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Brockenhurst ; the Yew Alley, Eockingham ; Melbourne; Oondover, 

 the Terrace Steps; Levens ; the Yew Walk, Crathes, &c., we raust 

 confess that many of those depicting the glowing glories of some of 

 the famous flower-gardens, with their deeper, richer tones, appeal to 

 us with far greater effect. 



Peculiarly interesting and attractive are such beautiful bits of 

 garden colour as the Pergola, Great Tangley ; the Alcove, Arley; 

 Michaelmas Daisies, Munstead Wood ; Compton Wynyates ; the 

 Deanery Garden, Eochester ; Brickwall, Northiam; the Terrace steps, 

 Penshurst; and several others of a like character. 



The descriptive text is devoted to some well-known English gar- 

 dens, although in spite of the title we notice some Scotch and Irish 

 ones are also represented. Selecting a few at haphazard we may 

 mention that the authors discourse upon ihe horticultural beauties of 

 such places as Brockenhurst, Great Tangley Manor, Bramham, Mel- 

 bouime, Berkeley Castle, Abbey Leix, Pahnerstown, Hardwick, 

 Montacute, Levens, Speke Hall, Penshurst, &c. Here and there 

 by way of agreeable variation are given some details of historic interest 

 concerning the houses to which these gardens are attached. Some- 

 times the notes are amplified by remarks concerning the capabilities 

 of some of the occupants of the gardens, but in each and every case 

 we are afforded a readable and instructive account of the horticultural 

 features of the place under consideration. 



" Some English Gardens " is a handsome book, and with its 

 companion volume, " Italian Gardens," will form, an interesting addi- 

 iion to the library of many a lover of artistic garden books. 



I "Orchids for Amateurs." By C. Alwyn Harrison. Edited by 

 |r, W. Sanders. 8vo., 148 pp. (CoUingridge, London, 1911.) 

 \h. 6d. net. 



I This little book is advanced as a practical guide to the cultivation 

 |)f sixty easily-grown and fifty warm-house orchids adapted for small 



nixed greenhouses, and m its pages the author, himself a small 

 imateur . operating on a very restricted scale, endeavours to give his 

 xperience of the requirements of the plants dealt with for the benefit 



■ f others who have but little accommodation for orchid growing. 



*'!f; as the author suggests, the publication of the book should arouse 

 desire in its readers to embark in orchid growing, the author's wish, 

 nd a generally beneficial result to the interests of orchid growing, 

 /ill have been attained. Like all others who undertake a work on 

 ach a large subject as orchids, the author must have felt some diffi- 

 ilty in, what to select and what to exclude. He has, however, been 

 appy in his selection, although there are inevitably a very large 

 I amber of species equally suitable for the purpose. For a work 

 ittended for beginners only, the descriptive and general remarks 

 oout the orchids enumerated appear to be unduly in excess 

 the more important cultural directions, and, in some cases, 

 ; accurate. For example, in the introduction the author states : 



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