37i THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GAEDEN GUIDE. 



IJemove successive batches to the forcing-pit, the temperature of 

 which should now average 60". Syringe flowering shrubs overhead 

 slightly oiice a day, to enable the buds to push strong. 



Forcing. — Hoots of rhubarb, seakale, and asparagus, may now 

 be lifted, and introduced into heat. The first must be taken up 

 without tlie roots being broken about, and with as much soil adher- 

 ing to them as possible. The roots can be placed in any out-of-the- 

 way corner of the stove or forcing-house. Seakale must be forced 

 in the dark, but asparagus should be forced in a frame, close to the 

 glass, and receive abundance of air to develop the flavour. Sow 

 i'rench beans in small pots, and shift into larger ones as soon as 

 they are well rooted. Place near the glass to keep them dwarf and 

 Btocky. 



NEW BOOKS. 



Tlie Flora of DorsetsUre, by T. C. M. Pletdell, B.A. (Whit- 

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 local floras are now prepared. It is a neat octavo volume, containing 

 a good map and a full index, and the list of plants is preceded by 

 useful essays on the geology, climate, and special characteristics of 

 the county, which, most of our readers are aware, is specially 

 favoured in respect of plant production by its nearness to the coast 

 of Prance, and the warm sea that forms its southern boundary. 

 We can strongly recommend this work to all who are interested in 

 the subject of which it treats, for we have already referred to it in 

 the hope of clearing up knotty points, and have found it trustworthy 



and copious in its information.' Spoonee on The Sheep, its 



Sistory, Economy, and Diseases (Lockwood), has reached a third 

 edition, and is now established in public estimation as the best book 

 on the important subject of which it treats. The present edition is 



prettily illustrated from drawings by Harvey. Haychi's Dlciionary 



of Dates (Moxon) is now in course of publication in a new form, 

 the whole of the work having been corrected and enlarged, and 

 brought down to August, 1873. It will be completed in sixteea 

 shilling parts. A work so indispensable to persons of culture needs 

 but to be mentioned to obtain the instant attention of those who 



are not so fortunate as to possess it already. The Garden Oracle 



for 1875 contains a new and carefully-prepared selection of hardy 

 herbaceous and alpine plants, arranged for various uses in the 

 amateur's garden. Thus we have a selection for the show border, 

 comprising the best of the lilies, tritomas, asters, etc., that are 

 valued solely for their showy flowers. A selection for the alpine 

 house, comprising a number of rare gems that flower in winter 

 and early spring. Selections for the water garden, the rockery, the 

 very shady border, the starving sunny bank, and the exhibition tent. 

 The descriptions of new plants, flowers, fruits, etc., are restricted 

 to such as are thoroughly meritorious ; and the selection of seeds, 

 plants, fruits, bulbs, etc., for 1875, are arranged with a view to 

 insure for the amateur first-class productions that are not covered 

 by extravagant novelty prices. 



