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plants, by cxpcrhnonis in various directions c, g. in tlie study of soils, 

 and especially by experiments in pollination, carried on from 1910, 

 the results of which are given in an appendix. Of the enthusiasm 

 with which the- work has been carried on, some idea may be gained 

 from the fact that the school is for day students, and that the botanical 

 experiments and observations are made in addition to the ordinary 

 school curriculum. It may further be noted that it was not until 

 1912 that any grant for this special work was received from the 

 IJoard of Education ; before this, IGO girls were in charge of the 

 Gardens, and most of the undertakings now carried on had been set 

 on foot. From 1912 to 1915 the regular staff for botany and ele- 

 mentary chemistry consisted of three science mistresses and one 

 assistant in the Gardens. 



In conclusion we cannot refrain from expressing our surprise at 

 the scanty recognition which is made of the work of Miss Lilian J. 

 Clarke, the head of the Science Department of the School, to whom 

 we ai-e indebted ivdt only for the establishment and organisation of 

 the Gardens, but for the Keport. Her name indeed is given at the 

 end of this (p. 38), but it appears neither on wrapper nor titlepage 

 and is not even printed at the end of the introduction, for which we 

 believe she is responsible. The omission is, we presume, accidental ; 

 but it is to be regretted that the Board of Education should not give 

 full credit to the author of so excellent a piece of work. 



Shahespeares Garden, Stratford -upon- Avon. By Erxest Law, 

 C.13. With illustrations. 8vo, cloth, pp. 3-1. London : Selvvyn 

 and Blount. Price "^s. 6d. 



Mr. Er:n'est Law, the historian of Hampton Court, is one of the 

 Trustees of Shakespeare's Garden at Stratford-on-Avon, and in that 

 capacity has given us an attractive little book — wliose title, by the 

 way, was preoccupied by a not very satisfactory^ book about Sluike-- 

 speare's flowers by Sidney Beisly, published in 18(51 — in which ho 

 gives an account of what has been done in the way of planting of iho 

 piece of ground attached to the house called " New Place," Tho 

 ground was acquired by public subscription in 18G2, perhaps the 

 worst period of gardening taste, in compliance with which it was 

 laid out ; but in 1919 tlie Trustees decided to replace this witl\ 

 something more in keeping with Shakespearean traditions. Tliey 

 collected old-fashioned flowers from " the gardens of mediceval castles 

 mentioned in the plays, and from some which were prolxibly well 

 known to Shakespeare, such as Warwick Castle and Berkeley Castle 

 .... The owner of Cobham Hall sent specimens of the famous 

 ' Cobham Pose,' known to have been grown in the garden there for 

 four or live hundred j^ears .... from the gardens of all the lloyal 

 palaces which were known to Shakespeare, the same sorts of flowei's 

 as grew in them when he visited them have been forwarded to 

 Stratford-upon-Avon." Kew, of course, has not been backward in 

 helping both with counsel and with contributions ; and children of 

 the '* East End," Mr. Law tells us, have subscribed '<for the pur- 

 chase of favourite flowers of the dramatist, whose plays they have so 



