By Dr. M. T. Masters. New York : Orange Judd Company.

Dr. Masters is the editor of the London Gardeners' Chronicle, and besides his labors in many branches of botany, stands especially pre-eminent in the department of plant-life. He has had the great advantage of many years of ediforial experience, which gives a scientific man the chance to know what the people need; while himself the son of a very successful English nurseryman, he has had that practical experience among plants that is so helpful to a teacher of vegetable science.

This work treats of plant nutrition, the machinery of nutrition, growth, sensitiveness, development, multiplication, the battle of life, practical influences, decay and death, - all this in a small well-printed book of 130 pages.

The New York publishers are to be congratulated on being the vehicle to give to the American public this little work from so able a pen.