A LITTLE MARYLAND GARDEN.
A Little Mary/and Garden. By Helen Ashe Hays. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 7s. 6d.)—A very pleasant little book this, which an Englishman may certainly enjoy, and from which he may not improbably gather some suggestions. For the Maryland climate, though Baltimore is twelve degrees south of London, does not seem materially different from that of Middlesex. (They appear to have different modes of prophesying weather on "the other side." Whoever here foretold what was to come from studying the breast-bone of the first goose of the season ?) Things seem to be generally earlier, but the treacherous frosts are not the less to be feared on that account. We note some curious differences. The author has found it difficult to get a primrose border, and tells us as something new that the English primrose is "perfectly hardy," but wants shade and a rich soil. But it will give an additional interest to any one who will study this book—and it is certainly worth study—to note the differences between a "Maryland garden" and his own.
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