plete the volume, which is well begun by a bibliography on the sub- 
ject of Housing and Town-planning. Such a publication is of high 
value to a Society such as ours because of the true necessity for a 
better understanding among amateur gardeners of the larger setting 
for their gardens, the principles of design as applied to the towns 
and cities which these gardens do or may adorn. 
Mrs. Frances King. Louisa Y. King. 
The Gardenette or City Back Yard Gardening by the Sand- 
wich System. Benjamin S. Albaugh. Stewart & Kidd Co., 
Cincinnati. Price $1.25. 
Particularly appropriate to this number of the Bulletin is this 
new edition of "The Gardenette, or City Back Yard Gardening by 
the Sandwich System." As the author explains, by the "sandwich 
system," the garden can be made in any city back lot, however 
stony and poor — on a roof, or even a cement side walk or yard, and 
by it, a space of ground of say 18 x 45 feet can be made to supply all 
the vegetables needed for the table of five or six persons during the 
summer. 
A Sandwich Garden is made of stable Utter, fine manure and 
street sweepings, specially prepared and, as explained, the cost seems 
slight. 
As the author assumes that the reader is without practical knowl- 
edge of gardening, every detail of the work necessary to become a 
successful " gardenetter " is carefully given, so that this book ought also 
to be a most valuable guide to school children who may be interested 
in making money out of their vacation gardens. 
It tells, too, how to test seeds, how to force plants by "incubators" 
and "boosters," and the best method to protect, transplant and water 
them. It gives the amount of seed for given spaces, the best fertilizers 
to use and the correct way of applying them. Also the method by 
which celery and endive can be blanched and how to grow mushrooms 
and rhubarb in winter in a warm cellar. 
The easy prevention of plant diseases and the destroying of para- 
sites are clearly given ; a special article on how to grow strawberries 
by this "sandwich" gardening, and melons and cucumbers by the 
"Post Hole" system is of interest. 
The latter part of the book is given up to the cultivation of garden 
and wild flowers. 
With the "Gardenette" as guide, the owners of a city back yard, 
or roof, may feel, with great advantage to their pockets and health, that 
