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the views illustrated, and also a table of the plates, most of which 

 depict several views or subjects of decoration, by which arrangement 

 the total is brought up to nearly 400 reproductions from old prints, 

 designs, drawings, and engravings. 



There are some quaint illustrations of gardens produced in the 

 Middle Ages, together with views of some of the most famous castle 

 gardens, of which we may just briefly mention Marly, Meudon, Blois, 

 Montargis, Charleval, St. Cloud, St. Germain-en-Laye, and others. 



There has been of late years a considerable revival in France 

 of the interest in artistic garden design, and the work now under 

 notice is only one instance in point. Quite recently our friend M. 

 Albert Maumene devoted a special number of his Journal, " La Vie a 

 la Campagne," to a study entitled " Four Centuries of Garden Design 

 in France," a very valuable contribution, literary and artistic, to our 

 knowledge of the subject. For those who study the gardening art 

 professionally the possession of such works as these becomes a necessity. 



" New Roses ; being a Supplement to ' Roses and Rose Growing.' " 

 By Rose G. Kingsley. 8vo., 18 pp. (Whittaker, London, 1913.) 6d. 



Those who possess Miss Kingsley's prettily illustrated book on 

 "Roses and Rose Growing" will probably wish to procure the 

 supplement she has just issued, which forms a little brochure of 

 18 pages, and as the numbering of the pages begins where the 

 former book left off (omitting the index), the two may conveniently 

 be rebound together. 



Since her book was written in 1908 a very large number of new 

 roses have been introduced to commerce, and the supplement is a 

 selected list of these, giving the name of the rose, the date of its intro- 

 duction, the raiser's name, and the colour of the flower, but no attempt 

 is made to discriminate between them or to describe the purposes 

 for which they are considered suitable ; and over 300 varieties are 

 mentioned. 



" The Rose Book. A Complete Guide for Amateur Rose Growers." 

 By H. H. Thomas, assisted by Walter Easlea. 8vo., 283 pp. (Cassell, 

 London, 1913.) 6s. net. 



This " Rose Book " is well illustrated with eight colour photographs 

 by H. Essenhigh Corke, which seem to have been taken by the Lumiere 

 process, and sixty-four half-tone plates. The latter are well selected, 

 many of them illustrating the use of roses in the garden or for 

 ornamenting the house or garden buildings, and they will doubtless 

 provide useful suggestions for those who are laying out or altering 

 rose gardens. 



The first half of the book or thereabouts is taken up with descrip- 

 tions of various classes of roses, while the second half is devoted chiefly 

 to practical directions for their management in garden or greenhouse. 

 This latter half, which seems to be the better part of the book, is clear, 

 and gives all necessary directions, and when operations requiring 



