GAEDEN LITERATGEE. 
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Jardin d’Arboriculture, the whole illustrated by 91 woodcuts and nine steel 
engravings. The Inner Promenades of Paris are dealt with in five chapters, 
namely:—(i.) The Parks of Monceaux, Buttes-Chaumont, Montsouris, and the 
Champs Ely sees ; (ii.) the Squares of the Tour St. Jacques, the Arts-et-Theatres, 
the Innocents, the Temple, Montholon, Ste. Clotilde, the Trinite, the Batignolles, 
Louvois, the Chapelle Expiatoire, Oharonne, Laborde, Montrouge, Monge, Vinti- 
mille, the Archeveche, the Places Ste. Grenevieve a Belleville, Victor, La Chapelle, 
and the Invalides; (iii.) the Places Malesherbes, de Crenelles, du Eoi deRome; (iv.) 
the Planted Public ways, as the Avenue de I’Observatoire et Jardin du Luxembourg, 
Avenue de ITmperatrice, Avenue de I’Empereur, Boulevard Richard Lenoir, &c. ; 
(v.) the Plantations. In this section are given 73 woodcuts, 45 steel engravings, 
and one chromolithograph. The concluding section, entitled “ Arboretum et 
Fleuriste de la Ville de Paris,” contains a descriptive tabular list of the plants 
employed, under separate heads, as Deciduous and Evergreen trees, Deciduous 
and Evergreen shrubs, American shrubs, and Herbaceous and Frutescent plants 
with decorative foliage or flowers. Good indices and tables of contents complete a 
work which is altogether unrivalled amongst garden publications ; one which 
should be added to every public library, and should find a place in the study of the 
landscape gardener and the country gentleman. 
In Mr. Burbidge’s Domestic Florioultuee* we have, in a companion- 
volume to Mr. Thompson’s Handy Booh of the Flower Garden, and Mr. Suther¬ 
land’s Hardy Herbaceous and Alpine Plants, a very complete and exhaustive 
essay on what may be called indoor or parlour gardening. It is divided into 
three parts, cultural, ornamental, and descriptive. The text is full of useful 
hints. Thus the cultural portion abounds in such passages as these :—“ One of 
the most fertile causes of failure results from a bad selection “ it is always 
best to commence with young plants, either seedlings or rooted cuttings, as these 
gradually become inured to the fresh conditions in which they are placed, form¬ 
ing sturdy little specimens, full of vigorous health “ one of the most common 
and fatal errors into which the inexperienced fall, is that of making choice of 
inert and finely-pulverised soil for potting“ never use cold water.” The 
whole course of instruction is thoroughly practical and to the point, and is 
clearly and intelligibly written. The second part is devoted to the question of 
arranging plants and flowers as domestic adornments, including bouquets and 
dinner-table decorations. The third or descriptive part introduces to us the 
plants which the author thinks best suited for indoor culture, with such special 
hints on their treatment as it has been thought would prove useful. This book may 
be described as a good idea well carried out, and will assuredly commend itself 
to the amateur class for whose use it is provided. 
As a popular, lightly-written, and gossipy account of our native plants. Miss 
Pratt’s Flowering-Plants op Great Britain| may be recommended to those 
who do not take up their study from a scientific point of view. The descriptive 
matter is brief, and seems to be fairly accurate, while the general remarks are 
copious and interesting. The authoress does not, however, appear to possess the 
* Domestic Floinculture, Window Gardening^ and Floral Decorations; being Practical Directions for the 
Propagation, Culture, and Arrangement of Plants and Flowers as Domestic Ornaments. By F. W. Burbidge, 
Author of “Cool Orchids and How to Grow them,” &c. With 200 Illustrations on wood. William Blackwood 
& Sons, Edinburgh and London. 
t Ftowering-Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Feims of Great Britain. By Anne Pratt. Reissued in 12 Divisions. 
Division I., with 23 pages of plates printed in colours, embodying 160 subjects. Loudon: F. Warne& Co. 
