GARDEN GUIDE 



THE AMATEUR GARDENERS' HANDBOOK 



A Twelve Months' Gardening Paper 

 All Under One Cover 



The very book j'ou have been looking for all these years. 

 Absolutely nothing in print to compare with its fund of 

 diverse information. 



Throughout its pages expert veteran gardeners tell the 

 amateur in remarkably simple, easily understood language, 

 how to plan, plant and maintain the home grounds, sub- 

 urban garden, or city lot ; how to grow good vegetables 

 and fruit ; how^ to raise beautiful flowers ; how to take care 

 of lawns, porch plants, window boxes, etc. The book 

 gives the How, the When, and the Where — from the pur- 

 chase of the proper tools to reaping the harvest, and 1001 

 other points. It is of upstanding value to every man or 

 woman interested in gardening, regardless of the amount 

 of land at their disposal. 



Its chapters cover : 



Planning the Home Grounds The Vegetable Garden 



Lawns and Grass Plots Fertilizers 



Hedges and Fences Transplanting 



Trees and Shrubs Pruning of Plants 



The Rose Garden Enemies of Plants 



Hardy Perennials for the Diseases of Plants 



Permanent Garden Lawn and Garden Weeds 



Annuals and Biennials Winter Protection 



Bulbs and Tuberous-rooted Plant Propagation 



Plants Greenhouses, Hotbeds and 

 Hardy Garden Ferns Frames 



The Rock Garden Garden Tools 



Garden Furniture Calendar of Garden Opera- 

 Window Boxes and Porch tions for the Year 



Plants Animal Life in the Garden 



Fruit for the Small Garden Birds in the Garden 



Bungalow or Mid-Summer Fruits and Vegetables for 



Gardening Winter 



The Garden Guide consists of 384 pages ana numerous 

 illustrations, these selected not for their picturesqueness, but 

 as teaching examples, there being a reason for each and 

 every picture presented. A charming cover in four colors 

 depicts a flower garden and lawn view any garden lover 

 would be proud of. 



A. I • Ll6 LSi iVl2ir6 \yO» InC* NEW YORK, N. Y. 



