128 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



First Principles. 



6. Elements of Agriculture (Frean). 



7. The Perplexed Farmer (Villes). 



8. The Physiology of Plants (Sorauer and Weiss). 



9. Theory and Practice of Horticulture (Lindley). 



General Works of Keference. 



10. Cottage Gardener's Dictionary (Bell and Sons). 



11. Dictionary of Gardening (Nicholson). 



12. Treasury of Botany (Moore and Lindley). 



13. English Flower Garden (Kobinson). 



14. Gardener's Assistant (Thompson). 



15. How to Lay Out a Garden (Kemp). 



Special Works of Beference. 



16. Manual of Orchidaceous Plants (Veitch). 



17. Orchid Grower's Manual (Williams). 



18. Stove and Greenhouse Plants (Williams). 



19. Select Ferns (Williams). 



20. Fruit Culture under Glass (Thomson). 



21. Vines and Vine Culture (Barron). 



22. Manual of Coniferous Plants (Veitch). 



23. Hardy Trees and Shrubs (Hemsley). 



24. Garden Keceipts (Quinn). 



25. The Vegetable Garden (Vilmorin), Kobinson's Translation. 



Nomenclature. 



26. Genera Plantarum (Hooker and Bentham). 



27. Index to Genera Plantarum (Durand). 



28. Index Kewensis (Hooker and Jackson). 



29. Kew Handbooks. 



Interesting. 



30. The Story of the Plants (G. Allen). 



31. My Summer in a Garden (C. D. Warner). 



32. The Six of Spades (Dean Hole). 



33. A Tour round my Garden (A. Karr) : Wood's Translation. 



34. Days and Hours in a Garden (E. V. B.). 



35. The Praise of Gardens (Sieveking). 



36. The Garden that I Love (Alfred Austin). 



37. In Veronica's Garden (Alfred Austin). 



38. Gardens and Woodlands (F. J. Hope). 



N.B. — In all cases it is advisable to ask for the latest editions. 



THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF AND CONFERENCE 

 ON BRITISH-GROWN FRUIT. 



Held at the Crystal Palace, October, 1, 2, 3, 1890. 



Rarely, if ever, have we experienced an autumn so unfavour- 

 able for a Great Show of British-grown Fruit. The frosts of 

 spring in many places reduced the Apple and Blum crops 



