Gardeners are particularly well served on the Web. A host of sites offer information: general advice, specialist information on, say, techniques or individual plant species; there are suppliers and plant finders; there are chat sites and discussion forums; there are sites in which gardeners record their activities (and obsessions) for the world to enjoy. As always, finding one"s way about and sifting the good from the indifferent and downright bad is a discouragingly time-consuming business. The Good Web Guide people have therefore turned their attention to this favourite activity. The results, as is generally the case with this publisher, are lively but business-like, with sites rated for content, reliability, ease of navigation and overall performance. Inevitably, perhaps, the Web being what it is, there is a preponderance of US sites, but Sue Little has worked hard to find UK Web sites that are relevant and useful. The book"s first assessment is of the Royal Horticultural Society: hearteningly, it receives a top rating. This initial group of so-called "Essential" sites is followed by a group dealing with the practical business of working in the garden, planning, advice and so on. This is followed by Armchair Gardening and Spending Money (so easy on the Web), Individual Plants and Families, Online Resources (such as databases of gardens) and Gardening for Different Abilities, including gardening for children. All in all, a very useful, nicely judged resource. It comes with a CD-ROM to link to the Good Web Guide"s own site. --Robin Davidson