A YEAR IN MY FLOWER GARDEN. Hy E. T. Brown.
(Chapman and Hall. 7s. 6d.)—The title and authorship of this manual taken in conjunction suggest a famous. poem ; but the suggestion has no justification. Mr., Brown (who wrote an admirable little book on the very small small-holding) is most prosaically practical. He keeps to detail ; and tells us with emphasis just what to do from November 1st to October 31st, for the garden year begins at the same date as the hunting year. Books on gardening are very many ; and a good percentage take us systematically through the Year. There must inevitably-be repetitions in any new work ; but Mr. Brown's venture 'has qualities not found elsewhere. Ile sticks to his last ' • gives' us each month our exact orders as to general routine, the herbaceous border, the floWer-lieds, " the reserve garden,". special plant culture, theshrubbe ; and not least or worst, cultivation under glass. Some criti- cisms are suggested.. His- adviee -would mean the gross overcrowding of the heitaceous bonier with spring flowers. It is astounding at this date that ariyene should talk-of broad- leaved weeds on lawns and not recommend -sulphate of ammonia—that lawn makers' standby. Advice as to nursery work and the multiplication of the rarer flowers and bushes is much too sparse. But when all exceptions are taken, the book must be judged to be both a trustworthy and suggestive guide... It fills a gap in garden literature, especially "in' the association of the :greenhouse with the open-air garden,- The illustrations are pretty and informative.
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