20G REVIEWS. 



A Year's Work in Garden and Greenhouse. By George 



Glenny ; pp. XVI. — 237. (London : Chatto and Windus.) 



The Author of this work has endeavoared to show how an amateur, 

 without much experience, may dispense with the skilled labour which is often 

 diflicult, and sometimes impossible, to obtain. The work is really a calendar 

 of gardening operations for each month of the year. Thus we have twelve 

 months' work appointed for the Flower Garden, the Fruit Garden, and the 

 Frame Garden. Then follows a list of various tools required, with full 

 instructions for using them, also instructions in Budding, Grafting, etc. etc. 



Tree Gossip. By Francis George Heath; pp. VIII. — 176. 



(London: Field and Tuer, 1885.) 



We find here much pleasing information, not only about trees individually, 

 but about matters relating to them generally ; as, for instance, the book begins 

 with a chapter on the Ages of Trees, others on Autumnal Tinting, Destruction 

 of American Forests, etc. In short, the book is mainly devoted to the bye-ways 

 of tree life. For convenience of reference the chapters are all arranged in 

 alphabetical order. Mr. Heath is the author of several works on Trees, 

 Ferns, etc., and we venture to think that this is not the least interesting of 

 them all. 



A Manual of Botanic Terms. By M. C. Cooke, M.A. ; 



pp. IV.— 118. (London: W. IL Allen.) 



A useful Dictionary of Botanic terms, with their derivations. It is 

 illustrated with a number of plates, containing in all 307 figures. 



Botany. By Professor Bentley ; pp. 128. (London: Society 



for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1S79.) 



This is one of those useful Shilling Manuals of Elementary Sciences 

 published by the above Society. It was prepared with a view of supplying 

 young people with a simple introduction to the study of plants. Each chapter 

 is followed by a series of questions ; the book is further illustrated with 

 134 figures. 



A Plain and Easy Account of British Fungi, with 



especial reference to the Esculent and Economic species. By M. C. Cooke, 

 M.A., LL.D. Fifth edition, revised, with coloured plates of 34 species, and 

 numerous wood engravings; pp. VIII. — 166. (London : W. H. Allen, 1884.) 

 The little book before us commences with a general description of British 

 Fungi, which is followed by the Anatomy of the Fungi. Then the various 

 genera are more particularly described ; followed by a valuable chapter on 

 the "Discrimination and Preservation of Fungi;" and, lastly, a tabular 

 arrangement of the Orders and Genera. 



Orchids : A Review of their Structure and History. Illus- 

 trated. By Lewis Castle (formerly of the Royal Gardens, Kew ; Author of 

 "Cactaceous Plants"); pp. 60. (London: "Journal of Horticulture" 

 Oflicc.) 



In this little shilling review of the Orchid family the Author tells us "it 



