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detail of the methods of srowins various Ivinds of pansies and violets, both for 

 {general purposes and for exhibition. 



Classified list of daffodil names, 1908 (London: Roy. Ilort. Soc, 1908, pp. 

 5/).--This consists of ;in alithabotical list of all known daffodils, prepared by 

 the Royal Horticultural Society of London. The different varieties are placed 

 in one of 7 arbitrary divisions, based principally on measurements, as follows: 

 Long trumpets, short trumpets, large cups, small cups, flat cups, doubles, aud 

 binich-flowered. This system of classification is commended for trial for garden 

 and show purposes. 



The encyclopedia of gardening, T. W. Sanders (London [1909], 13. ed., 

 pp. XV+'i(Hi). — This work consists of a dictionary of plants generally culti- 

 vated in gardens. It gives in alphabetical sequence the culture and propagation 

 of hardy and half-hardy plants, trees and shrubs, orchids, ferns, fruits, vege- 

 tables, hothouse and greenhouse plants, etc., including the specific and common 

 names. The present edition has been revised and brought up to date relative 

 to cultural methods, varieties, nomenclature, etc. 



Garden design — comparative, historical, and ethical, T. H. Mawson (Jour. 

 Roil. Ilort. Soc. [London]. .1', mm), yo. 3, pp. .361-372, 378-383, figs. 6).— This 

 consists of two lectures on the above subject delivered before the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society in September, 1908. 



The practice of garden design, T. H. Mawson (Jour. Roy. Hort. Soc. [Lon- 

 don], 3.'f (1909), xAo. 3, pp. 3S-',~^93, figs. 2).— The third lecture on the series 

 Tioted above, in which the author offers several suggestions on the practical 

 development of garden design. 



The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, W. J. Bean CNeio York, Paria, London, 

 Toronto, and Melbourne, 1908, pp. XX+222, pis. GO). — This work contains a 

 historical account of the Kew Botanic Gardens, together with a discussion of 

 its aims, its work, and the leading principles on which it is conducted. Part 1 

 deals with the origin and development of the Royal gardens. Succeeding por- 

 tions of the work discuss in detail English landscape gardening at Kew. Kew in 

 its scientific aspects, plant collections (tropical and warm temperate), and the 

 hardy plant collections. The work is well illustrated by reproductions in color 

 and half-tone photographic plates. 



A park system for the city of Cincinnati, G. E, Kessler (Cincinnati: 

 Hoard of Public Service, 1907. pp. .').',; pis. 15, figs. 6. maps 8). — This consists of 

 a comprehensive plan for parks and parkways in Cincinnati, prepared by the 

 author at the instance of the Cincinnati Park Commission. Maps and illustra- 

 tions are given showing the proposed park system as a whole and the treatment 

 of various sections. 



FORESTRY. 



Trees, II. M. Ward (Cambridge, 1908, vol. J,, pp. 10.1, pi. 1, fig.<t. ///?).— This is 

 the fourth volume of a series by the author, which was designed as a hand- 

 hook of forest botany for the woodlands and the laboratory. Its publication 

 was interrupted by the death of the author. The present volume treats of 

 fruits, the previous ones treating of buds, leaves, flowers, and intlorescences 

 (E. S. R.. 17, I). 2.".). 



The trees of Great Britain and Ireland, II. J. Elwes and A. Henry (Edin- 

 burgh, 1909, vol. .',, pp. Yll 1+7 13-1000, pis. 6/,).— This is volume 4 of an e.xten- 

 sive treatise which is being issued on the trees either native to or cultivated in 

 Great Britain and Ireland (E. S. R., 20, p. 340). The \olume, like the previous 

 volumes, is divided into 2 parts. 



