AGRrCULTURE REFERENa SERVICE UC-NRLF B 3.fiTb T5b .,.1* >*,'*'^ ■^ii|v|^i|M ' ■■: ;:^ ■¥ m S^} \K :<' '//vf* /■••..•"tt^j^M#ii. J. Browne under the direction of the American Institute. Contains also The Hasty Pudding; A poem in three cantos, written in Cham- bray, in Savoy. January, 1793, by Joel Barlow, minister pleni- potentiary to France. American quarterly journal of agriculture and science; conducted by Drs. E. Emmons and A. J. Prime, A. Osborn, Esq., and O. C. Gardiner, vol. 1-4. Albany, 1845-1846. C Van Benthuj-sen & co. vol. 1-4 m two plates, map col. plate. 23 cm. % lea. Baxter and son The agricultural and horticultural gleaner; containing important discoveries and improvements in farming, gardening, and floricul- ture, with practical details connected with rural , and domestic economy; also a miscellanea comprising agricultural, horticultural, and floricultural calendars, abstracts of acts of parliament passed during the last session, etc. Lewes, 1836. Baxter & son, 301 p. col. front. 21 cm. cl. Buist, Robert The family kitchen gardener; containing plain and accurate descrip- tions of all the different species and varieties of culinary vege- tables with their botanical, English, French, and German names, alphabetically arranged, and the best mode of cultivating them . . . also, descriptions . . . of . . . fruits, their management, propa- gation, etc. New York, cl847. Orange Judd & co. 216 p. illus. 20 cm. cl. Also 18.57, Saxton. A good, practical gardener's handbook. Burr, Fearing, Jr. Field and garden vegetables of America; containing full descrip- tions of nearly eleven hundred species and varieties; with directions for propagation, culture, and use. Boston, 1863. Crosby & Nichols, xv&652 p. illus. 231/2 cm. cl. Same edition of 1865. Very extensive, dealing with a great number of varieties. Burr, Fearing, Jr. Garden vegetables and how to cultivate them. (Includes some cook- ing directions and full index.) Boston, 1866. J. E. Tilden & co. xii&341 p. illus. 20 cm. cl. Carr, Ezra Slocum Patrons of husbandry on the Pacific Coast . . . with a general and special grange directory, and a full list of charter members of the subordinate granges of California ... by Ezra S. Carr, M. D., L.L. D., late professor of agriculture in the University of California and Past Master of the Temescal Grange. San Francisco, 1875. A. L. Bancroft & co. 454 p. illus. 24 cm. cl. Deals with transportation and irrigation conditions in the state and compares them with those in other parts of the Union and foreign countries. Colman, Henry- Agricultural and rural economy from personal observation. Illus- trated with engravings and woodcuts, ed. 6 with additions, 2 vols. Boston, 1857. Phillips, Sampson & co. 2 v. illus. 25 cm. cl. Treats of European conditions. Crozier, William, and Henderson, Peter How the farm pays; The experiences of forty years of successful farming and gardening. New York, 1884. Peter Henderson & co. 379 p. illus. 25 cm. cl, Tlie Cultivator; a monthly publication designed to improve the soil and the mind; conducted by J. Buel, of Albany, vol. v-vi. Albany, 1838-40. Packard, Van Benthuysen & co. vol. v-vi illus. Contains correspondence along chemical, agricultural, and me- chanical lines. Illustrated with cuts. Darwin, Erasmus Phytologia; or, The Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening; with the theory of draining morasses, and with an improved construction of the drill plow; by Erasmus Darwin, M. D., F. R. S., author of Zoonomia, and of the Botanic Garden. London, 1800. S. Johnson, 612 p. 27yo cm. lea. gilt back. Evelyn, John Terra: a philosophical discourse of Earth relating to the Culture and Improvement of it for Vegetation, and the Propagation of Plants, as it was presented to the Eoyal Society. By John Evelyn, Esq. F. R. S. with notes by a. Hunter, M. D., F. R. S. York, 1787. Printed by A. Ward, 74 p. illus. 31 cm. Russia. Bound with Evelyn's Silva. Genesee farmer; a monthly journal devoted to agriculture, horticulture, domestic and rural economy, illustrated. . . edited by Daniel Lee and James Vick, Jr. P. Barry, conductor of the horticultural de- partment, vol. xiii. Rochester, N. Y. 1852. Daniel Lee vol. xiii, variously paged illus. 25 cm. % lea. Goffart, Auguste Manuel de la culture et de I'eusilage des mais et autres fourrages verts. Paris, 1877. G. Masson iv-4-200 P. illus. 19 cm. pa. (rebound in cloth.) Deals extensively with corn silage. Greeley, Horace What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science. New York, 1871. Carleton, 331 p. 19 cm. cl. The author hopes that those who, uninterested in farming for its own sake, yet read the book because of its author's reputa- tion, will be inspired to take up the works of better informed and more authoritative writers on the subject. The dedication reads "To the man of our age, who shall make the first plow propelled by steam, or other mechanical power, whereby not less than ten acres per day shall be thoroughly pulverized to a depth of two feet, at a cost of not more than two dollars per acre, this work is admiringly dedicated by the Author." Hind, H. Y. Essay on the insects and diseases injurious to the wheat crops Toronto, 1857. Lovell & Gibson, 139 p. illus. 23 em. cl. Essay awarded first prize by the Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics for Upper and Lower Canada in its campaign to arrest insect scourges in the wheat crops. 8 The horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste, vol. 1-xiv. Edited by A. J. Downing, 1846-1852, vol. i-vii. Edited by P. Barry, 1853-1855, viii-x. Edited by P. Barry & J. J. Smith, 1855-1859, vol. x-xiv. Published in Albany, 1846. Tucker. Published in Eochester, 1853. James Vick. Published in Philadelphia, 1855. R. P. Smith. Published in New York, 1858-9. Saxton. illus. 24 cm. % lea. Very g-ood illustrations. Contains many articles on contemp- orary horticulturists who are still of great importance, such as Downing-, Mr. and Mrs. Loudon, and Michaux, with some portraits. Hovey, Charles Morse Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and im- provements in rural affairs, vol. xxi-xxii (third series, vol. i-ii) Boston, 1855-6. Hovey & co. vol. xxi-xxii. 24 cm. cl. Jefferson, Thomas Notes on the state of Virginia. Philadelphia, 1788. Prichard & Hall. 20 cm. orig. lea. "A notice of the mines and other subterraneous riches; its trees, plants, fruit, etc." (p. 24) p. 35-79, 216-217. JoluifDn, Samuel W, Prom the letter-files of S. W. Johnson . . . ed. by his daughter Elizabeth A. Osborne. New Haven, 1913. Yale Univ. Press. 285p. ports, facsim. 22 cm. cl. Includes his "Superphosphate of lime" p. 281. Extremely interesting side-lights on the agricultural chemists of the early nineteenth century both at home and abroad, and on the progress of the science. Johnston, James Finlay Weir Elements of agricultural chemistry and geology . . . with a com- plete index and American preface by Simon Brown. New York, 1860. C. M. Saxton. viii&372 p. illus. 19 cm. % lea. Simple explanations for the practical farmer, dealing especially with soil treatment. Johnston, James Finlay Weir Lectures on the applications of chemistry and geology to agricul- ture. New edition with an appendix containing suggestions for experiments in practical agriculture. New York, 1850. C. M. Saxton. vi&618&89 p. port. diag. 20 cm. cl. Progressive lectures from the elementary to the technical. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Vol. 1-75, 1840- 1914. London, 1840-1914, John Murray, vol 1-75. illus. 22 cm. part cl. and part % lea. vol. 1, 1840— vol. 44,. 1883; vol. 51, 1890— vol. 59, 1898 bound in % lea. gilt back. Other vols, bound in cloth. General index to second series, 1865-1889. (vols. 25-50) bound sep- arately (cloth) vol. 16, series 1 in duplicate (% lea. gilt back) Klippart, John H. The wheat plant: its origin, culture, growth, development, com- position, varieties, diseases, etc . . . together with a few remarks on Lidian corn, its culture, etc. The wheat plant . . . New York, 1860. A. O. Moore & co. 675 p. illus. 21 cm. cl. 9 A valuable work, based not only upon American conditions but on foreign authorities as well. Laurence, Jolm A new system of agriculture. Being a complete body of husbandry and gardening in the parts of them. Viz. Husbandry in the field, and its several improvements. Of forest and timber trees, great and small; with evergreens and flow'ring shrubs, etc. Of the fruit- garden. Of the kitchen-garden. Of the flower-garden. In five books. London, 1726. Printed for Tho. Woodward, at the Half-Moon over against St. Duustan's Church in Fleetstreet. Dedi. pref. contents & 456 p. front, illus. 36 cm. orig. calf. Large, fine paper. Engr. front, by Vander Gucht. Pencilled an- notations in margin. Lawes, Sir Jolin Beimet, bart. The Eothamsted memoirs on agricultural chemistry and physiology. By Sir John Bennet Lawes, Bart. . .and Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert. .. London, 1893-1899. Printed by W. Clowes & sons, ltd., and by Spot- tiswoode & Co. 7 & 1 vols, iilus. plates (part fold.) tables, diags. (part fold.), (part col.) 21% cm. and 27 cm., fine Morocco. Vols. 1-7 First published 1847-1898. Vol. 8 First published 1902-1912, Harpenden 1914. Printed by D. J. Jeffery. Lawes, Sir John Bennet, bart. Eothamsted memoirs on agricultural chemistry and physiology. (From the "Philosophical Transactions") By Sir John Bennet Lawes, bart. . .and Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert. . , London, 1893-(1900) Printed by W. Clowes & sons, ltd. 3 vols, piates, tables (part fold.) 29% cm. fine Morocco. Liebig, Justus, freiherr von Natural laws of husbandry, by Justus von Liebig; edited by John Blyth, M. D., professor of chemistry in Queen's College, Cork. New York, 1863. Appleton, 379 p. 21 cm. cl. Liebig, Justus, freiherr von Principles of agricultural chemistry; with special reference to the late researches made in England. New York, 1855. John Wiley, vii&105 p. 20 cm. cl. Lindley, John The theory of horticulture: or, An attempt to explain the principal operations of gardening upon physiological principles . . . second American edition, with notes, etc. by A. J. Downing. New York, 1852. Wiley, xx&343 p. illus. 20 cm. cl. A treatise based upon general and specific principles applicable to diverse conditions, rather than a book of definite directions to be followed under all circumstances. Lisle, Edward Observations in husbandry. London, 1757. Printed by J. Hughs, 450 p. 29 cm. lea. Includes observations on live-stock. Maison Rustique. see Stevens, Charles, and Liebault, John. Maison Eustique (The Countrey Farme) Massachusetts society for promoting agriculture: Papers on Agriculture; consisting of Communications made to the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. Boston, 1803. Young & Minns, printers to the state. 93 p. 231/2 cm. pa. (rebound in buckram.) 