THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



and Lyall, is a book full of character and beauty 

 and of special interest to the spring gardener. 



Of finer books for those interested in garden 

 design are Mr. Guy Lowell's "American Gardens" 

 and T. W. Mawson's "The Art and Craft of 

 Garden-Making." Two volumes of less size but 

 of much value are Reginald Blomfield's "The 

 Formal Garden in England" (whose brilliant first 

 chapter refuting some of the Robinsonian doc- 

 trines is greatly to my liking !) and Miss Madeline 

 Agar's "Garden Design," a very practical recent 

 book. William Robinson's great book, "The Eng- 

 lish Flower Garden," has its place, and has ful- 

 filled, indeed over-fulfilled, its purpose to do away 

 with "bedding out" and to return to natural 

 methods of planting; but the extreme views there 

 set forth, views necessary to convince a settled 

 public, are better in theory than in practice. 



"Studies in Gardening," a book whose contents 

 first appeared in the form of letters to the "Lon- 

 don Times" (that journal strictly under promise 

 not to reveal the name of the author), is a remark- 

 able book on gardening. Written in a direct and 

 charming style, full of sound knowledge most 

 tactfully imparted, it is valuable and captivating 

 to a degree, and happy is the writer in whom these 



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