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element in a book of such serious purpose is the introduction of a great 

 mass of examples or suggestions for experiments, which shall themselves 

 illustrate or prove the thesis under discussion. These we consider would 

 be to the student of the greatest possible assistance if carefully carried out. 

 The cordial thanks of horticultural students, as well as of agricultural, are 

 due to Professor Percival for his book. 



" Garden and Grounds — how to lay out and arrange." By T. W. 

 Sanders, F.L.S., F.R.H.S. (Dawbarn & Ward, Farringdon Avenue, E.C.) 



In No. 2 of the Country House Series of Practical Handbooks Mr. 

 Sanders has produced a little book which will be useful to those who 

 desire to tastefully lay out or improve their gardens, " whether it be the 

 small plot in the city or the suburbs or the country house and grounds of 

 several acres." Plan 2 shows how the most may be made of half-an-acre 

 plot ; while plan 7, consisting of ten acres, is more ambitious and describes 

 a garden of parklike character. In suggesting evergreen and flowering 

 creepers for the house we cordially agree with the author in thinking " it 

 is of no use spending money and time in laying out beautiful grounds if 

 base and ugly walls meet the eye at every turn." 



" First Steps in Photo-micrography." By F. Martin Duncan, F.R.H.S. 

 (Hazell, Watson, & Viney, Long Acre, London.) Is. 



This volume is No. 23 in the "Amateur Photographer" Library. 

 Mr. Duncan is an enthusiast on his subject, and amateurs intending to 

 take up this interesting branch of photography could not do better than 

 consult the little book before us. All apparatus necessary for obtaining 

 exact photographs of specimens, from the " baby spider " to the " foot of 

 the bee parasite," will be found fully described, and when the amateur 

 has " successfully mastered the first steps and gained some amount of 

 experience and facility," then the author modestly says "he may with 

 advantage consult the more exhaustive and technical works." 



" The Book of Vegetables." By George Wythes, V.M.H. (John Lane, 

 London and New York.) 2s. (j<I. 



This is vol. vii. of the " Handbooks cf Practical Gardening," and is 

 a welcome addition to those already published. A careful selection of the 

 best varieties is suggested, and the cultural directions are given with no 

 uncertain sound. Should this volume fall into the hands of cooks, they 

 will find in it much valuable information, and it may perhaps teach them 

 to take a little more care than is customary in the cooking of such 

 common vegetables as Cabbages, Brussels Sprouts, and the like. Illus- 

 trations of vegetables are nearly always more or less unsatisfactory, and 

 we should feel rather sorry for the gardener who could not grow better 

 Peas than those represented in the frontispiece. But the book is distinctly 

 helpful. 



