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CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN HORTICULTURE. By L. H. Bailey, assisted by Wilhelm Miller. Vol. I--A to D. New York : The Macraillan Company. 1900. Quarto. Pp. 509. Price 5. The handsome volume before us comprises suggestions for the cultivation of horticulture, plants, descriptions of gpecies of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. It is to be in four volumes illustrated with over 2,000 original engravings. The author is eminently qualified for his task, being Prof essor of Horticulture at Cornell University, and the author of several authoritative books. The plan of work is excellent and there are a number of half-tone engravings. The majority of the illustrations are line cuts and they serve to elucidate the text. The inf orma-fion given is precisely what the horticulturist and the general reader is desirous of knowing, thus for example, take the cranberry, and we find full information not only of Its botany but also its cultivation, showing cranberry marshes and the gathering of the berries together with the history of the industry, its volume and the prevailing prices, together with excellent advice to those who are seeking to make a start in the Industry. Many of the articles are signed. The publishers are to be con gratulated upon the production of such an eminently practical book. DIE EISENKONSTRUKTIONEN DER IN-GENIEUR-HOCHBAUTEN. Ein Lehr-buch zum Gebrauche an technischen Hochschulen und in der Praxis. Von Max Foerster. II. Lieferung. Leipsic : Wilhelm Engelmann. 1900. Pp. 113 to 192, Plates 11. to VI. Quarto. Price paper, 2.75. The second installment of Foerster's " Eisenkonstruktionen der Ingenieur-Hochbauten " is devoted to a description of iron constructive parts and iron framed structures. The chapters are characterized by the same clearness of expression and explanation to which we 3rew attention in our notice of the first installment of the work. DIE MODERNS CHKMIE. Eine Schilder-ung der chemischen Grossindustrie. Von Dr. Wilhelin* Bersch. Illustrated. Parts 21 to 25. Vienna: A Hartle-ben. 1900. Each part 70 cents.
