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begins the making of next year's garden. There are seeds to 

 be saved, plants to be moved and notes taken as to the more 

 desirable things to be planted another season. The book fol- 

 lows the seasons from September with timely hints as to work 

 to be done, the best flowers to plant, how to combat the insect 

 enemies, etc. The book costs a dollar and ought to be worth 

 that to any amateur. 



A more pretentious book is "Common Sense Gardens'"* 

 by Cornelius V. V. Sewell from the Grafton Press, New York. 

 This not only discusses gardening matters, but devotes con- 

 siderable space to garden furniture, walls, fences and the like. 

 It is not, however, a book of directions for garden making, 

 but appears more the opinions of an amateur who had tried 

 many plants and speaks from experience as to their cultiva- 

 tion. Apparently influenced by the reading of English books 

 the author evinces an overweening fondness for box as 

 an edging and hedge plant. Not enough attention seems to 

 have been paid to the necessity for choosing different plants 

 for different climates and our native perennials get off with 

 scant notice. The book is worth owning, however, if only 

 for the most excellent illustrations, one hundred in number, 

 principally reproduced from photographs. These show 

 scenes from many famous American gardens, as well as walls, 

 specimen trees, etc. The book will be of greatest usefulness 

 in the region of country about New York and Washington. 

 It contains nearly four hundred pages and costs $2.00 net. 



