JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
As an example of the author's advice, we may quote him in 
reference to the vexed question of pruning recently transplanted 
trees : — 
In trees and shrubs which are transplanted the root- system 
is always injured ; the most apparent injury is the absence of 
root-tips and of the absorptive region immediately behind them. 
In the case of such a reduction of the absorptive root-tips, it is 
evident that the plant would possess too large an amount of 
foliage if all the branches which had been formed were left in- 
tact. How can the root-system which has been damaged and 
cut in taking it out of the soil absorb sufficient water for the 
full development of all its leaves? However much we may 
water the root, it will be of little avail ; it may even be injurious 
to the plant, as the saturation of the soil with water may cause 
decay to set in at the cut ends. We must, therefore, emphati- 
cally contradict the view, which is still held and acted upon by 
some, that in transplanting trees and bushes the branches should 
be left unpruned." 
The reasons in favour of pruning the branches of transplanted 
trees are here given with force, and it is interesting to know that 
Dr. Sorauer's views are gradually gaining hold amongst gardeners 
in Great Britain. 
Dr. Sorauer's book is full of valuable information from cover 
to cover — a distance of some 250 pages — and it should certainly 
find a place on the bookshelf of every gardener who has a desire 
to excel in his profession. There may, of course, be principles 
advocated in the work which to some will seem strange at first, 
but as a rule these will be found to work out well if put to the 
test. 
While we have nothing but praise for the information in the 
book itself, we cannot help wishing that a more copious index 
had been furnished. There are many interesting passages in the 
book, to which no reference whatever has been made in the 
Index, and we should like to see in the second edition, which we 
hope is being prepared, a very great improvement in this respect. 
