The Flora of Kent. By Frederick J. Hanbury and Edward
S. Marshall, MA. (F. J. Hanbury. 12s. 6d.)—The volume begins with an introduction on the geology and meteorology of the county, and a "Delimitation of the Botanical Districts." This is followed by a comparison of the Kentish flora with that of the other counties in South-East England (the species and varieties number at least one thousand), and an historical summary. This is a most elaborate and careful work, which all loyal "men of Kent" should seek to possess themselves of. It is illustrated with a general and a geological map.—With this we may mention Rambles with Nature Students, by Mrs. Brightwen (R.T.S., 5s.) ; and, leaving wood, hedgerow, and field for cultivated ground, My Roses, and How I Grew Them, by Helen Milman and Mrs. Caldwell Crofton (John Lane, is. 6d. net). "Nearly all my roses," says Mrs. Crofton, "are tea-roses," and she enumerates thirty-six kinds. She goes on to give much good advice about culture, having prefixed a word of wisdom : "Get your roses from some place to the north of you."
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