31 MARCH 1950, Page 20

“ Annuals"

SIR,—In your notice Roy Hay's Annuals, which we have just published, is described as a " reprint." Experienced gardeners will know that a special- ised book of this nature, first published in 1937, would now be sadly out of date. The jacket of the book makes clear the fact that Ar. Hay has entirely revised the original text, and the book has been reset and reillus- trated throughout —Yours faithfully, R. A. HOUGH. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 8 Bury Place, W.C.I.