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make the best of them, young plants 

 should be frequently stopped to make them 

 bushy. 



Correa cardinalis, Brachysema longi- 



folia, acuminata, hybridum, undulatum, 

 Epacris impressa, Erica blanda, vernalis, 

 rubrocalix, and triumphans, all in bloom 

 now. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Story of a Bee and her Friends, 

 told by Herself. Wertheira, Macintosh, 

 and Hunt. — This is one of the best ex- 

 amples of natural history books for the 

 young, the invention peculiar to the style 

 of an autobiography having been indulged 

 only so far as was needful to give the re- 

 quisite personality to the subject without 

 in the slightest interfering with the accu- 

 racy of the real history which the book 

 conveys. The plates are admirably done, 

 and the book is as pretty as it is good, and 

 ought to be in the hands of all good boys 

 and girls everywhere. 



Olney and the Lacemakers. William 

 Macintosh. — In this prettily illustrated 

 volume the author gives an account of a 

 visit to Olney, and the meditations which 

 accompanied an exploration of the resi- 

 dences of Cowper, Newton, and others of 

 the great Olney worthies. This part of 

 the book is of that pleasant gossipy cha- 

 racter which we look for in all accounts of 

 pilgrimages to English shrines. But there 

 is a painful history inwoven with it, for at 

 Olney are to be found the producers of the 

 so-called " Maltese lace," and there many 

 of the social horrors common to London 

 slopwork, and ill-paid needlewomen are 

 repeated, varied only by the local colour- 

 ing and the limitations consequent on the 

 seclusion of Olney from the bustle and 

 excitement of what is elsewhere called 

 life. This short story of the lacemakers 

 is deeply touching, and its recital in this 

 attractive volume will, we have no doubt, 

 accomplish some real good. If the public 

 should demand a second edition — of which 

 we have no doubt at all — we advise the 

 author to cut out all the bits of stale bio- 

 graphy, and in their place transcribe a few 

 more passages from her note-book of 

 things actually seen and heard at Olney. 



The Flora of Surrey. By J. H. Bre- 

 wee. Van Voorst. — The Flora of the West 

 Riding. By L. C. Miall and Dr. B. Car- 

 rington. Pamplin. — Flora of Marlborough, 

 with Notices of the Birds, etc. By T. A. Pres- 

 ton. Van Voorst. — These three Floras 

 can only be announced here in order to in- 

 form our botanical readers of their exis- 



tence. "The Flora of Surrey " is a very 

 important work, and will be found im- 

 mensely valuable and interesting to all 

 London botanists. Mr. Miall's work on 

 the West Riding is a masterly production. 

 Mr. Preston's work is too restricted in its 

 range, but it is at least a faithful guide to 

 a spot possessing rare attractions for the 

 naturalist. 



A Familiar Epistle to Robert J. Walker. 

 Saunders, Otley, and Co. — There is much 

 in this book to interest all who are watch- 

 ful of the changing aspects of American 

 politics, and the book may probably have 

 some influence on the tactics of parties 

 both north and south. But if any one should 

 expect to find in it a witty criticism on 

 American affairs he will be mistaken ; 

 though there is a pretence to both wit and 

 humour, there is not one grain of either. 



The Desk-Booh of English Synomytns. 

 By John Sherer. Groombridge and 

 Sons. — This is a work of high merit, and 

 one of its greatest recommendations is that 

 in a very small compass is comprised a 

 very complete view of the whole subject. 

 The classification and analysis of synonyms 

 are tasks to which Mr. Sherer has applied 

 himself with a reasonable enthusiasm, and 

 the result is a reliable, discriminating, and 

 suggestive work, to which the student of 

 English composition may turn in any diffi- 

 culty with a certainty of finding help. 



England's Workshops.. ;By Dr Strauss, 

 C. W. Quin-, J. C. Brotjgh, T. Archer, 

 W. B. Tegetmeieh, and J. W. Prowse. A 

 collection of papers on metal, glass, chemi- 

 cal and other manufactures, by writers 

 familiar with the processes and operations 

 described, and skilled in the instruction of 

 the unprofessional in matters of practical 

 science. 



De La Rue's Red Letter Diary, 1864. 

 De La Rue and Co. — Mr. De La Rue pre- 

 sents his subscribers this year with a pho- 

 tograph of the moon's disk, most beauti- 

 fully got up by Messrs. Smith and Beck. 

 There is no such artistically produced and 

 thoroughly useful memorandum book as 

 this, its production deserves to mark an 

 epoch in the history of printing. 



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