10 Contains list of members of the society, premiums offered for agricultural experiments, and, on p. 68, William Forsyth's direc- tions for tree-surgery. Miller, Philip Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary. . .see The Garden, Mukerji, Nitya G-opal Hand-book of Indian agriculture. Calcutta, 1901. Printed by E. Dutt, Hare press. xxv&884 p. illus. 22 cm. cl. A very useful book, giving native and English names and meth- ods. A classified summary of the material treated is given in the front of the book. Nash, J. A. "The progressive farmer: a scientific treatise on agricultural chem- istry, the geology of agriculture; on plants, animals, manures, and soils, applied to practical agriculture. New York, 1856. C. M. Saxton. x&254 p. 20 cm. cl. Our farm of four acres and the money we made by it. London, 1862. Chapman & Hall. 124 p. 19 cm. bds. ed. 19. Same (from 12th London edition) with an introd. by Peter B. Mead. 126 p. 19 cm. bds. A city family's experiences in the country, and what they learned there, told entertainingly and in detail. Gives a good picture of English middle-class life in a small town. Pedder, James The farmer's land-measurer or pocket companion; showing, at one view, the content of any size of land, from dimensions taken in yards. With a set of useful agricultural tables, by James Pedder, editor of the Boston cultivator. New York pref., 1854. Orange Judd & co. 144 p. (text & tables) 16 cm. cl. Quincy, Josiah Essays on the soiling of cattle, illustrated from experience; and an address containing suggestions which may be useful to farmers. Boston, 1859. John Wilson & son. 64 p. 24 cm. cl. Address quoted was made in 1819. The book applied especially to Massachusetts, where cattle-soiling was not prevalent at the time of publication. Rothamsted Memoirs: see Lawes, Sir John Bennet, bart. Smith, Joseph A. comp. Productive farming; or a familiar digest of the recent discoveries of Liebig, Johnston, Davy, and other celebrated writers on vegetable chemistry; showing how the results of tillage might be greatly augmented. New York, 1843. Appleton, 150 p. 19 cm. pa. Stevens, Charles, and Iiiebault, John Maison Kustique, or, The Couutrey Farme. Compyled in the French Tongue by Chanes Stevens and John Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And translated into English by Eichard Surflet, Practitioner in Physicke. Now newly Eeviewed, Corrected, and Augmented, with divers large Additions, out of the Works of Serres his Agriculture, Vinet his Maison Champestre, (French), Albyterio in Spanish, Grilli in Italian; and other Authors. And the Husbandrie of France, Italic, and Spaine, reconciled and made to agree with ours here in 11 England: by Gervase Markham. London, 1616. Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill. 732 p. illus. 28 cm. calf gilt back and edge. A very fine copy, rebound in polished mottled calf, with gilt edge and back and blind-tooled doublure. Quaint and interest- ing wood-cuts in the text. The spelling of "country" appears on the title-page "countrey" and in many other places as "countrie," "Farme" and "house" also are used interchangeably, in the chapter headings. A table of months and moon-phases in which to sow seeds is given, as well as an alphabetical Table of Matters, A Table of the "principall" things newly added, and a Table of the Diseases and Remedies described in the Seven Bookes of the volume. The Fifth Booke, with its illustrated directions for measuring lands, would doubtless be of incalculable value to present-day surveyors. In the ninth chapter of the First Booke are given the days of the month with their propitious and unpropitious influences; it would seem that the husbandman and accomplishing the work prescribed in the rest of the volume must be unbelievably in- dustrious on the few "safe" days. This is one of the greatest old agricultural books, and a great favorite of George Washington. Switzer, Stephen Ichnographia Eustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Eecreation. Containing Directions for the Surveying and Dis- tributing of a Country-Seat into Eural and Extensive Gardens, by the Ornamenting and Decorating of distant Prospects, Farms, Parks, Paddocks, etc. Originally calculated (instead of inclosed Planta- tions) for the Embellishment of Countries in general; as also for an Introduction to a General System of Agriculture and Planting. Illustrated with above Fifty Copper Plates, done by the best Hands, which, though first published above twenty Years ago, has given rise to every thing of the kind, which has been done since. The second edition, with large Additions. 3 vols. London, 1742. Printed for J. & J. Fox, and others. 3 vols, illus. plans (fold.) 20 cm. orig. calf gilt back. Title on outside of back reads Switzer's Husbandry. Armorial book-plate of Sir Jacob Astley, bart. The Appendix at the end of vol. 3 contains, among other addi- tions to the work, remarks "On the several Parts of a Tree, with the different Motion of Sap in Trees; wherein the Doctrine of Circulation, as maintained by some very ingenious Authors, is made doubtful, if not entirely erroneous. On the spontaneous Production of Plants in general. With a Dissertation on mush- rooms, and a receipt for raising of them." The book is full of Quotations from authors ancient and "mod- ern". A remarkably interesting and delightful work. Taylor, John Orville The Farmer's school book . . . This work contains the most im- portant information on Agriculture. Albany, 1837. "Common school depository" from the power-press of Hoffman and White. 236 p. 15% cm. lea. A children's school text-book as well as a handbook for adults. There are several chapters on simple physics and chemistry. It is interesting to note the mention of the "power-press," which was still an innovation. Thaer, Albrecht Daniel The principles of practical agriculture ... by Albert D. Thaer; trans, by William Shaw, esq., . . . and Cuthbert W. Johnson, esq., P. E. S. New York, 1857. C. M. Saxton and co. ix&551&40 p., illus. 23y2 cm. cl. 12 London edition includes Dumaa on manures; Becquerel and Lawes on the action of salt in vegetation and its uses in agriculture. Tull, Jethro Horse-Hoeing Husbandry; or, An Essay on the Principles of Vege- tation and Tillage. Designed to introduce A New Method of Cul- ture; Whereby the Produce of Land will be increased, and the usual Expense lessened. Together with Accurate Descriptions and Cuts of the Instruments employed in it. ed. 3 corr. London, 1751. A. Miller. xvi&426 p., plates. 22 cm. orig. calf, new gold back. Many statistics g'iven in proof of superiority of results obtained by using horse-drawn plows. Tusser, Thomas Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry. As well for the Cham- pion or open Countrey, as also for the Woodland or Several, mixed in every Moneth, with Houswifery, over and besides the Book of Houswifery Corrected, better ordered, and newly augmented to a fourth part more, with divers other lessons, as a diet for the Farmer, of the properties of Winds, Plants, Hops, Hearbs, Bees, and ap- proved Eemedies for Sheep and Cattel; with many other matters both profitable, and not unpleasant to the Eeader. Also two Tables, one of Husbandry, and the other of Houswifery, at the end of the Book, for the better and easier finding out of any matter contained in the same. Newly set forth by Thomas Tusser, Gent. London, 1672. Printed by T. E. and M. D. for the Company of Stationers. 146 p., exclusive of tables. 20 cm. lea. In small to black letter. Closely printed. The edition of 1672 has some corrections and improvements on the editions closely preceding it. I The standard editions of this work are those of 1580 and 1585. The first edition appeared in 1557. — "A Hundred good Pointes of Husbandrie." The edition of 1562 probably "contained the germ of the Book of Huswifery." The book abounds in amusing yet wise advice and quaint ob- servations. Many well-known sayings and proverbs originate in Tusser or were recast by him. "Seek home for rest, for home is the best." "At Christmas play and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year." One of the foundation books on agriculture. Tusser, Thomas Five hundred points of Good Husbandry . . . together with A Book of Huswifery ... A new edition with notes, Georgical, illustrative, and explanatory, a glossary, and other improvements by William Mavor, L.L.D. v London, 1812. Lackington, Alien, and co. 36&XL&338 p. 24 em. full Morocco gilt edge and back. A very fine copy. Beautifully rebound by Riviere. Printed in red and black, with an extra, decorated title-page. There is a biographical sketch of Tusser, which, with the text itself gives a good picture of English country life in the six- teenth century. A "Catalogue of the editions of Tusser" is a valuable feature. United States Agricultural Society Quarterly journal of agriculture . . . for January, 1860; ed. by Ben. Perley Poore. Vol. 7, no. 4, p285-388. 13 Washington, 1860. U. S. Ag. Soc. W. H. Moore, printer p. 285-388 of vol. 7 no. 4. 25 cm. pa. Unopened. Contains extract from an address by Abram (Abraham) Lin- coln on intensive farming. Vilmorin-Andrieux et cie. The vegetable garden; illustrations, descriptions, and culture of the garden vegetables of coid and temperate climates . ., . English edi- tion published under the direction of W. Eobinson, editor of "The Garden." London, 1885. Murray xvi&601 p., illus. 24 cm. cl. "The translation is wholly the work of Mr. W. Miller" — pref . Gives many varieties. Voelcker, John Augustus Eeport on the improvement of Indian agriculture; by John Augustus Voelcker, Ph. D., B. A., B. Sc. F. I. C, etc., consulting chemist to the Royal Agriculture Society of England. ed. 2. Calcutta, 1897. Ofc. of Supt. of Govt. Ptg. xxxiii&522 p. maps. 25y2 cm. cl. WasMngton, George Letters on agriculture from his excellency George Washington, President of the United States, to Arthur Young, Esq., F. R. S. and Sir John Sinclair, Bart., M. P.; with statistical tables and remarks, by Thomas Jefferson, Eichard Peters, and other gentlemen, on the economy and management of farms in the United States; edited by Franklin Knight. Washington, 1847. Pub. by the editor. 198 p., facsim. 29 cm. cl. Contains a number of facsimile letters of George Washington and also a copy of his will. The book is valuable not only for the data it gives on agriculture of the late eighteenth century, but for the light it gives on the character and the literary style of the man. Watson, Alexander American home garden; being principles and rules for the culture of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and shrubbery; to which are added brief notes on farm crops, with a table of their average product and chemical constituents. New York, 1859. Harper, ix&519 p., illus. 