli. 49, "Ths Companion for the Or
chard," 1922, by II. Phillips, 70ll.l5: also
few volumes exclusively devoted 20 specific
fruits, rs follows "The Cultivation OF the
Strawberry" 1896, by r. c. Pardee, 7OlO. &;
1.-The Cultivation Of the Native Grape and
the Manufacture Of American Wines" 1866,
by G.. Husman, 70l0.I7 "The Grape Cultu-
rist," 1867, by A. s. Fuller 70l0s: 1.-THE Guilt
walton Of the Peach and the Pear 1885, by j.
J. Black, 70l0.38: Pear Culture" 1858, by I.
W. Field, 7Ol03; Pear Culture for Profit"
1869, by p. Il. Quinn, 7Ol0.A About fifty
other references to periodical articles ON spe-
cihc fruits are accessible at the information
desk. The library receives also more than
forty bulletins Of agricultural experiment
stations in all parts of the country, large
part Of whose contents is devoted to fruit
raising.