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So much by way of criticism. There now remains the more 

 pleasant duty of pointing out the many excellent features of this 

 work. 



Upon the vexed question of pruning after planting or deferring 

 this operation till the next winter, the author decides in favour of 

 the first, stipulating that it shall be done just as the buds are breaking. 

 On this question discussion has raged for many years, and will continue 

 to do so until the disputants realize that they are not all dealing with 

 the same thing. The Kentish fruit-grower thinking of his two-year 

 apples on a free-rooting Paradise stock and his colleague in the West 

 Country with his eight-year-old standard tree on Crab stock will 

 quite naturally find themselves in opposite camps. The stock and the 

 age of the tree are two important factors usually left out of con- 

 sideration. In a footnote Mr. Udale makes an exception to his rule in 

 the case of trees which have but little root, and these, he says, should 

 be left unpruned till the winter after planting. 



Most interesting are the illustrations of trees showing the growth 

 made and the pruning necessary, and the frequent emphasis on the 

 necessity of allowing sufficient light and air is, unfortunately, only 

 too much needed. Useful figures are given of the shoots in detail, 

 showing where and how the cut should be made, but our lack of 

 definite terms for the various growths is a handicap which the author 

 shares with all other English writers on this subject. 



A chapter on Rose Pruning gives useful hints as to the treatment 

 of the various classes, and the directions for Flowering Shrubs are 

 largely culled from Baltet's work. The descriptions of Budding 

 and Grafting are well illustrated, and should prove useful to 

 beginners. 



We are glad to see that this book has now reached its third edition, 

 a testimony both to its value and to the need felt for a simple and 

 reliable work on pruning, which it creditably fills. 



" Fungoid Diseases of Farm and Garden Crops." By Thos. 

 Milburn and E. A. Bessey. 8vo. xi + 118 pp. (Longmans, Green, 

 London, 1915.) 2s. net. 



The first thirty-eight pages of this little book are occupied by 

 chapters on general matter ; the remainder, except for four pages of 

 index, with specific diseases of farm and garden crops, and farm 

 animals. The " garden " crops are, however, only the crops grown in 

 market gardens, not flowers or fruits or even the less common plants, 

 and some such as celery which are quite common are omitted. The 

 diseases which are dealt with are as a rule well dealt with, brief 

 descriptions of the diseases, their causes, and the treatment appropriate 

 to each particular case being given. Those growing these common 

 plants will find the book very useful. We should have been better 

 pleased to see " quicklime " recommended against finger-and-toe in 

 turnips, rather than the indefinite " lime." 



