IRISH GARDENING. 



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Be-affoirsini'mii nnd Nie Suiipli/ of Phnits; Me)iin- 

 landiim as to fhe Ta.rntion of WoodlaiKls in Scot- 

 land; icith Spec'ud Beference to Liah'd'ity for In- 

 come Tar, A-c; an intensely interesting urtiele on 

 Tlie Forests of Xeir Zealand; A Barl: Beetle; a 

 valuable and suggestive article on The Measure- 

 ment of Timber by John Cape; Forest Tree Seed; 

 Bed Pine or Xorway Pine (Piniis resinosa). by 

 James Kay, Forestry Branch, Ottawa, and many 

 other interesting and viseful Notes, Queries, and 

 Reviews. 

 Altogether, this is a most connnendable publica- 



ol)servations have been made with the utmost care, 

 and his deductions are generally reasonable. 



The theme of the l)ook is the relationship between 

 insects and flowers, and cleverly the author shows 

 how the evolution of form and colour in flowers is 

 connected with the evolution of insects. The ad- 

 vantages of colour, scent, and nectar are discussed 

 in relation to insect visits, and not the least inter- 

 esting feature is the amount of information given 

 regarding the visits of certain kinds of bees or other 

 insects to certain flowers. Much information of a 

 practical nature is given regarding agricultural 



Photo by] [F. Q. Preston 



LiLIUM TEST.WEUM IN C.\MBR1DGE BOTANIC G.4RDENS. 



tion, and we trust it may not be long ere the Royal 

 Horticultural and Arboricultural Society of Ireland 

 will be able to begin publishing and disseminating 

 useful literature of a similar kind. 



The Flower and the Bee.* 



By J. H. LovELTv. 



This is one of the most interesting and useful books 

 which it has been our good fortune to read. The 

 author is not only an expert entomologist of wide 

 experience, but is likewise a practical apiarist and 

 a skilled botanist; he is thus extremely well- 

 equipped to write of the Flower and the Bee. His 



* Constable & Co., London. 10s. 6d. nett. 



and horticultural crops, which cannot fail to in- 

 terest the practical cultivator as well as the scien- 

 tific worker. 



Many books have been written on this subject, 

 more particularly, perhaps, by German writers, but 

 the present work is certainly the most readable and 

 practical we have seen for a very long time. The 

 illustrations are from photographs, and althovigh 

 they are mostly of American flowers, they will be 

 familiar enough to horticulturists in this country. 

 There are well over a hundred illustrations, mostly 

 of flowei-s, with one or two of insects, and they are 

 magnificently reproduced. 



We confidently counnend this book to all of our 

 readers who care to know something of the relation- 

 ship between flowers and insects, either from an 

 economic or scientific point of view. 



