532 THE GARDENER. [Nov. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Herefordshire Pomona. Edited by Robert Hogg, LL.D., F.L.S. 

 London: David Bogue, 3 St Martin's Place; Hereford: Jakeman & 

 C'arner. 



The second part of this magnificent work more than maintains its high-class 

 art in the splendidly executed chromolithographs of Apples and Pears. We 

 have never met with such faithful representations, on paper, of the fruits with 

 which this work is illustrated. The blemishes are as faithfully represented 

 — where they exist — as any other features. Perhaps any one who is not 

 acquainted with the high colour which the sunny south lays on the cheeks of 

 the Foxwhelp, Pearmain's, and other Apples — as well as on some Pears, such as 

 Flemish Beauty — may be inclined to think the colour overdone. Such, how- 

 ever, is not the case. The letterpress opens with a chapter on "Apple Lore," 

 from the pen of Henry S. Bull, M.D. Then follows a high-class engraving of 

 John, first Lord Viscount Scudamore, with a sketch of his life, from which it 

 appears he took great interest in all rural affairs, including orchards — also 

 written by Dr Bull. Then there is an engraving of the present celebrated 

 Cordon Pear wall at Homelacey, now in the occupation of Sir Henry C. Scuda- 

 more Stanhope, with the details and results of the system as practised at 

 Homelacey, which is well worth the attention of all who have walls to plant 

 with Pear trees. This portion of the work is from the pen of Sir H. C. S. Stan- 

 hope, who takes great interest in fruit culture. Then the number closes with 

 coloured figures and other engravings of forty-one different kinds of Apples 

 and Pears, with their history and description, by Dr Ptobert Hogg. This second 

 part of the great work is altogether a magnificent and very instructive one. 

 It ought to be in the hands of every proprietor and cultivator of these fruits. 

 We would again express the hope that so line a work should not conclude by 

 giving merely the Pomona of a county. It is most desirable that it should be 

 national. 



Burnham Beeches. By Francis George Heath, author of ' The Fern World,' kc. 

 Sampson Low & Co., London. 



A very interesting description and history of a piece of most beautiful sylvan 

 scenery in Berkshire, celebrated for its old and most romantic-looking Beeches, 

 lately acquired by the Corporation of London for the permanent enjoyment of 

 the public. The suggestion — to acquire and preserve for the above purpose — 

 was originally suggested by the author, who has in the little volume done his 

 best, by pleasant writing, graphic descriptions, and engravings, to make the 

 public acquainted with the enchanting place— Burnham Beeches. 



The Greenhouse. By the Editor of ' The Floral World. ' Groombridge & Sons, 



London. 



The object of this work is to represent, by coloured figures and engravings, the 

 more popular greenhouse plants ; and by practical treatises on the culture and 

 management of greenhouse plants, the Camellia, the Azalea, the Fuchsia, &c, 

 have been treated of. Altogether the work is well executed. It is issued in 

 monthly parts, and is well suited to amateurs in particular. 



