SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
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Since Loudon published his famous Arboretum in 1838, no adequate account of the trees and shrubs which can he grown in the open air in this country has been attempted. Mr. W. J. Bean, assistant curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, has now compiled a treatise on Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles (John Murray, 2 vols., 42s. net), which ought to be of great service to landowners and others who are interested in planting and afforestation. During the last sixty or seventy years an enormous number of new species have been accli- matized in this country, from North and South America, China, Japan, and other parts of the world. Mr. Bean gives, in alphabetical order, a description of all trees and shrubs
which can be successfully grown at Hew, either fully in the open or against walla—In the delightful "woodland note- book" which he calls by the simple name of Trees (James MacLehose and Sons, 21e. net) Sir Herbert Maxwell describes the forest growths indigenous to our islands, as well as those exotic species which have proved themselves adapted to the British climate. The book is illustrated with some exquisite photographs in colours, besides many in black and white.
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