3 JANUARY 1863, Page 58

The Parker Gardener. (Sampson, Low, and Co.)—A useful little manual

of instructions on the house cultivation of ornamental plants. At the close of his preface the author waxes suddenly poetical, wishing that his readers' "way may be as thickly strewn with real flowers as ours in this little volume has been with described ones, and that in health, and honour they may enjoy the various Edens their Adamic instincts for beauty may lead them to plant and tend."