28 JANUARY 1911, Page 10

The Genus Rosa. By Ellen Willmott, F.L.S. Illustrated by Alfred

Parsons, A.R.A. (John Murray. 21s. net.)—To judge by the first portion of this work, which is now appearing in parts, it will be when finished an exhaustive study of the rose from the botanical point of view. Mr. Parsons, too, looks at the flowers from the same aspect, and his illustrations are marvellous in the exactness of their drawing; nothing is left out, but everything is represented with the utmost refinement of line and colour.