New-York tribune., 1907-08-24
1}ore Books on Fl07cers, Gardening e
and Wild Creatures.

fx Charles Scribner's Sons
-rrr GARDEN MONTH BY MONTH BY Mabel
cabot sedgwck assisted by otsn,eaI kO6eT1 Sassoa
illustrated. svo. PIP SIC Frederick A Stokes
Company
PICTURES FROM NATURES eaid GARDEN; y; Stories i
sbenbeard- -Walwyn. Illustrated. 12mo. pp 3ll-
London: John Long.
THE BOOK OF WATER GARDENING. BY
5s fa Mare Printing and Publishing Company
,uTFs AND ORCHIDS. Series of Drawings
ID IN Color. with Descriptive Text BY Rosina G
Boardman Ate, pp. .. Robert Grier Cooke
OUTDOORS A Book OF the Woods. Fields and
81 Charles Scribner's Sons.
THE FROG BOOK. North American Toads and
frogs with Study Of the Habits and Ilfe
In pfaTy c Dfckerson illustrated. svo, pp.
2=s Doubleday, Page & Co.
The tenth edition Of Mr.. Robinson's book is
heartily welcome for while portion of it
,nsv he chiefly applicable TO English gardens.
,he greater part is full of interesting and valu-
,ble suggestions for American gardeners. anna
tour and professional Its author has long been
rnoDn as a distinguished advocate of the
methods Of natural beauty in the garden. re
former TO whom the true garden lovers of Eng
land owe heavy debt of gratitude. No one
has done more than he TO Danish the hideous
esor,errical patterns in bedding plants which
zero in fashion toward the end Of the Victorian
ara Writing OF that period he says: I saw
the flower gardener meanly trying to rival the
tile or wall paper men. and throwing aside with
cnuter1lpt all the lovely things that through
their height or form did not conform 10 this
idea $50 stupid as lifel and this too. he rule,
not only in the villa garden, but in our great
rutlic and private gardens. There was hap
r:lv always the beauty of the woods and
o-7o -, +1Ta
country round London. and here and there.
though rare. quiet garden with things as the
great mother made them and grouped them
And SO I began to see clearly that the common
May was great error and the greatest obstacle
10 true gardening or artistic effects of any kind
in the flower garden or home landscape. and
then made up my mind to fight the thing out
I'm any way open 10 me-" With what intellt-
gence. taste, and earnest delight he pursued his
task the pleasant pages IF this volume show
He discusses with much detail the subject of
design wherein his aim has been To make the
garden a reflex of the beauty OF the great gar
Gen Of the world itself" His notion Of the
true way Of happiest design is not to have any
stereotyped style for all flower gardens, but
that the best kind of garden should arise out
Of its site and conditions happily q prin-
rose out Of a cool bank" He has the artists
feeling and a genuine reverence for the works
Of nature and England has known no more
siSilfui designer and gardener in recent years.
His book is an almost exhaustive manual on the
making of flower gardens and of beautiful
orchards and on the artistic of plants. with
fuu details concerning the hardy and half hardy
trees and plants he recommends The many
Illustrations representing typical garden scenes,
rs well as flowers, are judicious aids.
Particularly fascinating in the matter of pict-
ures is Mabel Cabot Sedgwick's big book. The
Garden Month by Month No loveier photo
graphic reproductions Of flowers in bloom have
ever been made The text addressed to those
rho love gardens and would fan know how 10
make one is careful tn detail and is arranged in
q remarkably compact and useful fashion. All
good hardy perennials appear in the list, with a
few tender perennfals and a few biennials. An
nuals not included, as they would interfere
With the plan OF the book setting forth the
plants in the order of the months in which they
bloom in our latitudes. a chart showing the
colors Of garden flowers with accompanying ref
erences in the :ext should be specially servicea-
BE TO those who are undertaking color expert
ments in making beautiful gardens.
a delightful nature book from an English
source is Mr.. H w Shepheard-w -walwyn's 'tPict-
nres from Natures Garden. In a series OF
stories from life in wood and field the author in
roduces 10 a host OF engaging creatures Of
the insect and animal worlds. An accomplished
roologist, he has not allowed devotion TO science
to suppress an imaginative and poetic turn; and
his studies are full Of grace and humor as well
rs fact An amusing chapter deals with the
performances and idiosyncrasies Of his pet deer
Here is a glimpse OF two infants in the group:
The newcomer was a bonny little person. with an
md took to s TS new gaTroTnGins nmesfeiH
syidentiy realizing that he' was TO be the future
ING jealous-appeared delighted 70 have com
p2nion OF her own age. Fascinating IL is to watch
he pair frolicking together in the wood: They
have invented highly absurd game, which seems
ef the babes suddenly prcking its and star
ng tntently before IL for moment then. gradually
tail until that appendage resembles enormous
sh!te fan. i takes stiff bound into the air The
four legs all leave the ground at the same instant
End remain perfectly rigid during the entire evolu-
being on stiits The amateur an r,arionett then pro-
seeds TO describe wide circle. marching with stiff
same action sees in trained marching
pony al crcus-the other youngster joining in
with q similar series Of evolutions in the CON
Tary direction. and the result Of the combined
Increment NOV, is absolutely too udicroIs for descrp
before one Of them utteTs kind of low whistling
the stiltlike hops. and in this manner the pair
of them viii describe circle after circle, one fol-
ping several feet air. with legs perfectly
fsgd M as II they we're SO many scksi Fregrenf'y emily
begani
Strangely set among all these CHEEKY and
graceful pages is a chapter. "All but Murder
That Night" which is full Of grim suggestion.
Even in a city, when there is a grassy plot
and a water supply, may the lover Of flowers
have a lily pool. So we gather from Mr.. Bisset.
who offers q mass OF practical instruction, to-
gether with a quantity of remarkably beautiful