The Garden at Home. (Cassell and Co. 6s. net.)—" The
amateur gardener," says the author of this book, "is the most difficult person in the world to convince." Is it so? Surely the pro- fessional gardener is more obstinate, more wedded to certain arrangements. However, bo the reader of this volume amateur or professional, he ought to learn much from it. Various departures from the ordinary course are recommended. We may mention the chapter entitled " Plotting and Planning." Another noticeable one is the "Rook Garden," with a fascinating picture of a stream coming down through the middle of it. A useful section is the explanation of terms, and there is a table of the actual produce given for a number of years of well-known kinds of pears and plums. Is it really the case limb "pears do not mind pruning " ? It used to be the practice to leave them very much alone.
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