The indefatigable Mr. LOUDON, having supplied the country gentlemen with
Encyclopaedias of Gardening, Agriculture, and Rural Architecture, and an Arboretum, now in course of publi- cation, has turned his attention to the wants of Cocknevdom, to which he has devoted a separate work. The Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion is a manual of information and advice in all matters appertaining to a house and grounds in the neigh- bourhood of a great city, from the bachelor s box with its perch of land to the family mansion with its flee or fifty acres.
The first three numbers are almost entirely devoted to the choice of a house; its site and aspect, arrangement and consttuc- lion, interior fittings, and out-buildings; in which every point of convenience is adverted to, with a view to combining elegance and comfort with economy : the laying out of the gronnd is only
• commenced in the third number, and continued in the fourth and fifth. Englishmen pride themselves upon their domestic comforts, and perhaps justly, in comparison with their Continental neigh- bours; but those who read Mr. Lou DON'S book will find that they daily endure many little discomforts and inconveniences that might be remedied at a trivial expense, or by ordinary attention. In matters of taste and contrivance also we are still deficient ; and on these matters Mr. LOUDON offers some valiti,le hints. Not only those who are looking for a house, but such as are settled in one already, be it small or large, will find much useful and available information. In the laying out of the strips of ground in front or behind houses in rows, it is surprising how much their prettiness and productiveness may be increased by a little expense of labour and money. All who delight in a garden should possess this book.
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