small handbook entitled"
Guide to Horticulture in Shanghai by Mr. W. J. Kerr, has recently been complied as the result of two! very worthy objects—to assist the Committee of the Ministering Children's League in their attempt to raise the usual large amount for subsequent distribution among deserving charities, and to assist] those interested in Shanghai horti-
'As the author says in his introduction, "Disappointment has often' expressed at the failure of certain subjects to grow satisfactorily in Shanghai, whereas bad the would-be growers realized that dates of seed-sowing and other garden operations differ very considerably from information found in Gardener's Calendars, compiled for their home countries, it is probable that a certain amount of success would have attended their efforts."
This little pamphlet indues valuable Information which wil assist the Shanighal reader to take a more intelligent interest in the plot of and under his control.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.