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Show WITH THE MAGAZINE8. Tho great spring planting- number B of the Garden Mngazlne (April) Is full BBV of inspiration to those who nro making BBh their gardens, whether for the first B time, or not. Tho beginner will find In B the cxhnustlvo planting tables for B both flowers and vegetables Just those B little facts thnt tho books never seem B to tell, Last year the magazine garo B its renders n remarkable set of -these BBl planting tnblcs. and whllo tho samo HB general Idea has been followed, tho BBl actual detail this year Is much farther BBl reaching. There are many excellent B articles In this number for the old- BBl time gardener, ns well as the begin- B nor, Tho big pictorial feature of tho BJ number Is made up of three pages of BB1 "Suggestive Gardens"; a delightful set BB1 of charming typical gardons. Doublo- BB1 day, Page & Co., publishers, New York BBi BB The Century for April prints In full BBl tho remarkable narrattvo of Lady Do BBl Lancey, wlfo of Colonel Sir William B II, Do Lancey of Wellington's staff, BBl printed from the original letter, and BBl Accompanied with appreciative com- B ments on tho same, never before In B print, from Sir Wnltor Scott and B Chnrlcs Dickens. There are printed B In this connection a special portrait, BJ In tint, of the Duke of Wellington, nnd B portraits of Colonel Sir William Do Lancey, Scott, Dickens, Lady Ham- B llton, nnd facsimile pages of letters. B Tho number contains a paper by Wil- B llnm J, Bryan, "Individualism vs. So- B clullsm," In which lie expresses no do- B elded opinion, but holds to expositions. B The three-part story by Dr. S. Weir BBb Mitchell, "A Diplomatic Adventuro," is finished, nnd thcro are stories by BBI Bcatrlco Stevens, Marghcrita Arllna BjB Hnmm, Philip Vcrrlll Mlghels, Graco BBI MacGowan Cooke, and Bills Parker BBI Butler. , The departments aro all that BBfl could bo desired. It is a grand publl- BBI cation. Tho Century Co., Now York. BBl The April Country I.lfo In America marks n new era In tho magazine B world. A new feature appears In this BBl number, "Tho Wild Foods of tho Unit- B ed States," which will be conducted B each month during the coming year BBl by Dr. H. H. Rusby, Dean of the New B York College1 of Pharmacy. This de- B partmcnt will show that a man can BBl live entirely on tho foods which nature B provides within easy reach of our BBl great cities. "An Estate of Gardening BJ Achievement," by I. G. Tabor, glvea BBl some suggestions for tho small or BJ large country farm from the Lorlllard BBl place nt Tuxedo. "Domesticating the BJ Ruffed GroiiRe," by C. F, Hodge, tells of grouse chicks born tnme, their food, BBl their absolute tameness, proving con- BB cliiBlvely thnt n fear cannot hatch out B of nn egg. "Fly Fishing for Brook BB Trout," by Charles Bradford, tells why 'BBJ fly fishing is superior to tho livo bait BB method. "Outdoor Nows and Dlscov- BBl cries " conducted by Gilbert H. Gros- 'BJ venor, tells us of tho latest happen- BBl ings and experiments which Interest BBl lovers of outdoor life. It is nn excel- BBl lent nuifibcr. Doublcduy, Pago & Co., BBl publishers, New York City. BBl Tho National Magazine for April re- BBl views In Joo Mitchell Chappie's breezy BBl way, "Affairs nt Washington," ilium B lned with many portraits and scenes. BBl "Joaquin Miller at tho Heights," by Charles Warren Stoddard, Is a paper B of memories and of congratulations. BBl "A Day with Marquis I to," by Yono BBl Nogucht, Is a charming paper. Thero BBl Is n lively account of an automobllo BBl rldo In 1SH4. and tho number carries BBl many flno stories, poems, and much BBl general reading. Tho Chapplo Co., BBl Boston. BBl The April number of Farming is a BBl crop-phintlng guide, n manual showing B how to plant in order to produce rec- B ord crops. "How to Plant Corn for B Rec rd Crops," by C. P. Hartley, a government expert, contains sugges- B tlonu which if carried out by farmers B generally, probably would result In an Increased production of corn npproxl- B mating three billion bushels In a year B or nn increase or a hundred million mM dollars. Potatoes, cotton, spring wheat BBl nnd the other field crops aro discussed BBl by experts In tho light of the recent BBl developments In scientific agriculture. BBl Doubleday, Pago & Co., publishers, BBl New York City. |