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many trees, all these characteristics are more or less specially developed,—as, for 
example, in the genera ^sculus and Salix. A catalogue of plants to enumerate 
the above effects in detail would be most useful as a reference in all arrangements 
of arboreal vegetable growths. 
The third book is devoted to the principal effects and styles of scenery, and 
sets forth in a general way a few of the practical bearings of the subject. Though 
here and there a little ambiguous in diction, yet it is an earnest, well-meant 
volume, and for the many grains of sound sense which may be gathered out of 
it, we have much pleasure in recommending its perusal. 
The subject of Eose-culture never grows old, and Mr. Paul’s Shilling Book 
ON Eoses,* though its text was originally printed in these pages, reads as fresh 
as though we had never before seen it. It is the best compendium of Eose- 
culture we have ever fallen in with. 
Carter’s Practical Gardener (sixth edition) is an elaborate calendar of 
garden operations, with short chapters on the most popular flowers, and numerous 
coloured designs, intended as suggestions for bedding-out. It is a capital 
shilling’s-worth. 
M. Eothschild sends us a little volume on Medical Plants,']' which is brief 
and reliable, and is, moreover, illustrated by 117 excellent small woodcuts of the 
plants referred to. As a handbook or pocket-companion on the subject of 
medical plants, it must be very useful to students. 
From the same publisher comes the Microscopic World of Waters,^ a 
well-illustrated, succinct, and trustworthy account of the animal life to be dis¬ 
covered in water by the aid of the microscope. There are 68 neat and well- 
executed woodcuts illustrative of the text. 
EOUGH PLATE-GLASS. 
erecting the ranges of hothouses in the Kitchen Garden here, I had 
two small Conservatories glazed with rough plate-glass of the best 
quality, and it has answered perfectly, no shading being required for 
the plants in hot summers. One of these Conservatories is for growing 
Camellias and late-flowering Indian Azaleas, and the plants always flowered 
well, and the foliage is of the size and hue denoting health. The roof of this 
erection is likewise covered with greenhouse climbers, such as the variegated 
Cobaea scandens. Passion-flowers, Tecomas, Clematises, Kennedyas, and Plumbago 
capensis, and they all thrive well under this glass. The other Conservatory is 
for growing stove plants, including a good collection of dwarf Palms, some 
large tree and other Ferns, and a plant of Cycas revoluta which has flowered 
and fruited two years in succession ; all these plants seem to grow well in this 
house, although there is a considerable drip from the rafters at times. I have 
* Roses and Rose-culture. By William Paul, F.R.H.S. London: Kent and Co. 
t Les Plantes Medicinales et Usuelles de nos Champs, Jardins, et Forets. Par H. Rodin. Paris: Rothschild, 
13 Rue des Saints Peres. 
X Le Monde ilkroscopiquc des Eaux, Par Jules Girard. Paris: Rothschild. 
