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of planting, pruning, gathering, storing ; it treats of insect pests and 

 how to deal with them, and gives lists of choice varieties selected for 

 various diflterent purposes. There is also a very valuable chapter at the end 

 on Cider, and a few (very few) recipes for cooking Apples ; but we find no 

 mention of bottling Apples, than which we know no better way of pro- 

 longing the season of any variety which is quickly past its best. .If kept 

 -artificially Apples soon lose their briskness, but bottling preserves it, and 

 jou may in this way have Keswicks, Ecklinvilles, or Grenadiers as crisp 

 and brisk in May as they once were in September and October. They 

 require less cooking, but they cook quite as well. 



" Trees and Shrubs." By A. B. Buckley. (Cassells, London.) Qd. 



A brightly written booklet of 80 pages, nicely illustrated, intended to 

 quicken the observation of children for common country trees and shrubs. 

 The information it contains would, however, suit a great many grown- 

 up children who in their childhood never had the advantage of such 

 .simple and straightforward nature teaching. 



Manual of Botany." By Dr. J. Reynolds Green, F.R.S. (J. ^ A. 

 Churchill, London.) 2 vols. 17s. 6d. 



We have here a thorough student's book, but exceedingly clearly 

 written, and illustrated with 1,244 most helpful illustrations. The first 

 volume is concerned with the morphology and anatomy of plants, while 

 the second deals with their classification and physiology. We do not 

 know that the student of such subjects could wish for a better guide. 



"Plant Relations" and "Plant Structures." By Dr. John M. 

 •Coulter. (Hirschfeld, London.) 6s. each. 



Dr. Coulter is Professor of Botany at the University of Chicago, and 

 his books are written mainly with a view to being of use to teachers in 

 higher secondary schools, and to supplement laboratory and field work. 

 " Plant Relations " deals chiefly with ecology and physiology, and 

 " Plant Structures " with morphology and an attempt to trace the 

 evolution of the plant kingdom step by step from the rudimentary Alg.e 

 to the highly organised Angiosperms. Both volumes are beautifully 

 illustrated, and "Plant Structures " especially strikes us as being full of 

 interest to any reader of ordinary intelligence. 



" The Best Hardy Perennials." By F. W. Meyer. (Blake & Mackenzie, 

 Liverpool.) los. 



This work consists almost exclusively of forty-eight large coloured 

 plates, for the most part done exceedingly well— in fact we only find fault 

 with the colouring of Senecio pulcher. Facing each plate is a short 

 letterpress description, which, if it errs at all, errs on the side of brevity. 

 We could well have borne with longer cultural details from nn author of 

 such well-known skill in cultivation as ]\Ir. Meyer. 



