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" Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture." By L. H. Bailey. Vol. vi. 
S-Z and Supplement. 8vo. v + 3043-3639 pp. (Macmillan, New 
York, 1917.) 25s. net. 
This great work is brought to a conclusion by this sixth volume 
dealing with genera of garden plants the names of which begin with 
one or other of the last eight letters of the alphabet, together with 
articles on such subjects as seeds and seed-growing, storage of plants, 
transportation, soils, and the like. 
The supplement contains some interesting statistics, from which 
it appears that the Editor had over four hundred collaborators, and 
12,493 species belonging to 3,214 genera, besides subsidiary notes 
and lists including 6,049 other species, and 12,458 synonyms are 
dealt with — truly a stupendous list ! — and that the plants are dealt 
with well notices of the earlier volumes will have made evident. 
The Supplement also contains a long list of names in common 
use among nurserymen and others for reference, together with 
a discussion on horticultural nomenclature. Finally an index to 
synonyms, vernacular names, and miscellaneous references which 
are not in alphabetical order in the Cyclopedia, brings the work to 
an end. 
Only a man of great energy could have brought such a work 
as this to a successful conclusion, and when energy is united with 
knowledge, as it is in Prof. L. H. Bailey, and when also, as with him, 
to these is added the power of the teacher to put his points clearly 
and forcibly, and when also he is able to secure the collaboration 
of the ablest exponents of horticulture in America, a book of the 
greatest possible value may be expected, and those who go to it 
with the expectation of finding such a work will, we are sure, not 
be disappointed. 
(1) "The Beginner's Gardening Book." (2) "The Allotment." 
(3) "Early Vegetables." (4) "Potatoes and Root Crops." (5) 
" The Garden Frame." (6) " Tomatoes and Salads." (7) " Pro- 
fitable Small Fruits." By H. H. Thomas. (Cassell, London, 1917.) 
Paper covers, yd. net. 
These books form a series under the general title " Gardening 
Handbooks for Amateurs." They are on the whole very useful, 
well illustrated little books in attractive covers, but there are, 
naturally, many gaps which one would like to see filled, and a few 
things with which one cannot agree. The first deals with the whole 
of outdoor gardening, is necessarily very brief, and is not always quite 
clear to the beginner, and we regret to see no reference to bastard 
trenching, usually the best treatment for newly broken land which 
t is desired speedily to bring into good heart. It is, however, described 
in " The Allotment." In the latter a very good plan of cropping is 
given on p. 21, but, strangely enough, nothing is said there about beans, 
though they are very profitable and better in every way than peas for 
allotment gardens. " Early Vegetables " and " The Garden Frame " 
