Extra Crown 8vo. Price 6s. 



Villa Gardening : A Handbook for Amateur and 



Practical Gardeners. By Edward Hobday, author of 

 " Cottage Gardening/' 



tHE SATURDAY REVIEW.—'' The chapters on planting and aU that relates to 

 what was once called landscape-gardening are full of excellent sense and good 

 taste, the section on fruit culture is thoroughly practical and trustworthy, and the 

 . calendar of work is one of the best of its "kind. With regard to the flower 

 garden and to the art of planting trees and shrubs, the author shows himself to 

 be a liberal advocate of the broader and. more artistic views that distinguish 

 modern gardeners. Altogether Mr. Hobday's handbook is a useful addition to 

 the literature of the subject." 



THE ACADEMY.—" An extremely well arranged and thoroughly useful book 

 for the ordinary lover of a garden ; and if the latter possesses a little glass or an 

 orchard house, ample directions for their management will also be here found." 



Globe Svo. Price 45.^net. 



The Spraying of Plants. A Succinct Account 



of the History, Principles and Practice of^lhe Application of 

 Liquids and Powders to Plants for the purpose of destroying 

 Insects and Fungi. By E. G. Lodeman, Instructor in 

 Horticulture in the Cornell University. With a Preface by 

 B. T. Galloway, Chief of the Division of Vegetable Patho- 

 logy, United States Department of Agriculture. 



THE GARDEN, — " The book consists of 399 pages, i ncludi ng a good i ndex, and 

 ought to find a welcome in all large gardens, its cost being 4/., a sum that would 

 be saved if only one crop werepreserved by its means. . . . Thispractical little 

 handbook cannot be too highly recommended to gardeners and farmers 

 generally." 



THE GUARDIAN.— "The book is written in very clear language. ... To large 

 fruit-growers ... it will be a most useful book and all the more welcome 

 because, as far as we know, it is the first English book on the subject that has 

 given the history of spraying and all the details of the different operations in 

 a thoroug'hly exhaustive and scientific manner." 



THE ACADEMY. — "The treatise is an adequate one and canno_t fail to prove 

 of real utility to the intelligent horticulturist and fruit-grower." 



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Pansies, Violas, and Violets. By Charles 



Jordan, F.R.H.S., Jessie M. Burnie, John Ballantyne, 

 and William Cuthbertson. With numerous Illustrations. 



THE GARDENING rFORID.—" Portraits of some of the leading men that 

 have been or still are connected with the raising of N'iolas are here given, thus 

 adding largely to the value of a book as a reference to everything essential to an 

 exhaustive knowledge of the subject. TheiUustrationsof leading types of Violas 

 are useful to beginners as well as a reliable reference for the student for all 

 time coming. The botany or science of the subject is admirably dealt with by 

 Mr. John Ballantyne. . . , We have no hesitation in recommending the book to 

 all concerned.'* 



THE PALL MALL GAZETTE. — "The increasing appreciation of the pansy 

 and its relatives for bedding and for border must create a ready demand for the 



