428 JOURNAL OF THE EOYAL HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Biennials, Roses, Carnations, Lilies, Rock Gardens, Fruit, Vegetables, 

 a first-rate Calendar of work, &c. Even with all this fund of information, 

 all is within the limits of what a child can do, 



"Monthly Gleanings in a Scottish Garden." By L. H. Soutar. 

 8vo., 192 pp. (Fisher Unwin, London, 1909.) 6s. net. 



This admirably written, well printed, and nicely illustrated book is 

 more suited for northern readers than for those situated in the south. 

 Still even the southern reader will be interested in the monthly glean- 

 ings. The observations, legends and poetry make a delightful book. 



"The Book of the Sweet Pea." By D. B. Crane. 8vo., 136 pp. 

 (Lane, London, 1910.) 2s. 6d. net. 



The sweet pea has so many devotees that, in spite of the great mass 

 of literature on this extremely popular flower, room will be found for 

 this comprehensive work. A very complete list of books on the sweet 

 pea is given. The culture of sweet peas under glass, in pots, tubs, and 

 in the open, and the best varieties are dealt with, and a vast amount of 

 other serviceable and interesting information is given. 



" The British Fern Gazette." Edited by C. T. Druery, V.M.H. 8vo., 

 24 + 24 pp. (British Pteridological Society, Kendal, 1909.) 



Lovers of ferns will welcome this little quarterly, two parts of which 

 lie before us. The first is entirely from the pen of that prolific writer on 

 ferns, the Editor, but in the second he has enlisted the aid of several of 

 his fellow members of the Pteridological Society, whose organ this is. 

 The articles include lists of sports and varieties raised from spores, 

 accounts of fern-hunting expeditions, and so on. 



