Edited and arranged by T. Francis Rivers. Longmans & Co.

When a work has reached its sixteenth edition, it seems almost superfluous to notice it. It is well known that the author of this work, the late Thomas Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, was the originator of the cultivation of fruit-trees in pots in cool glass-houses on an extensive scale and in a systematic style. The enterprise in his hands has been thoroughly successful, and the practice that resulted in success is very fully and clearly embodied in this volume. It is not a mere epitome or skeleton of his methods of procedure. It is a very elaborate and complete treatise, embracing all that relates to the construction of suitable houses, and the potting, training, and after-management of Apricots, Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Pears, Figs, Grapes, Oranges, Cherries, etc. etc, in pots. Almost every branch of the subject is clearly illustrated with woodcuts. Any one interested in the Orchard-house system of fruit-growing in pots cannot have a better guide than this nicely-got-up volume.