24 AUGUST 1907, Page 25

Gardening in Town and Suburb. By Harry H. Thomas. (Long-

mans and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—" The town or suburban garden must necessarily have its limitations, and it goes without saying that it has possibilities." With these words the author begins the treatment of his subject. The town-dweller is apt, perhaps, to insist more on the limitations than the possibilities. It is not ambition, but hopefulness, that commonly fails him. Town gardens are mostly out of sight ; it is suburban enterprise or neglect that one gets a view of from the railway, and it is lament- able to see what opportunities are lost. Let us hope that this most useful little book may do something towards abating this too common neglect.