6 JULY 1901, Page 34

A Garden in the Suburbs. By Mrs. Leslie Williams. (J.

Lane. 5s. net.)—Mrs. Williams gives a chapter to each of the months, two to the greenhouse and its plants, one to lilies and one to roses, and adds some general counsel One much-needed maxim is—don't crowd. The book is meant for small gardens, and it is in these that the temptation to put too much into a narrow space is strongest. The longest chapter is "About Buying Plants" ; it gives the names of ninety species with which the suburban gardener may experiment. One great principle, we are sure, in buying is to go to a nursery where the soil is not very different from that of the garden to which the plants or trees are to be transplanted.