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information on all points connected with the subject of a most practical 

 nature, and the results from the Mayland French Garden are not only 

 very interesting, but show what can be done under good management 

 combined with the means of carrying on the work properly. It is a 

 valuable book, full of sound information. 



"French Market-Gardening." By John Weathers. 8vo., 227 pp. 

 (Murray, London, 1909.) 3s. Qd. 



Although there is a good deal of information in this book, some of it 

 is not quite what is known as French gardening, as the culture is similar 

 to what has been practised in this country for years. Again, we can 

 scarcely imagine it possible to grow French beans on hot-beds outside, 

 sown in the middle of December. Mention is made of a hot-bed, 24 inches 

 in thickness, on which a temperature of 65° to 70° Fahrenheit is main- 

 tained. Even by very liberal banking or lining with fresh manure we 

 never could maintain- anything like such a temperature at that time of the 

 year, and on through January. Then again, on page 67, the author, 

 writing of globe artichokes, says, " When it is desired to force the plants, 

 the operation is performed much in the same way as described for 

 asparagus. The plants are taken up carefully in November and placed in 

 a hot-bed, the heat of which is maintained, if necessary, by lining the 

 frames with hot manure." We should like to see the author do it, and to 

 see the frames. There is a good index and the book is well printed. 



" Beautiful Gardens. How to Make and Maintain Them." By Walter 

 P. Wright. 8vo., 307 pp. (Cassell, London, 1909.) 6s. net. 



This is an enlarged edition and contains over ninety illustrations in 

 colour and black and white, and, like the previous edition, the printing, 

 style, and order of the book are admirable. It deals with the making of 

 gardens, making of lawns, herbaceous borders, rock gardening, flower beds, 

 bulbous plants, trees and shrubs, water gardens, pergolas, wall gardens, 

 wild gardens, ferns, walks, and a great number of kinds of popular flowers, 

 all written about in the usual clear manner possessed by this author. 



"Lawns and Greens : Their Formation and Management." By T. W. 

 Sanders, F.L.S. 8vo., 138 pp. (Collingridge, London, 1909.) Is. net. 



In this little book there is a mass of information that will prove 

 invaluable, not only to the professional gardener and green-keeper, but 

 also to the amateur. The latter is usually at a loss to know what a new 

 lawn is likely to cost, and in addition to explicit directions on how to 

 make a lawn, one may by the aid of this book form some idea of its 

 probable cost. Instruction is given on the formation of lawns on 

 different soils and on different sites, and the best seeds to sow to give 

 good results on the various soils and situations. The improvement or 

 renovation of thin, weedy, or worn out lawns, greens, and tennis courts is 

 carefully gone into, and also the eradication of weeds. All who are 

 interested in the important subject of lawns should peruse this excellent 

 little book. 



