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SCOTTISH GARDENS, by Sir Herbert Max- 
well. New York: Longmans, Green & 
Company, 1911. Cloth, 8vo. Illustrated, 
206 pages. Price, $2.25 net. 
This volume is a representative selection 
of different types, old and new, of Scottish 
gardens by an authority, who presents not 
only his antiquarian knowledge carefully, 
but delightfully. The book is exquisitely il- 
lustrated in color with thirty-two plates by 
Mary G. W. Wilson, who, by the way, is a 
member of the Pastel Society and the So- 
ciety of Scottish Artists. The opening 
chapter concerns itself with Scottish Gar- 
dens in General; then there are thirty-three 
chapters on various historic gardens, and an 
appendix of species of Rhododendrons 
Suitable to the Climate of the West of 
Scotland, and another appendix on the sub- 
ject of other shrubs which have proved 
hardy in Scotland. Although this book has 
to do with gardening in the British Isles, it 
is a volume that will be none the less inter- 
esting therefore to American readers. The 
illustrator’s work alone contains many sug- 
gestions that will be applicable to the gar- 
den in our own country. 
Tue Book or Rock AND WATER GARDENS, 
by Charles Thonger. New York: John 
Lane Company. Cloth crown, 8vo. Il- 
lustrated, 94 pages. Price, $1.00 net. 
This is an excellent handbook to rock, 
wall and water gardens, containing a de- 
tailed account of the culture of Alpine 
plants, a division of gardening that has re- 
cently come to the attention of the garden- 
makers of America. This volume should 
arouse in those who have no knowledge of 
rock and water plants, and yet have facili- 
ties for growing them, an interest in the sub- 
ject. Water gardening must not be thought 
to appeal only to a favored few, inasmuch 
as aquatics may be grown under purely arti- 
ficial conditions, and the pleasure of the 
water garden is not limited to the possessors 
of natural streams and ponds. In these 
days of stress and hurry, when one seeks 
in Nature the balm for many ills in our gar- 
dens and all that pertains to them, one may 
hope to find rest and relaxation in the pur- 
suit of just such plant culture as Mr. 
Thonger sets forth in his delightful volume. 
BACKBONE OF PersPEcTIveE. By T. U. Tay- 
lor. Chicago: The Myron C. Clark 
Publishing Company, 1910. 12mo; 56 
pp.; illustrated. Price $1. 
The student will find this to be a helpful 
little manual on a subject not without diffi- 
culties of its own. First, the primary prin- 
ciples of plan and projection, lines, points 
and planes are set out by problems and 
diagrams; then the vanishing-point method 
is applied to monuments and_ buildings; 
axometric projections are given a chapter 
to themselves; and the rules governing the 
perspective of shades and shadows con- 
clude the treatise. 
THE Lure oF THE GARDEN, by Hildegard 
Hawthorne. New York: Century Co., 
1911. Cloth. Quarto. Illustrated. 259 
pages. Price, $4.50 net. 
The granddaughter of Nathaniel Haw- 
thorne has contributed to essayical garden 
literature this delightful book, containing 
chapters on such topics as Our Grand- 
mothers’ Gardens ; Childhood in the Garden, 
Winter Gardens, The Social Side of Gar- 
dens, Gardens in Literature, etc. Miss 
Hawthorne’s volume is one of the most 
beautiful books of the season, exquisitely 
illustrated by Jules Guérin, Maxfield 
Parrish, Anna Weyland Betts and Ivan 
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