27 APRIL 1901, Page 49

Disease in Plants. By H. Marshall Ward, I.R.S. (MacMillan and

Co. 75. 6d.)—A great number of amateur gardeners will be able to appreciate Professor Ward's study bf disease in plants. Some may find it a little dry, but no great exercise of brain will be required for the amateur to detect the causes of bad growth and to arrive at a cure, once he has learnt the actual nature of the complaint. Many familiar phases of plant-life are here explained, and we can recommend it to those who have nothing larger than a window-box, as well as to the fortunate possessors of gardens.