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House Garden 
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get, and it is impossible, too, to give 
any fixed rule or plan to follow. 
Each alteration project is a distinct 
problem in itself, calling for a solution 
dictated by existing local conditions, 
costs, location, personal preferences, and 
other variable factors. 
“Redeeming Old Homes” is a dis¬ 
tinctly worthwhile book for any who 
are considering remodeling. And of late, 
the scattered ranks of the adventurous 
and romantic seekers of homes in the 
country have been augmented by the 
many who must perforce estimate the 
cost of a new house of adequate size as 
beyond their present means. 
Not only is this new book reasonably 
comprehensive in its scope, but it repro¬ 
duces thirty-one “before and after” pho¬ 
tographs which unquestionably prove 
the case in favor of the remodeled house, 
but the text is full of good, practical 
“do it yourself” instruction. 
This book, like any other book on 
architecture or construction will fail great¬ 
ly to aid people who do not bring to 
the reading of it a fair measure of men¬ 
tal cooperation in the form of intelligent 
thought and application of general prin¬ 
ciples to their own specific problems, 
for there exists no architectural prob¬ 
lem which can be dealt with in the 
simple and thinkless manner of the well 
known soup, to which you have only 
to “add hot water and serve.” M. P. 
y .\RI ETY iNTHE Little Garden”, )jy 
Mrs. Francis King, published by the 
Atlantic Monthly Press. 
It is a strange fact that the major part 
of our dependable garden literature is 
written by women—iirs. Ely for general 
flower work, Mrs. Harding on the peony, 
Mrs. Stout on the dahlia, the late Neltje 
Blanchan on the American garden. Airs. 
Wilder on rockeries (a volume we anx¬ 
iously await, for our American rock 
garden literature is limited), Louise 
Shelton on succession of bloom, and Airs. 
Francis King. These women are doing 
the work so admirably that one is tempted 
to ask why the men cannot do likewise. 
Well, perhaps women have a quicker eye 
for garden detail, they appreciate color 
and color combinations and they exercise 
a sympathy which is quite contagious. 
That is the reaction to Airs. King’s 
latest book—it stirs up a desire to emulate 
the variety of which she writes. 
1 One of the terrible results of Quarantine 
37 is that it has limited variety in the 
garden and it will soon make American 
gardens have a deadly sameness. Alore- 
over, casual gardeners, following the line 
of least resistance, continue to grow the 
common things, which are common be¬ 
cause they are easy to grow or easily 
procured. Airs. King’s text challenges 
the sporting blood of a gardener. Having 
read it, you are determined to lengthen 
your cords in gardening and not be 
satisfied with the commonplace. The 
chapter called “Variety in Annual 
Flowers”, for example, brings in two that 
many gardeners neglect, godetia and 
clarkia. Lavatera also is on the list, a 
heavenly thing when well grown. The 
next chapter, “Variety in Perennial 
Flowers” starts with the hemerocallis, 
works on to a proper appreciation of 
anchusa and lilies and suggests in garden 
plan and text many fine combinations for 
the herbaceous border. We cannot ac¬ 
cept, however, her passion for yuccas. 
Of the newer flowers some are tulips, some 
Japanese flowering crabs and cherries, 
some e.xceUent climbers, some lilacs. 
They are things to try. The book also 
suggests variety in shrubs and trees, in 
spring and summer flowers. 
The final chapter in the book is an 
essay on “The Aleaning of the Garden.” 
We wish it had been made the first because 
it states the motif of the book, in fact, 
the motif of all of Airs. King’s garden 
writing. She asks, for e.xample, what is a 
good garden book? In the light of her sug¬ 
gestions it is the book written on the basis 
of the personal experience of the author. 
That and that kind of gardening book 
alone is worth while. Our presses pour 
out a flood of gardening books each 
spring and not half of them are worth 
bothering with. They are compiled 
books; the keen garden reader can scent 
their lack of authenticity in the first 
chapter. 
To this we would add another criticism 
of gardening books generally—Mrs. 
King’s writings included-—that they are 
often too “pretty”, some of them too 
precious and most of them k eking in the 
slightest suggestion of a sense of humor. 
To us gardening is a great sport, the 
greatest sport imaginable. At times we 
are enraptured at a glimpse, our aspira¬ 
tions are stirred, we find ourselves want¬ 
ing to quote poetry or dance with delight, 
but most of the time our sensation is one of 
huge and boisterous enjoyment. Om i 
garden is filled with mistakes in planting | 
that would send cold shudders up and j 
down Airs. King’s spine; we blush foi | 
them and plan to do better next year. I 
It contains an amazing variety of things j 
that to the ordinary gardener seem 1 
curious and inconsequential. But best 
of all is our relation to that garden and 
the garden’s and its work’s relation to us. 
It is something intensely human, and, 
being human, a cause for laughter. It is i 
laughter that we miss in Airs. King’s new ' 
book. R. W. ■ 
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