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A CATALOGUE of books on gardening, poultry and bees has recently been issued by the Leicester Municipal Libraries. Its contents are illuminating, and show that the gardening public is beginning to take an interest in the scientific aspects of their hobby, craft or vocation. Such volumes as Dr. Keen's “Physical Properties of the Soil”, Bourcart's “Insecticides, Fungicides and Weed-Killers”, Dr. Kenneth Smith's “Text Book of Agricultural Entomology” and many others of proved scientific worth show that the modern gardener is alive to the need of moving with the times. More than fifty volumes are included in the section on garden planning, and the kitchen gardener and floriculturist are amply supplied with books. The sections on poultry-keeping and bee-keeping are good, but do not give evidence of such scientific and artistic progress as characterises the volumes on gardening.
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Libraries and Gardening. Nature 132, 439 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132439d0
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