20 em. cl. Weston, Richard (A Country Gentleman, pseud,) Tracts on practical agriculture and gardening in which the advan- tage of imitating the garden culture in the field, is fully proved, by a seven years course of experiments. Particularly addressed to the gentlemen farmers in Great Britain. With observations made in a Jate tour through part of France, Flanders, and Holland. Also several useful improvements in Stoves and Green-Houses. To which is added, a complete chronological catalogue of English authors on agriculture, gardening, etc.: by a country gentleman. London, 1769. S. Hooper, xxxiii&277&70 p. 1 pi. 21 cm. calf. Book-plate of Calgarth Park. Fly-leaves etc. covered •with writ- ten notes on planting the field (mathematically) and on other subjects relating to agriculture. The catalogue is extremely interesting as it contains many biographical notes. Worlidge, John Systema Agriculturae; the Mystery of Husbandry discovered; Treat- ing of the several new and most Advantageous Ways of Tilling, Planting, Sowing, Manuring, Ordering, Improving of all sorts of 14 Gardens, Orchards, Meadows, Pastures, Cornlands, Woods, and Cop- pices; as also of fruits. Corn, Grain, Pulse, New Hays, Cattle, Fowl, Beasts, Bees, Silk Worms, etc. With an account of the several In- struments and Engines used in this Profession; To which is added Kalendarium Eusticum; or, The Husbandmaus Monthly Directions. Also the Prognosticks of Dearth, Scarcity, Plenty, Sickness, Heat, Cold, Frost, Snow, Winds, Eain, Hail, Thunder, etc. And Diction- arium Eusticum: or, the Interpretation of Eustick Terms. The whole Work being of great Use and Advantage to all that delight in that most Noble Practice. The Second Edition carefully Cor- rected and Amended, with many large and useful Additions through- out the whole Work: By the Author. Published for the Common Good: By J. W. Gent. London, 167.5. Printed by J. C. for Thomas Dring. 324 p., illus., front. 30 cm., folio calf. Several quaint engravings. The Prooemium or Preface in praise of Agriculture refers to the high esteem in which the ancients held the occupation and cites illustrious examples such as Cyrus, Lysander, Pliny, Cato, Plato, Attilus, Cicero, and many others. "An esteemed work." — Lowndes. FRUITS "Close by the Gates a spacious Garden lies. From Storms defended, and inclement Skies; Four Acres was th' allotted Space of Ground, Fenc'd with a Green Enclosure all around. Tall-thriving Trees confess'd the thriving Mold; The Eed'ning Apple ripens here to Gold. Here the Blue Figs with luscious Juice o'erflows; With deeper Eed the full Pomegranate grows: The branch here bends beneath the weighty Pear, And verdant Olives flourish all the Year." Homer-Odyssey, Bk. 7. This description of The Garden of Alcinous as translated by Euston, is taken from Switzer's Husbandry (Ichnographia Rus- tica) on pages 8, 9. American horticultural society Transactions, vol. 1-5, 1883-188S. Indianapolis, 1883-1886, 1888. Carlton & Hollenbeck. Vols. 1-5 in 10 illus. 24 cm. cl. Vol. 1-2, 1883-1884 under title Mississippi Valley horticultural society. Transactions. Vol. 5 contains report of the 8th annual meeting, held in San Jose, California, and Eiverside, California American pomological society Proceedings: 1873-75 1899-1901 1881-83 1903- 05 1885-87 1907- 09 1889-91 1911- 13 189^-97 Published by the society, 1873-91. (31 cm.) Published by the society, 1895-1913. (24 cm.) illus. % lea. 15 Austen, Balph A Treatise of Fruit-trees, shewing the manner of Planting, Graft- ing, Pruning, and ordering of them in all respects;. . .whereunto is annexed Observations upon Sr. Fran. Bacon's Natural History, as it concerns Fruit-trees, Fruits, and Flowers; also, Directions for Planting of Wood for Building, Fuel, and other uses; whereby the Value of Lands may be much Improved in a short time, with small Cost and little Labour. The Third Impression, Eevised, with Ad- ditions, by Ea. Austen, Practiser in the Art of Planting. Deut. 20.10: Thou shalt not destroy the Trees, being trees for meat; for the Tree of the Field is mans life. Amos 4.4: They shall Plant Gardens, and eat the fruits of them. Oxford, 1665. Printed by William Hall, for Amos Curteyne, 260&82 p. 1514 cm., old calf (probably rebound.) The Analysis and Table of Contents are very entertaining', but hardly- the thing- for ready reference. The information is use- ful and simply expressed, and the wholly unrelated subjects treated in succeeding paragraphs are an index to the leisurely and philosophical attitude of the seventeenth century. Copious Biblical and classical quotations are incorporated in the text, and tlie very evident sincerity and infatuation for his subject on the author's part put one in instant sympathy with him. In revising Sir Francis Bacon's Natural History Austen pleads Bacon's own desire (in his "Advancement of Learning"). "That the Writings of speculative men upon active matter seems to men of experience to be but as dreams and dotage: And that it were to be wished, (as that which would make Learning indeed solid and useful) that active men would or could become writers." The author agitates the enactment of laws to encourage hus- bandry and forestry, and the appointment of officers to enforce them and advise the less learned agriculturists. Rather interest- ing in these days of Forestry Service and Farm Advisers. The first edition of the Treatise of Fruit-trees appeared in 1653. Diet. Nat. Biog. Barry, Patrick The fruit garden; a treatise intended to explain and illustrate the physiology of fruit trees, the theory and practice of all operations connected with the propagation, transplanting, pruning and train- ing of orchard and garden trees, as standards, dwarfs, pyramids, espaliers, etc.; the laying out and arranging different kinds orchards and garden, the selection of suitable varieties for different pur- poses and localities, gathering and preserving fruits, treatment of diseases, destruction of insects, descriptions and uses of imple- ments, etc. New York, 1860. Saxton & Barker, xii&389 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. Buell, Cider makers manual, Buffalo,, 1869. Do-WTung, Andrew Jackson Fruits and fruit trees of America; or, the culture, propagation, and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally; with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country. . .illustrated with many engravings. New York, 1845. Wiley and Putnam, xiv&590 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. (rebound) The library has also the editions and reprints of 18.46, 1849, 1858, and 1880, the latter two corrected by Charles Downing. One of the best-known American horticulturists, and the Amer- ican pioneer in horticulture and landscape gardening. 16 Forsyth, William A Treatise on the culture and management of Fruit-Trees; in which a new method of pruning and training is fully described; to which is added, a new and improved edition of "Observations on the diseases, defects, and injuries, in all kinds of fruit and forest trees:" with an account of a particular method of cure, published by Order of Gov- ernment; by William Forsyth, F. A. S. and F. S. A.; gardener to his Majesty at Kensington and St. James. London, 1802. Nichols & son, viii&360 p., illus. 28i/^ cm. lea. Directions for pruning and tree surgeryt illustrated with num- erous plates and diagrams, and showing tools to be used. Hof f y, A. Hoffy's North American pomologist, containing numerous finely col- ored drawings accompanied by letter press descriptions, etc. of fruits of American origin; edited by Willliam D. Brinckle, A. M., M. D. Book 1. Philadelphia, 1860. A. Hoffy, vi&unpaged port, and col. pi. 27% cm. cl. Unusually fine hand-colored plates, the work of A. Hoffy. Hovey, Charles Mason The fruits of America, containing richly colored figures and full descriptions of all the choicest varieties cultivated in the United States. New York, 1853. D. Appleton & eo., viii&lOO p., front, illus., col. pi. ports. 36 cm. el Ikeda, Tomochlka The Fruit culture in Japan. Tokyo, n. d. Seibido, 110 p., port. 22 cm. pa. Resume of climatic and soil conditions in Japan, and geographic and classified lists of fruits grown, with descriptions of Jap- anese methods. Knight, Thomas Andrew A treatise on tlie culture of the apple & pear, and on the manu- facture of cider and perry. 2nd ed. enl. Ludlow, 1801. H. Procter, 181 p.& postscript. 18 cm. % lea. calf gilt back. Water-mark 1800 appears in paper. Postscript suggests method for making cider or perry to with- stand long sea voyages. McEwen, George The culture of the peach and -nectarine. . . edited and enlarged by John Cox. London, 1859. Groombridge & sons, v&52 p., illus. col. front. 22^^ cm. cl. Treats only of the wall and hothouse tree. Mcintosh, Charles The orchard: including the management of wall and standard fruit trees and the forcing pit. London, 1839. Wm. S. Orr & co., viii&420 p. illus. hand col., front, t. p. & pi. 19 cm. cl. gilt-edge. Mississippi Valley horticultural society Transactions, vol. 1, 2, 1883-i. Indianapolis, 1883-4. Carlon & Hollcnbeck. Vol. 1-2 in 4. illus. 24 cm. cl. This set is vol. 1-2 of the American horticultural society's Transactions. 17 Sayers, Edward The American fruit garden companion, being a practical treatise on the propagation and culture of fruit, adapted to the northern and middle states. Boston, 1839. Weeks, Jordan & co. xv&174 p. 171/2 cm. cl. Interesting as an early handbook. New York (State) Dept. of Agriculture The apples of New York by S. A. Beach, vol. 11 of the report of the New York Agr. Exp. Sta. 1903 II. Albany, 1905. Lyon, iv&360 p. iilus. col. pi. 24 cm. cl. Description and history. Good illustrations and fine colored plates of fruits, giving cross-section as well as exterior views. New York (State) Dept. of Agriculture The plums of New York by U. P. Hedrick. . .vol. 3 part II of the 18th annual report of the New York Agr. Exp. Sta. 1910 II. Albany, 1911. State printer (Lyon) xii&580 p., col. pi. 31 cm. cl. Description and history. Blossoms as well as fruits well illus- trated in fine colored plates. T^runes are included. New York (State) Dept. of Agriculture The grapes of New York by U. P. Hedrick. . .vol. 3 part II of the 15th annual report of the New York Agr. Exp. Sta., 1907 II. Albany, 1908. State printer (Lyon) xv&536 p., col. pi. 31 cm. cl. Very fine colored plates of fruit and leaf-branches. Full de- scription and history of each grape, but no cultural directions. Switzer, Stephen The practical fruit-gardener; Being the best and newest Method of raising. Planting, and Pruning all Sorts of Fruit-Trees, agree- ably to the Experience and Practice of the most eminent Gardeners and Nursery -Men; by Stephen Switzer; Eevised and recommended by the Eevd. Mr. Laurence and Mr. Bradley. Adorn'd with proper Plans. London, 1724. Tho. Woodward, 333p. pla.* (fold.) 20i/^ cm., orig. calf, tooled. Deals especially with English method of "flooring" borders for fruit trees, and with soils and their qualities. In speaking of the newly instituted plan of mid-summer tree planting the author exclaims: "A rare Inducement to Planters, to shew them how much may yet be undiscover'd of their Art, what a large Field they have to expatiate in, and such as our fore- fathers never so much as dreamt of!" Thomas, John Jacobs The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propa- gation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchard, and garden; with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States, ed. 7. Auburn, 1853. Derby and Miller, xiv&421P., illus. 