FLOWER GARDENS 



A SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS 



GARDENS AND GARDEN DESIGN 



Adams, H. S. Flower gardening. New 

 York: McBride, Nast & Co., 1913. 



Garden design in 

 Philadelphia: J. B. 



Agar, Madeline. 

 theory and practice. 

 Lippincott Co., 1912. 



Albee, H. R. Hardy plants for cottage 

 gardens. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 

 1910. 



Andre, fidouard. L'Art des jardins. 

 Paris: G. Masson, 1879. 



Bailey, L. H. The farm and garden rule 

 book. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1911. 



- Garden-making. New York: Mac- 

 millan Co., 1904. 



- Manual of gardening. New York: 

 The Macmillan Co., 1910. 



"A practical guide." 



- The nursery-book. New York: The 

 Macmillan Co., 1909. 



"A complete guide to the multiplication of plants." 

 Practical information. 



- Plant breeding. New York: The 

 Macmillan Co., 1906. 



- The pruning-book. New York: The 

 Macmillan Co., 1898. 



The standard cyclopedia of horti- 

 culture. New York: The Macmillan Co., 

 1914. 



To be completed in six volumes. 



Batson, Mrs. Stephen. The summer gar- 

 den of pleasure. Chicago: A. C. McClurg 

 & Co., 1909. 



With 36 illustrations in color. 



Bennett, I. D. The flower garden. New 

 York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. 



"A manual for the amateur gardener." 



The flower garden. New York: 

 McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903. 



"A handbook of practical garden lore." 



Blanchan, Neltje. The American flower 

 garden. New York: Doubleday, Page & 

 Co., 1909. 



Planting lists by Leonard Barren. Illustrated 

 with 100 full page photographs, some of them in 

 color. 



Church, E. R. The home garden. New 

 York: D. Appleton & Co., 1889. 



Cook, E. T. Gardening for beginners. 

 London: George Newnes, 1905. 



Called, by the author, a "handbook" but it is 

 almost encyclopedic in its contents as well as in 

 its arrangement. 



Cook, E. T., editor. The century book 

 of gardening. London: George Newnes. 



"A comprehensive work for every lover of the 

 garden." A reference book rather than one for 

 reading. 



Corbett, L. C. Annual flowering plants. 

 Washington: Government printing office, 

 1904. 



Farmers' Bulletin, Number 195, of United States 

 Department of Agriculture. A pamphlet of 48 pages. 



Curtis, A. C. The small garden beautiful 

 and how to make it so. London: Smith, 

 Elder, & Co., 1906. 



Curtis, C. H. Annuals, hardy and half- 

 hardy. London: T. C. & E. C. Jack. 



With eight colored plates. 



Davidson, K. L. Gardens past and pres- 

 ent. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 



A wide range of subjects, historical and practical, 

 covered in brief space. 



Downing, A. J. Rural essays. New 

 York: Leavitt & Allen, 1854. 



- A treatise on the theory and prac- 

 tice of landscape gardening. New York: 

 Wiley and Putnam, 1841. 



Egan, W. C. Making a garden of peren- 

 nials. New York: McBride, Nast & Co., 

 1912. 



Elliott, J. W. A plea for hardy plants. 

 New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. 



Ely, H. R. Another hardy garden book. 

 New York: The Macmillan Co., 1905. 



- The practical flower garden. New 

 York: The Macmillan Co., 1911. 



Illustrations from photographs, partly in color. 



- A woman's hardy garden. New 

 York: The Macmillan Co., 1903, 



A popular book, describing gardening on a rather 

 ample scale. 



Fairer, Reginald. Alpines and bog plants. 

 London: Edward Arnold, 1908. 



Frothingham, J. P. Success in garden- 

 ing. New York: Duffield & Co., 1913. 



"Work in the flower garden week by week." 



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