BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE
On Selection of Land, etc.
| Thomas F. Hunt’s How to Choose a Farm | $1 75 net |
| E. W. Hilgard’s Soils: Their Formation, and Relations to Climate and Plant Growth | 4 00 net |
| Isaac P. Roberts’ The Farmstead | 1 50 net |
On Tillage, Crops, etc.
| F. H. King’s The Soil | 1 50 net |
| Isaac P. Roberts’ The Fertility of the Land | 1 50 net |
| Elwood Mead’s Irrigation Institutions | 1 25 net |
| F. H. King’s Irrigation and Drainage | 1 50 net |
| Wm. E. Smythe’s The Conquest of Arid America | 1 50 net |
| Edward B. Voorhees’ Fertilizers | 1 25 net |
| Edward B. Voorhees’ Forage Crops | 1 50 net |
| H. Snyder’s Chemistry of Plant and Animal Life | 1 25 net |
| H. Snyder’s Soils and Fertilizers. Third edition | 1 25 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s Principles of Agriculture | 1 25 net |
| W. C. Welborn’s Elements of Agriculture, Southern and Western | 75 net |
| J. F. Duggar’s Agriculture for Southern Schools | 75 net |
On Plant Diseases, etc.
| George Massee’s Plant Diseases | 1 60 net |
| J. G. Lipman’s Bacteria in Relation to Country Life | 1 50 net |
| E. C. Lodeman’s The Spraying of Plants | 1 25 net |
| H. M. Ward’s Disease in Plants (English) | 1 60 net |
| A. S. Packard’s A Text-book on Entomology | 4 50 net |
On Production of New Plants
| L. H. Bailey’s Plant-Breeding | 1 25 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s The Survival of the Unlike | 2 00 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s The Evolution of our Native Fruits | 2 00 net |
| W. S. Harwood’s New Creations in Plant Life | 1 75 net |
On Garden Making
| L. H. Bailey’s Practical Garden-Book | 1 00 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s Garden-Making | 1 50 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s Vegetable-Gardening | 1 50 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s Horticulturist’s Rule Book | 75 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s Forcing-Book | 1 25 net |
| A. French’s Book of Vegetables | 1 75 net |
On Fruit-growing, etc.
| L. H. Bailey’s Nursery-Book | $1 50 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s Fruit-growing | 1 50 net |
| L. H. Bailey’s The Pruning-Book | 1 50 net |
| F. W. Card’s Bush Fruits | 1 50 net |
On the Care of Live Stock
| Nelson S. Mayo’s The Diseases of Animals | 1 50 net |
| W. H. Jordan’s The Feeding of Animals | 1 50 net |
| I. P. Roberts’ The Horse | 1 25 net |
| George C. Watson’s Farm Poultry | 1 25 net |
On Dairy Work
| Henry H. Wing’s Milk and Its Products | 1 50 net |
| C. M. Aikman’s Milk | 1 25 net |
| Harry Snyder’s Dairy Chemistry | 1 00 net |
| W. D. Frost’s Laboratory Guide in Elementary Bacteriology | 1 60 net |
| I. P. Sheldon’s The Farm and the Dairy | 1 00 net |
On Economics and Organization
| L. H. Bailey’s The State and the Farmer | 1 25 net |
| Henry C. Taylor’s Agricultural Economics | 1 25 net |
| I. P. Roberts’ The Farmer’s Business Handbook | 1 25 net |
| George T. Fairchild’s Rural Wealth and Welfare | 1 25 net |
| S. E. Sparling’s Business Organization | 1 25 net |
| In the Citizen’s Library. Includes a chapter on Farming. | |
| Kate V. St. Maur’s A Self-Supporting Home | 1 75 net |
| Kate V. St. Maur’s The Earth’s Bounty | 1 75 net |
On Everything Agricultural
| L. H. Bailey’s Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: |
| Vol. I. Farms, Climates, and Soils. |
| Vol. II. Farm Crops. |
| Vol. III. Farm Animals. |
| Vol. IV. The Farm and the Community. |
| Price of sets: Cloth, $20 net; half-morocco, $32 net. |
For further information as to any of the above,
address the publishers
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64-66 Fifth Avenue NEW YORK
LESSONS WITH PLANTS
Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the Common Forms of Vegetation
By L. H. BAILEY
With delineations from nature by W. S. HOLDSWORTH, of the Agricultural College of Michigan
SEVENTH EDITION—491 PAGES—446 ILLUSTRATIONS—12MO—CLOTH—$1.10 NET
There are two ways of looking at nature. The old way, which you have found so unsatisfactory, was to classify everything—to consider leaves, roots, and whole plants as formal herbarium specimens, forgetting that each had its own story of growth and development, struggle and success, to tell. Nothing stifles a natural love for plants more effectually than that old way.
The new way is to watch the life of every growing thing, to look upon each plant as a living creature, whose life is a story as fascinating as the story of any favorite hero. “Lessons with Plants” is a book of stories, or rather, a book of plays, for we can see each chapter acted out if we take the trouble to look at the actors.
“I have spent some time in most delightful examination of it, and the longer I look, the better I like it. I find it not only full of interest, but eminently suggestive. I know of no book which begins to do so much to open the eyes of the student—whether pupil or teacher—to the wealth of meaning contained in simple plant forms. Above all else, it seems to be full of suggestions that help one to learn the language of plants, so they may talk to him.”—Darwin L. Bardwell, Superintendent of Schools, Binghamton.
“It is an admirable book, and cannot fail both to awaken interest in the subject, and to serve as a helpful and reliable guide to young students of plant life. It will, I think, fill an important place in secondary schools, and comes at an opportune time, when helps of this kind are needed and eagerly sought.”—Professor V. M. Spalding, University of Michigan.
FIRST LESSONS WITH PLANTS
An Abridgement of the above
117 PAGES—116 ILLUSTRATIONS—40 CENTS NET
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64-66 Fifth Avenue NEW YORK
BOTANY
An Elementary Text for Schools
By L. H. BAILEY
TWELFTH EDITION—431 PAGES—500 ILLUSTRATIONS—$1.10 NET
“This book is made for the pupil: ‘Lessons With Plants’ was made to supplement the work of the teacher.” This is the opening sentence of the preface, showing that the book is a companion to “Lessons With Plants,” which has now become a standard teacher’s book. The present book is the handsomest elementary botanical text-book yet made. The illustrations illustrate. They are artistic. The old formal and unnatural Botany is being rapidly outgrown. The book disparages mere laboratory work of the old kind: the pupil is taught to see things as they grow and behave. The pupil who goes through this book will understand the meaning of the plants which he sees day by day. It is a revolt from the dry-as-dust teaching of botany. It cares little for science for science’s sake, but its point of view is nature-study in its best sense. The book is divided into four parts, any or all of which may be used in the school: the plant itself; the plant in its environment; histology, or the minute structure of plants; the kinds of plants (with a key, and descriptions of 300 common species). The introduction contains advice to teachers.
“An exceedingly attractive text-book.”—Educational Review.
“It is a school book of the modern methods.”—The Dial.
“It would be hard to find a better manual for schools or for individual use.”—The Outlook.
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64-66 Fifth Avenue NEW YORK
FOR THE STUDENT OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY
By HARRY SNYDER, B.S.
Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Minnesota, and Chemist of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station