388 BE VIEWS OF BOOKS, [March, 



The Florist and Fomologist. Nos. 73 and 74; January and 

 February, 1884. Edited by Thomas Moore, F.L.S. London : 

 W. Kent and Co. 



JHE two numbers before us of this well known and useful publi- 

 cation commence a new volume. With the January number 

 is given a finely-coloured plate of the Rose Merveille de Lyon, 

 and one of the Raspberry ' Lord Beaconsfield.' This last-named 

 illustration is particularly good. 



The plates in the February number are those of Begonia alhia and 

 the Herefordshire Beefing Apple. In addition to the coloured plates 

 there are some wood illustrations, and the accompanying letterpress 

 is of the usual excellence. 



We have to acknowledge with brief mention several other 

 publications. The first of these is No. 4 of a new publication called 

 The Science Montlilij. It is capitally printed and is also illustrated, 

 and the contents are very various and interesting. Next on our 

 table — and we fear it has l)een waiting some little time for acknow- 

 ledgment—is A Familiar Talk about Trees, by Feanklin B. Hough, 

 published at Concord, by the Republican Press Association. This is 

 no more than a brochure of 12 pages, being in fact the substance of 

 a lecture, but it is nevertheless interesting and profitable, and 

 deserves a word of cordial acknowledgment. Then comes the 

 Annual Report of the Director, Mr. Charles Sargent, of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, to the president and fellows of Harvard College. 

 Published at the Cambridge (U.S.) University Press, by John Wilson 

 & Son. We have also received the handsome and profusely illustrated 

 'Floral Guide/ for 1884, of Messsrs. H. Cannell & Sons, The 

 Home for Flowers, Swanley, Kent. Lovers of Forests should obtain 

 this useful and elaborate publication. 