20 cm. cl. The library has also the reprints and editions of 1857, 1867, 1885, 1914 (rev. from ed. 21 by W. H. S. Wood.) The first edition preceded Downing's Fruits and fruit trees of America by 1 year. Tilton's journal of horticulture and florist's companion . vols. 1, 3, 5, 9. 1867-1871. Boston, 1867-1871 vol. 1, 3, 5, 9. illus. 23 cm. cl. Published from 1867 to 1869 under title American journal of horticulture. Warder, John Aston American pomology; Apples. New York, cl867. Orange Judd, vii&737p., illus. 20 cm. cl. Has author's autograph dedication on a page inserted in the front. 18 Wood, William H. S., ed. American fruit culturist; containing practical directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States, by John J. Thomas. . .twenty-first edition, rev. and enl. by William H. S, Wood. . .illus. with over 800 accurate figures. New York, 1914. Orange Judd co., xvii«&;814p., ilius. 22 cm. el. A late edition of a work published in 1847. Valuable on fruits and nuts. The information is easily found. For fruits, see also Citrus Culture and Grapes. There is also material among the books on Agriculture and Gardening-. THE GARDEN Go down to Kew in lilac-time (It isn't far from London!) Go down to Kew in lilac-time (It isn't far from London!)" And you shall wander hand in hand with love in summer's wonder-land; Go down to Kew in lilac-time (It isn't far from London!)" Alfred Noyes' "Barrel-organ." The Botanical magazine; or, Flower-garden displayed: in which the most ornamental foreign plants, cultivated in the open ground, the green-house, and the stove, are accurately presented in their natural colours. To which are added, their names, class, order, generic and specific characters, according to the celebrated Linnaeus; and their places of growth, and times of flowering: together with the most approved methods of culture. A work intended for the use of such ladies, gentlemen, and gardeners, as wish to become scien- tifically acquainted with the plants they cultivate. Vol. 1-45. London, 1793-1818. Printed by S. Couchman, vol. 1-45, port., col., pi. 24 cm. % lea. By William Curtis, 1793-1800, vol. 1-14. By John Sims, 1801-1818, vol. 15-45. Title of vols. 15-45 reads "Curtis' botanical magazine." Port. of Willliam Curtis as front, of vol. xvi., p. 1096, descriptive of plate 1096 is missing. Latin and English indices in each vol- ume. Very fine hand-colored plates. An extremely valuable run in good condition. Breck, Joseph New book of flowers. New York, cl866. Orange Judd & co., xii&480 p., iluis. 19^^ cm. cl. Deals with garden flowers capable of out-door cultivation. Bridgeman, Thomas The florist's guide; containing practical directions for the cultiva- tion of annual, biennial, and perennial flowering plants. . .in- cluding the double dahlia; with a monthly calendar containing in- structions for the management of green-house plants throughout the year. ed. 3, enl. & imp. New York, 1840. Bridgeman, 180 p. 19 cm. ci. Adapted to the home-grower. British florist; or, Lady's journal of horticulture. . .in six volumes with eighty-one carefully colored plates. London, 1846. Henry G. Bohn, 6 vols, in 3 col. engr. 23 cm. % calf. 19 The divisions of the work are under title Florist's journal, and the outside title reads British florist. Very fine hand-colored plates. Non-scientific articles on description and culture of plants: each month a calendar of the current month and a resume of weather conditions of the month preceding, is given. Buist, Robert American f lovper-ga? ten directory; containing practical directions for the culture of plants in the fiower-garden, hot-house, green- house, rooms, or parlour windows, for every month in the year. . . with instructions for erecting a hot-house, green-house, and laying out a flower-garden. . .with instructions for preparing the soil, propagating, planting, pruning, training, and fruiting the grape vine. New York, cl854. Orange Judd, 334 p. 20 cm. cl. Carter's practical gardener; a handy book on everyday matters connected with garden routine; illustrated, ed. 3. London, 1869. E. Marlborough & co., 138, advertisements, xviii p., illus. 17 cm. pa. Colored designs for flower-beds. Directions for each month, particularly for the professional gardener, including much material on conservatories, orchid- house, etc. Cecil, the Hon. Mrs. Eveljm (The Honorable Alicia Amlierst) A history of gardening in England, ed. 3. New York, 1910. Dutton, xviii&383 p., illus. 23% cm. cl. The text of the book is extremely interesting, and the facsimile prints as well. Very good bibliograpliy of English books on gardening, begin- ning with 1516. & author list. . Churcli, Ella Hodman The home garden (Appleton's home books) New York, 1889. D. Appleton, 121 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. A very good book for the lover of a small sweet garden. Copeland, Robert Morris Country life; a handbook of agriculture, horticulture, and landscape gardening. ^Boston, 1859. John P. Jewett & co., X&804 p., engr. 22 cm. cl. Chronological arrangement by months. Deals particularly with landscape gardening. Downing, Andrew Jackson Rural essays. . .edited, with a memoir of the author, by George Wil- liam Curtis, and a letter to his friends, by Frederika Bremer. New York, cl853. Leavitt & Allen, Lxxi&557 p., illus. 231/0 cm. cl. Landscape gardening. "The horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste," edited by Downing, will be found among the books on the Farm-Stead. Downing, Andrew Jackson A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening adapted to North America; with a view to the improvement of country resi- dences. . .with remarks on rural architecture, ed. 4 enl. rev. and newly ilius. New York, 1849. Putnam, 532 p., illus. 24 cm. cl. same; ed. 5, New York, 1856. Saxton, 532 p., illus., front, (port, of Downing) 24 cm. cl. Of great interest as the earliest distinctively American work on the subject. Many illustrations of contemporary American residences are given. The Florist, fruitist, and garden miscellany v. 12, 1859. London, 1859. "Florist" office, 378 p , woodcuts and col. pi. 22 cm. cl. An English periodical on gardening matters. 20 Gardener's monthly and horticultural advertiser; edited by Thomas Mee- han, V. 4, 1862. Philadelphia, 1862. W. G. P. Brinckloe, v. 4, illus. 251/2 cm. cl. Henderson, Peter Practical floriculture; a guide to the successful cultivation of florist's plants for the amateur and professional florist. New York, cl869. Orange Judd, 246 p., ilius. 191/2 cm. cl. Johnson, Louisa Every lady her own flower gardener; addressed to the industrious and economical; containing simple and practical directions for culti- vating plants and flowers on the garden and in rooms. . .rev. from the fourteenth London ed. & adapted to the use of American ladies. (Saxton's rural hand-books) New York, 1856. Saxton, 110 p. 191/2 cm. pa. A very simple, practical hand-book, with chronological table of Blossoniiug times. Quaint. London, Horticultural society of Transactions. V. 1-7. London, 1850-1830. Published by the society and printed by W. Bulmer & co. and by W. Nicol. 7 vols, engrs., diag. and col. PI. 32 cm. % lea. Large paper. Very fine hand-colored plates. Vol. 1 is of the sec- ond edition. Vol. 2-7 have no edition specified. Vol. 7 con- ^ tains temperature chart and meteorological observations. Con- tributed articles by some well-known authorities and by mem- bers of the society. Treats of general gardening and horticul- tural matters, including fruits. Loudon, Mrs. Jane (Webb) The ladies flower-garden of ornamental annuals, 1840. The ladies flower-garden of ornamental bulbous plants 1841. The ladies flower-garden of ornamental greenhouse plants, 1848. The ladies flower-garden of ornamental perennials, v. 1, 1843. The ladies flower-garden of ornamental perennials, v. 2, 1844. London, 1840-1848. Smith, 5 vols., col. pi. 28 cm., % calf. A complete set of this well-known and important work. The colored plates are remarkably fine. Miller, Philip Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary;. . . by the late Philip Miller, F. E. S. . .To which are now first added, a complete Enumeration and Description of all plants hitherto known, with their Generic and Specific Characters, Places of Growth, Times of Flowering, and uses both Medicinal and Economical; the whole corrected and newly arranged, with the addition of all the modern improvements in Land- scape Gardening, and in the Culture of Trees, Plants, and Fruits, particularly in the various kinds of hot houses and forcing frames: with Piates explanatory both of them, and the Principles of Botany; by Thomas Martyn, B. D., F. E. S., Eegius Professor of Botany in The University of Cambridge. 2 vols, in four. London, 1807. Printed by Law and Gilbert, 2 vols in 4, illus. 44 cm, lea., gilt edge and back. 15 fine engraved botanic plates and 5 engraved plans of green- houses, fruit-houses, etc. in vol. 1, part 1. Miller, Philip The Gardener's Dictionary: containing the Best and Newest Meth- ods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen Fruit, Flower Garden, and Nursery; As also for Performing the Practical Parts of Agricul- ture: including the Management of Vineyards, with the Methods of 21 Making and Preserving the Wine, according to the present Prac- tice of the most skillful Vignerons in the several Wine Countries in Europe; together with Directions for Propagating and Improving from Eeal Practice and Experience, all sorts of Timber Trees. The Seventh Edition, Eevised and Altered according to the latest System of Botany; and Embellished with several Copper-Plates, which were not in the former Editions; by Piiilip Miller, P. E. S., Gar- dener to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, at their Botanick Garden in Cheisea, and Member of the Botanick Academy at Florence. London, 17.59. Printed for the Author, not paged, thick folio. 41 cm. lea. Tight back, laced-in boards. One of the most important books in any gardening collection. The first edition appeared in 1731-7. Nicholson, George, ed. The illustrated dictionary of gardening; a practical and scientific encyclopedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists. 5 vols. London, n. d. Gill, 5 vols. (1-4 and Century supplement illus. col. fronts. 26 cm. cl. A very useful and valuable w^ork for the gardener. Vol. 5 contains indices to flowering periods, colors, heights, special purposes, common names, etc. Parkinson, Jolin Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. or, A choise Garden of all sorts of Barest Flowers, with their Nature, place of Birth, time of flowering, Names, and Vertues to each Plant, useful in Physick, or admired for Beauty. To which is annext a Kitchin-Garden. . .With the Art of planting an Orchard. . .All unmentioned in former Herbals. Collected by John Parkinson, Apothecary of London, and the King's Herbarist. 