THE NURSERY BOOK.--By L. H. BAILEY. A complete handbook of Propagation and Pollination of Plants. _Profusely illustrated._ This valuable little manual has been compiled with great pains. The author has had unusual facilities for its preparation, having been aided by many experts. The book is absolutely devoid of theory and speculation. It has nothing to do with plant physiology or abstruse reasoning about plant growth. It simply tells, plainly and briefly, what every one who sows a seed, makes a cutting, sets a graft, or crosses a flower wants to know. It is entirely new and original in method and matter. The cuts number 107, and are made expressly for it, direct from nature. The book treats all kinds of cultivated plants, fruits, vegetables, greenhouse plants, hardy herbs, ornamental trees, shrubs and forest trees. CONTENTS: I.--SEEDAGE. On Propagation by Seed. II.--SEPARATION. III.--LAYERAGE. Propagation by Layering. IV.--CUTTAGE. Propagation by Cuttings. V.--GRAFTAGE.--Including Grafting, Budding, Inarching, etc. VI.--NURSERY LIST.--This is the great feature of the book. It is an alphabetical list of all kinds of plants, with a short statement telling which of the operations described in the first five chapters are employed in propagating them. _Over 2,000 entries_ are made in the list. The following entries will give an idea of the method: =Acer= (MAPLE). _Sapindaceae._ Stocks are grown from stratified seeds, which should be sown an inch or two deep; or some species, as _A. dasycarpum_, come readily if seeds are sown as soon as ripe. Some cultural varieties are layered, but better plants are obtained by grafting. Varieties of native species are worked upon common or native stocks. The Japanese sorts are winter-worked upon imported _A. polymorphum_ stocks, either by whip or veneer grafting. Maples can also be budded in summer, and they grow readily from cuttings of both ripe and soft wood. =Phyllocactus, Phyllocereus, Disocactus= (LEAF CACTUS). _Cacteae._ Fresh seeds grow readily. Sow in rather sandy soil which is well drained, and apply water as for common seeds. When the seedlings appear, remove to a light position. Cuttings from mature shoots, three to six inches in length, root readily in sharp sand. Give a temperature of about 60 deg., and apply only sufficient water to keep from flagging. If the cuttings are very juicy they may be laid on dry sand for several days before planting. VII.--POLLINATION. Price, in Library Style, cloth, wide margins, $1 Pocket Style, paper, narrow margins, 50 cents. THE MODIFICATION OF PLANTS BY CLIMATE.--By A. A. CROZIER. An essay on the influence of climate upon size, form, color, fruitfulness, etc., with a discussion on the question of acclimation. 35 pp. Price, paper, 25 cents.