FEBRUARY. 
59 
EEVIEWS. 
Edwards National Garden Almanack for 1857* 
This the fifth annual issue of this most useful work is fully equal to 
any of its predecessors, and we are pleased to see the work is growing in 
public estimation; so much so that a reprint has already become 
necessary. Mr. Edwards has, therefore, made further corrections for 
the second issue, and has even availed himself of the new postal 
regulations, by affixing the initial letters to the London portion of the 
trade directory. This will be of advantage to country readers who are 
in communication with the London trade. The same editorial care is 
shown in other respects, and as a garden companion and trade directory 
it cannot be too highly estimated. The list of new plants is alone well 
worth the money charged for the Almanack, and there are also select 
lists of florist flowers, bedding and other plants. 
To be without so useful a directory would be a loss to the trade, as 
we find it now in almost every nurseryman or seedsman’s counting- 
house, and to the amateur it is now a looked-for pocket companion. It 
should, however, be borne in mind that so much matter cannot be given 
for the amount charged unless advertisers patronise liberally with adver¬ 
tisements, so as to remunerate for the expense of printing so much 
matter as the work contains. Mr. Edwards has, however, little reason 
to complain in this respect, as, independent of sixty pages of advertise¬ 
ments in the January issue, several pages are added to the reprint 
just out. - 
Seed List for 1857, of Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, Nursery¬ 
men, &c., &c., Wellington Road, London. 
The excellent seed catalogue of this firm contains, as usual, extensive 
lists of greenhouse, flower garden, kitchen garden, and agricultural seeds, 
besides other miscellaneous matter, prefaced by a coloured plate of the 
pretty new annual Veronica syriaca. In the work will be found 
timely hints on rearing flowers from seed; a select list of novelties in 
the flower-garden way, which should be looked over; as well as the 
list of new plants at the end; among which will be found some valuable 
acquisitions. - 
Wheeler & Son's {Nurserymen &c., Gloucester) List of Seeds 
and Plants, 1857. 
Messrs. Wheeler are acting wisely in reducing the number of 
vegetables, &c., of which they offer seeds to their customers, to those 
only which they consider worth growing. There is much needs re¬ 
forming in this line, and we are glad to see some one setting the 
example. The selection of seeds in the list before us has been carefully 
made, and there are lists besides of most of the popular plants of the 
day. - 
Peter Lawson do Sons General Lists of Trees, Seeds, &c. 
Edinburgh and London. 
The catalogue of this eminent firm is got up under separate headings, 
and includes Forest Trees, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Conifers, 
