30 MARCH 1912, Page 25

Lovers of gardens, whether they be in town, or suburb,

or country, and have little or largo space to experiment with, are in no lack of counsel. The "Present-Day Gardening Series" (T. C. and E. C. Jack) is one of .these helps. A volume, appropriately double, so largo is the subject, is entitled Roses, by H. It. Darlink ton, 2a. 6d. net. Modern science has accommodated the rose to every soil, and there is no more favourite or fertile subject.