4 NOVEMBER 1911, Page 14

The Fragrance of Flowers : a Nature-Lover's Anthology. By Kate

Ursula Brock. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. 6d. net.)-A very attractive volume this, whether we regard it from without or from within. Miss Brock divides her collection into five parts : (1) Flowers: their characteristics; (2) The sensitive plant (Shelley's poem being given in full; (3) Flower images (including such poems as Spenser's " Sweet is the rose, but grows upon a brere," and Christina Rossetti's " Hope is like a harebell ") ; (4) Flowers -their message ; and (5) Flower miscellanies. Miss Brock seems to have been generously treated by owners of copyright, and gives us various "flowers" which are not easily obtainable.