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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



which under the new classification of these insects also includes the 



Gecmetridae, Zygaenidae (or Burnet flies), Cossidae (Goat moth , 

 Sesiidae (Clear wings , so that the three volumes by Mr. South — the 

 Butterflies and the firs: and second series of Moths — contain figures and 

 descriptions of all the British Lepidoptera except those commonly known 

 as Micro-Lepidoptera (the Tortrices and Tineae). The author in his 

 preface says, speaking of these : i; The small fry, as they have been called, 

 exceedingly interestiDg though they may be to a limited number of 

 students, have therefore been left for separate treatment at some more con- 

 venient season." All collectors of British Lepidoptera will earnestly hope 

 that Mr. South will soon find this " more convenient season," for though the 

 students of the Micro-Lepidoptera may not be so numerous as those who 

 study the more attractive groups, their numbers would soon increase if 

 they had a volume similar to those already published to help them. This 

 volume, like its predecessors, is admirably got up. The coloured plates 

 are excellent ; No. 41 is perhaps the least satisfactory, the colours of 

 the moths (the large and small emerald; do not show up well against the 

 tinted background. The black-and-white figures are very clear, but are 

 rather hard and diagrammatic ; the hardness may be accounted for to some 

 extent by the smoothness of the paper on which they are printed ; they, 

 however, serve their purpose very well. The letterpress gives terse but very 

 clear descriptions of each species both in the perfect and caterpillar states, 

 with some details of their life history and the localities where they may be 

 found. In the preface we read : " Both classification and nomenclature 

 are always under revision, and we are probably a long way from hearing the 

 last word concerning either ; these are, however, matters that cannot be 

 ignored even in a popular work, consequently I have ventured to adopt 

 sundry changes in arrangement, and names although not departing from 

 the old style in any very large way, still approach pretty closely to the new. 

 It would have been of great assistance, however, in this matter if a table 

 had been given showing the classification adopted in this work, which 

 should be in the hands of everyone who collects or is interested in British 

 Lepidoptera. There is no other book which can be said to cover the 

 same ground in such a thoroughly satisfactory manner. 



" Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them." By Horace J. Wright 

 and W. P. Wright. Complete in 17 parts (Jack, London, 190S). Is. 

 each part. 



We have before us the first nine parts of this work, which is admirably 

 printed and artistically _-:t up. When we stare that there are 100 coloured 

 plates by such talented artists as Beatrice Parsons, Eleanor Fortescue 

 Brickdale, Anna Lea-Merritt, Hugh L. Norris, Lilian Stannard, Margaret 

 Waterfield, A. Fairfax Muckley, and Francis E. James, it is at once 

 evident how well they are done. The first part is given up entirely to 

 roses, the second part principally to bulbs, which run well into the third 

 part, and the fourth and fifth parts entirely to herbaceous plants. The 

 sixth part is chiefly devoted to rock plants, of which a capital descriptive 

 list is given, and good cultural hints. Parts 7 and 8 are nearly all 

 taken up with stove and greenhouse plants, the kinds and varieties 

 finding most favour being dealt with in a very practical manner. 



