. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. delightful and healthfulrecreation. The little volume before us takesnearly the same view of the subject. Thissecond edition is greatly improved in the ar-rangement of its contents ; and we observea considerable addition to the number of illus-trations. The text has also evidently under-gone revision, and not without shall borrow a few illustrative extracts,with the cuts that accompany them :— DWARF LUPINE. This is one of the prettiest of the lupines,bearing leaves cut so as to somewhat resem-ble one
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. delightful and healthfulrecreation. The little volume before us takesnearly the same view of the subject. Thissecond edition is greatly improved in the ar-rangement of its contents ; and we observea considerable addition to the number of illus-trations. The text has also evidently under-gone revision, and not without shall borrow a few illustrative extracts,with the cuts that accompany them :— DWARF LUPINE. This is one of the prettiest of the lupines,bearing leaves cut so as to somewhat resem-ble ones expanded fingers, and spikes of whatare called butterfly-shaped flowers. This kindis about afoot in height, and bears long spikesof blue flowers. Sow them where the plantsare to remain. CHINA ASTER. These are gay star-like flowers, growing afoot or fifteen inches high, upright, butspreading when they once begin to original has a single flower, in shape like a daisy ; but there is a great variety in gar-dens, and the double and full-quilled sortsonly are Dwarf Lupine. The colours are various; not only are there all shades of red and blue, both of vyhich appear mixed with white, but the white is mixed singly with all the shades; so that the
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