A Gloucestershire Wild Garden. By the Curator. (Elliot Stock. 6s.
net.)—The " Curator's" garden is not a common one. He is happy in having had a beginning made for him, though there was a period of neglect between this beginning and his own con- tinuation. He is happy, also, in having water; three ponds on different levels go no little way towards making an Elysium. What he has done himself he tells us very pleasantly in this volume. Some of his doings will probably be beyond the reach of most people ; but there is also much that is imitable without any very great difficulty. We cannot attempt to follow him through his narrative and description. But why does he thrust in a dialogue on religion ? Of course the subject is one in which every one is an expert ; possibly that is a good reason for leaving it alone. We observe that the "Curator's" Douglas pine has grown to a height of 40 ft. in fifteen years. Is not this a some- what formidable inmate of a garden ? We often see people gaily planting trees that one day they or their heirs will be very glad to get rid of.—With this we may mention the fifth edition of The Wild Garden, by W. Robinson (John Murray, 10s. 6d. net). Mr. Robinson is a well-known expert in these matters, and the public has given, it is evident, an emphatic approval to this book.
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