Evening star., 1925-05-15

Old as well as new gardeners will be
pleased with The Gardener" by l..
I'll. Bailey, just published by the Mac
milan Company 1t is described on the
title page as "a book of brief directions
for the growing Of the common fruits,
vegetables and flowers in the garden
and about the house"
This volume will please the ex-
perienced gardener because it packs
within its 26O pages so much that Is
lamlllar to him, renewing his acquain-
tance with so many old friends among
growing things. The paper and print
are a delight
Ihe newcomer to garden making
VIII f1nd this book, with its simple,
good title, sort of sublimated cata-
logue of plants. arranged in alphabeti-
cal order. helped out by short articles
on ANIMALS, basket plants, bedding,
blennials, borders, flower beds, lawns
ana grounds, vegetable garden, vines.
weeds, window garden, etc
Prof. Bailey has succeeded in max
ing Il mere list of fruits, vegetables
ana flowers interesting even to the
raWest amateur simply becau-a be-
nlhd each briefly written description
lies the life love Of the author.
No man can write of what really in
terests him without being interesting
10 similar mindS-and many others
While he may not hold the attention of
all those having no liking for the
thing OF which he writes. or those
who do not agree with him, he will
succeed in attracting his own.
After all, what more can any author
do?
Those who love the little outdoors
as found in the average home garden.
whether in city. small town or coun-
Try, VIII greet this dignificd listing of
growing things with affection.
NhlIe the amateur may not find in
II just exactly all the explicit direc-
tlons which he might have hoped for
from its subtitle. he will be able to get
many good pointers, and always have
at hand succinct descriptions of all
the plants he will ever grow The book
Is astonishingly complete.
x x X X
Like the love of music, books and
pictures. the love of gardens comes
with culture and leisure and with
the ripening of the home life. ." saws
frof Bailey in his introduction which.
ne says, was written quarter of a
century ago, as Il preface TO THE
amateurs Practical Garden Book -
winch this new volume replaces
The love of gardens, as of every
othef beautiful and refining thing.
must increase TO the end of time" the
author continues. More and more
must the sympathies enlarge. >
Llte ever becomes richer Gardening
Is more than the growing of plants,
IL is the expression of DESIRE
Personally, ! have never seen a bet
ter expression of this matter than
that, with its Hkening of the love of
gardens TO the love of music. books
and pictures.
1t is true, especially for us city
dwellers. The one big thing in which
apartment house living falls down
with terrible smash is in it's lack
of garden.
Living in an apartment has some
very decided advantages in large
city. Some day l hope to treat of
them. But what such a form of habi.
tatlon does not have, and scarcely ever
can have. is a level outlet TO the
ground. dirt in which one NAV dig
and grow things.
If house dweller has to give up
his home and 20 back into an apart
ment. what he most misses about his
house is the garden.
wherefore it comes about that the
garden is the ripening of the home
lie. garden is the blossoming of
the home, it is the soul of it. and
the perfect expression of it.
x y
Nor does such a garden have to be
large or elaborate
II would emphasize the home gar
den, made b" the members of the
family, says our author. on this
point. Il would preach the oeautv OF
the common Dlants and the familiar
places. These things are never old.
Many times l have noted how in