The Living Garden. By E. J. Salisbury. (Bell. 6s.) Now
that war has made gardeners of us all, there could be no mo timely appearance than this revised edition of Professor Salisbury' scientific guide (first published in 1935) to The How and Why Garden Life. Here are lucid explanations, in non-technical languag of those processes of nature which form the basis of eve gardener's common practices, but which he is too often inclined t take for granted. The properties of the soil, the importance sunlight and shade, the origin of scent and colour, vegetative prop gation, and seed production—these are only a few of the matte clarified for the amateur in this stimulating and beautifully illustrat book. That the English are among the most garden-conscio people in the world has proved a considerable asset now that t self-supporting family ranks so highly in the nation's war-ti economy ; but the measure of our success in this direction depen upon how far we study to transform ourselves from gardeners in good gardeners ; and it is almost impossible to imagine a bett aid to such a transformation than is provided by the informatio in this illuminating little book.
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