2d impression much corrected and enlarged. London, 1656. Printed by E. N. and are to be sold by Eichard Thrale. 612 p. & index, table of English names of plants, and table of herbs and their uses, front. & illus. 34 cm. calf. Large paper. Profusely illustrated. Bookplate of Ham Court. p. 307-8 in duplicate. A very interesting engraved half-title page illustrating the earthly paradise or garden of Eden, with many of its animal and vegetable inhabitants pictured in detail. A very rare and charming old book, referred to by the author in his dedication to Queen Henrietta Maria, consort of Charles I, as a "Feminine Work of Flowers." The first edition was published in 1629. The author dedicated his Theatrum Botan- icum, a "Manlike Worke of Herbes and Plants" (pub. in 1640) to Charles I. Parkman, Francis The book of roses. Boston, 18B6. Tilton, 225 p. 20 cm. cl. Particularly interesting as the work of the famous historian, who occupied the chair of Horticulture in the Harvard College of Agriculture for several years. Parsons, Samuel Bowne Parsons on the rose; a treatise on the propagation, culture, and history of the rose. New York, cl869. Orange Judd, 211 p., illus. IQi/^ cm. cl. Originally written about 1848, and full of charming historical and legendary allusions in regard to roses. Paul, William The rose garden, ed. 9. London, pref. 1888. Kent & co., xiv&356 p., illus., col. pi. 32 cm. cl. Division 1, History and poetry of the rose, formation of the rosarium, and an account of the cultivation of the flower. 22 Division 2, Arrangement in natural groups of best roses, with de- scriptions and remarks on their origin and mode of culture. Very interesting- history of roses from earliest known mention to the time of publication, and a most useful work. Beautifully illustrated. Rand, Edward Sprague, Jr. Bulbs; a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers. Boston, 1866. Tiiton, 292 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. A good handbook, giving in detail methods of indoor growth. Rand, Edward Sprague, Jr. Seventy-five popular flowers, and how to cultivate them. Boston, 1870. Tiiton, 204 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. A practical book. Repton, Humphry, Esq. An enquiry into the changes of taste in landscape gardening; to which are added some observations on its theory and practice, including a defence of the art. London, 1806. Taj^or, V&174 p. 23 cm. i/^ lea. rebound. "Written for Martyn's edition of Miller's Gardener's Dictionary. Contains letters in a controversy between the author and Uvedale Price, author of "An essay on the picturesque." Sayers, Edward A treatise on the culture of the dahlia and cactus. Boston, 1839. Weeks, Jordan & co., vi&72 p. 16 cm. bds. History of the dahlia, and methods of treatment especially adapted to Massachusetts, where it was becoming very popular at the time. Speede, G. T. Frederic Indian hand-book of gardening; or guide to the management of the kitchen, fruit, and flower-garden, in India,. . .a Hindoostanee vocabulary of horticultural terms, and a list of plants, ed. 2, enl. & corr. Calcutta, 1842. W. Thacker & co., 353&259 p., illus. 22 cm. cl. Contains list of plants with height of each; Hindoostanee-Eng- lish and Bnglish-Hindoostanee terms, as well as Hindoostanee calendar. Garden calendar. Very useful for India. Waipole, Horace, 4th, earl of Oxford Essay on modern gardening. . .with a faithful translation into French by the Duke of Nivernois; A reprint in type facsimile of the edition printed by Mr. Waipole at Strawberry Hill MDCCLXXXV; to which is added an introductory note by Alice Morse Earle. Canton, Penn., 1904. The Kingate press, 24«fc94 p., facsim. 25 cm. cl. Edition of 375 copies printed on Enfield hand-made paper. Contains two facsimile letters written by Waipole to the due de Nivernois in appreciation of the work done by the latter in rendering the Essay into French (one letter a first draft, showing corrections). English text and French rendering are on facing pages throughout, and notes explanatory of English customs mentioned in the text are appended to the French version. This is the first reprint made since the original French and English edition of 400 copies was printed at Strawberry Hill in 1785. The introduction by Mrs. Earle is in itself a delightful essay on Waipole, his attitude, his work, and the circumstances which made him. Vick's monthly magazine, Eochester, 1878-1883. Vick, vol. 1-6; illus., col. pi. 24 cm. cl. Has departments for young people where gardening and bo- tanical questions are answered. One of the well-known garden magazines of the time. 23 Wright, John The flower-grower's guide. . .with coloured illustrations by Miss Marie Low and Miss Gertrude Hamilton. 3 vols. London, dedi., 1896. Virtue, 3 vols., illus., col. pi. 28l^ cm. % lea. A very fine work, with beautiful illustrations. Not well adapted to the small simple garden, but treats rare and exotic plants exhaustively. GRAPE CULTURE "Here, order'd Vines in equal Eanks appear With all th' united Labours of the Year. Some to unload the fertile Branches run, Some dry the black'ning Clusters in the Sun; Others to tread the liquid Harvest join; The groaning Presses foam with Floods of Wine. Here are the Vines in early Flow'rs descry'd, Here Grapes discolour'd on the Sunny-side:" From Euston's Odyssey. Ohorlton, William The cold grapery, from direct American practice; being a concise and detailed treatise on the cultivation of the exotic grape-vine, under glass, without artificial heat. New York, 1853. J. C. Riker, 95 p., illus. 19 cm. cl. Du Breuil, Alphonse Vineyard culture improved and cheapened. . .tr. by E. & C. Parker . . .with notes and adaptations to American culture by John A. Warder. Cincinnati, 1867. Ciarke, xvi&337 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. Eisen, Gustav The raisin industry; a practical treatise on the raisin grapes; their history, culture, and curing. San Francisco, 1890. Crocker, 218 p., illus. 25% cm. cl. Flagg, WiUiam Joseph Three seasons in European vineyards; treating of vine-culture; vine disease and its cure; wine-making and wines, red and white; wine- drinking, as affecting health and morals. New York, 1869. Harper, 321 p., illus. 19^2 cm. cl. Fuller, Andrew S. The grape culturist; a treatise on the cultivation of the native grape. New York, 1864. Davies & Kent, 259 p., illus. 191/2 cm. cl. Edi- tions of 1866 and 1867 also. Clear directions. Horizontal arm & renewal systems. Haraszthy, Agostin Grape culture, wines and wine-making; with notes upon agriculture and horticulture. 24 New York, 1862. Harper, 420 p., illus. 24% cm. cl. Account of a trip of inspection through wine-making countries of Europe; quotations from many European authorities; grapes and wines in California; the silk-worm; beet-sugar; fruit-drying, etc. The journal itself is entertaining. Hedrick, TJ. P. The grapes of New York: see Fruits. Husmann, George The cultivation of the native grape, and manufacture of American wines. New York, 1866. Woodward (office of the Horticulturist) 192 p., illus. 19% cm. cl. A work for the novice, giving simple and inexpensive methods. Husmann, George Grape culture and wine-making in California; a practical manual for the grape-grower and wine-maker. San Francisco, 1888. Payot, Upham & co., 380 p., illus. 19% cm. cl. There is a chapter on Raisin-making. Mead, Peter B. An elementary treatise on American Grape culture and wine-making. New York, 1867. Harper and Bros., 476 p., illus. 24 cm. cl. Deals more fully with the trained vine than with the vineyard grape. Phin, Jolin Open air grape culture; a practical treatise on the garden and vine- yard culture of the vine, and the manufacture of domestic wine. . . for. ^ .use. . .in the northern and middle states. . .to which is added a. . .description of the celebrated Thomery system of grape culture. New York, 1862. Saxton, 375 p., illus. 191/2 cm. cl. Descriptive catalog native grapes, preserving, raisin-making. The edition of 1867, Sheldon, is in library. GRASSES and FIBRES Sussex "Clean of officious fence or hedge. Half-wild and wholly tame. The wise turf cloaks the white cliff edge As when the Romans came." Rudyard Kipling Flint, Charles Louis Grasses and forage plants; a practical treatise comprising their na- tural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting, and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces, ed. 5 rev. and enl. Boston, 1860. Crosby, Nichols, Lee & co., viii&388 p., illus. 211/2 cm. cl. Library also has edition of 1888 (rev.) Deals especially with the improvement of marshland grasses. Plues, Margaret British grasses: an introduction to the study of the Gramineae of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1867. Eeeve & co., vi&301&xvi p, col. pi. 20 cm. cl. Reeve, Gabriel Directions Left by a Gentleman to his Sonns: for the Improvement of Barren and Heathy Land in England and Wales. London, 1670. Printed by E. T. and E. H. for E. Eoyston, 34 p. 20 cm. calf. Very fine calf rebinding, green and gold back. On the raising of flax, with an account of the industry as prac- ticed in Flanders. A very interesting little treatise, told in a conversational narrative form. Seemann, Berthold Popular history of the palms and their allies, containing a familiar account of their structure, geographical and geological distribution, history, properties, and uses, and a complete list of all the species introduced into our gardens. London, 1856. Lovell Eeeve, xiv&345 p., col. pi. 16% cm. % lea. Much of the information was gained during a cruise around the world on H. M. S. "Herald." Numerous crudely-colored but faithfully illustrative plates. Sinclair, George Hortus gramineus Woburnensis; or, an account of the results of experiments on the produce and nutritive qualities of different grasses and other plants used as the food of the more valuable do- mestic animals. . .pointing out the kinds most profitable for perma- nent pasture, irrigated meadows, dry upland pasture, and the al- ternate husbandry; accompanied with the discriminating characters of the species and varieties, ed. 3. London, 1826. James Eidgway, xx&428 p., illus. 27 cm. cl. Hand-colored engravings. Eebound. Squier, Ephraim George Tropical fibres; their production and economic extraction. New York, 1863. Scribner, 64 p. xvi, plates. 24 cm. cl. Very fine (uncolored) lithographic plates. Turner, Frederick Australian grasses, vol. 1. Sydney, 1895. Potter, Govt, printer, xxxviii&63 p., illus. 25 cm. cl. HERBALS "O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities; For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give." Fr. Laureuce, in "Eom-.'o and .Juliet. 