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the fruit-grower. The author has rearranged, reset, and largely 

 rewritten the present edition, and it embodies the most up-to-date 

 knowledge of fruit culture, and the enemies the fruit-grower must 

 contend with, of any book we have seen. Although written, perhaps, 

 more for the American than the British grower, " The Principles of 

 Fruit-growing " had already become an indispensable standard work 

 in this country, and good as the earlier editions have been the present 

 edition eclipses them all. Obviously many of the kinds and varieties 

 of fruit advised to be grown would be quite out of the question in 

 this country ; it is more particularly to the sound advice he gives 

 on the general management of fruit trees that we desire to call attention. 

 We can only say it is excellent, and ought to be read carefully by 

 every grower of fruit in private and market establishments in the 

 country. The author seems doubtful about the benefits of dwarf 

 or bush apples and pears, and states that " as a general thing the 

 standards are the safer and more reliable " ; this may be true of 

 trees in America, but in this country the bush or dwarf trees are 

 undoubtedly the best, given the cultural attention suggested by Mr. 

 Bailey. The subjects of pruning, manuring, spraying, grading the 

 fruit, grafting, insect and fungoid pests, &c., are all ably treated 

 upon, and sound, concise advice given ; in fact, there is so much valuable 

 information in the book that we again advise everyone to read it. 

 A very accurate index adds to the value of the work. 



" Principles of Horticulture." By Edward A. White. 8vo. 

 467 pp. (Macmillan, London and New York, 1915.) Price ys. 6d. 

 net. 



The author, who is Professor of Floriculture in the New York State 

 College of Agriculture at Cornell University, is to be complimented 

 on the work before us. Not only is it a very welcome departure 

 from the mass of books on gardening now issued, but it is also 

 compiled in a very instructive style. Though written for American 

 readers, it contains a vast amount of information valuable for 

 British readers. Some of the matter is not suited for practice in 

 this country, as the methods of growing are different in America and 

 Britain ; for instance, roses, carnations, and many other flowers are 

 grown on benches in beds of soil, instead of in pots as in this country, 

 and admirably they succeed in the U.S.A., because no doubt they 

 get infinitely more light in winter than we do. On page 52 the author 

 says, "it is essential that uneven-span houses run east and west." 

 This may be good advice there, but in this country such greenhouses 

 are run north and south so that one side gets as much light as the 

 other. Heating by steam seems to be favoured by Mr. White, but 

 it has never become popular in this country. 



The growing of flowers, including orchids, for market is excellently 

 dealt with, with brief but clear references to cultivation, temperature, 

 compost, insect attacks, diseases, packing, construction of houses for 



