CCXX PROCEEDINGS of the royal horticultural" society. 



29. FUNGOID PESTS. 



(See page cciv.) 



Under the title of " Fungoid Pests of Cultivated Plants " the Society 

 has just published an invaluable volume by Dr. M. C. Cooke, M.A., LL.D., 

 V.M.H. It contains 278 pages of letterpress with 23 figures in the text, 

 and coloured illustrations of no less than 357 different fungoid diseases 

 to which cultivated plants are liable. Being so valuable a book and one 

 that will serve as the text-book and reference book of students and practical 

 gardeners for many years to come, it is half -bound in calf and issued at 

 the price of 10s. 6d. net. No one whose plants are subject to fungoid 

 attacks — and whose are not '? — should be without this book, for not only 

 can they by its use identify the disease at once, but they are also told 

 both how to treat it and overcome it, and also how to make the different 

 washes and sprays which the different classes of fungoid attacks require. 



30. RULES FOR JUDGING. 



The " Rules for Judging, with Suggestions to Schedule Makers and 

 Exhibitors " (1905), has been revised throughout and considerably modified 

 from the experience gained during the last five years. The Secretaries of 

 Local Societies are therefore strongly advised to obtain a fresh copy. It 

 will be sent post free on receipt of a postal order for Is. 6d. addressed 

 to the Secretary, Horticultural Hall, Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W. 



31. VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



The Society has just published a new and greatly revised edition of 

 •• Varieties of Fruits." It contains a list of the best Apples for cooking 

 and for dessert ; the best Pears, Plums, Damsons, Cherries, Raspberries, 

 Currants, Gooseberries, and Strawberries, showing in each case the best 

 form in which to grow them and the time they ripen. Then follow 

 some few pages of most useful notes on How to Plant, How to Prune, 

 Root-Pruning, Manuring, and on the use of Artificial Manures. At the 

 end are given the names of some of the quite new varieties of Fruits, 

 which promise well but are not yet sufficiently long proved to be recom- 

 mended for general planting. 



Copies of this most valuable little pamphlet for distribution may be 

 obtained at the Society's Office, Vincent Square, Westminster. Price, 

 post free, single copy 2d., or 25, 2s. ; 50, 3s. ; 100, 4s. 



32 OTHER PUBLICATIONS. 



BULBOUS IRISES.— By Prof. Sir Michael Foster, F.R.S. Pro- 

 fusely illustrated. An exhaustive treatise on these beautiful plants. 

 Almost every species is fully described and illustrated, and particulars 

 as to distinguishing characteristics, growth, time of flowering, native 

 country, &c., are given. 58 illustrations, 86 pages. Price Is. 6d. post 

 free. 



