30 OCTOBER 1909, Page 25

The Small Garden Useful. By A. C. Curtis. (Smith, Elder,

and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—This is likely to be a very useful volume. Even a small suburban garden of, say, five hundred square yards, not half-a-rood, may be made useful without materially interfering with the ornamental. Of course one must choose. Some things occupy too much room, broad beans, for instance, if we eat them when they are small ; but peas, scarlet runners, tomatoes (on a south wall), black currants (on a north one) are things that may be profitably grown. And here will be found the most profitable methods.