The sun., 1916-11-18
MANY E O
ON MANY PRACTICAL,
SUBJECTS---POETRY
Horticulture, Decorative Design, Jacobean Furniture.
Home Taxidemy and Other Themes.
Poems BY John Hay. John Mase6eld, Edgar Lee
Masters and Others-A Book Of Smiles.
About ~GaraeniuG.

About GarAeaias.
Tho revised and enlarged edition OF
Prot. L. II. Bailcy's well known TAc
standdyd C~ycIopedta OF Horticulture
(Macmillans) Il nearing completion,
the NTH OF the six volumes. which
includes the subjects that come under
the letters p. Q ana r, having an
pesred. To the term horticulture the
widest extension IL given. 90 that
ssazly everything that erows and
every detail Of culture IL to bs found
m the volume The more important
subjects are dealt with in long articles
that are compact treatises. Such viii
b found In the volume at band treat
Ing authoritatively. for instance. Of
pears. peaches, plums. pines, ounces.
fnod0dendrons. roses and PLANTING.
Ths many wood cuts are Instructive
and the colored plates are beautiful.
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Pleasant short talks about many
points that others who cultivate gar.
dens must think over. from the habits
Or adaptability OF particular species
OF flowers or advice about decorative
effects to questions OF cost or OF es.
thetic taste. will be found in A. Ciut.
ton-Brock's Studies In GARDENING
Charles Scribner's Sons,, for which
Mrs. Francis King writes u long and
instructive introduction. The author
has in mind English gardens, espe.
eially those that are formal, but what
ever Is technical IL applicable with
very slight changes TO gardens In
America while his approximations OF
flowers and OF out Of door life will
appeal to all lovers OF nature. tS2.)
The more elaborate formal gardens
are kept In mind by Mary II. Northend
In Garden Ornaments tDufield and
Company In ~descanting on the
charms Of the architectural structures
that may be employed to beautify
them. While she has something to
say Of the arrangement Of paths and
the disposal Of the ground In steps
or terraces. she treats especially Of
the structures. gates. pergoias. foun-
tains and other artificial containers
OF water, sculpture and sun dials.
O250.)
A botanical MANUAL which has
proved extremely useful owing to its
ciearness and simplicity. DR.. George
Lincoln walton's The Fiotrer Finder,
is issued in a revised edition. IL. h.
Lippincott Company Following the
usual practice the flowers are arranged
according 70 color and each IL accom-
panied by an outline picture which
makes 1t easily recognizable. There
are also pretty cniored Plates. The
book will be found very helpful by all
who care for flowers. t$2.l
Purely practical and technical In the
BOOK Of Garden Plans doubleday
rage 4 Coz. bv Stephc., +. Hamblin.
This In made up OF descriptions OF
twenty different kinds OF gardens.
For each We have n brief description
In words, A blueprint OF the plan. lists
OF the plants that are used and photo
graphs Of the final effect. The gardens
are relatively small and the plans
contain suggestions by which any
amateur gardener may profit. tS2.)
Applied Art.
A Get Of brief hcndbooks.~ apparently
prepared for British manual training
schools by George Ashiov'u Audsiey
and Berihoih Audsley. give clear and
practical directions regarding the
crafts they de- I with and are Illus
srNted with goo. and artistic pictures.
Amateur Jotneyy In the Howe tells
how furniture may be made. beginning
with simple pieces. The tools, the
woods and the materials are described
a. we'll - the processes the learner
must follow. The name method In en-
ployed in Tho Art Of Polychv0mdtic
and Decorative Turning, which treats
" iniaying. veneers ~: the Use OF
coiored woods, and In Arftsttc and
Decorative StenoIhno. which applies
to textile fabr1ca n well as solid
bodies. The little books give scope 10
the development Of the pupils artistic
taste. They are published by Small.
Maynard & Co. Boston. Oi each.)
A little manual OF decorative design,
with applications TO all eorts OF handi-
crafts, will be found in the second
volume OF Simple Art Applied 20
Haudicoyk. BY n. A. Rankin and r.
H. brown tE. p. Dutton 4 Coz. The
objects pictured are very attractive.
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Work Of a simpler kind for younger
pupils, but always Ingenious. II ex-
plained In Wood. wire and Cardboard.
by J. G. Adams and C. 4. Elliott &c. p.
Dutton & Coz. Many Of the objects to
be constructed are useful. ($i.)
An entertaining account OF the de-
%velopment Of Jacobean Furniture has
been written by Helen Churchill! Candee
Frederick A. Stokes Company, and
Is illustrated with excellent photo