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another to the general management of their contents ; and another to the special 

 care required in winter, spring, summer, and autumn. Insects, and how to kill 

 them, are treated of, respecting which a good old maxim is introduced — " an 

 ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Among plant-pests unfamiliar 

 to us by name are the Verbena mite and the Carnation ticitter, both very minute 

 and very destructive. Then come chapters on Propagation from Seeds, Cuttings, 

 «fcc., Propagating-boxes, Window Pots and Plant Stands, Conservatories and 

 Greenhouses. The second part, occupying considerably more than half the book, 

 is devoted to the plants for AVindow Gardens. The whole is profusely illustrated, 

 the figures being very familiar to those who see our principal nursery catalogues 

 and sundry books bearing on the same subject. The book is, however, full of 

 information of a nature likely to be useful to the class for whom it is got together. 



The Art of Botanical Drawing* is the title of a small brochure, in which 

 Mr. Burbidge, some of whose sketches are familiar to our readers, offers to 

 botanical students some instructions based on his own experience in the art of 

 botanical drawing. The first great essential, he tells them, is correctness ; hence 

 the student must practise drawing systematically, and persevere until this object 

 is attained. Then, after recommending the attainment of a practical knowledge 

 of botany, in order that he may know what to draw, he is told that " the mere 

 mechanical difficulty of drawing any object will disappear in proportion to the 

 student's powers oi seeing and understanding. These general hints are followed 

 up by more precise directions ; how to deal with leaves, with flowers — regular 

 flowers being first treated on, and then the irregular — and with fruits and seeds. 

 Other matters referred to are analysis of flowers, arrangement, shading and 

 colouring, and picturesque studies ; and finally, there are a few pages of hints 

 and suggestions, devoted chiefly to drawings on wood and on stone. The author 

 very properly acknowledges the use he has made of some papers and sketches on 

 the same subject by Mr. Fitch. Altogether it is a handy little book, and likely 

 to be useful to beginners, for whose use it is intended. 



The subject of Transplanting Large Treesj is often one of considerable 

 importance, and hence any suggestions conducive to a successful issue are valuable. 

 From this point of view we may welcome the little book referred to in this para- 

 graph, as explaining a very simple and straightforward, and apparently efiicient 

 mode of carrying out this kind of work. The season recommended for trans- 

 planting large trees is autumn and spring, and for evergreens the summer, when 

 the soil is warm and moderately moist. Deciduous trees should not be moved 

 just before the bursting of the buds, as some at least of them will then bleed, so 

 that it is better then to wait till the leaves begin to unfold, if the work cannot 

 wait till autumn. The book is devoted to a detailed explanation of the apparatus 

 employed, and of the means of applying it. As regards the result, out of over 



* The Art of Botanical Dt-awivg. By F. W. Burbidge. With '.'0 Engravings deaigned by the Author. 

 London: Winsor and Newton. 



1 Transplanting Large Trees and Plants. By Cbarlea R. Kelly, Landscape Gardener, Tarporley, Cheshira 

 London : Allen. 



