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fully dealt with both as regards propagation and after treatment. The 

 history and cultivation of the garden pink is contained in Part III. 



The lists of variety carnations are, perhaps. toO' niuc]i extended. 

 The object seems to have been to give a list of every variety known. 

 There are 460 varieties of sell's and fancies, besides numerous other lists 

 for special purposes made by the leading growers of these flowers. 

 Messrs. Jas. Douglas, Wm. Sydenham, and A. F. Dutton give useful 

 lists of selected varieties. 



The chapter on insect and other pests is a very useful part of the 

 work. The illustrations are excellent, except the one at page 90; it is 

 labelled border pink ' Albino. ' It is certainly not ' Albino, ' which 

 has smooth well-formed petals of the florists' type. It seems to be 

 ' Mrs. Sinkins ' labelled ' Albino ' in error. 



"Home-bottled Fruits and How to do Them." By G. W. S. 

 Brewer. Ed. 2. 8vo. 40 pp. (The Author, Nailsworth, Glos., 

 1909.) Is. 



This little book gives very clear directions concerning the bottling 

 of all the common fruits of our country. The author advocates as a 

 rule the bottling of fruits in syrup instead of water. 



" The Manuring of Market Garden Crops." By Bernard Dyer, 

 D.Sc, andF. W. E. Shrivell. New edition. 8vo. 144 pp. (Vinton, 

 London, 1910.) Is. 



The results obtained by manuring vegetable crops with artificial 

 manures, especially with nitrate of soda instead of, or in combination 

 with, farmyard manure, formed the subject of a lengthy communica- 

 tion from the present authors to our Jouenal. This little volume 

 contains an account of the same series of experiments embracing the 

 results obtained up to 1910, and should prove of value to all who 

 desire reliable information upon the manuring of kitchen garden crops. 



" The Students' Introductory Handbook of Systematic Botany." 

 By J. W. Oliver. 5th edition. 8vo. 372 pp. (Blackie, London, 

 n.d.) 4s. Qd. 



A reprint ol the fourth edition of this well-known book. 



" British Ferns and Their Varieties." Bj 0. T. Druery, F.L.S., 

 V.M.H. 8vo., xii. + 459 pp. (Eoutledge, London [1911].) 7s. 6d. 

 net. 



A feature of this excellent account of the varieties of British ferns, 

 an account which no one is better qualified to write than the author, 

 is the numerous illustrations : excellent line drawings, a few half-tone 

 plates, and many coloured ones. The last are for the most part 

 representative of fronds in the collection of the late Colonel A. M. 

 Jones, of Clifton, and it is just possible that the purpose of the book 

 might have been better served if a little more selective discretion had 

 - been exercised, and some others, illustrating beautiful forms from 

 ' other collections, added. The book is one which will, we feel sure, 



