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Raising new varieties " will appeal to many amateurs who 

 desire to improve existing kinds, and the selection of the hardiest Violas 

 will prove interesting to many. 



The trial from which the selection of " the hardiest Violas " is 

 culled would have been of greater value had it been dealt with in 

 a more comprehensive manner and been conducted under the auspices 

 of some public garden or other public authority. The results, however, 

 are very satisfactory, and prove most conclusively the varieties that 

 will do well in the hardy flower garden. 



The selection of fifty varieties of " Fancy or Decorative Pansies " 

 and ** Fifty Varieties of Violas " embrace many of the very best kinds, 

 but most of them are specially suitable for exhibition and for growing 

 to obtain flowers for decorative uses. 



A chapter is devoted to ' ' The Sweet Violet ' ' by the editor, and 

 the subject is dealt with in a most satisfactory manner. Another 

 chapter is given to the consideration of some of the principal species 

 of the genus Viola. 



A calendar of operations is a most useful adjunct. 



The get-up of the book is distinctly attractive, coloured photographs 

 representing Violas, Fancy Pansies, Violets, and three varieties of Viola 

 cornuta in life-like character. Altogether the book is interesting, 

 instructive, and useful to those who desire further information regarding 

 these plants, and we doubt not it will appeal to all lovers of the hardy 

 flower garden and to the amateur in particular. 



"British Floral Art." By E. Forester Felton, F.R.H.S., 

 P.Z.S., &c. 8vo., 194 pp. (Black, London, 1910.) 7s. 6d. net. 



We welcome this new work, and as the author is so well known ab 

 an eminent authority on the subject, we naturally expected something 

 quite out of the ordinary, and in this we are not disappointed. It is a 

 most luxurious publication, and no pains seem to have been spared to 

 make the contents of practical value to all who are interested in the 

 development of floral art. There is a prefatory note by Sir Albert K. 

 Eollit, Litt.D., D.L., &c., who speaks in the highest terms of the 

 author's qualifications as a floral artist. There are twenty chapters 

 dealing with special subjects, such as " Floral Decoration of the 



I Home," and " The Eose," " Carnations," " The Chrysanthemum," 

 " Orchids," " Tulips," and several other of the better-known popular 

 flowers that lend themselves so admirably for decorations. A chapter 



I on " Church Decoration," and another on " Children's Flower Shows," 

 besides an invaluable chapter giving " A Few Useful Hints," cannot fail 

 to prove of inestimable value to many lovers of flowers who wish to 



i make the most of their garden and interest others in such praiseworthy 

 efforts. Twelve photographic illustrations in colours, and no fewer 

 than fourteen black and white illustrations, serve to portray a charming 

 series of decorations both for public and private purposes. Especially 

 noteworthy are the coloured photographs representing '* A_Bpuquet 

 pLX^dame.Abel Chatenay Eoses," made for H.M. the Q[ueen.when 



