Garden Trees and Shrubs. By Walter P. Wright. (Headley Brothers.
12s. 6d. net.)—Gardeners have been separated into three classes—those who have begun with flower-beds, those who have gone on to the stage of rock-gardening, and those who have reached the further stage of flowering trees and shrubs, to which there is no limit in any direction. Mr. Wright has added to his books on herbaceous borders, roses, and alpine flowers a comprehensive treatise on shrubs, trees, and climbing plants. It is fully illustrated by half-tone blocks and in colour, and shouldprovide ideas as to grouping and the com- bination of different shrubs. But in one particular books such as this might be more precise. The beginner might be warned as to what he cannot do. Here, for instance, the Jackmanni clematises are strongly recommended for walls and pillars, and very beautiful they are. Let the beginner try growing them on a sandy soil in the sun, however, and learn more about them by unhappy experience.—The Rose Book. By H. H. Thomas. (Cassell. 6s. net.)—" A very old rose, but still worth growing." This is Mr. Thomas's criticism on General Jacqueminot, which was once a favourite, and perhaps it is the keynote of modern rose-growing ideals. There is a perpetual search for novelty in colour, and for a shape which is to come nearer to perfection. Rose-growing, no doubt, can no more stand still than other activities, and here is informa- tion as to the latest and newest kinds in the market. The fashionable colours seem to be orange-reds and salmon-pinke.
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