iSyi.] REVIEWS. 137 



(including Carter's Imperial "Wonder and Laxton's Supreme), Carter's improved 

 Garnishing Parsley, and Carter's Giant White Cos Lettuce. First prize, £2, 2s. ; 

 second prize, £1, Is. 



August 16. — For the best collection of vegetables, to include Carter's Champ- 

 ion Runner Beans and three dishes of Peas (including Carter's Imperial Wonder 

 and Carter's Wonder of the World. First prize, £2, 2s. ; second prize, £1, Is. 



September 6. — For the best collection of Onions, to include the New Giant 

 Eocca of Naples, Giant White Tripoli, and Neapolitan Marzagole. First prize, 

 £2, 2s. ; second prize, £1, Is. 



September 20. — For the best collection of vegetables, to include Carter's 

 Dwarf Crimson Celery, Carter's Dwarf Mammoth Cauliflower, New Giant Rocca 

 Onion, Kohl-Rabi, three dishes of Peas (to include Carter's Imperial Wonder), 

 ard Carter's Perfection of Beets. First prize, £2, 2s. ; second prize, £1, Is. 



October 4. — For the best collection of American Potatoes, six varieties. First 

 prize, £2, 2s. ; second prize, £1, Is. 



November 1. — For the best collection of Potatoes, to include Carter's Ashtop 

 Fluke, Cambridgeshire Kidney, Red-skinned Flourball, and Carter's Main Crop. 

 First prize, £3, 3s. ; second prize, £2, 2s. ; third prize, £1, Is. 



For the best dish of Carter's Main Crop Potato. Prize £1, Is. 



December 6. — For the best collection of vegetables, to include Carter's Little 

 Pixie Savoy, Scotch Kale, Brussels Sprouts, Carter's Garnishing Kale, Parsnips, 

 Scorzonera, Salsafy, and Leek. First prize, £2, 2s. ; second prize, £1, Is. 



REVIEWS. 



The Garden Oracle. Edited by Shirley Hibbert, F.H.S. Published at the 

 'Gardener's Magazine' Office, 11 Ave Maria Lane. 

 This Annual is as interesting and useful as ever. It contains numerous tables 

 calculated to be of service to gardeners. It is almanac and note-book combined. 

 Gives select lists of all sorts of trees, Conifera, shrubs, ornamental fruit-trees, 

 climbing plants, &c., and arranges all these according to the positions and pur- 

 poses for which they are best suited. It gives a comprehensive garden calendar 

 for every month, which is interspersed with numerous wood engravings of veget- 

 ables and fruits, and gives a treatise on the management of small gardens. 

 Besides information of this sort, it gives lists of all the new plants and fruits, with 

 woodcuts of some of them that were introduced in 1870 ; and finishes with suit- 

 able selections of plants and flowers for gardens of various sizes. 



The Gardener's Year-Book. By Robert Hogg, LL.D., F.L.S., &c. 'Journal 

 of Horticulture ' Office, 171 Fleet Street. 



Another well-known and much-appreciated Annual, containing a great many 

 useful tables, an almanac, a comprehensive and well-written calendar, copious 

 notes on new and notable fruits, with numerous illustrations of the same. Veget- 

 ables are treated in the same way. It has lists of all the new plants of 1870. 

 Besides this, and a mass of other useful information, it contains a directory of 

 gardeners in Great Britain and Ireland, which in itself is a very useful and 

 interesting feature. 



