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pink or a dahlia needs similar treatment in the west as in the east, and we can 

 recommend it as a guide for cultivators, and a model for authors and compilers. 



American Horticultural Annual, 1869. (New York, Judd and Co.) — An 

 excellent resume of horticultural affairs, from which the bold Briton who is " in for 

 it" in earnest in horticultural matters may obtain valuable information. As a 

 matter of course, many of the fruits, and perhaps a few other subjects described in 

 this wort, are of importance only to American cultivators. 



The Gardener's Record. (Edtnondson, 9, Dame Street, Dublin). — We cannot 

 afford space to say as much as we should like about this work, but we give it a 

 hearty welcome as a new and able representative of Irish horticulture. It is pub- 

 lished fortnightly, is well got up, contains articles by safe men who know all about 

 Irish n^ds, and whatever else is required to render this work trustworthy and 

 valuable. 



List 3f Perennials. T. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham. — Though 

 coming to us in the form of a trade catalogue, this is so valuable and important a 

 "work that we notice it here that it may have the attention of all our readers. Mr. 

 Ware has satisfied a great and long-felt want in the publication of this catalogue, 

 in which are enumerated and sufficiently described about three thousand species 

 and varieties of hardy plants. We might, perhaps, find a few mistakes if we were 

 to look for them, but we have been so much pleased with the plan, and its execution 

 generally, that we are in no mood to find fault. Every lover of hardy plants should 

 send seven stamps to Mr. Ware, and secure a copy while it is yet in print, for a 

 list similar to this, but not so good, was published a few years ago, and went out 

 of print almost immediately, and the greatest inconvenience has been felt for the 

 want of it. 



The Canary; its Varieties, Management, and Breeding. By the Rev. 

 Francis Smith (Groombridge and Sons). — One of the most delightful books of the 

 kind we have ever had the privilege of opening. The worthy author understands 

 his subject well, as he is bound to, but his style is most fascinating, and tinctured 

 with such a genial spirit, that we were positively sorry when we had read the 

 volume to the end, as we did on the first day it reached us. However, we intend to 

 drown that sorrow in the joy of another perusal. Ye who love birds, give, your- 

 selves a treat by ordering this pretty book. 



Received. — The Gai-dener's Magazine for March. —Report of Queensland 

 Acclimatisation Society. Want of space compels us thus to dispose of an inte- 

 resting pamphlet, which deserves much more attention. — The Treasury of Lite- 

 rature and Ladies' Treasury is one of the best periodicals published for family 

 reading, and the special amusement and advantage of the ladies. — The Student and 

 Intellectual Observer is as remarkable for its splendid illustrations as for its ori- 

 ginality, learning, and variety. It so admirably reflects the successive phases of 

 scientific experiment and inquiry, as to be indispensable to students of every class 

 and every age, while for elegance and interest it is one of the most attractive books 

 for the table. 



PLANTS EECOMMENDED. 



Williams's Hybrid Solanums. — These are now compounded as it were ; in- 

 stead of six varieties named and sold separately, there is but one by name, the 

 seeds of all the sorts being mixed and offered at a cheap rate. It is a folly to grow 

 Solanum capsicastrum any longer in its original unimproved form, for the berries 

 of Williams's strain are about twice as large as those of the original plants, and 

 of a finer colour, and as abundantly produced. For the decoration of the green- 

 house in winter and early spring, these plants, with their bright green leaves and 

 glowing scarlet berries, are invaluable. 



New Coleus. — As many of our readers will speculate in the new coleus for 

 bedding out, and as it is now time to propagate them for that purpose, we recom- 

 mend a few which we believe will be A 1 for the purpose. 



DuJce of Edinburgh (Bull), is a very handsome kind, with fine stout leaf of a 

 yellowish buff colour, the centre splashed with reddish chocolate ; will no doubt 

 make a gorgeous bed. 



