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grouped into twenty chapters, which may be summarized as follows : — 

 First, an historical account from early times, in which Monastic and 

 Renaissance gardens are treated, in which also a few words are devoted 

 to the decay of the Italian school and eighteenth-century gardening,' 

 followed by observations relative to Repton, Paxton, Kemp, and the 

 modern revival. Chapter II. treats of the practice of garden design, 

 and then we are fairly launched upon the main body of the work, 

 in which we are instructed in the choice of a site, the entrances, gates 

 and fences, the drives and avenues, the terraces, the flower gardens, 

 the lawns, verandahs, summer-houses, pergolas, and bridges. Statuary 

 and all sorts of garden furniture and accessories form another chapter, 

 and this is followed by others on the decorative treatment of water, 

 rock gardens, the various glass structures, kitchen gardens, and the 

 formal arrangement of trees. The three closing chapters contain 

 alphabetical lists of useful varieties of trees for garden and park, 

 of climbers for walls, pergolas, and trellis, and of hardy perennials 

 for beds, borders, &c, the whole covering about 45 pages, and inter- 

 spersed with illustrations explanatory of the text. 



The remainder of the book is devoted to a description, illus- 

 trated with various plans and garden views of gardens of various 

 sizes and of exceptional kinds made under the author's supervision ; 

 that is to say, from suburban and town gardens to those in the 

 Lake District, in the Highlands, and those occupying unusual sites. 

 There is an index to the illustrations and also a general index, both 

 fully compiled, thus rendering valuable service to the reader, who 

 will not fail to find an abundance of material relating to the garden 

 art not easily found elsewhere, material at once practical and artistic 

 "The Art and Craft of Garden Making" is a work that should 

 find a place on the shelves of every garden library, for much of its 

 teaching is capable of being applied to the modest garden of limited 

 dimensions as well as to those of a more imposing character. 



" Les Jardins de France, des Origines a la fin du XVIIP siecle." 

 By Henri Stein. Large 4to. (D. A. Lonquet, 250 rue du Faubourg 

 St. Martin, Paris. 1913.) Price 90 francs (£3 12s.). 



This is a handsome collection of 104 loose-leaved plates on stout 

 buff-coloured parchment paper tied up in a canvas cover and accom- 

 panied with a prefatory article on the development of the art of 

 garden design in France from the earliest times to the end of the 

 eighteenth century. The work is intended for architects, gardeners, 

 and amateurs who are interested in the subject, and to such will be 

 of much service, for the plates are well executed in photo-collotype 

 and represent many old garden views, plans, mazes, and numerous 

 garden accessories in great diversity. These have been selected 

 from public and private sources, and among them there are some that 

 have never yet been published. The author gives a list of the most 

 important works in garden design, which may also be consulted ; 

 there is an index to the localities, giving place and Department, of 



