430 JOURNAL OF THE tlOYAL HORTICULTDIIAL SOCIETY. 



''Manual of Gardening." By L. H. Bailey. 8vo., 53*J pp. 

 (Macmillan, New York, 1910.) 8s. 6d. net. 



This is a comprehensive work on the art of garden-making, under 

 which title the author discusses all that can be said with reference to the 

 formation, position, planting, flora, and general management of the 

 American garden. There is nothing strikingly new in the book, but 

 each section is exhaustively treated and presented in that terse and 

 crisp manner that differentiates Professor Bailey's work from the 

 ordinary text-book on horticulture. 



A work written primarily for American readers necessarily contains 

 much that has little interest or reference for English readers. There 

 are, however, underlying the whole, certain broad principles that to a 

 great extent dwarf the purely local colour and render the work useful 

 to the English gardener. 



A delightfully written introductory chapter gives the key to the 

 author's view of gardening and garden-making — a chapter he very 

 appropriately finishes off by observing that the joy of garden-making 

 lies in the mental attitude and sentiments. " 



Professor Bailey has written much that is interesting and useful on 

 the question of trees. Proper methods of planting and after-manage- 

 ment are treated in a very practical spirit, especially so is the section 

 devoted to tree surgery. Injuries to trees from accident, animals, and 

 disease, and the most up-to-date methods of dealing with them, are fully 

 illustrated and explained. 



Climbing plants and their use,, too, are given considerable attention. 

 Here, as elsewhere in the book, the list of plants is rather inflated. A 

 selection of the best kinds would be preferable to a collection. With the 

 many beautiful American climbing plants one would certainly hesitate 

 to include such poor things as Solanum Dulcamara and Adlumia 

 cirrhosa. 



The reader will find this a useful book of reference and one that 

 should have a place in every garden library. 



. "How to Know the Trees." By Henry Irving. Bvc, 179 pp. 

 (Cassell, London, 1910.) 3s. 6^^. net. 



Whether for simplicity of language, accuracy of description, or the 

 beautifully executed illustrations, this work on our commonly cultivated 

 trees probably stands ahead of any other that it has been our pleasure td 

 review. Just what is required for the student of our trees, and sufficient 

 in every instance to readily recognize the species, is included in this 

 daintily got up pocket volume. Simplicity of detail would seem 

 to have been the author's idea in writing the description of each 

 tree, and in this he has certainly succeeded admirably; while the 

 many illustrations will appeal to the beginner, who has to rely on these, 

 in conjunction with the text, in identifying any particular species. The 

 tabulated descriptions of the often -confused beech and hornbeam are 

 clearly given at page 30, and on the opposite side the chief and marked 



