The Florist and Pomologist, May. (" Journal of Horticulture" Office.) —This
is a good number, full of useful matter and well-illustrated. Two very pretty and well-coloured drawings represent respectively a peach-coloured rose—a novelty, it would seem, of its class, as far as colour is concerned—and some very attractive-looking gooseberries. Why, by the way, should it be that one of these, and the one promising most flavour, is not "large enough to rank among the show kinds "? Why should size be an indispensable quality ? Does any one value a leg of mutton for its size? And if not the dinner, why the dessert? The periodical, it will be seen, divides its attention between the orna- mental and the useful. A chapter on "Apples," with a list of eligible sorts, and a similar chapter on "Roses and Rose-culture" may be men- tioned among its contents. But nothing is better than a practical little paper," Ferns for the Million." Many kinds of ferns, handled at first and treated afterwards with moderate care, will grow almost anywhere ; and they have the charm of recalling, in the midst of toil, the gala-days of life.
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