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best varieties of each kind of vegetables and salads to grow, but the 

 information on the cultivation of all is equally up to date. A care- 

 fully-compiled calendar of operations for each month is given, showing 

 that it is easy by good cultivation to have a full supply of vegetables 

 and salads all the year round. Practical suggestions on how the soil 

 may be improved, and the importance of rotation in crops is fully 

 dealt with. Again, the manuring question is treated in a thoroughly 

 clear and sound manner, and the eradication of the most injurious 

 insect and other pests is equally ably gone into. There are two 

 things we are specially pleased to note in the book, viz. the advice 

 on the value of continuously keeping the Dutch hoe going, whether 

 there are weeds or not, and the strong remarks on the waste of soil 

 fertility by leaving the stumps of vegetables, such as Broccoli, 

 Cabbage. &c, in the soil after the head has been cut. We commend 

 to all garden owners the advice given by the author on these two 

 subjects. 



Although the book is written for the amateur, to whom it will 

 be most serviceable, the professional gardener may read it with 

 profit to himself. The whole is arranged in alphabetical order, the 

 printing is good, and the illustrations are very typical of what they 

 represent. Altogether it is an excellent shilling's-worth. 



" Beautiful Garden Flowers for Town and Country." By John 

 Weathers. 8vo., 152 pp. (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., 

 London, 1913.) is. 6d. net. 



A useful and well-written book, boldly printed, nicely illustrated, 

 and with the botanical as well as the common names of all the flowers 

 mentioned. This is always an advantage, for many who cannot 

 remember the often difficult botanical name are quite familiar with 

 the common one. The author covers a wide field, treating of the 

 soil, situation, cultivation, diseases, annuals, biennials, perennials, 

 colour effects, propagation, and giving excellent descriptions of the 

 best hardy flowers in alphabetical order. 



" Beautiful Bulbous Plants for the Open Air." By John 

 Weathers. 8vo., 150 pp. (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & 

 Co., London, 1913.) is. bd. net. 



This is one of the same series as "Beautiful Garden Flowers," and 

 all that is stated about the arrangement of that book applies to this. The 

 author has evidently carefully studied the subject of bulb cultivation, 

 and he gives much practical information on their management, time 

 and depth to plant, and much other equally interesting and useful 

 knowledge. 



"The Sweet Pea Annual for 1913." Ed. by Charles H. Curtis 

 and Horace J. Wright. 8vo., 136 pp. (C. H. Curtis, Brentford, 

 1913.) 2s. net. 



This is the best of the series published during the past nine years, 

 and will be of considerable interest to all growers of Sweet Peas, as 



