ΙΟ Books on Rural Affairs. THE HANDY BOOK OF BEES, AND THEIR PROFITABLE MANAGEMENT. By A. PETTIGREW. Third Edition, Enlarged. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON.-"The author of this volume is evidently a practical man, and knows a great deal more about bees and their habits than most of the bee-keepers in England; indeed he may be said to be a very master in the art of bee mysteries." LAND AND WATER.-"We recommend his book to all who wish to spread a knowledge of this useful art among their neighbours and friends." CULTIVATED PLANTS: THEIR PROPAGATION AND IMPROVEMENT. By F. W. Crown 8vo, pp. 630, 12s. 6d. DOMESTIC FLORICULTURE, WINDOWGARDENING, AND FLORAL DECORATIONS. BEING DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROPAGATION, CULTURE, AND ARRANGEMENT OF PLANTS AND FLOWERS AS DoMESTIC ORNAMENTS. By the SAME. Crown 8vo, with upwards of 200 Illustrations on Wood. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged, 7s. 6d. ACADEMY." A charmingly illustrated vade mecum on WindowGardening, Floral Decorations, and the whole field of adaptation of floral science to domestic ornament. Those who have not seen the first edition as yet are unaware what wrinkles for window and balcony gardening, on a large or small scale, for bouquet or wreath making, for table arrangement of fruit and flowers, room arrangement of plants in the form of screen, bower, and arch, and last, not least, church decoration in all its phases, Mr Burbidge places intelligibly within their reach.......An admirable companion for every boudoir." Books on Rural Affairs. I I HANDY BOOK OF THE FLOWER GARDEN: BEING PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROPAGATION, CULTURE, AND ARRANGEMENT OF PLANTS IN FLOWERGARDENS ALL THE YEAR ROUND. Embracing all classes of Gardens, from the largest to the smallest. With Engraved and Coloured Plans, illustrative of the various systems of grouping in Beds and Borders. By DAVID THOMSON, Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., at Drumlanrig. A New and Enlarged Edition, crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.-"Its author is entitled to great praise for the simple and clear manner in which he has explained the cultural directions, which, if carefully complied with, will enable the non-professional floriculturist to grow plants as well as any gardener." THE FIELD. "We are acquainted with the results produced by the able author, as well as with his book, and therefore can pronounce the book the best on the subject yet written or likely to be written for a long time to come." HANDY BOOK OF FRUIT CUL- By the SAME. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo, 7s. 6d. SCOTSMAN.-"No work of the kind of which we have any knowledge is at all to be compared with this. It is the result of ripe experience, close thought, and ample acquaintance with the subject in all its parts. There is nothing connected with the cultivation of fruit under glass that Mr Thomson does not most lucidly explain; and the result is, that his book is one that ought to be in the hands of every gardener, of every amateur fruit-grower, and, indeed, of every one who desires to know the best that can be known on the subject." NORTH BRITISH AGRICULTURIST.-"Nowhere that we are aware of are the forcing and general culture of the better-known fruits dealt with as they are here concisely and exhaustively in one handy volume. Mr Thomson's ripe experience is displayed on every page of this carefully prepared work, which is written in a style that is calculated to interest even the general reader.' 12 Books on Rural Affairs. A BOOK ABOUT ROSES. By S. REYNOLDS HOLE. With a Coloured Frontispiece by the Hon. Mrs FRANCKLIN. Seventh Edition, Revised, 7s. 6d. TIMES. "It is enriched by the results of recent experiments made by the author upon an extensive scale, and is not merely an excellent manual for amateur Rose-growers, but also something more." SATURDAY REVIEW.-"His work may now be considered the most complete guide to this interesting branch of floricultural art." GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.