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Everything must have a beginning, and there are those who are 

 really desirous of beginning in proper fashion, but who are somewhat 

 fearful how to proceed. Beginning and Learning " is a chapter 

 of invaluable advice to the novice. For instance, in this chapter Miss 

 Jekyll tells the reader " There is no royal road. It is no use asking 

 me or any one else how to dig. I mean sitting indoors and asking it. 

 Better go and watch a man digging, and then take a spade and try and 

 do it, and go on trying till it comes, and you gain the knack that is to 

 be learnt with all tools of doubling the power and halving the effort." 



Other chapters are devoted to ' ' The Flower Border and Pergola, ' ' 

 "The Primrose Garden," "Colours of Flowers," "The Scents of 

 the Garden," "The Worship of False Gods" (this is excellent, and 

 the scathing remarks in many instances are quite justifiable), " Novelty 

 and Variety " (there is much in this with which all lovers of the really 

 beautiful in the garden will be in complete accord), " Weeds and 

 Pests," ." The Bedding Fashion and its Influence " (when one looks 

 back on the past methods of dealing with bedding plants it is so easy 

 to be in agreement with what Miss Jekyll calls attention to in this 

 chapter), and " Masters and Men." 



This is a gardening book that should be found in the library of 

 all who wish to develop a garden that they can really enjoy, it may 

 also be regarded as a book of reference, and may be taken up in spare 

 moments, as its contents are both entertaining and in many respects 

 most fascinating. 



"Home and Garden." By Gertrude Jekyll. New Edition. Third 

 Impression. 8vo., 301 pp. (Longmans, London, 1910.) 6s. net. 



As the title page so aptly expresses it this is a work embodying 

 notes and thoughts, practical and critical of a worker in both." Miss 

 Gertrude Jekyll has succeeded in presenting to the reader in a most 

 fascinating manner, notes and reflections chiefly relating to matters 

 pertaining to the garden in association with all that concerns the most 

 charming aspect of the home. No one could read this delightful volume 

 without feeling how much they had missed in their garden in the past, 

 and the suggestions made for planting a garden wherein one could 

 derive real joy and happiness, cannot fail to stimulate the reader to 

 resolve to act upon the many examples so clearly portrayed by charming 

 photographs and the pen of a ready and accomplished writer who 

 gives information and advice with respect thereto., Exceedingly inter- 

 esting is the chapter dealing with " How the house was built." There 

 i are many points considered under this heading, that cannot fail to be of 

 great assistance to any who may be contemplating the building of a 

 house in the country. Much thought was evidently bestowed on numer- 

 i ou^ details that would miss the mind of many persons but which are 

 i of infinite value in building a house that is to be a real home. Miss 

 i Jekyll appears to be a keen advocate of gardens of one subject or a 

 [ garden of flowers of varying tones of one colour. She devotes a chapter 

 ' "A Garden of Wall-Flowers " aud in tliis cliapter is given a 



