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giously refuse to tell our dearest friend of it, preferring that, concealed 
from the plant destroyer, its discovery may some day reward the patient 
research of some plant lover who will respect its rarity and its seclusion 
like ourselves. 
"Quick Fruit Culture." By John Simpson. (Pawson Sc Co., High 
Street, Sheffield.) 
An excellent condemnation of the severe method of pruning fruit 
trees which prevailed almost universally until a comparatively few years 
ago, and which we fear is still practised by the majority of those who 
call themselves gardeners, though it has long since been discarded by the 
masters of the craft. It is a thousand pities that such a useful little book 
should be so terribly disfigured by an antique list of " Best Varieties of 
Pears," on page 40, certainly not half of which would any good fruit 
grower include in his best dozen varieties. The list of Plums, too, on 
p. 54, certainly needs revision, the best cooking Plum ever raised, Rivers's 
"Early Prolific," being not so much as hinted at. "Lord Napier," too, 
is not mentioned amongst Nectarines ! The list of Strawberries also needs 
revision. We should like to see a new edition with these matters altered, 
and then we could altogether commend the work. 
