The Complete Gardener. By H. H. Thomas. (Cassell and Co.
10s. 6d. not.)—Mr. Thomas, who has been assisted in his work by exports in various branches of the gardening art, explains that ho means by " complete " complete for practical purposes. "Rare plants and those of little value in the gardens are not included:, But quite enough information is included in those 504 pages to satisfy any ordinary requirements. Any one who has a passion for roses will find full general instructions for growing them and a description of some two hundred varieties. Roses, indeed, occupy about sixty pages—not too great a space in view of all the charms of the flower. Human ingenuity has varied its development very much as it has varied that of the dog. The strawberry, which may be said to be among fruits what the rose is among flowers, has something less than two. Hero, we think, Mr. Thomas might have been a little more full. It would have boon possible, we suppose, to have the order in which the varieties which are mentioned fruit, something more definite than the general divi- sion into general and late, and even to specify the sorts boat suited for preserving. The book will be found most useful.
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