THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 55 
FEBRUARY, 1916 
FOR THAT GARDEN 
YOU’RE PLANNING 
See Your Garden While Planning It With 
The Garden Bluebook 
By Leicester B. Holland 
This is the one complete book of reference containing all the practical, needed information about the two 
hundred hardy perennials. Its remarkable color chart shows at a glance the height, the time of blooming, 
the color of bloom, preference for sun or shade, wet or dry soil, fragrance, cutting qualities—in a word, the 
whole story of all the dependable perennials. In addition to this chart there is a page given to each 
perennial, on which there is a photographic reproduction of the plant together with description, cultural 
directions and enemies, all carefully enumerated. 
200 Illustrations and Color Chart. 
Net, $3.50. 
THE COLOR CHART FROM “THE GARDEN BLUEBOOK” AND HOW TO USE IT 
LATIN NAMES 
*z. {{Althea rosea. 
“ “ 
a“ “ 
2. Bocconia cordata. 
3. Helianthus rigidus, var. Miss Mellish. 
7 Hibiscus, var. Meehan's Mallow Marvels. 
cf “c “ “ “ce 
Plume Poppy. 
Swamp-rose. 
Lathyrus latifolius, var. albus. 
Lathyrus latifolius, var. splendens. 
8. fAstilbe Davidii. 
9. Boltonia latisquama. 
4 
5. {{Lilium Henryi. 
6. 
7 
Everlasting Pea. 
Suppose your garden should require a plant of medium height blooming late in July and blue in color. 
plants blooming in that month; that section of it between four and two feet high will include all those of medium height. 
COMMON NAMES 
False Goat’s-beard. 
False Chamomile.---- ~ -- - 
COLOR AND PERIOD OF BLOOM 
APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. 
Hollyhock.-------------- 
Hardy Sunflower.--- - -- ---- 
White Everlasting Pea. 
HEIGHT IN FEET 
In “The Garden Blue- 
book” this chart is 24 
inches long and is 
printed in four colors. 
The centre panel shows 
against a background of 
green the natural colors 
of 167 perennials. 
The column headed JULY will give us all the 
Having found our plant, we 
move to the right and here we will find indicated by the presence or absence of a black spot whether our plant will grow well in sun, partial shade, or 
shade, or in two or more such situations; and whether it is fragrant or not. 
Some plants are so constituted that they will thrive in sand and drought and others do not mind how wet their roots may be. 
These are marked under 
the headings DRY and WET. Lastly, we have a column indicating which of our plants are suitable also for the rock garden. 
When all this is done and we know that we have something that fits all our requirements we look to the left, and there we find the names of this something. 
OTHER GARDEN BOOKS 
The American Flower Garden 
By NELTJE BLANCHAN 
The book covers adequately the needs of the amateur whose 
garden is either extensive or the reverse; and every fact among 
the thousands is made quickly available by a fourteen-page index. 
With Planting Lists by Leonard Barron 
Net, $1.50 
THE 
Many illustrations. 
How to Make a Vegetable Garden 
By EDITH L. FULLERTON 
The only adequate book on the home vegetable 
garden. For every one who has a garden large 
or small. 
250 photographs by H. B. Fullerton. Net, $2.00 
<HOW TO’’ 
How to Make a Flower Garden 
A Symposium of Many Experts 
A charming and practical book by experts on every 
branch of the subject especially designed for 
amateur gardeners. 
More than 200 beautiful photographs. Net, $1.60 
GUIDES TO TREES, PLANTS AND 
The Tree Book 
An accurate and exhaustive manual which enables 
a novice to identify the trees and also covers the 
vast subject of the uses of trees and how to grow 
and care for them. 17 color plates and 350 half- 
tone illustrations. 
By Julia Ellen Rogers 
Net $4.00 
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 
The Mushroom Book By nina Marshall 
An invaluable aid to all who are interested in fungi 
as food or as a limitless subject of study. The author 
has had the assistance of several specialists, and the 
book is accurate in every detail. The illustrations— 
4t color plates and 40 black-and-white—are from 
the famous photographs by Mr. and Miss Anderson 
Net $3.00 
What is a fair rental for a given property? Ask the Readers’ Service 
GARDEN CITY, 
What England Can Teach Us About Gardening 
By WILHELM MILLER, Ph.D. 
Dr. Miller went abroad with the object of studying the English 
gardens, the most beautiful things of their kind in tne world, 
and in this volume he has embodied those principles and sugges- 
tions which are applicable to American conditions. 
Eight Plates in color and many in black and white. 
SERIES 
Net, $4.00 
How to Make a Fruit Garden 
By S. W. FLETCHER 
“Remarkably satisfactory guide book to the making 
of a fruit garden.”—Baltimore Sun. 
Many illustrations. Net, $2.00 
FLOWERS 
Nature’s Garden By Neltje Blanchan 
A most interesting and beautiful book. Enables any 
one without botanical knowledge to identify all of 
our common wild flowers, introduces the reader to 
their marvelous life-histories and tells the part which 
insects play in these. Illustrations: 56 color plates 
and 48 black-and-white, all from photographs of 
actual flowers. Net $3.00 
NEW YORK 
