. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . hapters on Peaches andNectarines this defect is very marked, and mustcause confusion to the reader, who will search invain for the descriptions of several varietiesrecommended. The descriptions are admirably condensed andaccurate, but are framed in quite a different wayfrom that usually adopted. For example, withApples and Pears, the characters are taken inthis order: skin, colour, flesh, stalk,flavour, season, and growth. Nothing is The majority of these sketches are clear andaccurate, but outlines
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . hapters on Peaches andNectarines this defect is very marked, and mustcause confusion to the reader, who will search invain for the descriptions of several varietiesrecommended. The descriptions are admirably condensed andaccurate, but are framed in quite a different wayfrom that usually adopted. For example, withApples and Pears, the characters are taken inthis order: skin, colour, flesh, stalk,flavour, season, and growth. Nothing is The majority of these sketches are clear andaccurate, but outlines of such fruits as Straw-berries must always be in some degree unsatis-factory. Nearly all are of the full natural averagesize ; but with Gooseberries some are of full sizeand tome reduced, and even though the reduc-tion is stated it conveys a rather misleadingimpression. The book comprises 507 pages, and it maybe therefore judged that cultural details aredealt with fully. Still there has been no undueextension, for the majority of the chapters areboth clear and concise. Some differences of. FlC. 14?.—DENDEOBIUM W1LLIAMSOXI. said about general form or the charactersafforded by the eye. Here also anothersmall inconsistency occurs, for in the excellentchapter on Fruit-growing in France, byM. Alfred Nomblot, several of the same varietiesoccur that are in the preceding lists, and they aredescribed in a totally different manner. Itshould, however, be remarked that nearly100 pages at the end of the book are devoted tooutline sketches and sections of the principalfruits, -which are intended to supplement thedescriptions as a means cf identification. It is apity that these were not numbered, as withcorresponding numbers to the descriptions theycould then have been easily found for reference. opinion must always prevail respecting certainmethods, but the authors may be congratulatedupon having in nearly all cases stated theirreasons for each practice fairly and regar
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