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examples will serve as a taste of his quality. On page 32 we learn that roots 
should be trimmed with a knife where injured or broken, if not they will give 
rise to suckers. It is then carefully explained that these arise solely from the 
callus formed, the implication being that no callus arises from the trimmed 
root. Page 2 contains a passage which is worthy of preservation. " Failure 
to flower may be due to some condition which is merely temporary, such as 
unfavourable weather, or to one which is more persistent, such as extreme 
youth." One is reluctant to condemn altogether a work which has certain 
good points, but when we are shown a picture of a whip graft which is not a 
whip graft at all, and a Strawberry runner is shown layered in a pot which stands 
above the ground, the author saying that they are thus rather apt to get dry, 
and therefore runners laid in the soil itself are better, we can but conclude that 
the writer is better acquainted with the use of the scissors than the spade. 
"The Pruning Manual." By L. H. Bailey. 1 8th edition. 8vo. 407 pp. 
(Macmillan, New York, 191 6.) 8s. 6d. net. 
When a book on Pruning has attained its eighteenth edition and extends 
itself over 400 pages it presents a solid fact before which the most critical of 
reviewers must pause. 
Prof. Bailey's work is well known on this side of the Atlantic, and the present 
volume is without doubt the most detailed we have on the subject in English. 
One defect he shares in common with all writers in our language is the lack of 
stable nomenclature for various parts of fruit trees. We have recognized 
the bud, fruit bud, and shoot, but beyond this our vocabulary has not yet 
extended. When we contrast the greater precision of French writers by the 
recognition of " dard," " brindille," " courson," &c, it seems high time that 
we should either translate or naturalize these terms. 
We note that Prof. Bailey has left the Lorette system severely alone, and in 
this perhaps he is wise. Should it raise a bitter polemic in his country com- 
parable with that engendered in France, it is manifestly a sage decision which 
postpones its discussion until more peaceful days. 
Though dealing mainly with fruit trees, there are chapters on Roses and 
Flowering Tree pruning, and the section on Vine training may be noticed as 
exceptionally full. 
" Roses, and How to Grow Them." By Edwin Beckett. 8vo. 126 pp. 
(Pearson, London, 191 8.) Price is. 6d. net. 
Mr. Beckett has acquired much fame as a grower of vegetables, but after 
carefully reading his book on Roses, we have come to the conclusion that he is 
equally proficient in the cultivation of the Queen of Flowers, and although 
the number of books on Roses is so great, there is plenty of room for this one, 
as it contains just what is wanted by the would-be grower of Roses for home use. 
The number who grow for exhibition are few compared with those who 
require Roses for their own pleasure, and we have no hesitation in strongly 
recommending this well -printed and exceedingly practical handy little volume. 
" Forestry Work." By W. H. Whellens. 8vo. 236 pp. (Unwin, London, 
1 91 8.) 8s. 6d. net. 
The author's wide experience of forestry on some of the best-wooded estates 
in this country renders him well suited for writing on the operations that require 
to be undertaken in connexion with afforestation. It is, however, more a 
student's book than one for the advanced forester or manager of woodlands, 
though in the 232 pages a great amount of useful information has been got 
together. Many of the details given are rarely obtainable in books of the kind, 
and as the author has a clear way of imparting his knowledge to others, the 
information contained in some chapters will be all the more valued. 
Of the nine chapters into which the book is divided, some of the most 
important at the present time, when foreign tree seeds and seedling plants are 
difficult to procure, are the laying out and stocking of the nursery ground ; 
transplanting ; formation and tending the plantations ; regular and systematic 
thinning ; and final felling and disposing of the crop. Fencing, road and path 
making, pruning, barking oak, woodland drainage, and a short account of some 
of the most injurious of forest insects are all useful chapters. What is the most 
profitable age at which to sell a tree, and the rotations which have proved most 
profitable are helpful matter. 
