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Auberti, the former of which is by far the better plant, but it is more 
difficult to propagate than the latter, and consequently is less fre- 
quently met with, although the name is probably better known 
than P. Auberti. We feel sure some special note on its propagation 
would have been welcomed. 
One more volume is to complete the work, which will be the best 
Encyclopaedia of Horticulture so far published. 
" A Book of Garden Plans.' ' By Stephen J. Hamblin. 8vo. 
x 34 PP- (Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, ,1916.) $2.00. 
The main object of this book is to give suggestions by means of 
blue prints and plans, for plant arrangement in all kinds of gardens. 
Here we have not only formal gardens that surround suburban houses, 
but we are shown what plants to put on a naturalistic rock-garden, 
which aquatic ones to choose for an artificial water-garden, and 
what to select as fragrant flowers for a scented garden. 
It is not the design or construction that we are asked to consider 
as much as a selection of the right plants for the home that has already 
been prepared for them. The book should be studied critically 
lest the long and varied lists tempt the novice to follow them 
implicitly, and thus overcrowd his garden with too many different 
varieties of plants. The museum of many flowers does not bring 
restfulness, and consequently the spot-and-dot style should be avoided. 
Treated, however, merely as suggestive, this book should assist those 
who have not strong imaginative powers ; but it must be confessed 
that its value in this respect would have been enhanced if the plans 
themselves had been produced upon a larger scale. Although they 
show admirably the garden design, the sections and elevations, yet 
there is considerable difficulty in deciphering the numbers which 
refer to the lists of plants. These are far too small to afford that 
facility in plan-reading which is so important a factor in conveying 
to the reader the striking and bold suggestions that most gardens, 
both small and large, call for in plant grouping. 
" Illustrations of the British Flora : a series of wood-engravings, 
with dissections, of British plants." By W. H. Fitch, with addi- 
tions by W. G. Smith. Ed. iv. 8vo. xvi + 338 pp. (Lovell 
Reeve, London, 1916.) 9s. net. 
A few changes and several additions mark this new edition of a 
work that has been the welcome companion of many a student of 
British Botany in the last two generations ; and the additions will 
make it welcome to many more. The nomenclature has been assimi- 
lated with that of the " Handbook of British Botany," of which this is 
intended to be the companion ; synonyms and the " English " name 
and flower colour have been added to each of the figures. A few typo- 
graphical errors, especially in capitalization of specific names, have 
passed uncorrected, but they are few. The woodcuts are a pleasure to 
