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" School and Garden." By Walter P. Wright. 104 pp. (Cassell, 

 London.) Limp cloth, 6d. ; cloth boards, 9d, 



This useful reference book was written specially for schools and school 

 teachers, and is so simple that any child can easily understand what is 

 written, and, further, it supplies information that the teachers themselves 

 will find extremely useful. Clear instructions are laid down for the 

 management of small gardens, such as school gardens or allotments. 

 Modes of cultivation ; the best kinds and varieties of flowers, fruits, and 

 vegetables to grow ; descriptions of soils ; insect and fungoid pests ; lessons 

 in pruning ; the best tools to use ; plants in pots, and window-boxes, &c. 

 Boys who study this little book, and act strictly on the lines laid down, 

 will attain a high position in their school examination on gardening. 



"Pictorial Practical Flower Gardening." By Walter P. Wright and 

 Edward J. Castle. 8vo. 152 pp. (Cassell, London.) Is. 6d. net. 



Another of Mr. Wright's eminently practical books ; it is devoted to 

 the laying-out of gardens, making lawns, beds, rockwork, arches, and the 

 cultivation of hardy flowers, ferns, and water-loving plants. Trees, 

 shrubs, and bulbs are also included, and while particularly serviceable to 

 the owners of comparatively small gardens, it may be studied by the 

 owners of larger places with a good deal of interest and profit. The 

 information is very concise, clear, and reliable ; the illustrations are excel- 

 lent, and add materially to the practical value of the book. 



"Early Lessons in Cottage Gardening." By Albert A. Kerridge, 

 A. CP., F.K.H.S. 8vo. Ill pp. (^Paternoster Publishing Company, 

 London.) Clcth, 2s. Qd. ; paper, Is. 



A useful book for cottagers, containing chapters on Soils : their 

 Nature and Composition ; also information on Digging, Trenching, 

 Manuring, &c. ; also chapters on Plant Life, Hardy Garden, Flowers, Vege- 

 tables, and Fruit. We do not think the author is quite clear enough in 

 the word "varieties " ; for instance, he says on page 35 : " The Pompon or 

 Bouquet Dahlias are miniature varieties with double flowers, similar to 

 the show varieties in almost every respect except size." Then, again, at 

 page 43, he says : " There are two varieties of lettuce in cultivation, 

 known as Cos and Cabbage Lettuces." In our opinion "types" would 

 have been better, as there are hundreds of varieties of dahlias, and a 

 great number of varieties of both the Cos and Cabbage types. Other 

 chapters deal with insect and fungoid pests, and remedies for the same — 

 all of a reliable character, although we should like to have known more 

 on how much water to use in the following recipe, page 107 : " The 

 mixture is made by dissolving equal weights of sulphate of copper in hot 

 water and fresh lime in cold water, mixing together when cold." This 

 is the Bordeaux mixture, and cottagers would be puzzled as to quantities. 



"The Garden Beautiful: Home Woods, Home Landscape." By 

 W. Robinson. 8vo. 394 pp. (Murray, London.) 10s. Gd. net. 



Few books on gardening have been read with so much interest, and 

 have done so much to make our gardens natural and beautiful, as those 

 by Mr. Robinson. This new work of his will, we hope, emphasise the 



