BOOK REVIEWS. 



119 



Although the title of the book would lead one to expect a general 

 treatise on planting, the only subjects dealt with are coffee, cocoa, 

 and rubber. These three subjects are the most important in Uganda 

 at the present time, and those with which the writers have been 

 chiefly concerned ; but there are others, notably cotton, which have 

 been successfully cultivated and which will probably be largely 

 developed in the future. 



The book gives full details as to the planting, cultivation, harvesting, 

 and preparation for export of the three crops with which it is especially 

 concerned, and particulars as to cost and estate management, and 

 as hitherto no such information has been available in a convenient 

 form, this work will be of great value to intending planters. The 

 Uganda planting industry, being young, the data relating to it do 

 not extend over many years, but so far as information is available 

 the country would appear to be well suited to the three crops dealt 

 with. The arrangement of the matter is not altogether satisfactory, 

 and we should have preferred the three crops treated separately, as 

 the reading at present is somewhat disconnected. The illustrations 

 are well reproduced and are very instructive. 



" The Horticultural Record." Compiled by Reginald Cory. 

 4to., 500 pp. (Churchill, London, 1914.) 42s. net. 



Those who visited the International Horticultural Exhibition at 

 Chelsea in 1912 will warmly welcome the appearance of this bulky 

 volume, which, by special permission, has been dedicated to H.M. 

 King George V. It is a work of such magnitude that we approach 

 with some diffidence the task of endeavouring to compress into a 

 narrow space anything like an adequate review of its contents. 



" The Horticultural Record " is intended to be a permanent literary 

 monument of the successful efforts made by the directors of that 

 Exhibition to show the world what progress had been made in the 

 United Kingdom and elsewhere in all branches of horticulture since 

 1866. The Exhibition itself was a gigantic effort, and Mr. Cory has, 

 even with the editorial assistance of Mr. R. Hooper Pearson, made 

 another in the compiling of the book which constitutes a record to 

 which future organizers of international horticultural shows in this 

 country must have recourse if they wish to meet with the degree of 

 success that characterized the Show of 1912. 



" The Horticultural Record " is divided into three parts : i. Horti- 

 cultural progress since the first Exhibition in 1866 ; 2. The Royal 

 International Exhibition of 1912 ; 3. Illustrations of views in the 

 Exhibition and of plants exhibited, a large number of which are given 

 in colour. 



In Part i, writers, specialists in their own departments, trace the 

 progress of the gardening art in its various branches through the past 

 half-century, and an enumeration of authors and subjects will show 

 how complete the record is. 



Thus Mr. Reginald Farrer starts with a lengthy article in his 



