Every chapter in the book has been revised by a specialist. The author
clearly brings out the full value that is to be derived from intensive
culture and intelligent methods given to small land holdings. Given
untrammelled opportunity, agriculture will not only care well for
itself and for those intelligently engaged in it, but it will give
stability to all other industries and pursuits. (_From the Preface._)
“The author piles fact upon authenticated instance and successful
experiment upon proved example, until there is no doubt what can be
done with land intensively treated. He shows where the land may be
found, what kind we must have, what it will cost, and what to do
with it. It is seldom we find so much enthusiasm tempered by so much
experience and common sense. The book points out in a practical way the
possibilities of a very small farm intensively cultivated. It embodies
the results of actual experience and it is intended to be workable in
every detail.”--_Providence Journal._
NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE. By W. S. Harwood and Luther Burbank.
An Authoritative Account of the Work of Luther Burbank. With 48
full-page halftone plates. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents.
Mr. Burbank has produced more new forms of plant life than any other
man who has ever lived. These have been either for the adornment of
the world, such as new and improved flowers, or for the enrichment of
the world, such as new and improved fruits, nuts, vegetables, grasses,
trees and the like. This volume describes his life and work in detail,
presenting a clear statement of his methods, showing how others may
follow the same lines, and introducing much never before made public.
“Luther Burbank is unquestionably the greatest student of human life
and philosophy of living things in America, if not in the world.”--_S.
H. Comings, Cor. Sec. American League of Industrial Education._
A WOMAN’S HARDY GARDEN. By Helena Rutherfurd Ely. Superbly
illustrated with 49 full-page halftone engravings from photographs by
Prof. C. F. Chandler. 12mo. Cloth.
“Mrs. Ely is the wisest and most winsome teacher of the fascinating
art of gardening that we have met in modern print. * * * A book to
be welcomed with enthusiasm.”--_New York Tribune._ “Let us sigh with
gratitude and read the volume with delight. For here it all is: What
we should plant, and when we should plant it; how to care for it after
it is planted and growing; what to do if it does not grow and blossom;
what will blossom, and when it will blossom, and what the blossom will
be. It is full of garden lore; of the spirit of happy outdoor life. A
good and wholesome book.”--_The Dial._
GROSSET & DUNLAP,--NEW YORK
NATURE BOOKS
With Colored Plates, and Photographs from Life.
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