26 Culpeper, Nicholas Culpeper's English physician; and complete herbal. To which are now first added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs with a display of their medicinal and occult properties. . . to which are annexed ruics for compounding medicine according to the new sys- tem of nature: Forming a complete family dispensatory and natural system of physic. Beautified and enriched with engravings of . . . plants and. . . anatomical figures. . . by E. Sibley. London, Year of masonry, 5793 (1790) Printed for the author, 2 vols, in 1 pi. 27 cm. lea. Good anatomical and herbal illustrations. Flint, Martha Bockee A garden of simples. New York 1900. Scribners, 307 p. 20 cm. bds. Arranged in the old style of printing-, arrangement, and bind- ing, and crowded with quotations from and allusions to the old- time writers on herbs and gardening in general. A fascinating hodge-podge of entertaining material, very cleverly put together. Crerarde, John The Herbail; or, Generall Historie of plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde of London, Master in Chirurgerie. Very much enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson, Citizen and Apothecarye of London. London, 1633. Printed by Adam Islip, Joice, Norton, and Eichard Whitakers, 1630 p. Engr. front, illus. 37 cm. calf (orig?) Large paper. Very fine engraved pictorial title-page, and other en- gravings. Alphabetical tables in Latin and in English, the latter in blackletter. The table of Vertues is interesting. Has name and address of Ant. Thompson with date 1636 on front fly-leaf, and the book-plate of Trinity College, Cambridge, appears on the verso of the leaf following the title page. This book is very valuable, and stood equally with I'arkinson's Theatrum Botanicum as the authoritative reference book on botany until the time of Ray. Good, Peter P. The family flora and materia medica botanica; containing the botan- ical analysis, natural history, and chemical and medical properties and uses of plants. . .illustrated by colored engravings. 2 vols, rev. ed. Cambridge (Mass.) cl854. Peter P. Good, Jr. 2 vois. col. pi. 24 cm. el. Not usable as a first-aid medical work as there is no index. The properties of each herb follow its description, but there is no sys- tematic arrangement. The herbs described in vol. 2 are arranged or listed in a table according to seasons, i. e., spring, summer, etc. A chart explaining and illustrating the Linnaean System is given , in vol. 2. Profusely illustrated. Green, Thomas The universal herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dic- tionary. Containing an account of all the known plants in the world, arranged according to the Linnaean system. Specifying the uses to which they are or may be applied, whether as food, as medi- cine, or in the arts and manufactures. With the best methods of propagation and the most recent agricultural improvements, ed. 2 rev. London, pref. 1824. Caxton press, 2 vols., col. pi. 28 cm. lea., gilt back and decorations. Very fine hand-colored plates, front., and extra title-pages. Hunter, John D. . . .Some account of the soil climate, and vegetable productions, and the Indian materia medica in his Hunter's Narrative of the man- 27 ners and customs of several Indian tribes located west of the Missis- sippi. Philadelphia, 1823. Ptg. for the author by J. Maxwell, 402 p. 22 cm. lea. p. 145-161, 180-182, 368-395. Valuable for Indian herb remedies as described by one who was thoroug-hly familiar with, and had made use of them among the Indians. The book is very interesting on Indians and Indian character. Lewer, H. W. A Book of Simples. Being a Eeproduction of the Still-Eoom Book belonging to an old Manor House. London, 1908. Low, 234 p.. Demy 8vo. parchment. "Produced in the best style." Pure rag paper, deckle edged, bound in green parchment, full gilt back. Lindley, John Flora medica; a botanical account of all the more important plants used in medicine in different parts of the world. London, 1838. Longman, Orme, etc., xiii&636 p. 22 cm. % lea. Orta, Garcia da. 1490-1570 Colloquies on the simples and drugs of India. . .new ed. (Lisbon, 1895) edited and annotated by the conde de Picalho; trans, with an introd. and index by Sir Clements Markham. London, 1913. Sotheran, xxi&509 p., illus. 22 cm. cl. By one of the greatest early authorities on medicine and drugs, written as a discussion between a suppositious doctor and Orta himself. The historical setting of the book, also, is very in- teresting. Parkinson, John Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, or. An Universall and Compleate Herball; Composed by John Parkinson Apothecarye of London, and the Kings Herbarist. London, 1640. Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1755 p., illus., engr., t. p. port. 35 cm., calf, gilt back. This is a first edition. Fine copy. Thousands of woodcuts, and an engraved title-page (by W. Marshall) with portrait of author below those of Adam and Solomon. Contains much mat- ter on the universal history of plants not contained in previous works. The dedication of this "Manlike Worke Of Herbes and Plants" is to Charles I, as that of his "Feminine Worke of Flowers" (Paradisi in Sole) was to his consort. Queen Henrietta Maria. "Table of the Vertues." "Gerarde's herbal and this work were the two main pillars of botany in England to the time of Ray" — Lowndes. THE HOTHOUSE and EXOTICS "It's twenty thousand mile to our little lazy isle Where the trumpet-orchids blow!" Eudyard Kipling Brooke & Co., Fairfield nurseries The Fairfield orchids; a descriptive catalogue of the species and varieties grown by James Brooke & co., Fairfiald nurseries. London, 1872. Bradbury, Evans, & co., vi&128 p. 23 cm. cl. 28 An "Introduction to orchidology." Gives references to colored plates in many orchid books. Glossary. Burbidge, Frederick William Cool orchids and how to grow them; with a descriptive list of all the best species in cultivation. London, 1874. Hardwicke, 160 p., illus., col. pi. 18 cm. cl. Miner, Harriet Stewart Orchids, the royal family of plants Boston, 1885. Lee & Shepherd, 90 p., col. pi. 36 cm. cl Heavy plate paper. Fine colored plates. Speechly, William A Treatise on the Culture of the Pineapple and the Management of the Hot-House; together with a description of every species of Insect that infest Hot-Houses, with effectual methods of destroying them, ed. 2 with additions. York, 1796. Printed for the Author. . .by G. Peacock, xvi&197 p., engr.. plates (part fold.) 22 cm. % lea. (original) Outside title reads Speechly's Hot House. Contains several plans for the construction and heating appa- ratus of the hot-house. Directions for the construction of hot-houses are contained in Downing's "Treatise" and other books. PLANT STUDY "Once in a golden hour I cast to earth a seed. Up there came a flower, The people said, a weed." "The Flower" Tenuysou. Bailey, F. M, A companion for the Queensland student of plant life. Brisbane, 1893. Govt. ptg. ofc, 108 p. 22 cm. % lea. Consists in large part of a "glossary of botanic terms, their explanation and application, functions of the various organs, etc." Balfour, John Hutton The plants of the Bible; trees and shrubs. London, 1857. T. Nelson & sons, iv&54 p.,. col. pi. 25 cm. cl. Many colored plates. General descriptions and often genera and species, are given, as well as Biblical allusions. Beck, Lewis C. Botany of the northern and middle states; or a description of the plants" found in the United States, north of Virginia; arranged ac- cording to the natural system, with a synopsis of the genera accord- ing to the Linnaean system — a sketch of the rudiments of botany, and a glossary of terms. Albany, 1833. Webster & Skinners, 463 p. 19 cm. lea. Botanical colored plates. (Excerpt from Encyclopedia Londoniensis. London, 1799. 15 fine colored plates'. 29i/^ cm. % suede. Brown, Robert The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown. (Publications 29 of the Eay Society) 2 v. &1. London, 1866-68. Pub. for the society by Hardwieke, E. 2. vols. & 1 of pi. 23 cm. el. & 37 cm. bds. V. 3 is atlas (of plates) 37 cm. bds. Contents: vol. I, 1. — Geographico-botanical, and 2. — structural and physiological memoirs, vol. II, 3. — Systematic memoirs, and 4. — Contributions to systematic works, vol. Ill, Atlas. The engravings are very fine, many from the original plates for Capt. Flinder's "Voyage to Terra Astralis" and others belonging to the Council of the Linnaean Society. Brown was the greatest botanical authority of his day (1773-1858) Crombie, Rev. Jacobus M. Lichenes Brittannici, sen lichenum in Anglia, Scotia, et Hibernia vigentium, enumeratio, cum eorum stationibus et distributions. London, 1870. L. Eeeve & co., vii&138 p. 18 cm. 61. An account of the lichens discovered and classified by others • as well as rare kinds found by the author. Curtis' botanical magazine see Botanical magazine under heading The Garden. Darwin, Charles Different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. New York, 1877. Appleton, viii&345 p., illus., 20 cm. cl. same 1889. Darwin, Charles The effects of cross and self fertilization in the vegetable kingdom. New York, 1892. Appleton, viii&469 p., tables. 20 cm. cl. Darwin, Charles Insectivorous plants. New York, 1892. Appleton, x&453 p., iilus. 201/2 cm. cl. Minute descriptions of plants which absorb animal matter through glands. Darwin, Charles The movements and habits of climbing plants, ed. 2 rev. New York, 1876. Appleton, viii&206 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. same 1891. "This essay first appeared in the 9th vol. of Jour, of Linnaean Society, pub in 1865." Darwin, Charles The power of movement in plants by Charles Darwin. . .assisted by Francis Darwin. New York, 1892. Appleton, x&573 p., illus. 201/2 cm. cl. Movement, aside from growth, with illustrative diagrams. Plants and leaves going to sleep. Darwin, Erasmus The botanic garden; a poem in two parts. Part 1 containing the Economy of Vegetation. Part 2, the Loves of the Plants; with philosophical notes. London, 1795. J. Johnson, 218&200 p., iilus. 29 cm. lea. Laudatory poems by Cowper and others to the author appear at the beginning of the book. The author was the grandfather of Charles Darwin. riguier, Louis The vegetable world; being a history of plants, with their structure and peculiar properties; adapted from the work of Louis Figuier; with a glossary of botanical terms. London, Paris, & New York, n. d. Cassell, Peter, etc., viii&569 p., illus. 19% cm. cl, A non-technical botany, and very useful, for the amateur of that time. 30 Goodale, George Lincoln Wild flowers of America; with fifty-one coiored plates by laaae Sprague. Boston, 1886. Brandlee Whidden, 205 p., illus., col. pi. 34 cm. cl. Gray, Asa Manual of the botany of the western United States; revised edition including Virginia, Kentucky, and all east of the Mississippi; arranged according to the natural system. . .with six plates illus- trating the genera of ferns. Chicago, 1859. S. C. Griggs & co., xsiv&606 p., plates. 