22 SEPTEMBER 1906, Page 23

A Book of English Gardens. By M. R. °long. Illustrated

by Katharine Montagu Wyatt. (Methuen and Co. 10s. gd. net.)— After a preliminary historical sketch of gardening from Eden onwards, in which British horticulture naturally takes a prominent place, we have a description of some famous gardens in this country. These are Abbotsbtuy, Albnry, Ampthill, Ashridge, Beckett (famous for the first garden house in England, designed by Inigo Jones), Brownsea Island, Ham, Hatfield, Holland House, Knole, Sultan Place (near Guildford), Wrest Park. There is a chapter on "Cottage Gardens," and another entitled "A Modern Garden: Surrey," designed to show that those who do not inherit famous pleasaunces may make something quite worth having for themselves. Such a volume needs no recom- mendation.