C. D. MCKAY. The French Garden in England. -- A Diary 

 and Manual of Intensive Cultivation. The Daily Mail. Lon- 

 don, 1910, pp. viii-67- 



This little book is intended to supply the amateur " French " 

 gardener with the information he requires to start a market garden 

 on the system in vogue in France, more especially in the suburbs 

 round Paris. 



In the introduction by W. Beach Thomas, the writer states 

 that the French garden in England has spread since 1908, with a 

 rapidity unparalleled in gardening history. French gardens are now 

 scattered over all the Southern counties; Essex, Middlesex and 

 Hertfordshire are following suit, and a number of experiments are 

 being made to test whether the system will not succeed equally 

 well in the North. Lecturers are going about the country to im- 

 part knowledge of the system to gardeners, students and labourers. 

 Within this year the system has been taken up at University College, 

 Reading, the best horticultural school in England; and it is taught 

 at Lady Warwick's College at Bredon's Norton, in Warwickshire. 

 The County Councils have taken up the system which is now taught 

 in reformatory schools, and among institutions which are experi- 

 menting is the Church Army. 



The largest French garden in England is that of Mr. Harvey 

 at Evesham. His plot, which is equipped with 2000 lights and 

 4000 bell glasses, has produced a gross revenue of over 600 per 

 acre. From 600 lights Mr. Harvey cut 21 600 lettuces at an ave- 

 rage of 2s per doz. Out of same lights 2400 cauliflowers at an 

 as-erage of 45 per doz., and again from the same lights 2400 doz. 

 turnips, and 5000 dozen bunches of carrots at 6d per doz., 3 me- 

 lons from each light occupied with them at 2S. 6d. each. 



P. ELFORD and S. HEATON. Practical School gardening. 



Engl. 1909, pp. 224, pis. 5, charts. 3, dgms. 7, figs. 77)- - 

 S. R. March, 1910 Washington. 



In this text-book the authors give cultural dvections for the 

 different features of garden work, together with ? chapter on insects 

 and other pests of the garden, friends of the garden, a calendar 

 of gardening operations, and a nature calendar, and appendixes 

 dealing with the school garden and " discovery " lessons or field 

 trips, meteorological observations, and several useful tables. 



