October, 1907 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



The Readers' Service will aid you in 

 planning your fall hunting vacation trip 



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New Books of Special Interest to 



"Country Life in America" Readers 



'T'HE only way 

 really to make 

 our booths and ma- 

 gazines known is 

 by some method to 

 show the booi^s 

 themselves. The 

 readers of this ma- 

 gazine are invited 

 to Visit our library 

 salesroom, to look, 

 at our books, ma- 

 gazines and pic- 

 tures. Or any book 

 mentioned in this 

 advertisement will 

 be sent on ap- 

 proval fo r your 

 inspection ; or, bet- 

 ter yet, go to your 

 own book-seller to 

 see the volumes. 



Volumes of the Garden Library: 



This new series of "little monographs" marks a new era in garden 

 literature. It is the first series of low-priced, practical handbooks 

 on home gardening with beautiful illustrations, that has ever ap- 

 peared in America. The volumes will cover every important depart- 

 ment of fruit, vegetable, and flower growing from the home point of 

 view, and will be written in fresh, crisp, lively style. 



Daffodils — Narcissus, and How to Grow Them 



Sv A. M. Kir by 



Size, 5 1-4x8: pages, about 200; binding, cloth; illustrated. $l. 17 postpaid. 



This volume tells all that is really worth while about daffodils — ■ 

 where, when, and how to grow them, and it is also full of suggestions 

 for those who want to do something better than the ordinary in their 

 gardens. These most charming and earliest of the larger flowered 

 spring bulbs — the Lenten lilies, which " take the winds of March with 

 beauty" — are gaining rapidly in popular estimation. Whether for 

 cut flowers, for pots, or gardens, or for naturalizing in the meadows, 

 the daffodils are unequaled in beauty. The author has had a life 

 experience with bulbs of all kinds, and grown what is probably the 

 most complete collection of daffodils in America, and has made a 

 hobby of studying them. The first book of its kind dealing with 

 American conditions. 



Water Lilies and How to Grow Them (ready November). By Henri 

 Hus and Henry S. Conard. 

 Now Ready : 



Vol. I. Roses, and How to Grow Them. By Many Experts. 

 Vol. II. Ferns, and How to Grow Them. By G. A. Woolson. 

 Vol. III. Lawns, and How to Make Them. By Leonard Barron. 



A Superb Book: 



Wild Flowers of the British Isles By H. Isabel Adams 



Size, 8 1-4 x 11 1-4 ; pages, about 150 ; binding, cloth . decorated ; illustra- 

 tions, 7s remarkable full page color plates; boxed. Net, $10. Postage 38 cents. 



This work is an indispensable guide to botanists, students, and 

 teachers. While complete in a scientific way, the author has pre- 

 sented British flora very simply and charmingly; all superfluous 

 botanical words have been eliminated. The seventy-five colored 

 plates illustrate two hundred and forty-three British wild flowers v 

 accurately drawn and painted from life, reproduced in colors so per- 

 fectly as to constitute a real triumph for modern color-printing. 



For the first time a book is available which will encourage and not p j kt m. Q 



discourage the desire of the nature lover for some knowledge of the ^^ l^CXl opiing . 



beautiful growths which everywhere, at all times of the year, greet Shells and Shell Builders ©y Miss Julia E. Rogers, 



him on his walks. The illustrations are so real that immediately ~ 



they recall to his mind the nook on the rock-bound lake shore where USE THIS BLANK C.L.A.. 10, 'Ofy 



he loved to harbor his canoe, or the favorite trail with moss-grown -Uoubleday, rage & Co., 



1 j . 1 rr-i r , , ,, L .,, 133 F. ioth St., New York, 



logs and tree trunks. The pen sketches are so numerous that with , . , . . . 



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them alone he may read at a glance the structure of the tiny plants Country Life in America: 



and learn the wonderful details which yards of printed text would 



never make clear to his mind. The introductory chapters are full of '' 



interesting facts which will 'invite the reader to stroll again through 



the pastures and linger by the lichen-covered rocks and weathered 



fence rails to see for himself if these things be true. For the student 

 who wishes a name for his species there are brief and clear descriptions 



supplemented with numerous cuts which will reduce the labor of his Signed 



quest to a minimum degree. A charming book which will appeal to 



all, both young and old, who love the beauties and secrets of nature. 



A New Volume in the Nature Library 



{For particulars send for free circular.) 



Mosses and Lichens 



By Nina L. Marshall 



Size, 7 3-4 x 10 3-8; pages, 352: illustrations, 32 pages of half-tones, 

 16 color plates and 1445 line drawings. Net, $4 oo(Postage, 43 cents) 



