Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-03
Books On Gardening
ReCeiUed At Library

Garden Book Week is being cclc-
bra1cd far and wide this year from
AprU lst to April 9th. Five new
JOCKS on various phases Of garden
ms have just oeen received, and are
OH display at the Il. Leslie Perry
Memorial library.
From the standpoint OF beautiful
colored pictures Of flowers. trees and
shrubs. The Garden in Color. by
Louise peebe Wilder, is most strlk-
ing. 1t contains mere than three
hundred full color reproductions
The book is arranged according TO
season and includes paragraphs OF
description and advice about grow
ing the plants included. Practical
always. the author contriVeS TO I'M
part wealth Of information in the
corcisc but flowing text of this beau
,i!ul!y Illustrated book.
Mrs Rosetta E. Clarkson, editor OF
Herb Journal. has written d delight
ful book called. Magic Gardens: a
n Modern Chronicle Of Herbs and
Suro.y Seeds" It is illustrated
from old hertals and ancient gard
cring books. and the Illustrations are
facsimileS Of the original sources. II
gives information about more than
two hundred plants many Of which
date back to antiquity. 1t is not
merely an herb" book, it is meant
TO be rather a foundation work for
any gardener. yet Il book OF interest
20 the general reader and arm chair
Eurhanl; who likes tire thought of a
GARDEN or who loves 10 dream Of the
gardens of long ago.
An Artists Hcrbar' by Louise
| Mansfield contains thirty eight
nj:tes From pencil drawings of herbs,
each plate accompanied by brief
r!o,crintilc note on the growth, COL
r,. and uses of the plants. The art
ist combines in rare degree botan!-
r1l accuracy and charming flower
feeling; her plants live and one car
I'll but catch their perfumes.
Renders who enjoyed Julian
A1~ad's Il live in Virginia. and
shdan1'S Profession" will be glad to
know that his deliahtful new book
.,Pcu~,,ofe and Bitter: A Garden
~r'> HG"iody" has iurt been received
# the library. It is m some respect
. tra~ci book of garGcns. for Mr.
Meade reports his experiences a.
lecturer and visitor ri! OYER the lan'l
IN Nov Yor!, he Vi itnd Edna F"r-
r,er'g acnthou'c garden. formerly tn"
1850 zion O. Ian KrcU@er 81 match
less fame. She ha~ willow tree
fcrtv feet high and pc"ch md a1n'~
trces, There arc flower too, lila";.
-, y.-hfa. victoria and rhod0d"1-
.ry~n- hI,t Meade Wa most Impress
RI l>v the fact that Mi : FNrheT's
cook lad actually pr""e""Hd fruit
from the penthouse orchard. Bett0
n~vi~ N~rnan Sh"ar"r. joan Bennett.
Harold Lloyd, Ronald Colman ara
.rr2e Of tho people IN Hollywood
who take pride in their gard~ns. NJ.
Meade makes; some Interesting con-
n,ent on the personalities and IN
gardens they an3 their gardeners
rrcW.
n his Introduction to "Caralin"
GARDENS" d. 30 { Hayward say
No man could taei? to W:itn abo"'
garden; without discovering th0m to
&c 50 deeply rooted in history. ="
:r;ervovcn with social ecHn~mic
and political mrt2tion;. that wh1'
Dl:rro.ci in the beginning t. be "
mere book of gardens would become
IN part tie story OF the land which
bore them. And in Carolina. with
It's c3ior.ul diversity Of human lie.
lis contrasting backgrounds, this
IA icl Of objective beauty with his
tcrv and legend becomes Imperative
! if The irue pictvre i. to be presented.
TIE country rising in d gradual as
cent .IJli. - Sub-trUpical coastal