WHAT ENGLAND CAN TEACH US ABOUT GARDENING 
By 
WlLHELM MlLLER 
Associated Editor of Baileys Cyclopedia 
Doubleday, Page Co. 
Mr. Miller's delight in English gardens is accompanied by the 
determination to help American gardeners to the same beauty. He is 
convinced that many of our failures are due to our use of European 
plants, not suitable to our climate. 
We can get many effects by using equivalents from America and 
the Far East, and may increase our appreciation of landscape effects 
by laying out our grounds for outdoor living. 
His careful recommendations and suggestions for intensive cul- 
ture seem to make the attainment of his object possible to rural Ameri- 
cans. The book is beautifully printed and copiously illustrated. 
CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 
By 
Lolise S HELTON 
Scribner & Sons 
The title of this book explains its object and scope, and our 
experience with Miss Shel ton's garden ideas make us confident of the 
value of her selection of plants. It seems like the key to much of our 
former confusions to read, "the secret of well-balanced and continuous 
bloom," after a knowledge of the plants to be used, is "alternating 
the several blooming periods in straight or circular lines, in broken 
though regular order, throughout each and all of the beds. Charts ac- 
company the lists and there are beautiful photographic illustrations. 
Mary Anderson, 
Garden Club of Michigan. 
THE AMATEUR GARDEN 
By 
Geoege W. Cable 
Charles Scribner & Sons 
In "The Amateur Garden" Mr. Cable teaches in a practical way 
just what many of us who met in Baltimore last spring wished to 
know — i. e., how to go about improving our villages and country settle- 
ments. 
In his chapter on the Cottage Gardens of Northampton his direc- 
tions and suggestions are definite enough, and, one hopes, inspiring 
