2 JULY 1910, Page 35

Another volume of " Handbooks of Practical Gardening," Edited by

Harry Roberts (John Lane, 2s. 6d. net), is The Book of the Flower Show, by Charles H. Curtis. We may quote from the preface :—" The aim has been to produce a handbook that will prove valuable as a work of reference to those who have the conduct of Flower Shows, and the compilation of rules and regulations for the govelnment of societies." One necessary rule for shows may be given: "all productions entered for competition must be shown in the growing state if required," a further regula- tion requiring that "all productions entered for competition must have been the property of and grown by the exhibitor for at least two months before the day of the Show." There is a sad amount of fraud in this respect.