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which it is beyond our province to criticize. The intention has been to illustrate 
some of the grand truths of revelation, by analogies sought for amongst the 
operations of the garden; and if this should lead to the better appreciation of 
the leading subject by any of the readers of the book, we need not look too closely 
into the horticultural skill of the writer. 
The Fairfield Orchids* is the title of a thin 8vo. volume, which is intended 
to serve the double purpose of a descriptive orchid catalogue, and a treatise on 
their cultivation. The collection at Fairfield extends to nearly 400 species and 
varieties, and as a ready reference to a popular description of these—amongst 
the most select orchids grown—the book will be useful to all who take interest 
in this class of plants. This forms the bulk of the work, and appears to be fairly 
well done. The introductory chapters discuss the leading points of orchid man¬ 
agement, and as the cultivation of these plants at Fairfield is particularly suc¬ 
cessful, being made the object of close study, we have no doubt these cultural 
chapters will be read with avidity by those who have orchids under their care. 
As an elegantly printed, useful book, and a very successful attempt to improve 
the status of trade catalogues, we look upon this volume as deserving the warmest 
commendation. The glossary with which the book closes is so arranged as to be 
really interesting.—T. M. 
TREES OUT OF PLACE. 
iOW often in the course of our rambles do we observe fine trees which have 
outgrown the situation in which they have been planted ? Though pleas¬ 
ing and appropriate when small and of a pretty shape, they appear now 
to have grown quite out of character, and to be altogether unsuited to the. 
position the} T occupy. It is about flower gardens, lawns, and pleasure-grounds, 
and close to old castles, halls, and mansions, that we mostly observe these in¬ 
congruities, such as fine old Cedars of Lebanon, old Larch, Cupressus semper- 
virens, Ilex or Evergreen Oaks, Yews, sometimes even Poplars, Horse-Chestnuts, 
Elms, Sycamores, &c. , 
The same error is still rampant, as may be observed almost any where throughout 
the United Kingdom. We may see, if we will but observe, the new and rare species 
of Pinus, Abies, Cupressus , and Taxus, with Cedrus Deodcira , C. atlantica. Arauca¬ 
rias, Wellingtonias, Cryptomerias , and many other large-growing trees, planted as i-f 
little or no foresight or consideration had been exercised—as if their stature and 
habits had not been studied previous to planting them. It might appear in such 
cases as if the gardener who planted them did not know what he was about, 
but this is seldom the case. The reason why such things are to be seen 
is in most cases this:—A gentleman or a lady having procured a new and pretty 
plant, selects a place in which it is to be planted—a convenient place, perhaps, so 
far as regards their being able to watch its growth and its habits ; it is quite right 
* The Fairfield Orchids: a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species ancl Varieties Grown by James Brooke 
and Co., Fairfield Nurseries, and Victoria Street, Manchester. London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co. 
