21 JULY 1906, Page 23

The Garden, You, and I. By Barbara. (Macmillan and Co.

6s.)— This is a pleasing book of gardening with a background of human interests. It comes from the other side of the Atlantic, where wind and sun, "mighty rulers who have to be consulted about boundaries," have different aspects from what they present here, and where other things, too, bring in an element of diversity. But there is something to be learnt from the book for all that, and then the background is the same.