20 EECOKD OF HORTICULTUEE. 



We do not fully agree with the learned author as to 

 some of the modes of training and pruning given by him, 

 for they have not been successful when applied to our 

 native varieties; still, upon the whole, the principles, as 

 well as the practical matter, will be highly appreciated by 

 every horticulturist in this country. A large amount of 

 valuable matter has been added by the translator (Dr. 

 Chas. Siedhof), who is himself a master-hand in Horti- 

 culture, and has long been known to the public under 

 the nonn de plume of Horticola. 



The Small -Fruit Culturist. By Andrew S. Fuller. New 

 York : Orange Judd «fc Co. 12mo ; 376 pp. $1 50. 



Small-fruit culture has made such rapid strides in the 

 past few years, that abundant materials were at hand 

 from which to make a volume devoted exclusively to the 

 subject. Whether the author of the " Small-Fruit Cul- 

 turist" has done justice to the subject or not, remains for 

 the public to decide. The thousands of copies which have 

 been sold by the publishers since it was first issued, show 

 conclusively that the j^ublic are searching for information 

 regarding the cultivation and propagation of the plants 

 named in this volume. We have numerous precedents to 

 show that an author may sometimes speak well of his 

 own works ; but fearing that we might furnish a number 

 of small critics an opportunity of rushing into print and 

 thereby gaining a brief notoriety for their talent, we 

 will dismiss this work by saying that it has no com- 

 petitor, being the only work of the kind in the English 

 lanjruaire. 



