is true, true of the old and the young, and true of those neither 

 young nor old, this very real and abiding passion for gardening. 

 "If this little book," to quote Miss Duncan, "solves the com- 

 monest difficulties and proves of real assistance in the Joyous 

 Adventure of a First Garden, its object will have been attained." 



In size the book is "little," but in information it is "big." 

 Big inasmuch that it covers every need of the beginner from the 

 very real reformation of the homely backyard fence to a most 

 subtle and absorbing amount of understandable information for 

 the garden large and small. 



The Joyous Art of Gardening, published by Charles Scribner's 

 Sons, New York, contains many helpful and interesting illustra- 



(TO BE REVIEWED LATER) 



" The Garden Under Glass," By W. F. Rowles J- B. Lippincott Company 



" The Mary Frances Garden Book," By Jane Eayre Fryer . . John C. Winston Company 



tions, 



BOOKS RECEIVED 



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