22 cm. 1/2 lea. Hosack, David Hortus Elginensis: or a catalogue of plants, indigenous and exotic, cultivated in the Elgin Botanic Garden, in the vicinity of the city of New York established in 1801. ed. 2 enl. New York, 1811. T. & J. Swords, printer to faculty of physic of Columbia College, 60 p. 23 cm. pa. rebound in buckram. Gives scientific, and English or common names, origin, use, cul- ture, and duration, in brief. English Index. Linnaeus, Carolus Systema Vegetabilium; editio decima sexta, curante Curtio Sprengel, equite stellae polaris et aquilae rubrae. Prof. Med. et rei herb, in Univers. Hal. 5 v. Gottingae, 1825-1828. Sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae, 5 v. 21 cm. y2 lea. vol. 5 has an index to the whole. A portrait of Linnaeus appears in Thornton's Botanical Extracts. Loudon, John Claudius, ed, Loudon's encyclopaedia of plants; comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced into Britain. New ed., corr. to the present time. Edited by Mrs. Loudon; assisted by George Don, P. L. S.; and David Wooster. . . London, 1855. Longman. Brown, Green, and Longman, 2 vols., illus. 22 cm., very fine blind-tooled calf gilt edge and back. Meehan, Tliomas Native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural, and popular aspects. 2 vols. Boston, cl878. L. Prang & co., 2 v., illus., col. pi. 27yo cm. % lea. gilt back. Meelian, Thomas Native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural, and popular aspects. Second series, 2 v. Boston, cl880. L. Prang & co., 2 v., illus., col, pi. 27% cm. % lea. Missouri botanical garden Reports, 1890-1912. 25 cm. cl. Reports on botanic garden and School of Botany of Washington University of St. Louis, established by Henry Shaw. Moore, Charles Handbook of the flora of New South Wales: a description of the flowering plants and ferns indigenous to New South Wales; by Charles Moore. , .assisted by Ernest Betche. Sydney, 1893. Charles Potter, govt, printer, 39&582 p. 25 cm. cl. A scientific work, but there is a good glossary for the help of the amateur. Technical index. 31 Nuttall, Thomas The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Philadelphia, 1818. Heartt, 2 v. 20 cm. bds. Hand-made paper. Unopened. First edition. Plants of America Anierikanische gewachse nach Linneischer Orduung. 101 bis 150 201-250. Nurnberg, 1786-88. auf Kosten der Easpischen Buchhandhmg. 3 v., eol. pi. 21 cm. old calf, gilt back. vol. 1 missing. Hand-colored plates, preceded by explanations of the classification. The Philippine journal of science; edited by Paul C. Freer. . .and Eichard P. Strong, etc., v. IV, 1-6. Manila, 1909. Bureau of Science, v. IV, 1-6. 26i^ cm. cl. Scientific descriptions of Philippine botany. Pliny Historae naturalis Libri xxxvi; Quos interpretatione et notis illus- travit Joannes Harduinus e societa te Jesu, jusso regis christianissimi Hudovic Magui, in usum serenissimi delphin. Editio altera emen- datior et auctior. Tomes III. Paris, 1723. Antoine Urbain Coustellier, 3 v., pi. 45 cm. lea. "Very correct and accurate Delphin text." Fine large paper copy. Map of the Earthly Paradise. Pi. at end of vol. 3, coins of Greece & Rome. Pliny Translation of the natural history of Pliny the Younger; consisting of the first six books, treating of the world and its parts; by John Jefferys. In manuscript, 1773. Vol. 1, 778 p. 30 cm. % ve'luai. Purton, Thomas A botanical description of British plants in the midland counties. . . to which is prefixed a short introduction to the study of botany and to the knowledge of the principal natural orders. 2 v. Stratford-upon-Avon, 1817. J. Ward, 2 v., col. pi. 19 cm. % lea. The whole comprises a set with Burton's Appendix to the Midland Flora, 3 v. in 4 parts, of which this is v. 1-2. Purton, Thomas An Appendix to the Midland Flora; comprising also corrections and additions referring to the two former volumes; and occasional ob- servations tending to elucidate the study of the British fungi; concluding with a generic and specific index to the whole work, and a general index of synonyms; in two parts, by Thomas Purton, F. L. S.; member of the Eoyal College of Surgeons; embellished with thirty colored engravings. 1 v. in 2. London, 1821. Printed by E. & A. Taylot and sold by Longman, Hurst, Eees, etc. 1 v. in 2. 19 cm. % lea. Comprises 3rd v. (in 2pts.) of set of which Purton's A Botanical De- scription. . .forms V. 1-2. A valuable set. The author's letter presenting it to William Baxter of the Oxford Botanical Garden is bound in with the first part. Rousseau, Jean Jacques Letters on the elements of botany, addressed to a lady. . .trans, into English, with notes, and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus, by Thomas Martyn. ed. 6 corr. & impr. London, 1802. J. White, xxiv&503 p. 21 cm, calf, gilt back. 32 Thornton, Robert John Botanical extracts: or, Philosophy of Botany. London, 1799-1810. Printed by T. Bensley for White, Johnson & co., 3 v., illus. engr. front; & ports. 49 cm. % calf. Title pag-e of v. 3 reads "Elementary botanical plates. . .par- ticularly intended to illustrate Botanical Extracts; or, The philosophy of botany." v. 3 contains, besides many botanic plates, several engravings by well-known engravers, after fa- mous artists of the day, on general subjects. Among these "An angel of God revealing the plans of Providence to St. John in the Island of Patmos" by Dunkarton, Jr. after Guercino, and "Cupid, Flora, Ceres, and Esculapius honoring the bust of Linnaeus" by Ridley after Russell and Opie (frontspiece) are notable. The "Portrait of her majesty Queen Charlotte" by Bartolozzi after Beechy appears opposite an elaborately en- graved page dedicating the volume to her. The following por- traits, showing remarkably fine work, appear abouve illustra- tions of places or events connected with the scientific work of each man portrayed. Millington Milne Darwin, Erasmus Grew Bonnet de Lamarck Tournefort Withering' de Jussieu Ray Curtis Shaw Vaillant Earl of Bute Woodville Linnaeus Martyn Townsend Rousseau Smith, Jones Edw. Jackson Hill Lambert Thornton Hales PLUtherford (the author) Title on backs is Thornton's Philosophy of Botany. Thornton, Eobert John The British flora; or, Genera and species of British plants; ar- ranged after the reformed sexual system; and illustrated by numer- ous tables and dissections. 3 v. London, 1812. Printed for author by J. Whiting (5 v. in 1, text) & (v. 2&3 illus. & col. pi.) 26 cm. % lea. rebound. A "reformed scheme" of the Linnaean systein. Thornton, Robert John A new illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus. London, 1799-1807, unpaged, engr. front. & 2 explanatory pages of engraved text at end. 49 cm. % caif. Fine large paper edition. Magnificent engravings of plants, flowers, and structure plants. Diagrams and details illustrative of the Linnaean system. 2 extra title pages near back of volume, one entitled "The Phil- osophy of botany" and the other "The genera of exotic and in- digenous plants that are to be met with in Great Britain ar- ranged according- to tlie reformed system." Tlie only type used is that on tlie half-title pages preceding- and naining each class illustrated. 2 double-page engravings of "Gathering tea" by Sutherland after Sang-so, and "Taching, or firing, of tea" by Sutherland after Wo-siong. The frontspiece is an engraving of "Cupid inspiring plants with love" by Bartolozzi and Landseer after Reinagle. Main title-page (A new illustration) bears in- scription Vol. IV, and the binding entitles it "Thornton's phil- osophy of botany, Vol. IV." The paper and the engraving are remarkable in quality. Waterhouse, Benjamin The Botanist; being the botanical part of a course of lectures on natural history, delivered in the university of Cambridge; together with a discourse on the principle of vitality. Boston, 1811. Joseph T. Buckingham, 263 p. 211/2 cm. lea. Taken from the first lectures of any importance given on natural history in the United States. They were delivered in 1788, and published in the Monthly Anthology, Boston, 1801. The author was an authority on his subject, being a member of many learned societies both in America and abroad, and during the time of delivering them held the professorship of Theory and Practice of Physic in the University of Cambridge. It was from 33 the interest aroused in the subject by Dr. Waterhouse's lectures that the professorship of Natural History was created and the Botanical Garden established (about 1796). The Commonwealth of Massachusetts gave two townships of land toward their support, and about 35,000 dollars was subscribed by individuals. The dedication is to John Adams, whose interest was of great help. Watt, George A dictionary of the economic products of India; by George Watt, M. B., C. M., F. L. S., Professor, Bengal educational department, on special duty with the government of India, department of reve- nue and agriculture; assisted by numerous contributors. 6 v. in 9 & index. Calcutta, 1889-1896. Supt. of govt, ptg., 6 v. in 9 & index. 25 cm. % lea. Gives copious information on herbs and drugs. Treats orange- culture quite fully. THE SILVAS "The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods, against a stormy sky. Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. . . Amidst the storm, they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free! The ocean-eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared; This was their welcome home!" — Felicia Hemans. Browne, D. J. Sylva Americana; or a description of the forest trees indigenous to the United States, practically and botanically considered, ed. 1. Boston, 1832. William Hyde & co., 395 p., illus. 231/2 cm. cl. Part 1, Vegetable physiology; Part 2, Dendrology; Part 3, Ar- bori-culture. Appendix contains a table showing results of ex- periments made to deterinine the comparative value as fuel of a large variety of w*oods; a glossary; an index divided into 3 parts to correspond with the divisions of the book, part 2 of which contains Latin-English, English-Latin, and Provincial names of woods and trees. Part 1. on vegetable physiology, is a very useful and simple treatment of the subject. Browne, D. J. The trees of America; native and foreign, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described. . .illustrated by numerous engravings. New York, 1857 (cl846) Harper, xii&520 p , illus. 25 em. cl. Classification according to the natural system (used in Miller and in Loudon.) 