-"It is the production of a man who boasts of thirty 'all England' cups, whose Roses are always looked for anxiously at flower-shows, who took the lion's share in originating the first Rose-show pur et simple, whose assistance as judge or amicus curice is always courted at such exhibitions. Such a man ought to have something to say worth hearing to those who love the Rose,' and he has said it." A HANDBOOK DEER-STALKING. OF By ALEXANDER MACRAE, late Forester to Lord Henry Bentinck. With Introduction by HORATIO ROSS, Esq. Fcap. 8vo, with two Photos. from Life. 3s. 6d. UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE.-"A work not only useful to sportsmen but highly entertaining to the general reader." SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS.-"The writer of this valuable little book speaks with authority, and sums up in a few pages hints on deerstalking which the experience of a lifetime has enabled him to put forth.......We can only recommend every one who pursues the fascinating sport of which the author writes, to glance through, and indeed to read carefully, this handbook." SCOTSMAN. "An interesting little book, alike because of the knowledge which its author displays of his subject, and of the simple style in which it is written. It is a handbook such as sportsmen must have long desired." Books on Rural Affairs. 13 NORFOLK BROADS AND RIVERS; Illustrated with Twelve full-page Plates. Post 8vo. 14s. WHITEHALL REVIEW.-"The author's descriptions are so easy, fluent, and understandable, his account of repeated annual visits to Norfolk at varying times of the year, and with different companions, are so graphic and realistic, that every page teems with interest and amusement. PALL MALL GAZETTE." Mr Davies has made the Broads (or riverlagoons) his special study and pleasure for many years past, and he writes of them both with the fulness of knowledge and with the contagious enthusiasm of the devoted amateur." SCOTCH LOCH-FISHING. By "BLACK PALMER." Crown 8vo. Interleaved with blank paper. 4s. DUNDEE ADVERTISER.-"The great charm of 'Black Palmer's' work is its simplicity. He eschews technicalities, and is thoroughly practical. And the angler who takes up the little book will be reluctant to stop till he has perused every word of it, and will only lay it down after mentally resolving to read it again from beginning to end at the earliest opportunity.......'Black Palmer's' notes abound in practical hints." BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. "Both to the tyro and the expert angler 'Scotch Loch-Fishing'......should prove a valuable guide.' RAMBLES WITH A FISHING-ROD. By E. S. ROSCOE. Crown 8vo, 4s. 6d. ST JAMES'S GAZETTE.-"Such books as Mr Roscoe's are our only guides to Continental sport; nor could the traveller who desires to explore the resources of the rivers of Germany and of Switzerland desire a better companion than 'Rambles with a Fishing-Rod." SCOTSMAN." A very delightful book." BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. "It is a right pleasant pocket companion." 14 Books on Rural Affairs. FIFTH EDITION, REVISED. THE MOOR AND THE LOCH. 2 vols. post 8vo, with Two Portraits and other Illustrations. ACADEMY.-"In the present delightful volumes, however, he presents all lovers of Scotland with the completest details of every Highland sport, on all of which he is an unexceptionable authority; and with what many will value even more, a series of life-like sketches of the rarer and more interesting animals of the country. He has thus brought up to the present level of knowledge the history of all the scarce birds and beasts of Scotland....... Henceforth it must necessarily find a place in the knapsack of every northern tourist who is fond of our wild creatures, and is simply indispensable in every Scotch shooting-lodge." SATURDAY REVIEW.-"We should recommend fishers to study carefully all the chapters on fishing for salmon, loch trout, sea trout, and yellow trout, whatever may be their experience or erudition. They will find general hints of immense use which they can apply to that local knowledge of their own river or water' which no books can teach, and which Mr Colquhoun himself would equally have to learn. But no chapter ought to be skipped, even by a reader who aspires to far less than the fourfold distinction of a Highland hunter, which consists in killing a red-deer, an eagle, a salmon, and a seal." THE WORLD.-"The book is one written by a gentleman for gentlemen, healthy in tone, earnest in purpose, and as fresh, breezy, and life-giving as the mountain air of the hills amongst which the sport it chronicles is carried on." |