FOUR BOOKS ON GARDENING.
Some books concerning gardens may be mentioned together. Roses and Rose Gardens. By Walter P. Wright. (Headley Brothers. 12s. 6d. not.)—" The Rose," Mr. Wright truly says in his Preface, "is more than a beautiful and popular flower; it is a great public institution." Let any one compare Dean Hole's admir- able book with this, and he will see how the subject has spread itself out. Mr. Wright tells us what may be done in the cultivation of the rose and illustrates his instruction with some effective pictures of what has been done. The useful side of gardening is well represented by The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. By Thomas Smith. (Longmans. 13s. not.)—The book is addressed to "Market Gardeners, Small Holders, and Others." If small holders, to take one class, are to hold their own, they must do everything in the boat way, and this is a book which will help them. It may he pertinently suggested that what is to be learnt in these matters is best learnt as early as possible. So we have Gardens Shown to the Children, by Janet Harvey llelman and Olive Allen, the text by J. A. Henderson (T. C. and E. C. Jack. 2s. 6d. not.)—This is ono of the "Shown to the Children" series, and -will be found both interesting and useful. Finally, by way of a scientific review of the whole subject —nature, as influenced by human effort—we have The Process of the Year, by Henry Hilton Brown (S.P.C.K., 2s. 6d.), described as '`Notes on the Succession of Plant and Animal Life."—Here we
have information, given in a certain scientific order, about birds, insects, and plants, the description being materially helped by illustrations.
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