The " Country Life " Library 

 "Country Life" Library of Garden Books 



. GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS 



(A Handbook to the Garden.) By E. T. Cook. Coloured plates 

 and over 200 illustrations, plans and diagrams from photographs 

 of selected specimens of Plants, Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, 

 etc. Sixth Edition. i$s. Jid. net. By post, 16s. 6d. 



" One cannot speak in too high praise of the idea that led Mr. E. T. Coolt to 

 compile this Gardening for Beginners, and of the completeness and succinct- 

 ness with which the idea has been carried out. Nothing is omitted. ... It 

 is a book that will be welcomed with enthusiasm in the world of gardeners." — 

 Moyning Post. 



WALL AND WATER GARDENS 



With Chapters on the Rock Garden, the Heath Garden and the 

 Paved Water Garden. 5th Edition. Revised and Enlarged. By 

 Gertrude Jekyll. Containing instructions and hints on the 

 cultivation of suitable plants on-dry walls, rock walls, in streams, 

 marsh pools, lakes, ponds, tanks and water margins. With 200 

 illustrations. Large 8vo, 220 pages. 15s. 8d. net. By post, 

 16s. ^d. 



" He who will consent to follow Miss Jekyll aright will iind that under her guid- 

 ance the old walls, the stone steps, the rockeries, the ponds, or streamlets of his 

 garden will presently blossom with all kinds of flowers undreamed of, and become 

 marvels of varied foliage." — Times. 



CHILDREN AND GARDENS 



By Gertrude Jekyll. A garden book for children, treating not 

 only of their own little gardens and other outdoor occupations, but 

 also of the many amusing and interesting things that occur in and 

 about the larger home garden and near grounds. Thoroughly 

 practical and full of pictures. 75. 6d. net. By post, 8s. 



" Little bits of botany, quaint drawings of all kinds of things, pretty pictures, 

 reminiscences and amusements — ^why, it is a veritable ' Swiss Family Robinson ' 

 for the bairns, and we shall be surprised and disappointed if it is not introduced 

 into many hundreds of homes." — Liverpool Post. 



TREES AND SHRUBS FOR ENGLISH GARDENS 



By E. T. Cook. 15s. 8a!. net. By post, i6s. gd. 



" It contains a mass of instruction and illustration not always to be fotmd alto- 

 gether when required, and as such it will be very useful as a {mpular hand-book 

 for amateurs and others anxious to grow trees and shrubs."— FwW. 



MY GARDEN 



By Eden Phillpotts. 207 pages. 60 full-page illustrations. 

 ys. 6d. net. By post, 8s. 



" It is a thoroughly practical book, addressed especially to those who, like bim~ 

 self, have about an acre of flower garden, and are willing and competent to help a 

 gardener to malce it as rich, as harmonious, and as enduring as possible. His chap- 

 ters on irises are particularly good." — World. 



ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS 



The best Annual and Biennial Plants and their uses in the Garden. 

 By Gertrude Jekyll. With cultural notes by E. H. Jenkins. 

 Illustrated throughout, gs. ^d. net. By post, gs. iid. 

 ' A noteworthy addition to the special literature of the garden." — The Scotsman. 



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