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&Wish Gardens. By Sir Herbert Maxwell. (Edward Arnold. 21s. net.)—Sir

Herbert Maxwell describes the contents of this handsome volume as a "Representative Selection of Different Types, Old and New." He takes a wide range of the subject— his pen is ably seconded by the skilful pencil of Miss Mary M. G. Wilson—including the Princes Gardens in Edinburgh, a famous nursery at Aberdeen, and many gardens more or less famous from Ayrshire to Sutherland. Among the more celebrated names are Nellie, Cawdor, Balcarres, Culzean, Dalzell, and Dunrobin. Seventeen of the Scottish counties are represented. Midlothian by five, Ayrshire by four, and Stirling and Fife by three examples. Of Highland counties we have Sutherland, Argyll, and Perth. Ross is the only one the absence of which is unexpected; but we do not question the judiciousness of the author's selection. He very rightly observes that the division of the country—and the

observation applies both to South and North Britain—must be made by east and west, not by north and south. All the west coast of the island differs greatly in climate from the east. Of course this fact is of the greatest practical importance for the horticulture. Three valuable appendices give lists of suitable shrubs, herbs, and bulbs.