364 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
In the absence of an index, except to the plates, and the pages and 
plates being unnumbered, it is difficult to refer to. I hear rumours of a 
supplement bringing the family up to date, and that Mr. Grove is 
helping with it. We have a foretaste of his powers in his small book 
" Lilies " * (vol. viii. of The Present-day Gardening Series, published 
by Messrs. Jack), a charming book full of good advice and useful hints 
-r-as it should be, seeing that the writer knows and grows Lilies better 
than anyone. In the preface Mr. Elwes testifies to his success in 
these words : "I can say with truth, that neither the late Max 
Leichtlin nor Mr. G. F. Wilson, the two great Lily-growers of the past, 
knew as much about the cultivation of Lilies as he does." 
The eight plates from coloured photographs are excellent, con- 
sidering their size. The Lilies are usefully divided into those easy 
and those more difficult to manage, and the addition of a list of those 
not yet in cultivation completes the account. 
"The Book of the Lily," * by W. Goldring (vol. xvii. Handbooks 
of Practical Gardening, London, 1905, John Lane, 2s. 6d.), is a 
handy, inexpensive guide to Lily-growing. The eighteen photo- 
graphs of the illustrations are not very good, poor specimens or very 
small groupings having been used for most of the subjects. The 
chapters on planting and propagating Lilies are especially practical 
and useful. 
Miss Jekyll has written a charming book, " Lilies for English 
Gardens : a Guide for Amateurs " * (The " Country Life " Library, 
1901, Ss. 6d.). Like all of her books, this contains a wealth of 
beautiful photographs, showing fine groupings and garden effects of 
well-planted Lilies, blossoms or cut flowers, and the flowers only of 
many species. Several of these last are from drawings. It is just the 
book that makes the reader wish to grow the plants it tells of, and 
suggests to his mind possible ways of grouping them in his garden. 
" Notes on Lilies and their Culture," * by Dr. Wallace (2nd ed. 
1879, Colchester, 5s.), contains a great deal of information, both 
original and collected. One especially useful chapter is the eighth, 
on Lily Bulbs, from F. W. Burbidge's paper in " The Garden," * 
vol. xi., revised by Dr. Wallace. The excellent illustrations are 
from Burbidge's drawings. The systematic arrangement and 
notes on species are mainly taken from Mr. Baker's synopsis in the 
Gardeners' Chronicle, 1875.* 
There is no need to mention books on Tulips, as Mr. Joseph Jacob 
has so lately given us such a complete and excellent bibliography. 
It is arranged according to the dates of publication and occupies 
twenty-two pages, and forms chapter viii. of the " Report of the Tulip 
Nomenclature Committee," * 1914-15, recently published by the 
R.H.S., price 2s. 6d. 
One of Redoute's greatest works is entitled " Les Liliacees," * 
but is not strictly confined to plants belonging to that order as we 
now classify them, and many Irises, Sisyrinchiums, and Crocuses 
are included, as well as Amaryllids, such as Crinuni, Narcissus, Nerine, 
