29 APRIL 1922, Page 21

The Rose Encyclopaedia. By T. Geoffrey W. Henslow. (Vickery, Kyrie

and Co. 12s. 6d. net).—This is not a book after the manner of Dean Hole, whom one naturally associates with roses. Mr. Henslow does indeed give a brief chapter to " Poetry

and the Rose," but his aims are intensely-practical and he settler+ down at page 15 to "Soils and their Preparation," " Manures,' Planting," " Pruning " and so on, until he has formed the. complete rose grower and exhibitor. Gardeners will find the book uncommonly useful, and the numerous illustrations— some of them in colour—are very good.