Flora and Spica. Edited by W. Robinson. (17 Furnival Street.
21s. net.)—This is the volume of a beautifully printed and illustrated "monthly review"—we cannot do better than quote from the title-page—" for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower; New and Rare Plants, Trees, Shrubs and Fruits ; the Garden Beautiful, Home Woods and Home Landscape." It is difficult to say too much in praise of the illustrations, especially those in colour, all the more attractive because of the paper on which they are executed. As for the matter, it would require a quite impossible amount of space for any adequate notice. Mr. Robinson, as many of our readers are doubtless aware, knows not only what to say, but how to say it; and he has secured like- minded contributors. The first article is, we see, on "Hardy Bamboos," how they should be cultivated, and what kinds are suitable. "I have seen," says the writer of the article, "Bambusa Pygmaea recommended in nursery gardeners' catalogues as edging for beds. All I can say is, Heaven help its bedfellows!"
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