34 Cooper, C. S. Trees and shrubs of the Britisli Isles native and acclimatised; by C. S. Cooper, F. R. H. S. and W. Percival Westell, F. L. S.; sixteen full-page cjoloured plates and 70 full-page black and white plates drawn direct from nature by C. F. Newall. London, 1909. Dent. New York, 1909. Button, 2 v., ilius., col. pi. 31 cm. cl. Deals largely with insect pests. Has lists of "trees and shrubs for certain soils and situations." Eastwood, Alice A handbook of the trees of California (Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences IX) San Francisco, 1905. Pub. by the society, 86p. incl. index & gloss- ary. 19 cm. limp lea. The plates used in this work were destroyed in the San Francisco fire in 1906, and it is out of print in consequence. Evelyn, John Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Tim- ber in His Majesties Dominions, by J. E., Esq.; As it was Deliver'd in the Royal Society the xvth of October, CICICCLXII upon Oc- casion of certain Quaeries Propounded to that Illustrious Assembly, by the Honorable the Principal Officers, and Commissioners of the Navy; to which is annexed Pomona, or, an Appendix concern- ing Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider; the Making and several ways of Ordering it. Published by express Order of the Royal Society; also Kalendarium Hortense; or, Gard'ners Almanac'; Directing what he is to do Monethly throughout the Year. London, 1664. Martyn and Allestry, printers to the Society, 120& 83p., illus. 30 cm. lea. Title-page and Kalendarium in two colors, part of p. 83 missing. Evelyn's Sylva is the foundation book on forest-trees. Evelyn, John Silva; or, a discourse of forest-trees, and the Propagation of Tim- ber in his Majesty's Dominions: As it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662, Upon Occasion of certain Quaeries propounded to that illustrious Assembly, by the Honourable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy; together with An Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves, by John Evelvn, Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society. With Notes by A. Hunter, M. D., F. R. S. York, 1776. Printed by A. Ward, 647 p. 31 cm. Russia, gilt back. Evelyn's Terra bound with this. Frontspiece is engraved portrait of John Evelyn, 1620-1706, done by F. Bartolozzi. 39 beautifully engraved plates of forest trees. Subscription edition containfng list of subscribers which includes - many representative men of the day, and the Library of South Carolina — did it get its copy? A Life of Evelyn and copious notes which bring the numerous former editions up to date, of pub- lication, are added. A very choice copy, with armorial book-plate of Patrick Chal- mers of Auldbar. Evelyn, John Sylva; or a discourse of forest trees: by John Evelyn F. R. S. with an essay on the life and works of the author by John Nisbet D. A. E. C. A reprint of the fourth edition in 2 vols. London, n. d. Arthur Doubleday, 2 vols. 26 cm. cl Type reproduction of title-page and dedications to the King and to the Reader, of 1706 edition, in 2 colors. Forsyth, William For his notes on tree-surgery, see under Fruit. 35 Forsyth, William A Treatise on culture and management of Fruit-Trees. Fuller, Andrew S, Practical forestry; a treatise on the propagation, planting, and cul- tivation, with a description, and the botanical and popular names of all the indigenous trees of the United States, both evergreen and deciduous, with notes on a large number of the most valuable exotic species. New York, 1889. Orange Judd, 284 p., illus. 191/2 cm. cl. A very good treatment of the subject by an enthusiastic tree- conservationist. Harding, J. D. Lessons on trees, ed. 10 London, n. d. W. Kent & co., uiapaged. plates. 38 cm. cl. Lessons on tree-drawing in chalk or pencil with illustrative plates. Hey, Mrs. William The spirit of the woods, illustrated by coloured engravings, by the author of "The moral of flowers" London, 1837? Printed for Longman, Eees Orme, etc. xvi&306 p., col. pi. 25 cm. % lea. Orig-inal poetry and poetic quotations as well as historical and legendary notes in regard to the trees especially of Great Brit- ain. Non-scientific. Many beautifully-colored engravings of tree-branches. Hough, Eomeyn Beck The American woods, exhibited by actual specimens and with copi- ous explanatory text. ed. 2. Lowville, N. Y., 1893. Pub. and sections prepared by the author, vol. 1-8 illus. 23 cm. cl. 8 cases containing printed text and cards framing wood-sections. Each vol. or case contains transverse, radial, and tangential sections of 25 woods, with generic and specific names followed by common English, German, French, and Spanish. Vol. 1 has a full description of characters of flowers leaves, fruit, etc. and Vol. 8 has a key by which any tree described in Vols. 1-8 may be found by the characteristics of any one of these, while each volume has a list of, key to, and text descriptive of its own contents. A very useful and valuable work. Jepson, Willis Lynn The siiva of California. Berkeley, 1910. The University press. 480 p., illus. 34 cm. cl. The standard California silva. Kinney, Albert Eucalyptus. Los Angeles, 1895. B. E. Baumgardt & co., 298 p., tables plates. 24 cm. % lea. Deals especially with the eucalyptus of California. Laslett, Thomas Timber and timber-trees, native and foreign; by Thomas Laslett, timber inspector to the admiralty. London, 1875. Macmiilan, 343 p., illus. 20 cm. cl. List of specimens of Indian woods sent to the Melbourne exhibition of 1880. Darjeeiing, 1880. Govt, central press, 17 p. 2414 cm. % lea. Does not include woods of the Punjab. Gives most important Indian woods, — those exported, suitable for export, and of do- mestic value. 36 Loudon, Jolm Claudius Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, the trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temper-ciimates throughout the world; by J. C. Loudon, F. L. and H. S. etc., author of the encyclopaedias of gardening and of agriculture; in eight volumes, ed. 2 London, 1844. Sold by Longman, etc. 8 v., illus. 23 cm. cl. (some rebound) Library also has ed. 2, 1854. Very fine copy. London, 1854. Bohn, 8 v., illus., hand col. pi. 23 cm. % lea. gold back. V. 1-4, illustrated text. v. 5-8 plates. Each vol. has individual con- tents and index and vol. 4 has a general index. One of the authorities, and a valuable work. Lowe, John The yew-trees of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1897. Macmiilan, xiv&264 p., pi. 24 cm. cl. The history, uses ancient and modern, and place in literature of the yew-tree. "What of the bow? The bow was made in England; Of true wood, of yew wood, The wood of English bows; So meil who are free Love the old yew-tree, And the land where the yew-tree grows." A. Conan Doyle. Massachusetts commissioners on the zoological and botanical survey of the state. A report on the trees and shrubs growing naturally in the forests of Massachusetts. Boston, 1846. Button & Wentworth, xv & 534 p., 17 pi. 24 cm. % lea. gold back. Report made by George B. Emerson. Arranged according to the natural order. Very fine leaf-and-fruit plates. Michaux, Francois Andre The North American Sylva; or, description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia; considered particularly with respect to their use in the arts and their introduction into Commerce; to which is added a description of the most useful of the European forest trees. Illustrated by 156 colored engravings. Trans- lated from the French of F. Andrew Michaux. . _with notes by J. Jay Smith 5 v. Philadelphia, 1857-59. D. Rice and A. N. Hart, 5 v., col. pi. 27^^ cm. % lea. gold edge & back vol. 1-3 trans, by Augustus D. Hillhouse. vols. 4-5 have title: "The North American Sylva: or, A description of the forest trees. . .not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux. . . By Thomas Nuttall." Michaux, Francois Andre, and Nuttall, Thomas The North American Sylva. 5 v. Philadelphia, 1857-59. D. Eice & A. N. Hart, 5 v., illus. 27l^ cm. % lea. gold edge & back. Nuttall, Thomas The North American Sylva; or a description of the Forest Trees 37 of North America not described in the work of F. Andrew Michaux. Illustrated by 121 colored plates. 2 v., comprising vol. 4, 5 of North America Sylva. Philadelphia, 1857. D. Rice and A. N. Hart, 2v., col. pi, 271/2 cm. % lea. gold edge & back. The Sylva of Nuttall and Michaux is a very important work and ranked first among those preceding the Silva of Sargent. Sargent, Charles Sprague Manual of the trees of North America (exclusive of Mexico) . . . with 644 illustrations from drawing by Charles Edward Faxon. Boston, 1905. Houghton, xxiii&818 p, illus. 22% cm. cl. Synopsis and analytical key to the families. Sargent, Charles Sprague Silva of North America; a description of the trees which grow na- turally in North America exclusive of Mexico, by Charles Sprague Sargent, director of Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; illustrated with figures and analyses drawn from nature by Charles Edward Faxon and engraved by Philibert and Eugene Picart. Boston, 1892-1902. Houghton, 14 vols., illus. 38 cm. bds. vol. 14 contains index to all volumes, including popular as well as scientific names. The text is written with a view to bringing the information to the general public as clearly as to the botanist. The engravings are magnificently executed and the paper, printing, and binding of the books are remarkably fine. The authoritative silva. Schacht, Hermann Les arbres; etudes sur leur structure et leur vegetation. . .Tr. d'apres la 2me ed. allemande par Edouard Morren . . . Ouvrage public sous les auspices de feu M. le Bon Ai. de Humboldt. 2 ed. augm. de 10 gravures sur acier. Illustree de plus de 505 gravures sur bois, ainsi que de 5 planchees lithographies represantant ensemble 550 subjects. Brussels, 1864. C. Muquardt, xi&448 p., illus., 14 pi. 25 cm. % lea. Very fine engravings on heavy paper, showing forest trees in natural settings, and numerous engravings in the text as well as 4 fine lithographic plates illustrating structure and growth in detail. In the translator's preface von Humboldt is quoted as referring to Schacht as the modern Pliny. A key to the plates illustrating details of principal German forest-trees is given, as is also a German-French vocabulary of scientific and tech- nical terms used in the book. Forestry and reforestation are important subjects treated. Mitchell, Donald Grant Wet days at Edgewood with old farmers, old gardeners, and old pastorals, by the author of "My farm of Edgewood." New York, 1883. Scribner, xii&324p., plans, 19 cm. Contains good accounts of the ancient writers on agriculture. 38 Two important books added since Miss Bailey compiled these lists are noted here: Gate, Marcus Porcius Eoman farm management; the treatises of Cato and Varro done into English, with notes of modern instances, by a Virginia farmer. N. Y., 1918. Macmillan, xii&365p. 20 cm. Contents — Note upon the Roman agronomists. — Note on the obligation of Virgil to Varro. — Cato's De agricultura. — Varro's Rerum rusticarum libri tres. Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus Of husbandry in twelve books: and his Book concerning trees. Tr. into English^ with several illustrations from Pliny, Cato, Varro, Palladius, and other antient and modern authors. London, 1745. Printed for A. Millar, xiv&660&8p. 26 cm. calf. Columella's treatise was first set forth about 54 A. D. 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