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IT appears that the publishers of Anne Pratt's “Wild Flowers,” issued many years ago in two small volumes, have deemed it advisable to arrange a complete revision, which has resulted in the
thick octavo volume forming the subject of this notice. The new title suggests that the illustrations, about 200 in number, are regarded as the leading feature of the book, but the
descriptive text will be found no less, attractive and well adapted for the less professional student of flowers for whom the book is chiefly intended. Apart from the fact that the Royal
Horticultural Society awarded a silver flora medal to the artist, Miss Layton, it would be gathered from observation that the original drawings were correct and graceful representations of
the wild flowers, but several of the reproductions are not very satisfactory in the matter of colour; to get the best effect, the plates should be examined by artificial light.
By the Rev. Prof. G. Henslow. Pp. xii+318; with more than 200 coloured illustrations by Miss Grace Layton. (London: S.P.C.K., 1910.) Price 8s.
By the late Rev. C. A. Johns. Entirely rewritten and revised by Prof. G. S. Boulger. 32nd edition. Pp. lii+926. (London: S.P.C.K., 1910.) Price 7s. 6d.
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