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and berried plants. Full particulars are supplied of what plants, flowers, 

 and foliage are available for all the months of the year, and useful 

 advice is given on their decorative arrangement. Table decoration is very 

 lightly touched upon, and we should like to have seen this important 

 subject dealt with more fully ; but still it is an excellent book, and 

 will be much appreciated by ladies who take an interest in this 

 fascinating form of house decoration. The book has an excellent index. 



" The Flower Garden." By T. W. Sanders. 8vo., 454 pp. (Colling- 

 ridge, London.) 7s. 6c?. net. 



We cannot speak too highly of this work, as it is crammed full of 

 varied and valuable information for the amateur gardener, whether he 

 own a large or a small garden. The book is divided into three parts, 

 and in the first part we have plain instructions on the formation and 

 management of the flower garden, including the making of lawns, 

 paths, beds, borders, shrubberies, pergolas, arches, &c. ; the draining and 

 preparation of the soil, planting, pruning, pests, and diseases of the 

 flowers ; tools, appliances, &c. In the second part we have particulars 

 of hardy and half-hardy plants for the flower garden, including annuals, 

 biennials, perennials, rock plants, climbers, &c. ; and in the third part 

 hardy trees and shrubs are exhaustively dealt with under their botanical 

 and common or English names. The cultural instructions are thoroughly 

 practical. The printing is plain, illustrations very good, and a capital 

 index is given at the commencement of the work. We can strongly 

 recommend this book. 



"The Book of Fruit- bottling." By Miss Edith Bradley and 

 Miss May Crook. 8vo., 99 pp. (Lane, London.) 2s. Qd. net. 



This excellent little book should be in the hands of everyone who 

 has a garden. It is only of late years that the bottling of fruit has 

 received attention, but thirty years ago every lady, and most farmers' 

 wives, used to bottle fruit — with appliances primitive compared with 

 modern ones it is true, but with really first-rate results. But for some 

 reason or other the bottling of fruit almost died out, and we welcome 

 the renewed interest in this very important household matter. Not only 

 is the bottling of all kinds of fruit gone into carefully, but drying fruit, 

 jam-making, jelly-making, marmalade-making, candying, and other modes 

 of preserving fruit, and the making of wines and cider. The book 

 finishes up with some quaint ancient recipes, of more interest than 

 practical value at the present day. The instructions are so clear, and 

 the whole book is packed so full of sound, practical information, that 

 we heartily commend it to all. 



"Alphabet of Gardening." By T. W. Sanders. 8vo., 182 pp. 

 (Collingridge, London.) Is. 6d. net. 



A very handy little book, and useful for the student, as it treats on 

 sowing seeds, striking cuttings, layering, grafting, budding, pruning, 

 planting, watering, hybridising, and upon soils and manures, while at 

 the end of the book is a chapter on heating apparatus. All the subjects 



