NEW BOOKS. 13 



Miniature Fruit Garden. By Thomas Rivers Reprinted from 

 the latest English edition. New York : O. Judd & Co. r2mo, 

 133 pp ; muslin, $1 25. 



Mr. Rivers is one of the veterans in Ilorticnlture, and 

 his works have a world-wide reputation. Tlie public are 

 very much nidebted to the publishers for giving the Amer- 

 ican people an opportunity of obtaining this work of Mr. 

 Rivers' in such an elegant dress, and at so moderate a price. 



New Book of Flowers. By Joseph Breck. New York: O. 

 Judd & Co. 12mo ; 480 pp. ; muslin, $1 75. 



This is a revised edition of one of our old standard 



books ; or perhaps the word revised is not explicit enough, 



for the work has been almost entirely re-written, bringing 



it down to the present time. It is a first-rate work in 



every respect, and deserves a large sale. 



The Garden. A Manual of Practical Horticulture. Illustrations. 

 By D. H. Jacques. New Y^ork : Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward. 

 13mo; 166 pp. ; muslm, $1 00. 



This is one of a series of w^orks issued several years 

 since by Fowler & Wells, new editions of which have been 

 lately published by the Woodwards. Mr. Jacques is a 

 very clear w^riter, and lias collected many interesting facts 

 relating to the subject on which he discoursed. "The Gar- 

 den" is a good practical work, but should be revised, and 

 the new fruits of the past five years added to the lists. 



The Forest Tree Oulturist. Illustrations By Andrew S. Ful- 

 ler. New Y'ork : Geo. E. & F. W. Woodward. r>mo ; 188 

 pp. ; muslin, $1 50. 



A plain, practical treatise on the cultivation and propa- 

 gation of native forest trees. It is an essay addressed to . 



