208 
‘ith nicum; Osmunda palustris ; Polypodium 
aureum, P. ayii, P. т Mi AK Pteris 
Childsi. eretica Шаб P. serrulata, 'P. Sum- 
б: s inset ората 
ag amoena, 
r vm 
ND OrH 
lia, A. pene im 
Aloe aristata, A. vifo. 
sula (Rachéa} нан Echeveria agavoides, Е. 
atropurpurea, metallica p cockii, ids 
retusa flor ibunda, E. secunda g 
disticha, tiCosa ; Haworthia s eaters; ; 
M blandum, M. can nde ens, M. 
erystellinam (Ice Plant), 
M. roseum, M. specta tabile 
uricatum, ilocereus 
кей (Old Man Ссн; Rares Косу, 5 
ойы, ° 8. E ensis, 8. midalis, S 
sarmentosa (Moth of Thoubsnds), а a good baske 
S. s. var. tri- 
рая a cottage УЙде favourite ; 
oi with red and white variegated Monet 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
‚ TEXT-BOOK O 
AT the present time, when ther up a call for 
it pS d traine d horticulturists, it is a 
pleasure to be able end an introduc- 
tory Sick o n botany whi ich i is suitable for placing 
D 
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Hoy 
5 
4 
(See 
in the hi ung garden Ther 
many botani үз ck Ne for or beginners, but ФУ pt 
or three which rally ЕЕ іг purpose. Тоо 
many el 
or examination '' cram”? Ard e 
Ihe bool ow under review, OO MM 
wri i e Cambridge Senior Local 
Examinations, is one d ре read tein i 
the feeling of uture nem 
h; ei ies 7 у has 
logical bias, which is i all to the indt фо, 
з nde. Studen 
Pp. 642; figs. 930. ad 
р, Thoday, ЖА. gene 
1919. Reprinted with 
bridge: at the University Presni 
Supp! Мете 
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GARDENERS’ 
and Plants in Relation to their Environment; 
and a supplementary section deals with seedless 
plants. 
The section on classification is much bette 
than is usual in modern elementary text- БОЕ, 
and is treated on evolutionary | 
ae nt “families (or 7 Nat Orders, as the 
we uld find “A тте бейет опе ої у рі 
ing parts of their botanical Saad е than 
the dryest subject, only tackled under 
compulsion 
The supplementary section on seedless plants 
been added for oe Foe iati The 
y inade 
= 
eatment is еи. ate, though what 
toe is appears to be is 
The аку; тап which old 
friends, are excellent, pa ine perse en ot 
the book is e. the апай ity to be expected from the 
Cambridge 
THE rence AND canta: OF 
MANURIN 
ised and enlarged mi tion of Mr. Dyke's 
diio own and instructive book* gives full in- 
structions on questions relating to manuring, 
and deals with the origin ane history of 
omen, plants and their food, the influences 
— 
Fic. 700. НУЧ BASKET OF BEGONIAS. 
р. 207.) 
manures on,crops and on soil Меп. 
ler, manures and concentrated fertiliser 
receive attention and directions for their use ice 
par шы The book 
of warning on the haphazard purchase of 
** special" manures might well be incorporated 
in this Rape ipa 
The one or two small errors in this 
book which, м2 к the ye of the учо 
reader, but the one ld ty 
a heading to "Cha 
* The Sci and Practice of Manuring. Ву W. 
Шу, with ыбылы М b; 7. Wright, V.M. 
: The Lockwood Press. T ы E" net. xr 
CHRONICLE. 
[Apri 26, 1919. 
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