18 OCTOBER 1902, Page 25

The tenth volume of" Handbooks of Practical Gardening" (John Lane,

2s. 6d. net) is The Book of Climbing Plants and Wall Shrubs, by S. Arnett, who has already contributed "The Book of Bulbs." The number and variety of these things are quite astonishing. Mr. Arnott gives us a" Selection," or rather, " Selections," in his last chapter, divided into " Annuals " and "Perennials," and these again into "Hardy," "Half-Hardy," and "Tender." These selections occupy about fourteen pages, and the roses and Clematises fill up more than two pages in addition. It is un- gramous to grumble, but we could wish that he had given us a

" Selection of Selections." The reader, however, who will care fully study this volume will doubtless find what he wants.