New-York tribune., 1900-04-11
NATURE BOOKS.
STUDIES OF HORTICULTURE, BUTTER
FLIES, BIRDS AND OTHER OUT
DOOR THEMES

CYCLoPEDIA OF AMERICAN HoRTICULTURE;,
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Fruiss FoWers % and ornsensai SssT1eSh Plants Grown
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On tn1rs Rsk Rssed By By
Associate Editor, and Many Expert Cultivstors 1
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A-D. ouarto; PIP. xxi, 500. The Macmillan
THE AMATEURs PRACTICAL GARDEN BOOK.
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Company.
HOW TO PLAN THE HOME GROUNDS. BY s.
york City With ustrstona DTawn Sl By
q2qsf tsf R mo OF the 20 uthoo p6u SRa
day & Mcclure Company.
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Fully Illustrated. Svo; PIP. vi, S3s. G. P. Put
NATURES GARDEN. An Aid to knowledge of
S pr e Wd wsTs and t Their xS Sn
Many Other Illustrations Photographed Directly
more ouarto; pp. XVI, XVI rs Doubleday, Page &
With Chapters on Grasses. sedges and Ferns.
By L Maud C Going O. NJ HaEdinesl lin Illustrated Il tar.
an The ae4 RT TaEoT ddmSanv dnGSn SVo pp XVI
Knoxedse @ Of the Bn}ieries Sa Of Sorth ns Ameriea
3e Pates In IN Co Color II P6otograPhy & M "a and
Doubleday & Mcclure Company.
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sTo pP vi as Hoag6ton f Min sS & Co
Collect Preserve and Study Them MI BY Belle g.
SEafa Sz s y panaas T5a 5s sons slnsFafions o' PIP
oUR RnsI7 RARER Ed: BRITISH 6I BREEDING n1 BIRDS 3
Fho;ograP6s By KeartOn S7o pp Xvi 'HH i4s
WILD LIFE. AT HOME. How to Study and Pho
0sTagh sr3ea IT from BY Fch@Ea ST II
l2mo; PIP. Ky, 1SS. Cassel & Co.
The multiplication of books about nature has
become of the salient phenomena of
contemporary literary activity. There are books
for all readers for those who are practical
workers out Of doors for those who wish to look
at trees and flowers birds and beasts with an
initiated eye, and for those who could not al
ways tell the name Of a plant when they it,
but who delight in reading the impressions of
nature lovers Those who write for the last
mentioned class seek more strenuously than any
of their colleagues TO make literature out of
their contributions, but they not always the
first TO win success. At the present time.
any rate, the authors dealing with nature who
make themselves most acceptable are those who
are most practical and in the long lis; of books
enumerated above the works composed for the
gardener and student naturally take precedence.
Foremost Of all is the "Cyclopedia Of American
Horticulture" by Professor Bailey of Cornell
University. This really monumental perform
is TO be completed in four volumes, and
judging from the first of these, which has just
appeared. it will take rank a standard in its
class. The book before is large octave Of
five hundred pages. practically every one of
which find illustration and sometimes two
or three These are line diagrams, drawn with
minute accuracy. The book also contains full
page Photographic plates. We mention the IL
lustratons al once because in a work Of this sort
they enormously important when properly
done. aS upon this occasion. But the text is. of
course, the thing and admirable text it is Pro-
duced by q considerable body of collaborators
ard based also on careful investigation of the
whole terat,,re Of horticulture in many lam
guagos. Il = scholarly IT is practical. The
Gec-iticrs are. Of course, scientifically framed
snc r-r F~l appreciation of the book the reader
IeqLir~s 81 .sle acquaintance with 4he termnology
of tie subject The introductory pages, how
ever E.v:-E ex- -anatiora fer TIE use of the book
and an index the abhrev;ations. will enable
the Moderately informed student to take
hold of the cyclopedia good purpose. Profess
sor Bailey is modesty itself He offers his book
as but a beginning disclaims any belief that 1t
will be complete in its four volumes. and ind-
Gates the hope that it will be made the founda-
ton of further and better studies Our own con-
viction is that while the future may bring forth
ampfed editions of the work it is unlikely that
II will ever be superseded Recognizing it's i'm
portance, the publishers have given it faultless
form. We have already noted the fine character
of the illustrations. The typography also leaves
nothing TO be desired. the paper is calculated to
stand wear and tear. and the book is
handsomely and substantially bound. The
Amateurs Practical Garden Book" appearing
in The Garden Craft Series also edited by
Professor Bailey is written by him and Mr.. c. E.
Hum. This also is eminently practical and
well made little volume, concise and handy.
To practical workers, also may commend
How to Plan the Home Grounds" by Mr. S.
Parsons jr. a popular treatise which is at the
same time packed with the fruits of solid ex-
perience. Mr.. Parsons leaves point untouched
in his analysis Of the problem which confronts
the builder Of home. He gives suggestions. to
start with as TO the selection Of the grounds
then touches upon the ideas which should gov
ern the selection of a site for a house and pro-
ceeds to lay out roads and paths. TO plan lawns
ard gardens to instruct the owner who is lucky
enough to be able develop terraces and plan
tations and TO teach him about trees and shrubs
vines and plants. If there are pools streams
on the property this book explains how to treat
them and there is advice touching the use of
rocks fences bridges and summer houses In
the back of the book find model contracts
and specifications with other helpful data. The
illustrations unpretentious. but in every
instance calculated 10 make the text ser
viceable The who carries the ideas Of
Mr. Parsons into practice Will be glad to add to
his library the beautiful book OF Ornamental
Shrubs for Garden Lawn and Park Planting"
by Mr. L. D. Davis. This compendium gives the
account o. he various bs and in