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violet, tuberose, and attar of roses, together with a hint of 

 ambergris, or musk, in mixture with the flower ottos to 

 fix the odour. Spices, such as cloves, should be sparingly 

 used. A rose Pot-pourri thus combined, without parsimony 

 in supplying the flower ottos, will be found in the fullest 

 sense a joy for ever.' 



1890. ' History of Botany,' by Juhus von Sachs, trans- 

 lated by Henry B. P. Garnsey. This book will commend 

 itself to those gardeners, and to amateurs generally, who 

 love knowledge not hard to acquire. The history of the 

 long evolution of botany through so many clever, patient, 

 and painstaking hands, is even more interesting than a 

 smattering of botany itself, now that we take its simple 

 laws unquestioningly as we take the great fact that the 

 earth revolves on its own axis, though we each day 

 repeat the old expressions that the sun rises and the sun 

 sets. 



1891. 'The Miniature IVuit Garden,' by Thomas 

 Eivers and T. IVancis Elvers. The twentieth edition. 

 This fact proclaims more eloquently than any words 

 of mine can do the excellence and usefulness of this 

 little book. Of all the many changes to be noticed in 

 my life-time, I know none more remarkable than the 

 immense increase that has taken place within my memory 

 in fruit cultivation and fruit consumption. 



1892. ' The Garden of Japan,' by P. T. Piggott. A 

 charming Uttle book, the fascinating subject of which is 

 described by the title. The illustrations are very nicely 

 drawn ; among them are two or three interesting Japanese 

 flower arrangements. In March Mr. Piggott, writing 

 from Japan, says : ' Every garden is full of the small 

 shrubs [Daphnes], and every shrub is full of flowers.' 



1893. ' A Book about the Garden and the Gardener,' 

 by S. Eeynolds Hole. This book is well worth having 

 for a modern gardener. It gives a lot of instruction, and 



