Mulhim-in-Parvo Gardmhig. By Samuel "^Vood. London : Crosby 



Lockwood and Co. 



Wb have here set forth, in a nicely got-up little book, the author's idea 

 " How to make One Acre of Land, without Glass, produce, by the 

 Cultivation of Fruits and Vegetables, Six Hundred and Twenty Pounds 

 per annum clear profit" ! or rather, to state the exact "net profit" as 

 given in the text, ^024 5s. 9d. ; all this being produced by an original 

 outlay of the paltry sum of £623 2s. ! !— not quite a year's net profit ; 

 and, moreover, if the "garden should have an outer boundary wall of brick, 

 then £150 more may be added to the income," but " allowing one-third for 

 losses of one sort and another, leaves a total net amount of £100 for the 

 produce of this outer wall. This leaves us a grand total of £724 clear profit 

 from the garden yearlyl" ! ! ! Truly grand, we would say prodigious ! After 

 this it will surprise no one to be informed " how to grow flowers in three glass 

 houses so as to realize £176 per annum clear profit," — a comparatively easy 

 matter, although, according to the manner here proclaimed, we doubt if the 

 results have ever in reality been accomplished. If such returns can be 

 practically realized, who would not be a " Multum-in-Farvo " gardener ? 

 The curious may also find some amusement, and perhaps instruction, in a 

 perusal of the author's peculiar notions al)0ut the potato disease and insect 

 generation. 



Handlook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herlaceons Plants. By W. B. 

 Hemsley. London : Longmans, Green, and Co. 



In a work of this kind, intended as a " Handbook," we generally expect 

 to find it more concise than comprehensive, especially when treating on a 

 subject of such wide range and varied aspect as is included in the above 

 title ; but here Ave have a most comprehensive and lucidly descriptive 

 epitome of nearly every tree, shrub, and herbaceous plant known to be 

 hardy enough to withstand the climate and able to grow in some part of 

 Britain, as well as a vast amount of concise and well-selected remarks 

 concerning their history and uses, with many excellent cultural directions 

 and suggestive hints upon the various tribes of hardy plants, all comprised 

 in a handy octavo volume of less than 700 pages. The principal object of 

 the author has been to supply a handbook of ready reference, something 

 between a mere dictionary of names and a scientific or practical treatise 



