A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Flowering and Ornamental Plants in the Climate of the Southern States. By James Morton. 16mo. Pp. 312. Illustrated. Clarksville, Tenn: W. P. Titus.

A book on floriculture in the south is a welcome addition to our list of horticultural books. This one is a collection of cultural directions for various important plants, both tender and hardy. The species have no arrangement and no consecutive manner of treatment. To us the book appears to lack method. The novice will look for some chapters of a general nature upon the management of soil, upon potting, training, watering, propagation, laying out of grounds and borders, manner of forcing, kinds of houses, etc., but none of these subjects are discussed, if we except five pages upon "Greenhouse Requisites and Appliances," which is entirely inadequate even for the south. Another fault with the book, to our mind, is the abundance of history and poetry, which sometimes interfere with perspicuity of treatment, and which are never useful in a mere handbook or "guide to the successful cultivation" of plants.

Hew to Cook Vegetables.

A Model Improvement Association. A New Flower Book.

The book, of course, has many merits. The English is much better than is usual in books of this class. The directions are clear and sensible, and it will undoubtedly prove a useful book. The chapter upon chrysanthemums is particularly good.