GARDENING BOOKS

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Of the many new books for gardeners, the following are recommended as excellent, each for its particular purpose. McKenny, Margaret. The Wild Garden. Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Doran & Co. 123 p. illus. 1936. $1.00. Better than any previous book on the subject in spite of its small size and low cost. Planting lists and cultural directions are two of its strong points but art and beauty are not neglected.

Salisbury, E. J. The Living Garden; orThe How and Why of Garden Life. London, G. Bell & Sons. 338 p. illus. 1935. 10s6d. An unusual book, written by a botanist to promote a better understanding of what goes on in a garden, especially inside the plants and underground. Approved in all quarters as a well written book that should have been written long ago.

Seymour, E. L. D. (Editor). The GardenEncyclopedia. A complete, practical andconvenient guide to every detail of gardening. New York, W. H. Wise & Cos. 1936. $4. As comprehensive as a useful but inexpensive reference work can be. Some good illustrations of working methods.

Taylor, Norman. The Garden Dictionary. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Cos. 886 p. illus. 1936. $16. This is also an encyclopedia, probably the best single volumed one ever printed in English. It has won for the author a prize medal from a horticultural society. The directions for handling soils and fertilizers are especially valuable because they include points too often slurred by authors.

Wood, Allen H. Jr. Bulbs for YourGarden. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Cos. 210 p. illus. 1936. 52.75. A complete treatise of all kinds of bulbs, common and rare. Their arrangement in the garden is left to the gardener's taste, but every detail of spacing, soil preference and care is described in full.