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Black Hamburgks grown in the same house were quite green at the 

 time of the fruit reaching maturity. It will, therefore, in all pro- 

 bability, be a valuable grape for greenhouse and ground vineries, 

 and was awarded a first-class certificate by the fruit committee. 



G. G. 



NOTES ON NEW BOOKS. 



The Orchid Grower's Manual. By B. S. Williams, Victoria 

 Nursery, Upper Holloway. — Has reached a fourth edition, and is 

 greatly improved in the text and freely illustrated. The pictures, 

 however, are of no account, and the book would be as good without 

 them. There is no better work on the subject of orchid cultivation ; 

 the author is one of the best experienced men in the country, and 

 gives the whole advantage of his knowledge to the reader in a com- 

 prehensive and explicit code of instruction. 



Wax-flower Modelling Made Easy. By Annie M. Williams. — 

 Supplies a much felt want in an admirable manner. We have seen 

 Miss Williams's work and have looked into her little book, and 

 feel equal confidence and pleasure in recommending those who are 

 interested in the subject to trust her for their guide. 



Handbook of Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Plants. By William 

 Sutherland (Blackwood and Sons). — This is the best book of its 

 class hitherto produced. It is full of useful information on an 

 interesting, valuable, but much neglected class of plants, by a man 

 who thoroughly understands them. The author superintended the 

 herbaceous department of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for 

 several years, and made good use of his opportunities to institute 

 comparisons of species and determine many of the perplexing 

 questions that arise in connection with the study of hardy plants. 

 About a thousand species and varieties are described in the work, 

 and any one of them may be readily found by the aid of the copious 

 index. 



Secular Annotations on Scripture Texts. By Eeancis Jacox 

 (Hodder and Stoughton). — A quiet book of essays on subjects 

 presented in selected texts of Scripture. Rich in thought, elegant 

 in expression, sometimes quaint and witty, but always sedate ; these 

 essays will be found agreeable reading on wet Sundays and at odd 

 times when something short and fresh is wanted. 



Land for the Million to Sent. By the Rev. H. Moule 

 (Macintosh). — This is a small pamphlet addressed chiefly to cot- 

 tagers and allotment holders, but of equal importance to landowners 

 as to them. The author hopes for the day when it shall be illegal 

 to build a house for a working-man without so much land being 

 attached as will suffice to grow for the family all that can reasonably 

 be expected from a working-man's garden. We share the hope, and 

 would most gladly assist if it were possible, to secure to working 

 men opportunity for the delightful pastime of gardening, both for 

 the direct benefits it would confer on them and their families, and 

 its indirect benefit as an antidote to the injurious fascinations of the 



