The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-04
SOME FASCINATING READING
@<~.@ FOR AMATEUR GARDENERS.
"a W0MANs HARDY GARDEN" IS THE LEADING SPRING PUBL
CATION FOR PLEASURE GARDENERs-AN INTER s:
Esr1NG LIST OF BOOKS FROM THE PUB. :.E
LIBRARY. - 1850 ~ Z

This expense can be. considerably. re-
duced by emitting the hyacinths, which
are expensive and are ra ther uncertain
i'll a mixed border lin this climate, as
they need more careful protection than
the other plants selected. Her list in
cluded spring Towering bulbs for the
edges Of the border auratum, rubrum and
candidum lilies, Japanese and German
iris, peonies, columbines, delphiniums.
phlox, tiger lilies, chrysanthemums and
seeds Of ANIMALS. -. = -. -
Similar lists of shrubs, roses, hardy
plants, lilies and desirable ANNALS are
given with the proper treatment for each.
Another practical gardening book that
aims to supply: the basis Of a complete
gardening education is s@The Flower Gar
den" by; Ida NJ. Bennett. >Eben E. Rex
ford. the veteran northwestern horticul-
turist of GAINESVILLE, Wis, has a new plant
manual Home .F'loriculture,'' but this is
devoted chiefly to house plants.
Sumptuous English Books. ....:
The public library is we'll stocked with
gardening and popular flower study books
and for the convenience Of those who
have not the time or opportunity Of exam
ing them carefully, will name a. few of
the most interesting and. valuable. A
series of books. that have given me great
delight :. is: entitled Familiar Garden
= Flowers This is an English publica-
ton and owing to, the great climatic diff
ferences, it Is impossible to depend on
. cultural directions for plants adapted to
English conditions but these books do
not dwell upon this feat ture but rather Oh
the history and nature anf the common
:, garden plants and each flower is ex-
uuisitely figured in colors Before run
ming across these books had always been
filled with a deep dissatisfaction in read
ing seed and nursery catalogues because
I wanted to know what each and every
variety named was like, and really could
not try them all and could not tell from
the descriptions of the strange ones which
I would prefer. These ordinarily found in
in the catalogues except a few character
= istic. American plants that nearly every
one here already knows. There are five
volumes in the series. The author is
Shirley Hibberd and the illustrator +. Ed
ward Hulme.
There are several other English gar
dening books in the library that are sump-
tuous In style and fascinating reading.
Among these are Dean Holes books, "Our
Gardens and Book About Roses; AL
fred Austln's '"The Garden That Love"
and I'm veronica's Garden; Condolences
of an Amateur Gardener in bright, Sos-
sipy style, by A. M. Dew-Smith; 1.-THE
Wild Garden" by w. Robinson and illus
trated by Alfred Parsons in colors, advo-
eating garden planting much like ma
ture as possible. ~.
Practical Gardening.
Among the practical books by American
authors, first place should be given to
the books written edited by L.: II. Bal
ley of Cornell University and editor of
Country Life in America. He has edited
recently several series Of horticultural
books, some of which are serviceable to
. the amateur. In the Rural Science series
1.-THE Principle of Vegetable Gardening
will best suit amateurs. A series more
adapted to popular use Is the Gardencraft
series, in which 1.-THE Amateurs Practical
Garden Book and Garden Making are the
ones to be selected: These books; are
compact and of pocket size. Fhe library
is well supplied with Professor S.. B.
Green's Vegetable Gardening and "Min-
nesota Plant Life" by Professor Con
way Mcmillan, both Minnesota publica-
tion of great value.
\, A readable and practical book by an
t amateur gardener is 1.-THE Gardens Story
or Pleasures and Trials Of an Amateur
l Gardener" by George Ellwanger; whose
gardening experience in Rochester, NJ Y.
' should fit we'll to Minnesota conditions
Less practical but fascinating are Kate
l Sanborn's Adopting an Abandoned
= Farm and t.Abandoning an Adopted
< Farm "A similar book is Mary Caroline
r Robbins RESCUE Of an Old Place" Per;
r haps the most delightful Of the books
8 combining the charms Of essay and gar
Garden" being the annals of her garde1
! on the Isle Of Shoals. 1t is gorgeously
$ illustrated from water colors by Child'
r Hassam. For those who are making
2 study Of effects in gardening, as al
= should, Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer,
r Art Out of Doors" is invaluable.
!. Martha Scott Anderson.